Loose Women today, leaving host, Ruth Langsford, 62, to share her support with Gloria and ring her during today's show.The Loose Women host shared the news at the start of the show, alongside fellow panellists Sophie Morgan, Denise Welch and Coleen Nolan.As the panel discussed the highlights of the Jubilee weekend, Ruth said: "Someone who I was very sad not to see there at the pageant yesterday was our very own Gloria Hunniford, she was supposed to be on the National Treasures bus with her great friend Sir Cliff Richard."She was so looking forward to it and she was supposed to be on the panel today, so thank you very much to Denise for stepping in."Ruth continued: "But sadly, Gloria had a fall.She was being interviewed on the BBC on Saturday, then had a fall Saturday night and couldn’t go to the pageant."Absolutely devastating.She’s fine.She’s okay."Later on, in the show, Gloria telephoned in to explain what happened on Saturday night.She said: "I'm not on FaceTime or anything, I look as if I've done ten rounds with Mike Tyson and lost really badly.
Cliff, you've seen a picture of it haven't you?"Very simply, I tripped on a rug and then dived on my face on a very hard floor.
I have a very red, full eye, absolutely terrible."So there was no way I was going to do a Skype call, I tell you."I've also broken a bone on my face, it's actually just below my eye, the socket that keeps the eye in place, so I've got to maybe get another x-ray of some sort.
But there we go, happy days!"Sir Cliff replied: "You're doing the right thing Glo, because when you have anything extreme happen you should just be calm and collected about it."But you're doing the right thing, just sit back, relax and watch."Gloria has had a TV career spanning.
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