LOOSE Women isn't always a bastion of calm, reasoned debate. In fact, six-year show veteran Saira Khan slammed the "toxic" TV environment and revealed she was "absolutely not" best friends with her co-stars before she quit in January.
Saira, 51, left the ITV daytime programme after being involved in a number of fiery on-air clashes – but said her departure was actually about being able to "focus on what's important". "TV became too toxic," Saira told Platinum magazine. "We are paid to be feisty as that's what makes good telly.
I left on my terms. "People think you're best friends with everybody on Loose Women. You're absolutely not! You have to just tolerate [some people] because you've got to get the job done." Sometimes that tolerance.
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