LOOSE Women legend Linda Robson is calling for a trans panellist on the show.
The outspoken host says the hit daytime show embraces everybody and is open to more diversity.
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Linda Robson has called on the show to invite a new panellistCredit: PA
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The panel spoke to Strictly pro Nikita Kuzmin last weekCredit: Rex
Speaking about the potential for a trans star to join the panel, she told Metro: “It would be great, yeah we’re welcome to everybody, so that would be fantastic.”
Linda, 66, represented Loose Women at the TV Choice Awards last night, where the ITV show lost out on the Best Daytime Show award to the BBC’s Escape To The Country.
Speaking on the red carpet, the veteran actress also opened up on her friend and Birds Of A Feather co-star Pauline Quirke, and shared a heartbreaking update after the star’s dementia diagnosis.
She also revealed plans for a TV tribute for Pauline.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Linda said: “It’s very sad.
“We’ve been best friends since we were ten. I’ve known [about the diagnosis] for three years and we’ve managed to keep it quiet.
“She doesn’t know who anybody is.
“She doesn’t know who I am or who her kids are.
“Dementia is terrible – I’d rather get cancer, because at least then you’ve got a chance.”
Linda continued: “My mum had it as well. One in two people now get dementia, it’s a lot of people.
“When my mum was in a hospice, we’d get there and she’d recognise us for a second and that was completely gone. It’s the worst thing, it really really is.”
And Linda insisted that she’ll never do another episode of Birds of a Feather as it “wouldn’t be the same without Pauline”.
They starred together in Birds Of A Feather as Sharon Theodopolopodous and Tracey Stubbs, along with Lesley Joseph as Dorien Green.
TV TRIBUTE
The sitcom ran on the BBC and then ITV across nearly 30 years.
But Linda revealed she would like to do a TV tribute to her friend. She said: “I wouldn’t do it without Pauline.
“It wouldn’t be the same without her. I would be up for some kind of tribute to celebrate her.
“It’s a good idea, maybe we can get Lesley and we can do something for her, just to celebrate her life and the amazing things she’s done and the parts that she played and the dramas she did.
“She’s an amazing actress and the most amazing friend as well.”
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Pauline Quirke’s husband Steve revealed last month she is living with dementia
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Linda and Pauline have known each other since they were tenCredit: Rex
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