Coleen Nolan has shared a huge update on Loose Women amid uncertainty surrounding the show’s future due to ITV cuts.
Ms Nolan has starred on the chat show on and off since 2000, and has shed some light on the situation after it was announced earlier this year Loose Women would be among the ITV shows slashed in cost-saving measures.
It was confirmed that the show would run for only 30 weeks from 2026, with Lorraine also facing similar changes.
With this has come speculation ITV stalwarts losing their jobs, but Ms Nolan took the opportunity to reassure fans.
Coleen Nolan opened up about the ITV cuts
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The 60-year-old shared there had been “no mention” of any of the Loose Women stars leaving.
Chatting to Bella Magazine, she confirmed: “No, [the producers] have just got to work it out, because we’ll only be on air for 30 weeks. But there’s no mention of anyone going.
“We have to have a big pool of women. Because a lot of us are mothers and grandmothers and have other jobs outside of it.
“That’s why it’s great – then they’ve always got cover.”
Coleen Nolan has starred in Loose Women since 2000
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Quashing rumours that the morale of presenters is continuing to take a hit, Ms Nolan also shared the atmosphere behind the scenes is “amazing again”.
She added: “When it was first announced, morale was low, purely because of all the amazing people behind the scenes losing jobs.
“It was really sad, but now we all know what’s going on, the morale is amazing again.”
Loose Women fans have also been wondering lately whether presenter Stacey Solomon, who now fronts two BBC series, will be returning to the daytime show.
Speaking in July after not having been seen on the show for a while, a source commented: “Stacey is always welcome back and is absolutely still considered part of the Loose family.”
Speaking to The Sun, they added. “But, at the moment, she’s so busy with personal projects and her kids that she never seems to find the time.
“But they’d have her back in a heartbeat. They love her and there’s no ill feeling towards her at all.
“She is just simply too busy to do it right now.”
Loose Women panelist Coleen Nolan has indicated none of the presenters are stepping away amid ITV cuts
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ITVIn 2023, Solomon took time off her presenting duties following the birth of her youngest daughter, Belle.
She admitted, with her busy schedule and motherhood, she had little time to give to Loose Women.
Loose Women will be impacted by ITV’s cost-cutting measures next year
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After returning to the panel in November, Solomon said: “I’m so happy to be here. I feel like I’ve missed it so much.
“It’s been crazy because my daughter Belle was a wonderful surprise, but what that meant was I had to fit my filming schedule into a very short period of time.”