Andrea McLean says former co-star Denise Welch got her a new role after Loose Women exit

Many fans of the hit ITV show All Star Musicals have been looking to learn a little more about some of the famous faces appearing in the show, including judge Samantha Barks.

LOOSE Women fans did a double-take when one of the stars of the show posted their latest picture. Denise Welch - yes that really is her - shared a shot of her dressed entirely in pink standing in a kitchen on Instagram.

Loose Women panellist Charlene White has taken to Twitter to issue support to her ITV co-star Denise Welch after her stalker was jailed for seven years yesterday.The ITV newsreader, 41, told how the ordeal that her colleague went through "cannot be underestimated" after Denise told how the ordeal has "permanently scarred" her life while addressing the court over videolink yesterday.In view of her 62,600 Twitter followers, Charlene reacted to the news.She wrote: "What @RealDeniseWelch and her family have been through because of this man cannot be underestimated."Earlier today, Denise herself took to the micro-blogging platform to break her silence following the trial.Sharing a link to an article detailing verdict, she told how she was glad the judge presiding over her case had taken what she'd been through "seriously".Denise wrote: "Stalking is a serious offence."Pleased that in our case we had a judge who saw this."7 yrs!!" she ended her post.Denise's stalker has been jailed after starting a fire in the driveway of the Loose Women star's home, which left her "terrified".Toraq Wyngard, 64, was found with a kitchen knife in his rucksack following the incident.He was jailed for seven years and seven months on charges of stalking, arson, possession of a knife and criminal damage.Appearing via video link from America, Denise recounted the incident to Manchester Crown Court which occurred on 19 September 2020.She told how Wyngard started a fire in a skip outside her home in Cheshire where she lives with her husband, Lincoln Townley.She said her partner's "piercing screams" alerted her to the fire when a member of the public knocked on the door after seeing the fire.CCTV footage showed a man in a distinctive baseball cap

Emmerdale back in 2019 was "amazing".The actor, 21, appeared on the ITV soap opera between 2019 and 2020, playing the role of Danny Harrington, the ex-boyfriend of Sarah Sugden.Louis' character met Sarah online in September 2019 before meeting in person and hitting it off, but Dany had second thoughts and was scared off by Sarah's infamous family.However, love was back on when Charity Dingle tracked Danny down but he was faced with a troubling storyline, asking Sarah to sell drugs for him – claiming he'd be beaten up if she didn't.Speaking exclusively to the Daily Star, Louis said: "It was amazing, it was by far my biggest job and my highest-profile role."Obviously my storyline and character was heavily involved with the Dingle's and with Sarah, who is one of the main parts of the family."He added: "I was so excited when I arrived there, obviously my mum had been in soaps and was affiliated with ITV and it was a full-circle moment for me, not just for me but for my mum and dad too."The stuff I got to do, it was the first time I ever got to play a real baddie for an extended amount of time, so I got to develop the character in a way that I hadn't before because I've only done things for a month or two at a time.

Denise Welch has stunned fans after posting an unrecognisable photo on Instagram. The Loose Women star took to the social media platform with the image of her posing with her hands on her hips amid her trip to Los Angeles for the ITV lunchtime show.

Loose Women panellist Denise Welch has taken to Twitter to break her silence after her stalker was jailed for seven years after being charged with stalking, among other offences.

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Loose Women star Denise Welch's stalker has been sentenced to jail after starting a fire on the TV panellist's driveway.Toraq Wyngard, 64, was sentenced at Chester Crown Court today, Thursday 7 April, and received seven years and seven months behind bars.The blaze that Wyngard started in 2020 at Denise's home caused over £4,000 worth of damage. Back in September 2021, Wyngard pleaded guilty to stalking, causing serious alarm or distress, between September 18 2020 and February 11 2021. He also admitted charges of possession of a knife, criminal damage, and arson In the wake of his actions, Denise, 63, said she's "permanently scarred".

Denise Welch's stalker has been sentenced to seven years and seven months after he admitted to a number of charges against him. Toraq Wyngard pleaded guilty to stalking, possessing a knife, criminal damage and arson at a trial at Chester Crown Court in September 2021.

husband Lincoln Townley was particularly impressed, writing: ‘I’m having that WIG @denise_welch IMMEDIATELY.’Get in line, Lincoln! Fans couldn’t believe it either, with one writing: ‘Doesn’t even look like u!!! Wow

Bradley Walsh shocked fans when he accidentally smashed the set of ITV quiz show The Chase as he celebrated a correct answer.The excited host was rooting for contestant Max to take home a huge £32k prize pot as he took on Mark Labbett, aka The Beast in a head to head.As The Beast trailed Max by just one question, what Bradley believed to be a correct answer sent him into a flurry of excitement, as he smacked his hands down on the set.He then revealed; “I’ve just broken the set. I was too excited It’s broken.

