Loose Women’s Day of Panic: The Stars Liefs ‘terrified’ by ITV cuts – and the presenter who fears that she will be the biggest loser of all
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The stars of Loose women are ‘terrified’ by ITV‘The cuts after bosses have announced that the show will only be broadcast during the day during school meals.
Anchors Ruth alongford And Kaye AdamsBoth 65 and presenters Nadia Sawalha60 and Denise Welch66, it is believed that they are ‘angry’ and ‘in panic’ that their means of existence are at stake, causing a stir behind the scenes.
ITV confirmed on Tuesday dramatic changes in their TV schedule during the day, with the show of Lorraine Kelly from one hour to 30 minutes and just like loose women, only 30 weeks of the year is broadcast.
Top TV talent, including Lorraine, 65, whose career extends more than 40 years, is supposed to be ‘furious’ and to be ‘offended’ about the shake-up, while the loose women already fear inevitable job losses.
The new regime, which will come into effect in January, costs more than 300 employees their work as a consultation period starts as soon as today lasts until September, before the contributors are finally released in December.
Insiders have revealed that it is that it is Christine Lampard46, who fears that she might be the most affected, since she presents Lorraine when she is on vacation and also anchoring loose women, which means that her annual work is now in danger.
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The stars of loose women have been left ‘terrified’ by ITV’s cuts after bosses had announced that the show will only be broadcast during the day with Christine Lampard (depicted October 2023), for fear that they could be worse

Anchor’s Ruth Verslord (depicted May 2025) and Kaye Adams are supposed to be ‘angry’ and ‘touches’ about their means of existence.

Top TV talent including Lorraine (depicted May 2025) is supposed to be ‘furious’ and to be ‘offended’ about the shakeup, while the loose women are already fearing inevitable jobs
A TV source told MailOnline: ‘All presenters are in a state of panic and in the arms after the announcement of ITV.
‘These shows are a large part of their resources of existence, so they are just as stressed and angry as the production personnel, to whom more than 300 jobs can be heard, danger.
‘Ruth, Kaye, Nadia and Denise have contacted the production team in particular in a panic and to express how angry they are that ITV had made this decision.
‘Lorraine is also furious that her show is minced meat for up to 30 minutes and moved to just 30 weeks of the year, the same as individual women.
‘She thinks it is the ultimate insult after so many years on the channel, especially since Good Morning Britain stays the same, with the current hours, broadcast every weekday of the year, because her show is the same as she is.
“Loose women and Lorraine who fall into their schedule will seriously influence Christine Lampard, she anchores for both shows, so the majority of her annual work is now at stake.”
MailOnline understands the cast of individual women, who includes more than 20 presenters such as Charlene White and Colen Nolan, believe that there will be no other option than for the broadcaster to let go of important talent, who have been working on production for decades.
It is also believed that younger panel members, such as former Love Island participant Olivia Attwood, 34, and Influencer GK Barry, 25, could be preferred to experienced stars, including Janet Street-Porter, 78 and Jane Moore, 63.

It is also believed that younger panel members such as Olivia Attwood (photo) can be preferred over experienced stars, including Janet Street-Porter and Jane Moore

MailOnline understands that Kaye Adams and Denise Welch (depicted 2024) are particularly angry with the changes of ITV to loose women, where they are an integral parts of the panel

A loose female source revealed that Kaye, Nadia and Jane are all contracted by the show, while Myleene class appears on an ‘ad hoc’ base (shown May 2025)

Long-term members of the panel such as Janet Street-Porter, who is 78, can run the risk of losing their jobs after changes in the broadcaster (shown May 2025)
A loose female insider added: ‘At the moment there are around 20 presenters in the show, some have been contracted, such as Ruth, Kaye, Nadia, Denise, Janet and Jane, and others are more ad hoc, such as Myleene class and Sue Cleaver.
‘It is now difficult enough to give every contributor a good number of shows and to keep everyone as happy and on the screen as they would like.
‘Now the show is only broadcast 30 weeks a year, so many people are going to lose their jobs. There will not be enough shows to go around, so it means that presenters who have been in the series for 25 years can be kicked off the panel. ‘
Loose Women, who was launched in 1999, is currently being broadcast on the ITV for an hour, but from January 2026 the show will only broadcast 30 weeks of the year.
In recent months, the show has tried to reach a younger audience by recruiting Olivia, who is currently promoting her own dating series bad friends on the broadcaster, and in March the series launched its first podcast about ITVX and YouTube.
Anchor Ruth, who goes together with ex-husband Eamonn Holmes until 2021 this morning, has been in the program since the start, making it the longest serving panel member.

The Shakeup was announced on Tuesday by ITV bosses, including the expansion of Good Morning Britain to walk from 6 a.m. to 9.30 am (shown May 2025)
The Shakeup was announced on Tuesday by ITV bosses, including the expansion of Good Morning Britain to walk from 6 am to 9.30 am.
Good morning Groot -Britain will be produced by a ‘dedicated team within ITV News at ITN’, while day of the day shows Lorraine, this morning, and loose women will be made by ITV Studios.
Lorraine and Loose Women, who are currently sharing the same studio, are being filmed in the television center, but as part of the changes will go to a central location in London.
On Wednesday, the Mirror reported that Lorraine could leave her show for good about ‘Fears’, the quality of her long -running series could take.
ITV has claimed that the changes will finance extra investments in dramas, such as Mr Bates vs, the post office, which won three BAFTA TV Awards last week, and sporting events such as next year’s World Cup.
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