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Wales Online
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Loose Women's Kaye Adams battled 'sleepless nights' over ITV's budget cuts
Loose Women's Kaye Adams battled 'sleepless nights' over ITV's budget cuts The 62-year-old presenter has been a regular panellist and host on 'Loose Women', the broadcaster's afternoon talk show, since it began in 1999 Kaye Adams joined Loose Women in 1999 (Image: ITV ) Kaye Adams has battled "sleepless nights" over ITV's budget cuts. The 62-year-old presenter has been a regular panellist and host on 'Loose Women', the broadcaster's afternoon talk show, since it began in 1999, and Kaye has admitted ITV's "out of the blue" move to air the show for 30 instead of 52 weeks of the year from 2026 has made her feel uncomfortable. Speaking on her 'How to be 60' podcast, she admitted: "It did come out of the blue. "I didn't anticipate it, which is probably stupid in retrospect. You get into a sort of rhythm of life. "I had a couple of sleepless nights I have to say, because it's just like the rug's been pulled from under your feet – what has been familiar." ITV is also axing over 220 jobs, and Kaye branded that decision as "terrible". Article continues below She said: "It's going to have an impact. Lots of people will lose their jobs completely which is terrible. It's a huge change." Despite Kaye thinking the dramatic change at ITV is "hard" to come to terms with, she does suspect that it could be a force of good for the future. She said: "But I gave myself a talking to and I listened to my own advice for once – change is hard, but it can be good. "The past is a trap, don't fear the future – I'm telling myself all these things. And maybe this is the nudge that I needed to make some changes in my life and I'll just have to go with it." Fellow 'Loose Women' panellist Nadia Sawalha recently admitted she felt "tearful" about the budget cuts at ITV, and she fears how the broadcaster's new plans could impact employees who work behind the scenes. The 60-year-old actress said on her YouTube channel: "What's been brutal, absolutely brutal, over the last week, honestly I feel tearful about it, is that hundreds of people ... are going to be made redundant out of the blue, these are all the people behind the scenes that support us in every way." And Nadia - who, like Kaye, has been a regular panellist on 'Loose Women' since the show's launch - revealed she and her fellow stars could be "let off" at any moment from the programme due to their self-employed contract. She explained: "What people don't realise at 'Loose Women' is that we're self-employed, I am self-employed. Every contract is a new contract. "I could be let go tomorrow, I could be let go in five years - you don't know because we're not employees." As well as 'Loose Women', the morning magazine show 'Lorraine' will now operate on a 30-week "seasonal basis", while a raft of shows will be broadcast from a new location in central London. Kevin Lygo, the managing director of ITV's Media and Entertainment Division, recently said the broadcaster was going through a "transition". He said: "I recognise that our plans will have an impact on staff off-screen in our Daytime production teams. Article continues below "We will work with ITV Studios and ITN as they manage these changes to produce the shows differently from next year, and support them through this transition. "Daytime has been a core element of ITV's schedule for over 40 years and these changes will set ITV up to continue to bring viewers award-winning news, views and discussion as we enter our eighth decade."
Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Loose Women star suffered 'sleepless nights' after brutal ITV cuts
A Loose Women panellist revealed she suffered from sleepless nights after ITV announced the cuts and changes to they daytime programmes Loose Women star Kaye Adams revealed she had a few 'sleepless nights' after ITV announced changes to the daytime programmes. The ITV programme will be cut to just 30 weeks of the year and the team behind Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women will all be merged, which will lead to redundancies at ITV. Lorraine Kelly's show is also being cut to 30 minutes and will air 30 weeks of the year. As a result, Good Morning Britain will be extended until 9.30am each day. Some of the Loose Women stars have yet to speak out, but Nadia Sawalha and Kaye recently broke their silence to share their thoughts on the changes. "What has been brutal over the past week and I am getting tearful about it, is that hundreds of people are going to be made redundant out of the blue," Nadia said in a recent YouTube video. Meanwhile, Kaye took to her How to be 60 podcast and said the cuts "came out of the blue". The 62-year-old admitted: "I didn't anticipate it, which is probably stupid in retrospect. You get into a sort of rhythm of life. "I had a couple of sleepless nights I have to say, because it's just like the rug's been pulled from under your feet – what has been familiar.' She continued: "It's going to have an impact. Lots of people will lose their jobs completely which is terrible. It's a huge change. But I gave myself a talking to and I listened to my own advice for once – change is hard, but it can be good. 'The past is a trap, don't fear the future – I'm telling myself all these things. And maybe this is the nudge that I needed to make some changes in my life and I'll just have to go with it.' Nadia spoke out about the cuts last week and told her fans that some people behind the scenes "are really suffering". She explained: "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. "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." She then added: "What people don't realise at Loose Women is that we're self-employed, I am self-employed. Every contract is a new contract. I could be let go tomorrow, in five years, you don't know because we're not employees. "So I can't tell you anything accept I am on for my next contract. What has been brutal over the past week and I am getting tearful about it, is that hundreds of people are going to be made redundant out of the blue.
Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Loose Women's Kaye Adams breaks silence on ‘sleepless nights' amid cuts saying ‘it's been horrific'
KAYE Adams has broken her silence on the chaos at Loose Women and admitted she has had sleepless nights over the cuts to the show's airtime. ITV announced dramatic changes to their daytime TV schedule last month, axing more than 220 jobs and making cuts to shows including Loose Women and Lorraine. 5 Kaye Adams has broken her silence over ITV's cuts Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 5 Loose Women is affected by the dramatic changes Credit: Rex Speaking on her podcast How to be 60 Kaye said she felt as though 'the rug had been pulled' from underneath her. Kaye, 62, confessed: 'It did come out of the blue. "I didn't anticipate it, which is probably stupid in retrospect. You get into a sort of rhythm of life. "I had a couple of sleepless nights I have to say, because it's just like the rug's been pulled from under your feet – what has been familiar.' Under the changes, Loose Women will be slashed and will be on air for 30 instead of 52 weeks. Lorraine Kelly's morning show will also be cut to 30 weeks, and will reduce from an hour to 30 minutes. Kaye, who is one of Loose Women's main anchors, said: 'It's going to have an impact. Lots of people will lose their jobs completely which is terrible. It's a huge change. 'But I gave myself a talking to and I listened to my own advice for once – change is hard, but it can be good. 'The past is a trap, don't fear the future – I'm telling myself all these things. And maybe this is the nudge that I needed to make some changes in my life and I'll just have to go with it.' It has been rumoured that the pool of Loose Women panellists will be reduced as part of the cutbacks, which will be introduced from January. Nadia Sawalha in tears as she breaks silence on chaos at Loose Women offices after 'hundreds' of shock redundancies So far none of the hosts, including big name stars Ruth Langsford, 65, Denise Welch, 67, Coleen Nolan, 60, and Nadia Sawalha, 60, know if their livelihoods are at stake. It is not yet known whether younger panellists, such as former Love Island contestant Olivia Attwood, 34, and influencer GK Barry, 25, will be favoured over veteran stars including Janet Street-Porter, 78, and Jane Moore, 63. Kaye, 62, who joined the Loose Women panel from its first series in 1999, said: 'It's well documented of course. They're having to make cuts and it will affect Loose Women and to be perfectly honest we have no idea at this point what is going to happen.' The popular presenter revealed that she has been planning to downsize from the family home she shares in Glasgow with her husband, tennis coach Ian Campbell, since their two daughters Charly, 22 and Bonnie, 18, moved out. She said the Loose Women changes might give her the opportunity to concentrate on the move. Speaking on the Midweek Catchup episode of How to be 60, out today, she told co-host Karen McKenzie: 'I've been going on and on I'm going to downsize and make changes to my house. 'Maybe it's going to give me a bit of time to focus on that and really spend some time on it. 'Funnily enough, I agreed ages ago to do this programme where they get people like me who are ready to get rid of big bits of furniture and downsize and they take them to an auction house and they sell them off and they film it. 'They asked me to earmark bits of furniture and different things that I was prepared to get rid of and so I agreed at the time, because I thought this is going to give me the impetus to really get going on the down-sizing.' ITV's daytime TV schedule changes in full Good Morning Britain will be extended by 30 minutes to run from 6am to 9.30am daily. Lorraine will run from 9.30am-10am, on a seasonal basis for 30 weeks of the year. During the weeks Lorraine is not on air, Good Morning Britain will run from 6am to 10am. This Morning will remain in its 10am-12.30pm slot on weekdays throughout the year. Loose Women will be in the 12.30-1.30pm slot, again on a seasonal basis for 30 weeks of the year. The changes will take effect from January 2026. Kaye joked that she hadn't yet told her husband. 'They're coming with a truck and I haven't told Ian. For the last week I keep going to start the conversation with him – 'by the way, there's a film crew coming and I've told them that they can have that sideboard, that chair, that desk.' I haven't told him yet! 