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MULTIPLE Loose Women stars boycotted the NTAs – and for a heartbreaking reason.
Around a dozen of the ITV show’s line-up attended last year’s ceremony.
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This time around, only six stars made appearances at the all-star event.
According to the Daily Mail, several veteran names decided not to attend amid behind-the-scenes staff facing job losses.
Ruth Langsford, Coleen Nolan, Jane Moore, Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawahla and Denise Welch were all reportedly absent.
A source told the publication: “Of course, many of the panellists don’t really feel like celebrating right now, they are months away from having the show’s budget slashed and many in production set to lose their jobs.
“It just didn’t feel right for many to attend a big, red-carpet event in the midst of all this sadness.”
Olivia Attwood, Frankie Bridge, Linda Robson, Kelle Bryan, Katie Piper and Charlene White represented Loose Women.
However, they lost out to fellow ITV show This Morning in the Daytime category.
In May, The Sun revealed that the daytime show will return in 2026 with a reduced run of just 30 episodes.
It follows broader budget reductions across the channel, which also include halving Lorraine’s airtime to 30 minutes and airing it only during school term times.
Meanwhile. it was previously revealed that producers had decided to drop the live studio audience next year as part of a series of cost-cutting changes to its daytime programming.
An ITV source previously told The Sun: “While there is a proposal to not have a studio audience for Loose Women from 2026, that doesn’t necessarily mean that we’ll never have a studio audience again, it just won’t be in the same way as it is now.
“At this stage we are still exploring new ways of working and producing the show when we move to a new studio next year.”
Meanwhile, a source told MailOnline: “The panelists are really upset over the decision to axe the live studio audience from the show.
Regular Loose Women panellists
Katie Piper – Former Strictly Come Dancing star, activist, model and author
Sunetra Sarker – A former Strictly Come Dancing star, and known for her role in Casualty
Kaye Adams – Scottish journalist and one of the original Loose Women
Christine Lampard – ITV presenter
Ruth Langsford – Presented Loose Women on and off since 1999
Jane Moore – Sun columnist and former I’m A Celebrity contestant
Coleen Nolan – Became known for her family girl band called The Nolans and went on to compete on Celeb Big Brother
Nadia Sawalha – Former EastEnders star and Celebrity MasterChef winner
Stacey Solomon – Known for her reality show Sort Your Life Out and winning series 10 of I’m A Celeb
Janet Street-Porter – A journalist and president of the Ramblers’ Association
Brenda Edwards – Came fourth on The X Factor and went on to become a pop star and act in hit musicals such as Hairspray
Charlene White – Lead presenter at ITV News London
Kelle Bryan – Former EastEnders star and was in girl group Eternal alongside her sisters. Also starred in Hollyoaks
Olivia Attwood – Love Island star who joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex
Frankie Bridge – Participated in Strictly Come Dancing and came third on I’m A Celeb in 2021
Judi Love – A stand up comedian and radio presenter, who has also made a variety of TV appearances in shows such as Strictly Come Dancing, Celebrity MasterChef, and Taskmaster
Linda Robson – Played iconic character Tracey Stubbs in Birds Of A Feather
Denise Welch – A soap queen, she starred in Coronation Street, Waterloo Road and Hollyoaks. Also the mother of Matt Healy, the lead singer of pop rock group the 1975
Gloria Hunniford – TV presenter who’s appeared on The Masked Singer and Strictly
Penny Lancaster – Model who is married to Rod Stewart
Dame Kelly Holmes – Double Olympic gold medallist in the 800m and 1500m
Myleene Klass – Member of pop group Hear’Say and classically trained musician
Ayda Field – American actress who is married to Robbie Williams
Sue Cleaver – Known for playing Eileen Grimshaw on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street
Kelly Brook – Model who found fame on The Big Breakfast with Johnny Vaughan
Mariella Frostrup – British-Norwegian journalist and presenter
“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.”
Loose Women airs on ITV1 and ITVX.
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