Carol McGiffin addresses 'pressures' surrounding Loose Women co-star 'rifts'
dailystar.co.ukLoose Women co-stars.It comes amid claims that Countdown presenter Anne Robinson had been embroiled in a feud with her co-star Rachel Riley.During an episode of Loose Women, anchor Ruth Langsford claimed that women in the public eye are often "pitted against" one another by members of the public.Her co-star Katie Piper added: "What happens with women is if you question something or you assert yourself you're seen as aggressive and non-compliant.However, Ruth questioned whether reports of a rift between Anne, 77, and Rachel could be fabricated after the presenter announced her departure after just over one year.She said: "She's literally saying, 'I said I'd do it for a year, I've done it for over a year I've got lots of other things on thank you very much, it's nothing to do with Rachel Riley."However, Carol jumped in saying: "Well, I think there's a lot of pressure on women to deny there isn't a rift going on between other women that they work with."Ruth joked: "What are you looking at me for?" as Carol attempted to speak, Ruth interrupted saying: "I thought we were best friends, Carol."The TV presenter didn't hold back as she commented: "Well look, we all get on and we all like each other."But you know, we're not best friends, obviously, because we all live in different parts of the world."She continued: "So that's a geographical thing, but I do think that this whole thing about people who put pressure on - and it's not just women, there's a lot of pressure on everyone at the moment - to be "nice" and be kind and all of that."The people that are putting that pressure on us - because I'm always like told that I'm not nice and I'm not kind - the people who try to enforce that are genuinely not nice!"Addressing a rift.
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