Loose Women star Charlene White pays emotional tribute to colleague as they exit show after 15 years

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Charlene White has penned a touching tribute to her Loose Women colleague as he leaves the show following a 15-year stint. The newsreader and presenter took to Instagram to share a message for Loose Women's deputy editor Tom Sage, who departed the show last week after 15 years.

Tom was mentioned by his colleagues live on air last week as he plans to start a new job abroad, departing the ITV lunchtime show after a number of years in the senior role.Charlene revealed Tom is heading to Australia to work on Neighbours as part of the production team.As The Mirror reports she thanked him for being a "wonderful friend and boss-man" for the three years she has been part of the show.Taking to Instagram, she wrote: "Last week we bid farewell to our @loosewomen Deputy Editor @tomsage1984 … and today he flies off to Australia to join the production team at @neighbours!"It was quite the learning curve when I first joined the Loose team 3 years ago.

It was unlike any show I’d ever done, and I was nervous as anything. "But the Loose team are something special, and Tom was there for me from the start - helping to calm nerves, giving me guidance, and just generally being a wonderful friend and boss-man."Charlene also quipped she was eager for a return to Down Under to appear on the soap reboot.She added: "I’m lucky he was there to hold my hand through the amazing world that is daytime telly.

I can’t tell you how much we’re going to miss him. "Neighbours are so lucky to have him. In the meantime, I’m gonna keep WhatsApp ’ing him storylines that feature a cute Black British newsreader character who’s slightly frazzled by the work/parenting life."It comes after Kaye Adams, Judi Love, Nadia Sawalha and Jane Moore paused an episode of Loose