Denise Welch told the Jeremy Vine Show to "shut the f*** up" on Tuesday after a poll was created on social media questioning whether or not rationing should be brought into the UK. The show’s official Twitter account put forward the question to users as it discussed the rise in cost of living in the country, which has led to some of the cheapest items bought nationally to surge in prices.

The Chase star Anne Hegerty has revealed the inspiration behind her role as The Governess on the popular ITV quiz show.The quizzer, 63, has played the formidable role of The Governess on the show since 2010 but has now opened up on where she gets her inspiration for the part.The ITV personality told how she modelled herself on certain family members, despite not entirely getting on with them.The star made the remarks at an event celebrating International Women's Day last month.Anne revealed: "On my mother’s side, I come from a very feminist family."She went on to explain how her relatives were involved in campaigning for women's rights.She said: "My great grandmother campaigned for votes for women before the Suffragette movement."Two of their daughters went to university, my great aunt became a doctor and my grandmother studied history."Anne revealed that she took inspiration from her close relatives for her ITV character."I didn’t get on at all well with my grandmother but I sort of channel her a bit for The Governess," she added.Anne also said that she didn't get one with one of her aunts.She went on to explain how it resulted in her drawing inspiration from them to use in her role as The Governess, she told The Sun.Anne is one of six Chasers on the ITV quiz programme.She stars alongside Shaun Wallace, Mark Labbett, Jenny Ryan, Paul Sinha and Darragh Ennis.Elsewhere, Anne confirmed that she was forced to pull out of filming for Beat the Chasers after having tested positive for Covid.In an announcement on Twitter last month, Anne reassured her 161,200 followers that she felt okay and revealed who would be stepping in to take her place.Anne wrote: "Unfortunately I’ve contracted Covid-19 so won’t be filming this series of

Loose Women panellist Denise Welch, 63, has hit out at a Jeremy Vine Show poll that asked Twitter users whether the UK should reinstate rationing to curb the rising cost of living.The show’s official account tweeted on Tuesday: “The cost-of-living crisis has spiralled out of control.“Even the price of milk is set to double, and butter could exceed £2.“Do we need to start restricting what we can buy on our shelves?”Denise had a very strong reaction to the suggestion and raged in view of her 521,000 followers.She wrote: “You guys need to have a serious talk with yourselves!!!“[Shut the f**k up] please!!!!”Many of her followers also took to the comments to slam the idea that the country needed to reintroduce rationing.Stavros questioned: “I'm confused, isn't rationing when there is not enough food for everyone? Are we not in a place where there is enough food to go round but right now most can't afford to buy it....so why ration? Or have I missed something?” (sic)While Vickie echoed: “That’s just ridiculous.There is no lack of food, so rationing isn’t needed. Most of us will have to self-ration, because of costs, but it shouldn’t be enforced.”And Tom said: “Maybe we should start teaching how to grow our own food in schools to make the next generation more self-sufficient and less reliant on supermarkets.”Denise also hit out at the Jeremy Vine Show on Monday after its Twitter account asked whether we should bring back face masks.It read: “One of the country’s top scientists has warned that the health service is under increasing pressure as Covid cases are rising.“She says we should continue to wear masks to limit the spread of the virus.

Loose Women.The star described how “every brand dropped her” as soon as she announced she was leaving the ITV show.Andrea, 52, has spoken candidly about the financial impact of her decision to quite Loose Women. The TV star made the announcement that she was leaving the ITV programme in 2020, explaining that the coronavirus pandemic had caused her to reassess her life. Andrea worked on getting her online membership lifestyle company This Girl Is On Fire off the ground and had other corporate work lined up.However, she admitted that when a number of brands dropped her she felt like her “safety net was gone”.Andrea remembered: “On the day that I announced that I was leaving, every brand dropped me, every single one.“I went from, ‘OK I know I have this amount of money coming in and this much work that will see me through to the next six to eight months’, gone. “Literally overnight it disappeared.That’s how big a deal it is walking away from TV."For me, financially it was a punch in the stomach, because my safety net was gone. “I can’t turn back and I can't change my mind because I still want to do this thing."Andrea went on to point out the irony that the very brands that had dropped her after her Loose Women exit, which she didn't name, were centred around raising women up and improving their confidence. “But actually they didn’t care about that, they only cared about my profile,” she added during her interview with Secure The Insecure podcast. Andrea starred in Loose Women from 2007 all the way up until November 2020.The star recently confessed that she sold her beloved Surrey home with the hopes of spending winters in Florida.Andrea, who now lives in a rented house with third husband, Nick Feeney, and her two children

