'Loose Women' star Denise Welch has defended recent confessions she made in her autobiography.
Digital Spy reports that the book 'Pulling Myself Together' details her battle with clinical depression and her drug use while working on 'Coronation Street'.
Speaking on 'This Morning' Welch said "It's proved to be quite controversial."
She added "I'm nothing if not open - especially on programmes like Loose Women, which has given me the sort of profile where people can speculate on your life. Obviously all of us - all of the girls - are quite pleased that we still are on the covers of magazines.
"In fact, one of my favourite quotes was something like, 'Are Denise Welch, Jane McDonald and Coleen Nolan becoming the Kate, Sienna and Jordan of the old birds?' You do have to embrace these magazine stories.
"On a more serious level, when I was approached to do this, initially I was going to write a book about my battle with clinical depression. As I started to write, I realised that I couldn't really write about my condition without leading the reader down the dark paths that it took me to."
