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LOOSE WOMEN STAR NADIA SAWALHA HAS BROKEN HER SILENCE ON THE ITV DAYTIME CUTS, SAYING SHE IS 'FURIOUS' ABOUT THE CHANGES AND THAT 'HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE' ARE BEING MADE
REDUNDANT KATY HALLAM 14:09, 29 May 2025 Loose Women's Nadia Sawalha has candidly spoken out about the recent ITV daytime cuts. The shake-up at ITV will see Loose Women, along with
Lorraine and This Morning, reduced to airing just 30 weeks per year. A merged production team will also lead to job losses, with Nadia admitting she fears she could be at risk. READ MORE
Eamonn Holmes shares 'sad' health update after two falls In a heartfelt YouTube video, Nadia remarked: "Do you know what, at the moment, all of us on screen are in work and
are proud of what we do. "But behind the scenes there are people that are really suffering, and what you don't realise is when you attack the show you attack them, because you
never see all the army of people behind the scenes and how hard they work." She continued with a poignant message: "So to all my friends and colleagues behind the scenes who have
just got a huge shock out of the blue, I'm so sorry. "Mark knows how upset I've been at home about it. I just can't bear it. So just be f****** kind to people."
Nadia added: "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, in
five years, you don't know because we're not employees. "So I can't tell you anything except I am on for my next contract. What has been brutal over the past week and I
am getting tearful about it, is that hundreds of people are going to be made redundant out of the blue. "A lot of my friends and colleagues have been there for decades and I cannot tell
you how upsetting it was to see people walking around numb with shock and fear about what they are going to do. That has been so awful. Article continues below "It has been worse than
whatever trolls have been saying about our show that we feel really protective of." Yet, insiders have refuted claims of major shake-ups. A source conveyed to The Mirror: "We are
not planning any radical changes to the panel. All of our Loose Women are hugely valued and we celebrate each and every one and the experience and opinions they bring to the show every
day." Kevin Lygo, ITV's managing director of Media and Entertainment, has said the rstructuring plans, which include Lorraine Kelly's programme being cut back to a half-hour
slot, will generate savings to allow the channel to reinvest in other areas.