'But if I didn't tell him and he came back tomorrow night, he wouldn't notice. He might if the sofa was gone or the television, but that's about it!' Kaye set up the How to be 60 podcast three years ago with friend and former BBC colleague Karen McKenzie. The weekly podcast features interviews with big name guests including Alan Cumming, Michelle Collins and Shane Richie, as well as conversations about how the guests view and approach the big 6-0. The midweek catchup episode features chat and banter between the two co-hosts as well as reflections on their lives. Kaye, who also presents a daily show on BBC Radio Scotland, added that she was now trying to put a positive spin on the Loose Women cutbacks, rather than worry about them. She said: 'So, all change. It's good for us. I'm going to embrace it.' Kaye is the third Loose Women panellist to break cover and speak out about the impact of the cuts. Last month panellist Nadia Sawalha choked back tears as she said: 'What's been brutal, absolutely brutal, over the last week, honestly, I feel tearful about it, is that hundreds of people... are going to be made redundant out of the blue. "These are all the people behind the scenes that support us in every way.' And Sun columnist Jane Moore hit out at the 'snooty reaction' to the announcement of the cuts. Kaye Adams: How to be 60 is available on all podcast providers 5 Kaye admits she's had 'sleepless nights' over ITV's cuts to its daytime shows Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 5 The Scots-born star has appeared on Loose Women since 1999 Credit: Rex
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- The Irish Sun
Loose Women's Kaye Adams breaks silence on ‘sleepless nights' amid cuts saying ‘it's been horrific'
KAYE Adams has broken her silence on the chaos at Loose Women and admitted she has had sleepless nights over the cuts to the show's airtime. ITV announced dramatic changes to their daytime TV schedule last month, axing more than 220 jobs and making cuts to shows including Loose Women and Lorraine. 5 Kaye Adams has broken her silence over ITV's cuts Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 5 Loose Women is affected by the dramatic changes Credit: Rex Speaking on her podcast How to be 60 Kaye said she felt as though 'the rug had been pulled' from underneath her. Kaye, 62, confessed: 'It did come out of the blue. "I didn't anticipate it, which is probably stupid in retrospect. You get into a sort of rhythm of life. "I had a couple of sleepless nights I have to say, because it's just like the rug's been pulled from under your feet – what has been familiar.' READ MORE ON LOOSE WOMEN Under the changes, Kaye, who is one of Loose Women's main anchors, said: 'It's going to have an impact. Lots of people will lose their jobs completely which is terrible. It's a huge change. 'But I gave myself a talking to and I listened to my own advice for once – change is hard, but it can be good. Most read in News TV 'The past is a trap, don't fear the future – I'm telling myself all these things. And maybe this is the nudge that I needed to make some changes in my life and I'll just have to go with it.' It has been rumoured that the pool of Loose Women panellists will be reduced as part of the cutbacks, which will be introduced from January. Nadia Sawalha in tears as she breaks silence on chaos at Loose Women offices after 'hundreds' of shock redundancies So far none of the hosts, including big name stars Ruth Langsford, 65, Denise Welch, 67, Coleen Nolan, 60, and Nadia Sawalha, 60, know if their livelihoods are at stake. It is not yet known whether younger panellists, such as former Love Island contestant Kaye, 62, who joined the Loose Women panel from its first series in 1999, said: 'It's well documented of course. They're having to make cuts and it will affect Loose Women and to be perfectly honest we have no idea at this point what is going to happen.' The popular presenter revealed that she has been planning to downsize from the family home she shares in Glasgow with her husband, tennis coach Ian Campbell, since their two daughters Charly, 22 and Bonnie, 18, moved out. She said the Loose Women changes might give her the opportunity to concentrate on the move. Speaking on the Midweek Catchup episode of How to be 60, out today, she told co-host Karen McKenzie: 'I've been going on and on I'm going to downsize and make changes to my house. 'Maybe it's going to give me a bit of time to focus on that and really spend some time on it. 'Funnily enough, I agreed ages ago to do this programme where they get people like me who are ready to get rid of big bits of furniture and downsize and they take them to an auction house and they sell them off and they film it. 'They asked me to earmark bits of furniture and different things that I was prepared to get rid of and so I agreed at the time, because I thought this is going to give me the impetus to really get going on the down-sizing.' ITV's daytime TV schedule changes in full Good Morning Britain will be extended by 30 minutes to run from 6am to 9.30am daily. Lorraine will run from 9.30am-10am, on a seasonal basis for 30 weeks of the year. During the weeks Lorraine is not on air, Good Morning Britain will run from 6am to 10am. This Morning will remain in its 10am-12.30pm slot on weekdays throughout the year. Loose Women will be in the 12.30-1.30pm slot, again on a seasonal basis for 30 weeks of the year. The changes will take effect from January 2026. Kaye joked that she hadn't yet told her husband. 