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Loose Women’s Linda Robson reveals she was put on suicide watch during addiction battle

Loose Women star Linda Robson bravely opened up about her about experience with poor mental health and alcohol addiction, revealing she was put on suicide watch at one point

Loose Women star Linda Robson has shared her battles with mental health and alcohol addiction.
In a new memoir, the 65-year-old actress opens up about her life and talks about dark experiences in her past.
Ahead of publication, Linda shared an extract which reveals she struggled with insomnia, OCD and was put on suicide watch at one point after suffering a breaking down.

Linda detailed how she believed it would “never happen” to her in her upcoming memoir.

When recalling her mental health struggles, she tells readers she believes it links back to 2008, when Ben Kinsella, a close family friend of Linda’s, was murdered at the age of 16.

The Birds of a Feather actress explains how her sleeping pill usage increased and so did her enjoyment of alcohol, admitting she went from a glass a night to a bottle an evening.

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Linda Robson details her hospital stays and bid to recover from alcoholism in her new memoir

Linda Robson details her hospital stays and bid to recover from alcoholism in her new memoir(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Linda’s family grew concerned and told her they considered getting her sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

However she said that she agreed to seek help voluntarily and checked into the Nightingale Hospital, “not knowing if I would come home again”.

In the extract of her memoir, shared with the Daily Mail, she said: “I hated myself. I told myself I was just a burden to Mark and the kids and that I was ruining all their lives


“I couldn’t even be trusted with my own grandchildren. That’s when I started to think i’d be better off dead. At least without me around they’d be able to get on with their lives and wouldn’t have to worry about who was going to be looking after me.

Ruth Langsford, Linda Robson, Kelsey Parker, Janet Street-Porter, Brenda Edwards on Loose Women

Ruth Langsford, Linda Robson, Kelsey Parker, Janet Street-Porter, Brenda Edwards on Loose Women(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

“I told the Nightingale staff I wanted to kill myself and I was immediately put on suicide watch with someone sitting outside my bedroom door the whole time.”

Linda added: “I thought about how I could do I and considered saving up all my diazepam and taking them. I imagined slashing my wrists. I has started self-harming.”

Linda continues to recall how her Loose Women co-stars pleaded with her to continue treatment, with many of them calling her family to check in on their friend’s health.
The Loose Women star recalled how she was put on suicide watch at one point

The Loose Women star recalled how she was put on suicide watch at one point(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

She eventually left the Nightingale hospital in March 2019 and checked into the Priory shortly after.

She began the AA 12 Steps treatment programme and started attended counselling sessions.

Linda’s new autobiography comes just months on from the star confirming in November 2023 that she and Mark had decided to separate after 33 years of marriage.

They share two children, Louis and Roberta, known as Bobbie. She confirmed the split to Women’s Own magazine last year.

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