Carol McGiffin explosively slams Loose Women and says I never watch it after quitting

2023-05-10

Carol McGiffin has explosively slammed Loose Women and insisted "I never watch it" just days after quitting the show.

The star only announced her shock exit from the popular daytime programme last week, 23 years after joining the show way back in 2000.

The 63-year-old has now blasted "woke" show bosses after initially saying she had "stepped back" due to "unjust" contract disputes.

When Carol appeared on GB News on Tuesday she didn't hold back when host Dan Wootton asked her about the "general wokery" at Loose Women.

Carol replied: "Well put it this way, reading all the comments from the article at the weekend there are a lot of people who think the programme has gone very, very woke."

Dan said: "I feel that as a viewer. I don't watch any more." Carol then replied: "Well, neither do I."

Later on in the appearance Carol said "it's not just ITV" that she felt this about.

"You just don't have to keep forcing this stuff down peoples' throats, it's not just ITV, the BBC is probably worse actually," she added.

Carol explained that ITV is "not a place where I feel I fit in". As the interview came to an end, Dan said that Carol's exit from the programme was "the loss of woke ITV".

Carol laughed as she replied: "You might say that but I can't possibly comment."

Initially Carol had blasted ITV bosses for what she claimed was a "totally unjust" contract dispute.

HMRC changes in 2021 mean that the responsibility for assessing whether a role is employed or self-employed for tax purposes now sits with employers – leading companies including ITV to review their existing contracts.

However, it seems Carol also suspects that her controversial views of the Covid pandemic played into the outcome.

Carol shared a thinking face emoji on Twitter as she quote-tweeted an article with the headline: "Loose Women star Carol McGiffin quit show over COVID conspiracy views."

When ITV were contacted about this, a spokesperson told OK!: "Any theories around Covid discussed by Carol on a platform outside of ITV would be her personal opinions, have not been broadcast as part of Loose Women and do not represent the views of ITV. Here at ITV we encourage free speech, but equally are fully committed to responsible broadcasting and adhering to the OfCom code.

"ITV will not comment on speculation around individual contracts. We understand that Carol has decided to leave Loose Women and we wish her well in any future projects."

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