Loose Women star Linda Robson broke her silence on the ITV budget cuts that will affect how the show is ran from 2026.
Earlier this year, it was confirmed by ITV that there will be some serious budget cuts, affecting most of the major shows that they broadcast.
ITV announced that from 2026 there will be major changes to some of viewers favourite TV shows and when they're aired. Coronation Street and Emmerdale will adjust their schedule as well as Lorraine and Good Morning Britain.
While Loose Women will still air, it will only be for 30 weeks of the year instead of 52 from January 2026. There will also no longer be a live audience for the panel to react to.
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. 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."
Linda Robson has been on the panel since 2012, replacing Jenny Eclair. She had previously appeared as a guest panellist a few times before becoming a regular.
The 67-year-old star told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "It's a shame people are losing their jobs. We're all like a family. We've been together through births, marriages, deaths. It's been very hard.
"Everyone's worried. We're just trying to stay positive and hope for the best. But hopefully it's not going to be as bad as it already is [feared]."
This comes after co-panellist Janet Street-Porter said the older members of the panel won't have to worry about being axed.
She said: "There are no plans to get rid of the older women, despite of what some people have said! In fact, the reverse is true. ITV actually put out a statement saying we are the valued members of the show because the audience totally relate to us.
"I think Loose Women has become a programme that's trusted by a lot of women because we talk about the issues that they are concerned about - whether it's female health, domestic violence or how politicians don't really understand working women.
"I think the show has managed to connect to women who wouldn't otherwise have a voice. And it's delivered with a lot of laughs because we don't take ourselves too seriously."
