Coleen Nolan has gone Instagram official with a new boyfriend. She shared a selfie with Ryan Brockbank after splitting from Michael Jones in 2024, and the caption did the work in one letter and a red heart emoji.
R and a red heart
Nolan’s post carried the caption “R” alongside the emoji, a small signal that made the relationship public without a long statement. Anna Williamson responded, “There she is my Queen Coleen. You deserve it all.” Nolan replied, “I owe so much to you guys,” and “You taught me so much about myself.”
Maureen wrote, “What a handsome couple xxx,” while Anne added, “Lovely photo xx.” The Nolans’ official Instagram page also weighed in with “Got the Chemistry right,” plus a flaming heart emoji. That gives the post a family-and-friends reception instead of the usual guarded celebrity drip-feed.
Ryan Brockbank in his late 40s
The new partner is Ryan Brockbank, described as a fashion lecturer and believed to be in his late 40s. The age gap being discussed is around 20 years, which is why the post landed as more than a simple relationship update; it draws a clear line between a private romance and a public reveal.
That detail also complicates the picture slightly, because the report calls Brockbank Nolan’s boyfriend while also describing him as a mystery man. In other words, the relationship is public, but the framing still keeps part of him at arm’s length.
Michael Jones and 2024
In December 2024, Nolan said of Michael Jones, “We’ve decided that we would rather just stay friends, take it as a friendship,” and added, “And, you know, it’s nothing to do with anyone else, it’s nobody’s fault.” The pair had been together for three years.
Earlier this year, Nolan also took part in Celebs Go Dating, which makes this reveal feel like the first clear post-split reset rather than a slow build. She has been here before: she married Shane Richie in 1990, divorced him in 1999, married Ray Fensome in 2007, and divorced him in 2018.
The practical read is simple: Nolan has moved from a stated friendship with Michael Jones to a public post with Brockbank, and the next thing readers will likely look for is how openly she chooses to discuss the relationship from here. For now, the selfie has done the job — it ended the guessing without overexplaining it.
