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Daily Mirror
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Loose Women star's 'humiliation' as she sells off belongings amid ITV job fears
A Loose Women presenter has opened up on the "humiliating" process of having to sell some of her belongings, as she prepares to downsize amid the uncertainty of the ITV job cuts Loose Women's Kaye Adams has opened up about the "humiliating" process of selling her belongings as she prepares to downsize amidst ongoing job cuts at ITV. She admits that while she had initially signed up for reality show The Yorkshire Auction House some time ago, the "humbling" experience has now become more of a pressing need. The programme features expert auctioneer Angus Ashworth visiting people's homes and appraising items for sale at auction. Occasionally, the experts have the unenviable task of revealing that family heirlooms may not be as valuable as hoped. "It's quite humbling, actually," Kaye said in her How To Be 60 podcast. "I had earmarked the kind of things that I thought they could take, because I've got a lot of stuff that was in my mum and dad's house that I've held on to." While her partner, tennis coach Ian Campbell, was rather nonchalant about what Angus and his team might cart away, Kaye admitted to being more sentimental about some of the pieces: "I wasn't sure about the grand piano, because I love the baby grand piano," she shared with her podcast co-host Karen MacKenzie. There were also pieces of furniture that held deep sentimental value for Kaye: "My dad's chair is the ugliest thing, but what I loved was the image of my dad sitting on that chair," she reminisced. " I liked the image of my dad sitting in it with a glass of whiskey, in front of a roaring fire." Some other items stirred a bit of disappointment as well, like a hefty desk that Kaye's daughter had believed was meant for her, but that hiccup was swiftly resolved, Kaye said: "It was okay because the next day the guy said, 'Nobody will give you anything for that.' Nobody wants big dark furniture, apparently." Kaye also spoke about the necessity of being at the auction, a situation she found "humiliating". She further complained that if the items fail to sell, "You just slink off with your tail between your legs in your hire van," and then face the cost of having the auction house dispose of them. However, some of Kaye's belongings did pique the interest of the auctioneers, particularly because mid-century modern pieces – especially Ercol designs from the Sixties and Seventies – are currently sought after. "I had these two leather chairs," she revealed. "They look like they come out of a Los Angeles brothel in of tan colour. I bought them about 20 years ago in a shop in Edinburgh. He's quite excited by those." Additionally, Kaye has a collection of Lladró ceramic figurines passed down from her mother. Certain unique creations from the Spanish brand can fetch upwards of £10,000. Kaye has admitted she had a "few sleepless nights" after news broke of the major shake-up in ITV's daytime schedule. The popular daytime show Loose Women is set to air for only 30 weeks a year, a significant cut from its usual full-year schedule. Kaye expressed her concerns in a previous podcast episode, stating: "It's going to have an impact," and added: "Lots of people will lose their jobs completely, which is terrible." Kaye confessed that the drastic changes, affecting not just Loose Women but also Lorraine Kelly's programme, caught her off guard: "I didn't anticipate it, which is probably stupid in retrospect, but you get into a sort of rhythm of life.." ITV is bracing for the departure of approximately 220 staff from its daytime lineup, including GMB, Lorraine, This Morning, and Loose Women. Rumours suggest that along with production crew redundancies, there might be fewer panellists. Nadia Sawalha, a fellow presenter, remarked on the uncertainty of her position, saying she "could be let go tomorrow, [or] in five years." Despite the upheaval, Kaye is trying to stay positive, sharing her mindset: "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 I think maybe this is the nudge that I needed to make some changes in my life and I'll just have to go with it."
Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Major channel replaced on millions of Sky Q boxes TODAY plus three more big changes all viewers need to know
Find out about more changes coming to the UK's biggest commercial broadcaster below CHANGE CHANNEL Major channel replaced on millions of Sky Q boxes TODAY plus three more big changes all viewers need to know SKY Q viewers may notice a channel has been replaced on their boxes today. The move also affects other TV platforms, including Sky Glass, Virgin Media and Freeview to name a few. Advertisement 1 ITV Quiz appeared on screens today to replace ITVBe Credit: Jamie Harris / The Sun Monday marks the launch of ITV Quiz, the UK broadcaster's new destination for all its much-loved game shows. The channel appeared on screens this morning, starting with an episode of word game Lingo. Other favourites including Wheel of Fortune, Tipping Point, Tenable, Deal or No Deal and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? are set to be shown on the channel too. However, fans of The Chase will be disappointed to see that it's not on the schedule at all during launch week. Advertisement Fortunately, the programme has its own dedicated channel with back-to-back episodes on ITVX instead. ITV Quiz has come about due to massive changes at the broadcaster as it looks to save money. This means, ITVBe is no more after over ten years on air. Huge reality series like The Only Way is Essex and The Real Housewives of Cheshire will live on over at ITV2 - which was TOWIE's original home until ITVBe launched in October 2014. Advertisement ITV Quiz will take the same slot on TV guides as ITVBe. That's 131 on Sky satellite, 125 on Sky Glass / Stream, 119 on Virgin Media and 28 on Freeview. MORE SKY CHANGES There are more changes on Sky today - though these will only affect Sky Cinema subscribers. As part of regular refreshes, Sky Blockbusters, Sky Pitch Perfect and Sky Family are all disappearing. In their place will be Sky Hits, Sky Comedy and Sky Fantasy respectively. Image credit: Alamy Other big changes across the company mean more than 220 jobs are set to be axed across ITV's daytime shows. This will affect Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, Loose Women and This Morning. Advertisement Next year, production teams working behind the scenes will be merged for the latter three shows to save money, as well as moving to a new studio. Watch as Kaye Adams breaks silence on Loose Women cuts Loose Women and Lorraine will only air 30 weeks of the year instead of all 52 weeks. Reports suggest Loose Women may lose its studio audience too. Lorraine Kelly's morning show will also be cut from an hour long to just 30 minutes. Advertisement Meanwhile, Good Morning Britain will be produced by ITV News at ITN from 2026 moving to its studios in central London.
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Major channel replaced on millions of Sky Q boxes TODAY plus three more big changes all viewers need to know
SKY Q viewers may notice a channel has been replaced on their boxes today. The move also affects other TV platforms, including Sky Glass, Virgin Media and Freeview to name a few. Advertisement 1 ITV Quiz appeared on screens today to replace ITVBe Credit: Jamie Harris / The Sun Monday marks the launch of ITV Quiz, the UK broadcaster's new destination for all its much-loved game shows. The channel appeared on screens this morning, starting with an episode of word game Other favourites including Wheel of Fortune, , Tenable, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? are set to be shown on the channel too. However, fans of The Chase will be disappointed to see that it's not on the schedule at all during launch week. Advertisement Read more about Sky Q Fortunately, the programme has its own dedicated channel with back-to-back episodes on ITVX instead. ITV Quiz has come about due to massive changes at the broadcaster as it looks to save money. This means, ITVBe is no more after over ten years on air. Huge reality series like The Only Way is Essex and The Real Housewives of Cheshire will live on over at ITV2 - which was TOWIE's original home until ITVBe launched in October 2014. Advertisement Most read in Tech Exclusive Exclusive ITV Quiz will take the same slot on TV guides as ITVBe. That's 131 on Sky satellite, 125 on Sky Glass / Stream, 119 on Virgin Media and 28 on Freeview. MORE SKY CHANGES There are more changes on Sky today - though these will only affect Sky Cinema subscribers. As part of regular refreshes, Sky Blockbusters, Sky Pitch Perfect and Sky Family are all disappearing. In their place will be Sky Hits, Sky Comedy and Sky Fantasy respectively. Image credit: Alamy Other big changes across the company mean more than 220 jobs are set to be axed across ITV's daytime shows. This will affect Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, Loose Women and This Morning. Advertisement Next year, production teams working behind the scenes will be merged for the latter three shows to save money, as well as moving to a new studio. Watch as Kaye Adams breaks silence on Loose Women cuts Reports suggest Loose Women may Advertisement Meanwhile, Good Morning Britain will be produced by ITV News at ITN from 2026 moving to its studios in central London. 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.
