Carol McGiffin admits having ‘biggest’ off-screen rows with Loose Women co-star Kaye Adams

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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

Loose Women 's Jane Moore has been tipped for new series of Strictly after special performance with Strictly pro Johannes On Loose Women on Friday (April 1), Jane and Johannes did a special performance of the Charleston.The host glammed up and sported a sequin dress for the dance with the Strictly pro.After their performance, fellow panelists Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha and Judi Love all gave the pair a perfect 10 for their dance. Kaye was quick to tip Jane for the upcoming series of Strictly Come Dancing, to which Jane responded with jokingly shaking her head.Fans have already taken to Twitter to express their delight at the host potentially joining the show.

Loose Women star Carol McGiffin has revealed she regrets telling her ITV co-star Kaye Adams about her sex life issue.The TV presenter, 62, once told her Loose Women pal Kaye that she hadn't had sex for seven years - a personal confession she made off-screen.However, Kaye later shared news of Carol's bedroom dry spell on live TV during an episode of Loose Women, which meant the issue was broadcast live to the nation.Carol opened up about the time during an on-air discussion about cancel culture and people getting offended by things.Although Carol insisted she didn't have many regrets about thing she's said on air, she did say she wished she hadn't told Kaye about her sex issue.She said: "Going back to Loose Women, I think probably I wish I hadn’t have told Kaye Adams that I hadn’t had sex for seven years."That was way before Mark (her now husband),"Kate asked her if the experience "haunted her", to which Carol replied: "I didn’t say it on air, I told the Loose Women and then they said it."She went on: "Kaye said it on air. In a way it wasn’t a viral moment, but it became a thing."Kate replied: "It became a thing because when you started dating Mark literally people were thinking about street parties because she was open again for business."She added: "It was such a big deal.

Carol commented on the experience on On White Wine Question Time, explaining it was somewhat beneficial to have attracted that level of attention.She said that her “mojo” tapered off after her mum died in 2003.The host added that it was seven years down the line and she was still in a position where she lacked self-esteem.But it wasn’t long before she met husband Mark Cassidy.Kate reminded Carol that she was in “deep grief” at the time, saying that such experiences close down your “emotional toolkit.”Kate confirmed that she admired Carol for speaking about the importance of remembering that it is okay to be single.“You don’t have to be with someone to be someone,” she explained.The two agreed that it was possible to be someone on your own accord, while still being perfectly happy.

Good Morning Britain’s Katy Rickitt, 37, has sent in a message of support to ITV News Calendar presenter Duncan Wood, after fans noticed he wasn’t in his usual slot.

Loose Women star Stacey Solomon apologised to the rest of the panel when her baby daughter Rose screamed through her appearance on the ITV show. During Wednesday 30 March’s episode of the popular lunchtime programme, Stacey, who recently returned from maternity leave, joined the ladies via video call in a last minute shake-up after another star was unable to appear. However, the 32 year old, who welcomed Rose with fiance Joe Swash last October, was thrilled to step in from her Essex home and quickly got stuck into the hot topics of the day.

Stacey Solomon, 32, was rushing around this morning after being asked to replace a Loose Women co-star who had called in sick.The ITV star had only just returned home from Rotherham, where she was filming the first episode of Sort Your Life Out’s second series.In a candid Instagram post shared with her 5.1 million followers, Stacey shared her struggle fitting everything on her busy schedule.The picture, uploaded earlier today, featured her son Rex laughing as he lay on the sofa with the family’s dogs.Stacey’s hand could be visible in the shot as she showed fans the “cold tea” she had been drinking ahead of her TV appearance.She captioned the snap: “We are back from Rotherham and someone has called in sick to Loose Women so I’m scrambling around trying to sort the pickles out, drink my cold tea and put something on so I can cover today on Zoom.“Happy Wednesday everyone.”The TV star concluded: “I hope you’re all ok today.”

