Charlene White can't resist swipe at ITV bosses live on Loose Women - leaving studio audience awkwardly laughing as she brings up daytime telly cuts

Daily Mail​

08-07-2025

Charlene White couldn't resist a swipe at ITV bosses live on Loose Women during Monday's episode - which left the studio audience awkwardly laughing as she brought up the daytime telly cuts.
The instalment saw Charlene, Katie Piper, 41, Gloria Hunniford, 85, and Jane Moore, 63, return to our screens for a good old chin wag.
The Loose ladies got chatting about if they feel like they 'have a purpose' in life, which led onto them discussing work ethic.
And this led anchor Charlene to make a dig at the channel after it was revealed back in May that Lorraine and Loose Women have been axed for half the year - as ITV announced a big shake up to its daytime schedule amid huge cuts.
Charlene said: 'I can't imagine myself, like I would like to work as long as I am physically able to, and if I am still enjoying it.'
The anchor then gave a cheeky look to the audience and said: 'But as we know, the TV industry is going in so many different directions...
Charlene White couldn't resist a swipe at ITV bosses live on Loose Women during Monday's episode - which left the studio audience awkwardly laughing as she brought up the daytime telly cuts
'Who knows what will happen when I reach retirement age!'
Back in May that the show and Lorraine, hosted by Lorraine Kelly, have been axed for half the year, as the channel announced a big shake up to its daytime schedule.
Both programmes will air for 30 weeks per 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 she's spoken out about how the changes have affected her.
Speaking to The Mirror, Coleen said: '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.'
Just last month the MailOnline revealed that the show would be axing their live audience in a bid to save cash.
Coleen added: 'Loose Women isn't ending, which I'm so thankful for, but it's changing.
'It's going to be very different in the 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 to speak out as panellist Sue Cleaver, 61, broke her silence last month.
Coleen isn't the first to speak out as panellist Sue Cleaver, 61, broke her silence last month (pictured)
The former Corrie star told the Express: '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.'
And Nadia Sawalha, 60, has also shared her thoughts.
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 added: '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*****g kind to people.'
On Friday it was revealed that three ITV daytime shows have parachuted in to fill a void left by axed Loose Women and Lorraine episodes.
The Chase, Deal Or No Deal and Tipping Point have have even been given a 'major boost' on the schedule and according to The Sun, new episodes will be filming later this year.
Loose Women first aired in 1999 and has gone on to have 29 successful series.
The panel includes the likes of Coleen, Sue, Nadia, Ruth Langsford, Janet Street Porter, Charlene White, Christine Lampard, Judi Love and Brenda Edwards.