Andrea Jean McLean (born 5 October 1969) is a Scottish journalist and television presenter who worked on

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Daytime. She was a weather presenter for ''

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'' from 1997 to 2008, and a co-presenter on ITV's daytime chat show ''

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'' from 2007 to 2020.

Early life

Although born in

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, McLean and her sister were raised in

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. The family then moved back to Scotland when she was 15, but later settled in

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, England, and took her school exams at Robert Smyth grammar school. McLean is of Russian Jewish descent on her father's side who fled from Russia to Scotland to avoid persecution. McLean has stated she has always known about her Jewish heritage but her family are not religiously Jewish anymore. McLean studied for her BA Hons in Modern Studies at

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, and later gained a Postgraduate Certificate in Periodical Journalism. She then took a

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Career

McLean started her career in 1993 as a freelance travel writer. She joined Central Press Features in May 1994 and was promoted to Production Editor in 1995. In June 1996, McLean joined

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, and worked as a weather reporter for

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. In 1997, she worked on Channel 5's daily talk show ''Espresso'' as one of the programme's panellists. In June 1997, McLean joined ''

'' as a weather presenter. She co-hosted ''

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'' with

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and

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, and hosted ''

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'' in

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's absence. Her bubbly personality and journalistic training brought her to the attention of various producers, resulting in her presenting shows such as the first series of ''Our House'' for

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, and as a guest panellist on ''

'' for

. After announcing her decision to leave in November 2008, McLean was replaced as ''

'' weather presenter by the

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. McLean presented her final broadcast on 31 December 2008, with a special tribute of her career at ''GMTV''. In January 2006, McLean took part in ITV's

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competition ''

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''. She partnered with professional skater

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and was eliminated in the third week. McLean and fellow ex-contestant

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then presented the weekday fan show '' Dancing on Ice Extra'' for the remainder of the show's run. McLean filled in for

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on ''

'' when Brambles went on maternity leave. In July 2008, it was announced that McLean would quit working on ''

'' to focus on her role on ''Loose Women,'' to share the permanent host job with Brambles. Brambles left the show on 7 August 2009,

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took her place as the new anchor when the show returned for its 10th anniversary on 1 September 2009 and shared the job with McLean. In 2011, Thornton was replaced by

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. In 2013,

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became an anchor and

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returned to the programme in January 2014. In July 2014, Vorderman announced her departure from ''Loose Women''. McLean continued to co-anchor ''

'' 2 or 3 days a week. Langsford and

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are the other anchors. On 30 November 2020, McLean announced she was to leave the show after 13 years to pursue other endeavours. She departed the show on 16 December 2020. In August 2010, McLean appeared as one of the panellists on ITV's afternoon debate show ''

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''. In August 2014, McLean took part in the

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gymnastics series '' Tumble'' partnered with professional gymnast

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and on 16 August, she was the first celebrity to be eliminated. In June 2018, McLean launched her own website, This Girl Is On Fire with husband Nick Feeney. Born out of the response of her best-selling book, Confessions of a Menopausal Woman, McLean decided to create an online community for women not only going through the menopause, but also wanting to 'relight their fire'. In June 2019, McLean and Feeney celebrated the site's first birthday with a party attended by website contributors and special guests such as

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and

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. The event was covered by

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. In June 2021, McLean, alongside husband Nick Feeney, became a certified life coach.

Personal life

McLean had a 17-year relationship, starting from their teenage years, with BBC producer Nick Green. The couple married in

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in 2000, and have a son, Finlay, born in October 2001. In 2004, it came to light that McLean had an affair with fellow ''Our House'' presenter Steve Toms, but had returned to her husband to try to resolve issues. After divorcing Green, McLean and Toms moved in together, and lived in

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; they had a daughter, Amy, in November 2006. The couple married in August 2009, during ''Loose Women'' summer break. In January 2012, McLean announced that she had separated from Toms, having left their marital home in December 2011 with their children, following working on their failing marriage for a year, and was now living with her parents. In January 2016, McLean announced that she was living with her new partner of two years, Nick Feeney, a businessman, whom she met on a blind date set up by Donna May Clitheroe, a ''Loose Women'' make-up artist. On 3 August 2017, Andrea announced on Loose women that Nick had proposed in Paris the week before and they were engaged. They married in November 2017. On ''Loose Women'' on 21 September 2016, McLean stated she would be undergoing a

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on 22 September 2016 and that she would be away from the show for a number of weeks whilst she recovered. This sent her into the

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causing her to experience

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on air.

Charity

On 11 December 2013, McLean did a reverse bungee jump live on ''Loose Women'' for ''

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''. She was catapulted 37m into the sky at over 50 mph outside

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, after ''Loose Women'' reached its ''Text Santa'' fundraising target of £50,000.

Filmography

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'' (2016) *''

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'' (2017) *''

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'' (2017) *''

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'' (2017) *'' The Crystal Maze: Celebrity Special'' (2017) *'' Tipping Point: Lucky Stars'' (2017) *'' Big Star's Bigger Star'' (2018) *''

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References

External links

Official websiteAndrea McLean at Loose Women
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