Loose Women star reveals tell-take sign someone 'won't last' on ITV show

Edinburgh Live

07-05-2025

Over the last quarter of a century, some 70 hosts have joined the Loose Women panel. Despite the longevity of the original "fab four" - Nadia Sawalha, Jane Moore, Karren Brady, and Kaye Adams - Kaye has hinted at a tell-tale sign that a new presenter might not stick around for long.
During her chat on Emily Dean's Walking The Dog podcast, Kaye, who has been a staple on the show during two stints from 1999 to 2006 and from 2013 onwards, emphasised the necessity for Loose Women presenters to be candid.
She confessed that although she isn't a natural "oversharer," anyone joining the show with intentions of keeping their lives under wraps is unlikely to be asked back.
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Kaye remarked: "Over the years, and obviously it's been a long time, and people have come in and come out, and some people have stayed the course, and other people have been [on the show] for a shorter time.
"But there have been a few sort of names who have come in, and they sit down and say 'I can't talk about this, and I can't talk about that...' And the rest of us are probably sitting there thinking: ''Well, you're not going to last!'"
Furthermore, she pointed out that panellists who hold back their true opinions for the sake of privacy don't mesh well with the Loose Women style.
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However Kaye, who became a mother comparatively late in life, reveals she might have been a bit too outspoken on certain matters: "I had Charley, my first daughter, when I was 39. And I did find the transition quite tough.
"Having spent most of my adult life doing exactly what I wanted, whenever I wanted, suddenly to be responsible for this little baby, I felt pinned down."
Kaye reflects on an instance where her frankness came back to haunt her when her daughter stumbled upon her past remarks: "I did regret that for a while," she says, adding, "But it was the truth."
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Now that her daughter is a 22 year old adult, Kaye finds such revelations less problematic. Yet, it didn't stop cringing conversations happening when her child was eight.
These days, Kaye faces a different dilemma entirely. While chatting on Loose Women last Summer, she disclosed: "Bonnie has gone off to Edinburgh University - she won't thank me for saying that.
"Charley is now working so she's away as well. Second one out the house is tough, I have to say I am finding it difficult. The place is too tidy, we've got too much milk in the fridge - I don't know how we're going to stop the milk order."