Loose Women was suddenly cut short.But the ITV presenter and producer received some much-welcomed support from her Twitter followers.One, @lucylululastic, tweeted her to offer words of encouragement in the aftermath of the glitch."Saw you on LW [Loose Women] on the train and just wanted to say have the best time," she wrote."See, good things happen to good people, enjoy yourself, so never give those jealous weekend fools a second thought."She added the hashtag #YouMakeMyMumSmile.Charlene responded in view of over 62,000 followers to confirm she was "gutted the signal failed"."The joys of attempting to do a video call on a train to Birmingham," she groaned.However, she added: "But I’ll be co-presenting the ITV Evening News from ITV’s Concert for Ukraine tonight from 18.30… thankfully not on FaceTime!"The discussion sparked off a series of "Welcome to Birmingham" tweets from locals whose home city she had been heading to at the time of the mishap.Charlene has had a tense few days- not just with the connectivity problem on Loose Women, but with fielding off complaints that she had "profited" from slavery.She discovered last year during an ITV documentary named Empire's Child that a distant relative - her five times great grandfather - had been a slave owner."All wknd a few folk with nowt better to do were furiously tweeting to “out” me for “profiting” from the slave trade," she wrote in a tweet yesterday."Why? Cos my slave-ancestors birthed kids belonging to their slave owners."Kids who were born slaves."The aghast presenter added: "Is there a British education system complaints dept?!"Meanwhile the Loose Women star had another shock in store when she learnt one of her favourite radio broadcasters, Eddie Mair, is about to

ITV documentary Empire's Child last year that her five times great-grandfather was a slave owner. In the documentary the Loose Women star is astonished by her connections to the British Empire and has taken to Twitter to hit back at claims she "profited from the slave trade".Charlene took to Twitter yesterday evening to call out those who believe she profited from the slave trade.In view of her 62,400 followers, she penned: "All wknd a few folk with nowt better to do were furiously tweeting to 'out' me for 'profiting' from the slave trade.

Loose Women presenter Sophie Morgan has opened up about dealing with a stalker in 2018, telling OK! it was "horrible." The star - who joined the Loose Women panel last autumn - was targeted by Robert Keegan on a daily basis, who was later convicted. For our shoot with her mum, Carol, at her parents' home in Sussex, Sophie, 37, told us that it was an extremely hard moment in her life. “At the time, I wasn’t using social media that much and I wasn’t making as much TV," she explained.

Loose Women star Sophie Morgan has opened up to OK! about her life changing car crash aged 18 and how it has impacted her life. Now 37, Sophie's career is soaring and the presenter took the chance to celebrate her brilliant mum Carol - who cared for her after the crash that left her paralysed from the chest down - as they posed for beautiful photos at Carol's Sussex house.

Loose Women to concentrate on her online mindset company, The Girl Is On Fire. However, Andrea made a surprise comeback to the show this afternoon with her husband Nick Feeney catching the star off-guard with his latest cheeky comment.Andrea posted a video of herself and Nick in her story, in view of her 299,000 Instagram followers.Posting their chat from the car, she said: "Do you know what he just said?"I just looked at myself and said...

Loose Women panellist Coleen Nolan is the latest star to give her view on Will Smith hitting Chris Rock at the Oscars 2022, saying he became a ‘lion’ to protect his family. When comedian Chris Rock took aim at Will’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith during the Academy Awards, Will, 53, stormed onto the stage and slapped Chris, 57.

Dancing On Ice star went on to express her surprise at being paired up with former Strictly Come Dancing professional Brendan Cole, 45, who is now set to compete with her in the final.Ahead of the Dancing On Ice final, Vanessa has spilled the beans on her bond with skating partner Brendan, who has wowed ITV audiences this year with his skating abilities.Remembering the first time she was told she was coupled up with Brendan, Vanessa admitted she had her reservations at first. She said: “The producers really surprised me with the partnership because there is a 20-year age gap.“I didn’t expect to be with Brendan when obviously there were young guys, like I was partnered with in previous years. “I was worried at first that we wouldn’t bond, but because we’re both ­performers and I’m a mature 25-year-old, I’m comfortable.”She went on to share Brendan is a “kid at heart” and suggested the star had lost some weight putting his all into the process. “He falls and gets up and it amazes me how his 45-year-old body can handle so much strain.

Loose Women star Ruth Langsford revealed that she feels like she is constantly “spinning plates”.