Coronation Street character Shelley Unwin - and has had an incredibly exciting acting career since quitting the ITV cobbles.The actress, 48, has starred in everything from TV dramas to her Posh Sleepover series, which sees her set up camp in incredible properties owned by multimillionaires around the country.Named the President of The Women of the Year Luncheon and Awards, today (April 1) Sally prepares to step up to the podium to present the award to deserving recipients, after the cancellation of the 2021 ceremony.But what has the star been up to since quitting Corrie?In her personal life, Sally has a rather famous husband.She tied the knot with her drummer hubby Steve White back in 2013, in a star-studded ceremony which saw the likes of Gok Wan, Alan Carr and Denise Welch in the pews.Steve described the sweet ceremony as “personal but simple, emotional and heartfelt”.Sally’s hubby has made a career for himself as a drummer, after being given his first drum kit aged just 11.He went on to play alongside Paul Weller and his band The Style Council aged just 17 - and he was the youngest drummer to perform at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in 1985.He went on to play with the likes of Oasis, Jon Lord and Ian Drury.The pair share 11-year-old twin boys, Louie and Victor - and though Sally tends to keep their life private, she does sometimes share snaps of the lads on her social media pages.Steve, meanwhile, was previously married to Hayley Marsh, and shares Kristabel and Curtis with his ex-wife.As a former member of the Coronation Street cast, Sally didn’t hesitate to hit out at soap actors who she branded “fame hungry”.Speaking on the White Wine Question Time podcast, she explained: “A lot of people, when they join

Denise Welch made an impression on fans as she stripped to an incredible one-piece swimsuit to bare her endless legs.The 63-year-old Loose Women star showed off her stunning figure while on a hotel balcony in Los Angeles, California, where she is currently filming various projects.Soaking up the sun in a hot pink one-piece swimming costume emblazoned with purple paisley, Denise had her endless legs on full display as she matched her look with a pair of cream wedge heeled sandals.Her blonde hair was styled in an artfully ruffled look, and she opted for bold eye make-up while posing against the railings with one hand cocked on her hip.With the stunning LA scenery and greenery behind her, the horizon appeared to stretch on forever as Denise posed up a storm for the camera lens.And despite her impromptu day off from work, Denise was left fuming at her co-star as she labelled them “unprofessional”.She captioned her incredible snap: “Lovely to have a day off even though unexpected as someone unprofessionally pulled out of filming with 2 hours to go!!”She added: “Anyway, I’m loving life here in LA but I miss my pals and my @lighterlife gang.

Loose Women, former anchor Andrea McLean made a surprising return on Monday’s show (29 March).But comments made during the show, saw complaints from viewers criticising the special guest on Twitter. Andrea was joined by new host Ruth Langsford and panellists Kelle Bryan, Katie Piper and Coleen Nolan.

Andrea McLean has told how she stepped down from Loose Women because she'd outgrown it and it no longer fitted her.The Scottish journalist and television presenter announced in 2020 that she was leaving the ITV programme after 13 years, saying that she had re-evaluated her life amid the coronavirus pandemic. "It was a really, really big decision to jump and see if I fall and if I fly and I thought 'I will never know unless I try'," she said at the time.Andrea has now opened up the Mirror, revealing that things turned out well after she exited the show.She said: "I look back really fondly on my time there, and I was so lucky.

Hollyoaks a major explosion occurring in the village at the start of the year.Since the Nightingale family joined Hollyoaks, they have been involved in some huge storylines including murders, marriages and dramatic feuds.While their lives on screen appear very dramatic, off-screen it's a far cry from their usual dramas and heartbreak, but sadly for some, that has been their reality. Daily Star takes a look at what the actors who played the Nightingale family are up to when they're not starring in the soap.David Easter played Mac Nightingale in Hollyoaks until his shock murder by Breda McQueen after she fed him a poisoned lasagne.However before Hollyoaks, he had a rival soap role in Emmerdale as Gil Keane, and has since starred TV programme Cockney and Scouse, due to air this year.In his personal life, David was also married to former Coronation Street star Denise Welch from 1985-1988.Last year, the star was named a patron of charity Kenward Trust, which specialises in helping people deal with drug and alcohol addiction.Talking about his own experiences of addiction, David revealed that he had tried to take his own life after becoming addicted to alcohol, but that a phone call from a friend saved him.He told Kent Online: "I was a functioning alcoholic and a drug addict from the age of 30.

Loose Women welcomed back a familiar face on Monday's show as Andrea McLean returned as a guest almost year and a half after she quit.