Carol McGiffin has finally revealed to fans why she has not appeared on Loose Women for over two months now. The 63-year-old, despite being a regular face on the show since 2000, has recently stepped back but has remained tight-lipped on her decision until now.
Breaking her silence, Carol explained to Best Magazine how the "stress" over upcoming contract negotiations had been impacting her life.
She said: "I haven't been on the show for two months now because I've had to step away from it. "It was causing me too much stress, which was mostly down to a difficult contract issue I'd been challenging since January. "The problem was, ITV were insisting, for the first time since I went back in 2018, that if I wanted to carry on doing the show, I would have to sign a contract that was totally unjust and unworkable for me, so I had to say no thanks.
She continued: "And I know it looks like I've thrown my toys out of the pram, but the whole saga was affecting my health. "It's not really that I've left, I'm just not doing it at the moment.
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