Denise Welch's Loose Women return after being 'rushed into hospital' amid recovering from 'horrendous' depressive episode

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Denise Welch returned to Loose Women on Tuesday (11th February) for her first show of 2025 after taking time away from the ITV show while dealing with depression.

Ruth Langsford kicked off the episode with giving Denise a warm welcome and addressed her return: "We haven't seen her for a few months, so it's welcome back to Denise" as the crowd erupted with applause.

The panel host continued: "Last time you were here, you explained you'd been going through another bad patch with your mental health.

You call it the 'unwelcome visitor'." Denise then spoke candidly about her experience with depression that she revealed started "nearly 36 years ago" after she had her first child and "suffered postnatal depression." She continued: "Sadly for me that opened a tendency to clinical depressive episodes over that time.