Ruth Langsford feared guest would get her sacked from This Morning

Ruth Langsford on Barry Humphries humour

On Monday’s instalment of Loose Women, panellists Ruth Langsford, Coleen Nolan, Frankie Bridge and Jane Moore were all paying tribute to the comedian Barry Humphries.

The Australian star, who was best known for creating Dame Edna Everage, was confirmed dead on Saturday evening at the age of 89 after post-surgery complications.

Paying their respects to the comedian, the Loose Women hosts played past footage of Barry appearing on the show as Edna having them all in hysterics with his quick quips.

Laughing at the old clip, Ruth confessed Barry’s humour was hard to take offence to as it was so funny.

However, when the 63-year-old spoke about her personal experience while interviewing the late comedian, she confessed it was hard to remain professional.

She commented: “Not on Loose Women, but on many times on This Morning we had Barry on and I used to say to him, ‘You are going to get me sacked one day’.

“Because his humour was so close to the knuckle for daytime.

“Of course, I was trying not to laugh at all the innuendos, sometimes I’d just have teasers streaming down my face.

“But, he was also very charming off-screen, we all know lots of people who are great on-screen, not always so great off, he was lovely to everybody.

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“I never heard anybody say, ‘He was difficult backstage’, he was just a funny man.”

Agreeing, Coleen added characters such as Dame Edna could get away with certain things because people know it’s fictional.

She said: “Anyone that could get offended, it’s just not worth it.

“It’s the same with Paul O’Grady with Lily Savage, who sadly we lost as well. We’ve lost three amazing people in a week really, it’s so sad.”

The third person Coleen was referring to was the former Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman whose death was announced on Monday afternoon at the age of 78.

His agent Jackie Gill revealed to Sky News that the dancer had died on Saturday evening at a hospice in Kent with his loved ones.

Len’s death comes following a “short illness” and a diagnosis of bone cancer.

A statement from his agent said Len was: “A much-loved husband, father and grandfather who will be sorely missed by family, friends and all who knew him.”

Loose Women continues weekdays on ITV from 12:30pm.

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