Andrea McLean said goodbye to her role as a Loose Women host at the end of last year. The 51-year-old decided to quit the high-profile TV job in order to focus on her online company This Girl Is On Fire with her partner Nick Feeney.
And now the journalist has spoken candidly about the worries she had prior to her leaving the weekday panel show - which included her fearing that she would have to put her stunning Surrey mansion on the market.
Speaking with OK! magazine, the telly favourite shared: "It was such a slow burner. By the time it came around, it felt like absolutely the right thing to do.
It was a weird decision - it did feel scary! "It took months of thinking about it. We were preparing for the worst and hoping for the best.
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