Loose Women's Sophie Morgan 'doesn't regret' crash that paralysed her from chest down at 18

IT certainly pays to be on Loose Women - as stars of the ITV show can testify. We told this week how Stacey Solomon raked in £2.5million last year and is earning a staggering £3,000 per episode.

Stacey Solomon was left in a bit of a pickle when she was forced to drop everything and join the Loose Women panel after a co-star fell ill.The ITV favourite explained she had just got home from Rotherham, where she has been filming her BBC series Sort Your Life Out.But, like a true professional, she quickly sorted her children out and got television ready as she joined Loose Women via video link.She shared a cute picture of her and Joe Swash's son Rex smiling as he cuddled up to the family's dogs.Stacey, 32, wrote over the top: "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."She went on: "I put a dress on.

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

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.

Loose Women presenter Sophie Morgan has opened up about adapting to life after the car crash she had aged 18.The star, who uses a wheelchair after being paralysed from the chest down, explained that felt it was important to go into detail about certain aspects of her life. “It was a conscious decision,” Sophie, now 37, tells OK!. “I deliberately went into detail about telling the truth about some very personal things about my disability.

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.

Loose Women star Linda Robson claimed it was "unfortunate" that Prince Andrew walked alongside Her Majesty The Queen at a memorial service for Prince Philip.The Duke of York who resigned from public duty after settling a US civil court case was seen in public for the first time alongside members of The Royal Family on Tuesday (March 29).Andrew and his relatives joined dignitaries and royals from across Europe as they paid tribute to his late father, Prince Philip, who died in April 2021 aged 99.There had been plans in place for The Queen, 96, to walk alongside the Dean of Westminster as she entered the ceremony but these plans changed at the last minute after Andrew met his mother at her home, Windsor Castle.During Wednesday's (March 30) instalment, anchor Christine Lampard asked her co-panellists Janet Street-Porter and Linda Robson their thoughts on Andrew attending.Janet said: "It would have been a really tough day for her [the Queen], I think in terms of the image of the message it sends across to the rest of us, I suppose what it says is he is her favourite son, everybody knows that it's been reported many, many times."I just think it was a bit unfortunate but obviously it's her choice, the Dean of Westminster was meant to accompany the Queen when she got out of the car and take her to her seat."Andrew went to Windsor Castle, met the Queen and they changed cars at Buckingham Palace so he went with her every step of the way and he has been visiting her at Windsor Castle on a daily basis."Not only is there a close relationship but he's been there for her."While Linda added: "She was a woman mourning her husband and whether it was Andrew, whether it was Edward or Charles, it was Andrew."Unfortunately it was Andrew

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, former anchor Andrea McLean made a surprising return on Monday’s show (29 March).But comments made during the show, saw complaints from viewers criticising the special guest on Twitter. Andrea was joined by new host Ruth Langsford and panellists Kelle Bryan, Katie Piper and Coleen Nolan.

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.

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 welcomed back a familiar face on Monday's show as Andrea McLean returned as a guest almost year and a half after she quit.

Loose Women viewers were delighted today to see Andrea McLean return to the panel for the first time since she quit 15 months ago.

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.

Ruth Langsford spent a very special Mother's Day spoiling her mother, Joan, and also getting spoiled herself by her only child with husband Eamonn Holmes, son Jack.MORE: Loose Women stars' sultry wedding dresses: Christine Lampard, Ruth Langsford and moreTaking to her Stories, the Loose Women host gave fans a sneak peek at her how she spent the special day, revealing that she had cooked an elaborate meal for her mum.WATCH: See the sweet gift Jack got mum Ruth for Mother's DaySharing a small clip of her table all set for the meal, Ruth told her followers: "Setting the scene for my Queen."SEE: Ruth Langsford just rocked a pair of skinny jeans and stilettos – and wowREAD: Ruth Langsford reveals Loose Women co-star was 'horrified' after eyebrow tattoo treatmentThe table was set beautifully and at the end, two bunches of flowers, as well as a bottle of champagne on ice, could be seen. Eamonn and Ruth share son Jack, pictured leftFor lunch, Ruth cooked a delicious "Mother's Day roast," and Joan could be seen in another video smiling from ear to ear whilst tucking into her plate.

Presenter Sophie Morgan, who joined Loose Women in November, opened up on her career in an exclusive video interview with OK! VIP’s.The 37-year-old author spoke candidly about her spinal injury, after being in a car crash when she was 18. The TV host opened up on the barriers she has faced throughout her rise to fame, both physical and attitudinal.

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.

Loose Women panelists Nadia Sawalha and Katie Piper bumped heads during a heated conversation about pregnancy.In Thursday's (March 23) episode, Nadia, 47 and Katie, 38, ruffled each other's feathers as the panelists discussed women who choose to have a baby without carrying the baby themselves. During the chat, Nadia expressed that she was unsure as to why women who could carry their own baby, choose not to.