Carol McGiffin laments old days of Loose Women as she fires back at ‘epidemic of offence’

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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 co-star Kaye Adams, 59. In a candid chat on presenter Kate Thornton’s White Wine Question Time podcast, Carol described Kaye as being the “polar opposite” to her, personality-wise.When asked about her “unlikely” friendships forged by working on the ITV talk show, Carol said: “Well, Kaye Adams is an unlikely friend…”Kate then enquired: “Because you’re too similar?”Carol continued: “No! Because we are polar opposites.”She explained: “We are complete and utter opposites in almost everything and it’s strange that I’d see her as a friend.“But we are friends, we just are.

Fern Britton, 64, has shared her thoughts about finding herself single again after splitting from Phil Vickery in 2020 .She said new love isn’t something she is actively looking for at the moment and,instead, she is focusing on “self-care”.In a new interview, Fern said moving on after her second marriage, to TV chef Phil Vickery, 61, which ended in 2020, is “difficult”.The 64-year-old also revealed she has “no time for romance”.The TV presenter is open to having a companion “in time”, someone who will accompany her to the cinema, she hopes.Fern said: “People say they bounce back from a long relationship but it takes a while.The rebound is difficult. “You chuck the pebble in the pond, but the ripples go on for a very long time.“It’s been a long time getting to the dawn, but I’m in another brand-new chapter and do feel it will be all right.“I have a lot of peace in my life. I’m doing more yoga, meditation and walking – a bit of self-care.

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.

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.

Kate Ferdinand shared an adorable snap of her one year old son Cree recognising her on Loose Women as she appeared on the panel.The 30 year old former TOWIE star, who shares son Cree with former England footballer Rio Ferdinand, 43, posted a sweet set of snaps to her 1.4million Instagram followers of her little boy recognising his mum as she appeared on the ITV show. Kate, who is a stepmother to children Lorenz, 15, Tate, 13, and Tia, 10, wowed in a lime green suit as she revealed to the panel the affectionate name her three stepchildren have adopted for her. While Kate appeared on the daytime show on Wednesday 23 March, adorable Cree appeared to be her biggest fan as he watched the huge TV screen.

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