Loose Women panellist Katie Piper made the admission after celebrating 10 years of marriage with her husband Richard Sutton last week
Loose Women star Katie Piper has made a candid admission about her decade-long marriage to husband Richard Sutton. Along with Denise Welch, the presenter and campaigner tackled dilemmas on love and relationships during the latest episode of the programme’s podcast, Just Between Us.
During the show, one listener asked for advice about a friend who no longer felt romantically attracted to her partner, but was reluctant to end the relationship.
Discussing the tricky situation, Katie showed empathy for the caller, Emma, suggesting she might be “drained” from constantly dishing out advice and not seeing a resolution.
Sharing her thoughts, Denise chimed in: “Em is also feeling sorry for her friend’s partner, like thinking, let him go! If you don’t love him, somebody will fancy him.”
Katie added: “Release him into the wild! There’s someone for everyone.”
The 42-year-old went on to draw a parallel with her own marriage, revealing that she and her husband, who she refers to as Ritchie, have had an uncomfortable chat about potentially falling out of love.
She explained: “I always beg Ritchie to do that. I always say, ‘Look, if you do get bored of me, do release me, because there’ll be someone else who will have a go’.”
Returning to the listener’s dilemma, Katie reflected more deeply on the importance of emotional boundaries in friendships.
“I do think there’s something to be said here about a boundary,” she continued. “Sometimes when our friends moan to us, they just want a good listener, and that is what a good friend is. Like, if you moan to me about the same thing, I’ll give you a couple of rounds and be a good listener.
“But, if you drained the life out of me and keep going on, pleading for advice you never take, I think you’re wrong as the friend for not putting that boundary in.”
She added: “I’ve had it before in the past where I’ve been too nice and realised I’d become a free therapist for some of my friends.”
Katie first met her husband in 2013, following one of the most challenging chapters of her life. At the time, she was still undergoing numerous surgeries and procedures from the horrific acid attack organised by her ex-boyfriend in 2008.
Reflecting on that period, the presenter admitted she feared her medical needs might “pause or end” their budding romance.
As part of a post shared on Instagram in 2022, she wrote: “Very early on into dating him I had to have an operation on my septum and a skin graft to my chin. It was nightmare timing and I assumed things would end [or] pause. I also had a walking stick as I’d had my top right rib removed for a cartilage graft.”
Despite her worries, Katie and Richard’s relationship only grew stronger. The couple went on to marry in 2015 and have two daughters together; Belle, 11, and Penelope, who turns eight next month.
Loose Women airs weekdays from 12.30pm on ITV and ITVX.
Disclaimer : This story is auto aggregated by a computer programme and has not been created or edited by DOWNTHENEWS. Publisher: mirror.co.uk
