Coleen Nolan stresses that Loose Women panellists are safe amid show cuts
Coleen Nolan has revealed that no panellists on the ITV daytime show Loose Women will be leaving the programme, even though it will only be broadcast for 30 weeks per year from 2026.
Coleen Nolan insists that no panellists will be losing their jobs in the looming Loose Women cuts.
ITV announced in May that the daytime show will air for 30 weeks per year from 2026 due to cost-cutting measures at the channel but Coleen has stressed that none of the regulars will be leaving the programme.
Asked if stars will be departing, the 60-year-old star – who has featured on the Loose Women panel since 2000 – told Bella magazine: "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 stressed that the morale behind the scenes on Loose Women is "amazing again" now the panellists have clarity about the programme's future and rubbished claims of fall-outs between the stars.
The Nolans singer explained: "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.
"It's going to be a massive loss not being able to have a (studio) audience, but the stories of backstage bickering are so fake. They're like my second family, it's like having extra sisters."
Coleen was heartbroken when her older sister Linda Nolan passed away in January aged 65 after a long battle with cancer but revealed that therapy has helped her cope with the grief.
She said: "I started therapy after my sister Linda passed away; I was really in a bad place.
"I just lost my mojo, I didn't want to do anything. I didn't want to go back to work and put a face on and smile and be funny. I was doing everything on autopilot.
"My management were telling me all these amazing things I was being offered and I just thought, 'I don't care.' I was so overwhelmed and just needed help."
Nolan added: "Therapy is absolutely the best thing I've ever done, I still go now.
"I've got a beautiful family, my sisters and brothers, nieces and nephews, my own kids, but they were all grieving as well. I just needed someone that I didn't have to be strong in front of.
"Obviously I still miss Linda, but I'm in a really good place."
