Loose Women star Olivia Attwood was forced to call in medics after ‘disappearing’ from the show following a health scare on Friday.

Olivia, 34, had been expected to join Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha and Jane Moore for the show, but when the episode opened, Olivia, 34, was missing.

The trio explained Olivia’s absence was due to illness, but did not elaborate further on whether she was expected to be back.

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Taking to Instagram, the former Love Island star kept fans updated on her wellbeing, sharing a snap of her being attended by medics at the ITV studios after the show had aired.

Explaining earlier on Friday to her social media following that she had been unwell, showing her arm with an IV drip, Olivia appeared to take a turn for the worse.

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Olivia Attwood was forced to call in medics after ‘disappearing’ from Loose Women on Friday  over a sudden health scare (stock image)

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The former Love Island star kept fans updated on her wellbeing, sharing a snap of her being attended by medics at the ITV studios

She wrote on her stories: ‘I’m really sorry to anyone that was expecting me to be on Loose Women today – got to work and my body finally said no.

‘Thank you to the team for looking after me. Back soon.’

In the image, a medic could be seen kneeling on the floor beside her behind-the-scenes of the studio with a monitor tracking her heart rate.

The TV star is yet to open up on the illness she has been suffering from.

Olivia first joined the show as a guest panellist in 2023, and has regularly joined the other presenters, which also include Janet Street Porter and Coleen Nolan.

Earlier this year, it was announced that Olivia would be the latest famous face to join This Morning’s long list of hosts.

Joining hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley on the sofa in June, Olivia said: ‘I will be joining you guys on the hosting team on the other side of the couch

‘It’s a huge honour, I’ve grown up watching this show and having done Loose Women, this feels very natural.’

Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha and Jane Moore hosted the show without Olivia

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Olivia has been presenting on the ITV series 2023

Elsewhere, Olivia, who is also hosted a number of ITV documentaries and reality TV series, was announced as River Island’s latest brand ambassador earning a six-figure sum in the process.

River Island have been teasing Olivia on social media, sending fans wild.

Olivia has been a fan of the brand for a while, and earlier this year was pictured wearing a chic blue River Island mini dress that many thought was from Chanel.

It isn’t the first time Olivia has fronted brand campaigns, as she has previously worked with Abbott Lyon, I Saw It First, AliExpress and many more.

Straight-talking Olivia shot to fame thanks to her stint in the Love Island villa in the summer of 2017, which saw her reach the show final with her ex-boyfriend Chris Hughes, who she dated until February 2018.

The former grid girl has since become a household name and a regular face on TV, appearing on The Only Way Is Essex, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, This Morning and Loose Women.

Olivia has also fronted many of her own shows and presented Bad Boyfriends, Getting Filthy Rich and The Price Of Perfection – admitting she has ‘bitten the hands off’ TV executives for ‘big jobs, little jobs, whatever I could get’.

Loose Women airs weekdays from 12:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX.