Furious Loose Women 'feud' as star 'doesn't miss' show as she 'wasn't welcomed'

13 December 2023 , 08:06

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Furious Loose Women 'feud' as star 'doesn't miss' show as she 'wasn't welcomed'

Loose Women has become embroiled in fresh new feud allegations over claims a former star felt she "wasn't welcomed" and "doesn't miss" the show after her sudden exit.

Carol McGiffin, 63, appeared on the ITV programme from 2000 until 2013, returning five years later in 2018 before quitting earlier this year. However, since leaving, she has frequenly expressed her unhappiness at her time on the show, claiming it had changed.

Opening up to Women's Own magazine this week, she declared: "No, I don't miss Loose Women at all. My pronouns are P and Off. It's just very woke and I can't deal with the wokeness. I know I wasn't really welcomed." But she added: "That's not why I am not there. I am not there because of other stuff."

While she said that she does miss her co-stars, she said that she "doesn't miss being on TV". Carol hadn't appeared on the show for months before she finally broke her silence and confirmed that she wouldn't be returning, explaining that she had been forced to "step away" from the show after allegedly being asked to sign a contract which was "totally unjust and unworkable for me".

In an interview with TNT talk radio, Carol said: "I always look back at when I started working in television and radio as the good old days because they were much less policed, I suppose. Much less restricted and it was a freer place to be.

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Carol McGiffin has said that she 'doesn't miss' Loose Women

"When I look back at the old Loose Womens I used to do from 2000 all the way until I left in 2013, they're completely different. There is so much offence. People take so much offence at so much and they never used to."

Tensions grew between Carol and ITV over comments she made to suggest that news organisations had been "brainwashing" the public over the risks of Covid in order to spark widespread mental health breakdowns.

*Loose Women airs weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV

Rose Hill