Loose Women star's health struggles left her 'crying in the depths of despair'

Loose Women regular Frankie Bridge opened up about her mental health battles in a chat with her co-star Kaye Adams - and how she deals with those struggles around her children

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Loose Women panellist Frankie Bridge candidly discussed her mental health struggles, recalling a time recently when she was "in the depths of despair" as she said: "I was really crying."

The Saturdays star, 36, is married to former professional footballer Wayne Bridge and they share two sons, Parker and Carter. Frankie spoke to her co-star Kaye Adams on the third episode of Loose Women: The Podcast, where they discussed mental health, as well as ageing. In the heart-to-heart, Frankie opened up on how she discusses her struggles with her young children: “It's a hard one because I feel like my answer should be that they know everything. I feel like I should have had the conversation with them, that I do suffer with depression and anxiety, but I think it's a hard conversation to have with them because I don't know how much of it they really understand.”

Loose Women panellist Frankie Bridge candidly discussed her mental health struggles (Image: ITV)

She elaborated on the nuances of explaining these struggles to her children: "I think the anxiety side they know about, because my youngest often talks to me about anxiety and that's quite an open conversation that we have but depression, I feel like is harder to explain."

Revealing a raw, personal moment, Frankie recounted: "Actually my youngest caught me not that long ago in the depths of despair, on a day I was having a particularly bad day and I was just really, really crying. He came in and I just completely panicked... And he said, 'Mummy, are you okay? What's wrong?' and I just said, 'Oh, I've got a really bad migraine'. He kind of accepted that and said, 'Oh, I hope you feel better and kind of left'."

She went on to say: "I didn't really realise how much that had sat with him until my birthday a couple of months ago. Wayne said to me, 'Look, there's a present that Carter wanted me to get for you'... "When I opened it, it was two boxes of ibuprofen and he said to Wayne, 'Should we get her something that can help with migraines because she gets them really bad, doesn't she?' and then that's why he'd got them. Actually, I just thought that was so sweet but then I thought, I'm really going to have to explain this to him.

Frankie spoke to her co-star Kaye Adams on the third episode of Loose Women: The Podcast (Image: ITV)

"Otherwise, every time when he's growing up, someone cries, he's going to think they've got a migraine", reports the Mirror.

It comes after Frankie hit out at “double standards” for women following criticism of her parenting on social media. She posted a statement on Instagram calling out online comments that alleged she was “the worst wife and mother” for going on holiday with her friend and fellow singer Fleur East following health struggles.

She wrote: “I’ve learned to be pretty thick skinned during my years in the public eye and I deal with these comments every day.

Frankie Bridge, Wayne Bridge and their sons, Parker and Carter (Image: INSTAGRAM)

“But these comments aren’t just directed at someone in my position. A lot of women have a similar experience in many different ways.

“As I was growing up, I feel I was very naive to the double standards set upon women, and never really felt they applied to me. I think that because I hadn’t experienced any sort of sexual harassment in the workplace, I felt I’d come out unscathed.

“When really all I needed to do was recognise the very obvious differences in expectations of a boy band and a girl band. The double standards were right there staring me in the face.”

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