Ruth Langsford revealed that her bank manager cut up her shopping cards on Monday 31 January’s episode of Loose Women as she spoke in detail about her past debt ordeal.
The daytime TV host, 61, opened up as the panel discussed whether or not “buy now pay later” shopping schemes were helpful or harmful when it came to customers’ spending habits. “I remember at a very young age, when I got my first job, of getting into store card debt.
So I remember going to Chelsea Girl – as it was then – and buying one thing,” Ruth said. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter .
You can sign up at the top of the page. "Then there was something on the counter that said, 'You can have £200-worth of clothes right now for just £5 a month!' And I was working and I was like, 'That's good actually!' “So I said to her, 'Can I do that today?' And she was like, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah.’ So I filled in the form, I had a bank account and so I got my £200 worth of clothes. “But I didn't do just one store.
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