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Privacy Notice Carol McGiffin has unleashed a nine-word critique on her former show Loose Women, calling it “boring” in a candid interview. The 64 year old TV personality shocked fans when she announced her departure from the ITV daytime programme last year, later revealing that she had to “step away” due to a “difficult issue.” In a post-exit chat with GB News, Carol opened up about “too much stress” she faced during contract talks and lamented the show’s shift towards being “too woke.” Speaking to Woman’s Own recently, Carol made it clear that there’s no reconciliation on the cards with the ITV series, citing her contract as the deal-breaker, which she felt was unreasonable for anyone to sign. Despite previously stating this year that she “didn’t miss” Loose Women and was tired of its “wokeness,” Carol admitted feeling a pang of sadness over her exit. However, despite missing her former colleagues, Carol is adamant about not returning, summarising her stance in a succinct nine words: “I don’t regret leaving, I don’t fit in there anymore.” Having been part of Loose Women since its inception in 2001, Carol expressed her frustration with the show’s tendency to cater to easily “offended” audiences and shared that she occasionally tunes in as a reminder that she made the right choice in leaving. Sign up to OK’s TV newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox for free
Carol left Loose Women last year and hasn’t returned
(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
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“It was once a great job,” she continued, but she admitted that she only keeps in touch with a few of her former co-hosts. She still meets up with Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha, and Jane Moore, but confessed that she upset some of the Loose Women panellists when she told them she didn’t consider them as friends, reports the Mirror. “Some I have nothing in common with,” she boldly declared, adding that they were “just people I work with.” She also maintains contact with Ruth Langsford, but admitted she hasn’t reached out to her since news of her divorce from Eamonn Holmes broke. “She’ll be inundated and won’t want to hear from me right now,” she shared with OK! in June. Earlier this year, speaking to Best magazine, Carol touched on the contract issue that ultimately led her to leave Loose Women, describing it as a “difficult issue” she had been grappling with since January. “The problem was, ITV were insisting, for the first time since I went back in 2018, that if I wanted to carry on doing the show, I would have to sign a contract that was totally unjust and unworkable for me, so I had to say no thanks,” she said.Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnCarol McgiffinEamonn HolmesRuth LangsfordLoose Women