Daily Mirror
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Loose Women's Kaye Adams hints at major life change after saying 'I lost my job'
Loose Women star Kaye Adams has opened up about the impact of the ITV daytime cuts, saying she may have to move into a one-bedroom flat after "losing her job" Kaye Adams from Loose Women has hinted at the possibility of downsizing to a one-bedroom flat after joking about "losing her job" on the hit ITV programme. Last month, ITV revealed major shake-ups in their daytime TV line-up, resulting in the loss of over 220 jobs and cutbacks to popular shows such as Loose Women and Lorraine. The broadcasting schedule now sees Loose Women airing for only 30 weeks per year, with Lorraine Kelly's programme also reduced to a half-hour format. In a significant shift, Good Morning Britain will be produced by ITV News at ITN instead of ITV Studios, extending its broadcast from 6am to 9.30am every day. Despite the changes, ITV Studios will continue producing This Morning, Lorraine, and Loose Women, which are set to air from a new central London location, reports Glasgow Live. On her How to be 60 podcast alongside Karen MacKenzie, the 62 year old presenter discussed the potential need for drastic lifestyle adjustments following the network's announcement. Adams shared: "I agreed ages to do this programme called Yorkshire Auction House, the whole thing is they get people like me who are ready to get rid of big bits of furniture, downsize and they take them to an auction house and they sell them off and they film it." Kaye Adams revealed she hasn't told her partner Ian that a film crew will be arriving at their home to collect various items she's given away, saying: "They're coming tomorrow with the truck apparently and I haven't told Ian. For the last week, I keep trying 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 and that desk. "I was deliberating about the baby grand piano, but if I move into a smaller place I don't know where I'm going to put it. And now I've lost my job, I might be in a one-bedroom flat somewhere." The presenter previously told the podcast that the cuts "came out of the blue "and that she had suffered a few "sleepless nights". She said: "I didn't anticipate it, which is probably stupid in retrospect. You get into a sort of rhythm of life." The situation led to a few restless nights, with Kaye explaining: "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." Despite the challenges, Kaye tried to find a positive perspective: "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." She continued to focus on looking forward, rather than dwelling on the past: "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." Meanwhile, Kaye's Loose Women colleague Nadia Sawalha also voiced her disapproval of the cuts, describing them as "absolutely brutal" to production staff and completely "out of the blue". Speaking on her YouTube channel, Nadia praised the success of Loose Women and the Lorraine show, hitting out at what she described as "misogynistic" talk concerning recent cuts. The star said: "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. "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."
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Loose Women CANCELLED as ITV panel bid farewell to viewers ahead of schedule shake-up set to leave fans livid
Friday's instalment of Loose Women has been cancelled in a schedule shake-up. Kaye Adams, 62, revealed the news at the end of Thursday's episode of the ITV show. Loose Women usually airs Monday to Friday from 12:30pm on ITV1. But at 1pm tomorrow (6 June 2025), ITV will air the racing, so viewers will enjoy the first Derby meeting from Epsom. After Kaye's co-stars Frankie Bridge, 36, Nadia Sawalha, 60, and Kelly Brook, 45, showed viewers how they sleep at night, Kaye said: 'Well thank God I'm going! That's it for today and this week sadly. 'We're off tomorrow for the racing. 'We've got a great line-up next week though, including Cheshire housewife Tanya Bardsley, 44, Atomic Kitten's Liz, 44. 'She shares a very personal health story. Plus Si King, 58, and Alison Hammond, 50, are here too. 'We will see you Monday. Have a great weekend!' Loose Women has been hitting headlines recently after it was revealed the chat show, along with Lorraine, has been axed for half the year. ITV announced the big shake up to its daytime schedule amid huge cuts last month. Loose Women will only air for 30 weeks of the year. Plus MailOnline recently revealed that ITV will axe a vital part of the show which viewers love in a desperate bid to save money. The series is scrapping their live studio audience when the programme airs with a reduced schedule of just 30 episodes next year. Bosses have got rid of the studio audience to save costs, with insiders revealing that it's an expensive feature due to being managed by an external company, who also provides security and a warmup person, but for the presenters, it's going to be a 'disaster.' A TV source told MailOnline: 'The panelists are really upset over the decision to axe the live studio audience from the show. 'It's what sets the series apart from the rest of ITV daytime and now there are massive fears that viewers will switch off completely. 'The only concern now is to cut costs and having a live studio audience can be expensive, with the added need for security and a warmup artist. 'Presenters already know how it feels to broadcast the show without an audience because that's what happened during the pandemic, and they all know it creates low mood and lack of atmosphere.' Meanwhile Kaye Adams has broken her silence on the brutal ITV cuts. She admitted that she's suffered 'sleepless nights' after her 'life imploded' and 'has no idea what's going to happen.' She told her How To Be 60 podcast co-host Karen MacKenzie: 'To be perfectly honest, we have no idea at this point, what's going to happen. '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.' Loose Women airs weekdays on ITV1 from 12:30pm and is available to stream on ITVX.
