Loose Women star Charlene White had 'whirls of doubt' over latest career move

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Loose Women star Charlene White was left with a "whirl of doubt" as she embarked on her latest career move. The 44-year-old first appeared on Loose Women as a guest panellist in 2020.

But she joined the cast as a permanent member the following year, after Andrea McLean's exit. However, it was a career move away from the hit ITV show that Charlene says filled her with initial "excitement".

Charlene, who started her career as a broadcast journalist at the BBC aged 24, recently wrote her own memoir. READ MORE: Music megastars descend on Manchester to film new Netflix talent show Building the Band She revealed in an excerpt published by the Guardian her initial thrill at being asked to write it: "When I was given the opportunity to write No Place Like Home, I was bouncing off the walls with excitement." She expressed her joy, stating, "I genuinely couldn't have been happier that I had been entrusted to do something so monumental." However, Charlene also disclosed that she had to pause her writing to join 'I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, reports the Express, which subsequently led to missing a deadline from her publisher due to a dip in confidence.

Despite this setback, she conveys that she was able to "hide the wobbles" from those around her. She added: "When my head hit the pillow at the end of each day, my brain was a whirl of doubts that I could do it.