Loose Women panellist Carol McGiffin, 62, has reminisced about the “old days” of the ITV lunchtime show where she felt she had more freedom to say what she wanted. Carol has been a regular on the programme since the early 2000s and recently opened up about how things have changed.Speaking on the latest episode of Kate Thornton’s White Wine Question Time podcast, Carol recalled: “The old days, back on Loose Women, were great."Not to say that I don’t have a great time now, but when I think about those times back then, things were just so much freer."She said that the hosts used to be able to "talk about things" they simply can't discuss anymore.She continued: “The way we talked to each other was completely different to what we can do now because you’ve just got this epidemic of offence, everyone’s just offended by everything, and it’s hard, it is quite hard to work in telly now.”Kate, who presented Loose Women from 2009 until 2011, then chimed in: “To do a live show where you are hired to pass opinion and comment, every day is a tightrope between flying or dying by cancellation.”Carol agreed: “Yeah, it is.

Denise Welch had fans obsessed on Friday with another sun-soaked snap while away on a Loose Women work vacay.MORE: Loose Women stars left in shock after Denise Welch shares unbelievable photoThe LA lifestyle certainly agrees with the ITV star, as she took her Instagram as glowing as ever as she posed for a boomerang with well-known showbiz expert Ross King.WATCH: Denise's incredibly relatable fitness struggleIn the post, the pair are beaming as they are captured doing a happy dance with the infamous Hollywood sign in the background - we could not be more jealous!RELATED: Denise Welch has fans in hysterics with upside-down yoga video - watchREAD: Denise Welch shares rare photos of son Louis for very special occasionCaptioning the stunning snap, Denise wrote: "Ross King!!! I love him!! I don’t know what he’s saying but I think the Benny Hill theme tune should accompany this boomerang!!! I just don’t know how to do it!!! He’s very very naughty. Can’t wait for you to see his house and hear our chat about his life in LA.

Coronation Street almost two years ago after 31 years of playing Liz McDonald.The actress has spoken in a new interview about her time on the soap and why her decision to leave ended up being an easy one.Beverly announced her departure from the award-winning soap in 2019, with her final scenes airing in 2020.Not too soon after leaving the show, Beverly took part in the twentieth series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, finishing in third place.Beverly has spoken to the Sun's TV magazine about her time on the soap and why she decided to leave after 31 years.She said: "As an actor, you’re scared to say no to a job, but the scripts came and I thought I’ve just got to trust my instincts really."It's not nine to five, it’s like seven until ten at night and it’s six days a week."It's really full on and you have no life, like it used to be a lot harder years ago when the cast was smaller."Beverly even admitted that she thinks the soap's quality has gone downhill since she started in 1989.The actress believes Corrie is "overloaded with soap operas" and calls it a "shame" due to the show's promise.Back in September, Beverley said she was a "workaholic" and began to struggle on set because she was suffering with depression.She said: "I'd struggled for so long knowing something was wrong but not on set knowing exactly what it was."You say all those things to yourself, like 'get a grip.' In the end I couldn't go on any longer.

Loose Women star Jane Moore took a cheeky swipe at fellow panellist Coleen Nolan yesterday. Jane told viewers Coleen “shoved” her at the start of the ITV show.Jane, 59, branded her Loose Women co-star Coleen “ghastly” in a tongue-in-cheek jibe as she kicked off the show yesterday.Coleen, 57, apparently shoved Jane, the panellist claimed live on air.Jane began: “Hello and welcome to your mid-week helping of Loose Women.“Joining me for lots of laughs and lunchtime chat, it's the ghastly Coleen Nolan,” she continued, as her colleague opened her mouth in shock.“Who just shoved me on air,” she revealed, causing Coleen to laugh.The pair quickly moved past the on-air banter, sitting down at the Loose Women panel with their fellow co-stars.The pair were joined by Linda Robson, 64, and Shani Dhanda, 35, as they began a discussion on the issue of lockdown loneliness.Express.co.uk has contacted Coleen’s representatives for further comment.Earlier this month, Coleen appeared on Lorraine for International Women’s Day, where she addressed rumours of feuding behind the scenes on Loose Women.Appearing beside Gloria Hunniford, Coleen confirmed that the drama always “ends at the desk”.Host Lorraine Kelly appeared to make reference to claims of friction between the panellists, though she suggested that it was not the case.She said: “And Loose Women is on today.