Last week, viewers watched as Linda and Jim had an explosive argument causing her to break down.
Speaking to a UK newspaper, she said: “I’m really hoping Jim doesn’t quite realise how fragile she is because if he does then he’s even worse than I thought he was.”
Coleen revealed that, before she entered the house, Linda told her she was feeling suicidal.
She said: “After we lost Bernie she turned to me and said, ‘I’m so annoyed because is should have been me, I’ve got nothing to live for.’
“I was just horrified but that’s how she feels. She thinks she’s got nothing and said to me, ‘I don’t want to be here, I get up everyday and force myself to live everyday.”
During their argument last week, Jim made comments to Linda about her late husband Brian Hudson, referring to the time when Brian stole money from comedian Frank Carson in 1995.
Coleen said: “It was vile to bring that up – really below the belt. He massively crossed the line. I couldn’t believe he had stooped so low. He pushed her over the edge by saying that. It was like a stab in the heart.
“It just killed her. She can handle anything he has to say about her but because he brought Brian into it she lost her fight.”
Meanwhile, Linda has revealed to her fellow housemates that she had sex with other men in front of Brian.
During a conversation with Luisa Zissman, Casey Batchelor and Liz Jones, Linda sad: “[my first orgasm] was when I was 20 and with my husband. I had loads of sex with other men, but my husband was always there.
“Believe me Casey, then you orgasm. I’m a Nolan, not a nun!”