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Coleen Nolan devastation as Loose Women ‘family’ ripped apart by ITV cuts

Loose Women panellist Coleen Nolan has spoken out for the first time following the huge cuts ITV bosses have made to the daytime show.

Coleen Nolan has spoken out for the first time since the ITV cuts (Image: ITV)

Coleen Nolan has opened up about the “devastating” impact the ITV cuts have had on the Loose Women “family” being ripped apart. It comes after it was revealed back in May that the daytime show and Lorraine, hosted by Lorraine Kelly, have been axed for half of the year, as the channel announce a big shake-up to its afternoon schedule.

Both programmes will air for 30 weeks of the year from January 2026, which is a stark contrast to their current year-round schedules. Coleen has been a panelist on Loose Women since 2000, and now the mum-of-two has spoken out about how the changes have affected her.

She revealed that the cast and crew feel like their “family” has been torn apart (Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

Speaking to The Mirror, she admitted: “The crew have become family. I’ve watched them grow. Some of our runners from back in the day are producers, married with kids. I’ve shared my life with them. They’re in limbo, not knowing what they’re going to do.

“Loose Women isn’t ending, which I’m so thankful for, but it’s changing. It’s going to be very different in respect of the size of the crew, but it’s still running.

“Which it should be – there isn’t another show that celebrates and supports all women of every size, age, whatever. But it’s heartbreaking to see some of my colleagues not knowing what they’re going to do. Many of them have young families and mortgage.”

Coleen isn’t the first presenter to speak out as panellist Sue Cleaver, 61, broke her silence on the show changes last month. The former Corrie star exclusively told us: “We’ve been through it at Corrie as well and these are people’s lives, and I just feel very much for all the production and the crew because people are struggling.

“It’s affecting young families and it’s obviously been a pretty hard time for people to hear that. But, you know, we have to just embrace change, and we’ll see what happens.”

Nadia Sawalha, 60, has also shared her thoughts on the production cuts. Speaking alongside her husband Mark Adderley on the couple’s YouTube channel, she explained: “Do you know what? At the moment, all of us on screen are in work and are proud of what we do.

“But behind the scenes, there are people that are really suffering and what you don’t realise is when you attack the show, you attack them, because you never see all the army of people behind the scenes and how hard they work.”

Struggling to hold back her tears, Nadia went on: “So, to all my friends and colleagues behind the scenes who have just got a huge shock out of the blue: I’m so sorry. Mark knows how upset I’ve been at home about it. I just can’t bear it. So, just be f***ing kind to people.”

On Friday (July 4), it was revealed that three ITV daytime shows have been recommissioned to fill the void left by the axed Loose Women and Lorraine episodes. The Chase, Deal Or No Deal, and Tipping Point have been given a “major boost” on the schedule and according to The Sun, new episodes will be filming later this year.