'They're coming with a truck and I haven't told Ian. For the last week I keep going to start the conversation with him – 'by the way, there's a film crew coming and I've told them that they can have that sideboard, that chair, that desk.' I haven't told him yet! 'But if I didn't tell him and he came back tomorrow night, he wouldn't notice. He might if the sofa was gone or the television, but that's about it!' Kaye set up the How to be 60 podcast three years ago with friend and former BBC colleague Karen McKenzie. The weekly podcast features interviews with big name guests including Alan Cumming, Michelle Collins and The midweek catchup episode features chat and banter between the two co-hosts as well as reflections on their lives. Kaye, who also presents a daily show on BBC Radio Scotland, added that she was now trying to put a positive spin on the Loose Women cutbacks, rather than worry about them. She said: 'So, all change. It's good for us. I'm going to embrace it.' Kaye is the third Loose Women panellist to break cover and speak out about the impact of the cuts. Last month panellist Nadia Sawalha "These are all the people behind the scenes that support us in every way.' And Sun columnist Jane Moore hit out at the 'snooty reaction' to the announcement of the cuts. Kaye Adams: How to be 60 is available on all podcast providers 5 Kaye admits she's had 'sleepless nights' over ITV's cuts to its daytime shows Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 5 The Scots-born star has appeared on Loose Women since 1999 Credit: Rex 5 Her co-star Nadia Sawalha (second right) has been in tears over the changes Credit: Rex
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Coronation Street star comes out as non binary and shares new relationship
Coronation Street's Shobna Gulati has come forward to announce that they now identify as non-binary. The actor, known for their role as Sunita Alahan in the ITV soap and also for their iconic role in comedy Dinnerladies, disclosed that it was only recently that they discovered a term that encapsulated the feelings they've had throughout their life. "Non-binary" describes a gender identity that falls outside of the traditional male/female binary, encompassing individuals who identify as both, neither, or somewhere in between. READ MORE: DWP making 10 big changes to PIP and Universal Credit assessments - full list READ MORE: Tragedy in Sutton Coldfield as man dies and woman 'seriously hurt' in crash In conversation with Kaye Adams on her How to be 60 podcast, Shobna, 58, said: 'I've become more happy describing myself as a person. What do people call it now? Non binary. So, I suppose that's who I am." Read more Rob Beckett shares 'key' to incredible 10kg weight loss in eight months The star, who now uses the preferred pronouns 'she/they' on social media platforms, went on to say: 'I've never had a word for it, but I've learnt from our younger generation what that might look like in terms of a word, because I know what it feels like in terms of being me. "All the way through my life I've never had the words for that and I've never managed to explain that and I suppose my immediate family have not really thought about it. "They've just thought: 'Shobna is either extremely feminine or extremely masculine.' "Because I was just accepted as a person who fell out of the tree and equally the person who put on all this makeup and did a dance." Shobna shared that it was during a chat with a non-binary sound engineer on a job that they came to understand their own identity. "The sound person said to me that they were non-binary and I said: 'what is that?' So, then they explained and I thought – 'well, I feel like that, but I didn't ever have that vocabulary." Shobna added: "And now, I feel liberated to voice it out loud. "I believe people around me have accepted my identity for a long time without needing any explanation, but I suppose when I'm asked now, I'll openly say it." Shobna tied the knot with architect Anshu Srivastava in a Hindu ceremony in 1990 when they were both 23, but the couple parted ways four years later. A year after their split, Shobna welcomed a son Akshay, who is now 30. The actress was also romantically involved with Emmerdale actor Gary Turner for four years from 1999 to 2003 during their 12-year stint on Coronation Street, sharing on the podcast: "I did have relationships, but they were very public. "It was unfortunate for me, because I felt that I didn't get enough time to nurture a relationship, expand my family, and maintain a private life, because it was so exposed and lacked privacy." Shobna is currently in a relationship, revealing to Kaye Adams: "I think I've loved this person all my life." When asked if they would consider dating all genders, the star added: "That is also something I'm exploring – what that signifies to me. "So yes, I would absolutely be open to a relationship with a person, regardless of their gender."
