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ITV star Lorraine Kelly is willing to pull out all the stops to save her daytime show amid severe cuts at the broadcaster

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Lorraine Kelly, 65, is fighting to save the long-term future of her show(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

Lorraine Kelly, 65, is fighting to save the long-term future of her show. Insiders say the TV presenter – whose programme faces major cuts in an ITV cost drive – will have to “pull out all the stops” for it to survive.

Lorraine will now air only 30 weeks a year instead of all year, with episodes cut to 30 minutes from an hour. A source said: “Lorraine was not happy about what is happening and also had concern for the production team which will be cut back too.

“But the truth is she has to roll her sleeves up and work harder on her own show than she has in recent years, otherwise the long-term future does not look good. She has been an icon of ITV but serious cuts need to be made and her show has been cut to just 30 minutes, which after ad breaks will be a very short chunk of time.

“She needs to show bosses it is worth keeping on air. You can expect her to be pulling hard to get big name celebrities on her show instead of GMB or This Morning.”

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Lorraine Kelly, 65, is fighting to save the long-term future of her show(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

Lorraine was told her show was being cut back in a tense private meeting with bosses – and will now need to work five days a week to have a chance of keeping it on air long term.

ITV staff working on daytime were told in a meeting on Tuesday that half of the 440 production staff will go. But boss Kevin Lygo arranged for Lorraine to be told separately in the days before. Lorraine has been a telly regular for 40 years, on GMTV and Good Morning Britain before her own show in 2010.

However, she has not been hosting Friday episodes, with Christine Lampard and Ranvir Singh filling in. Last week staff Lorraine returned after surgery to remove her ovaries, which she discussed on screen.

A source close to the show said: “February, March and April celebrated the highest viewing figures for three years. The show reaches 1.1 million every day and 2.7 million every week.”

The ITV cuts will also affect other daytime shows, with Loose Women rumoured to be losing up to 10 of its 26 panellists.

Good Morning Britain also faces cuts but one constant will be Susanna Reid. A source said: “She is someone ITV want to build the show around and is seen as an essential part of daytime. She is 100% safe from the cuts.”

Hundreds of staff are now in a consultation process at ITV. An ITV spokesman said: “At a time when our daytime teams are undergoing a period of change we will not comment on speculation around talent or staff contracts.

“Our intention is to keep our daytime shows as familiar to viewers as possible which includes seeing presenters they know and love.”

Kerry Katona has joked for Loose Women to enlist her as a panellist to add some ‘spice’ to the show amid ITV cuts which will see the long-running series on TV much less.

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Kerry Katona has joked for Loose Women to enlist her as a panellist to add some ‘spice’ to the show amid ITV cuts(Image: S Meddle/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Kerry Katona has called for ITV to bring her onto daytime show Loose Women amid cuts across the channel, with the long-running show being cut back to a “seasonal” schedule of 30 weeks a year in cost-saving measures.

Alongside the scheduling change, nearly 220 staff members could lose their jobs across ITV ’s daytime schedule, affecting flagship shows like Loose Women, Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, and This Morning.

Giving her opinion on the broadcaster’s worrying shake-up, former singer Kerry, 44, wrote in her New! Magazine column: “So, ITV has announced big cuts, with Loose Women and Lorraine scaled back to just 30 weeks a year, which I think is a shame. But if I’m honest, I’m not completely surprised. I think in the modern world it can be difficult for shows like these to stay afloat.

“People don’t watch live TV like they used to. But saying that, things can always be revived. I’ve been around for many years and am still reinventing myself and coming back stronger, so I don’t think it’s the end for the shows. They need to get me on the Loose Women panel. I’d certainly add some spice!”

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Loose Women is being cut back to a “seasonal” schedule of 30 weeks a year in cost-saving measures(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Kerry has appeared as a guest on Loose Women several times over the years, but never as a permanent panellist.

While Loose Women has taken a hit, morning chat show Lorraine, fronted by Lorraine Kelly, will see the most drastic changes. It’s to be reduced from an hour-long show to just 30 minutes and will go on-air for 30 weeks a year, rather than 52.

A spokesperson for ITV said of the latest move that it was not related to the performance of any of its shows, but about centralising its national news-gathering production in one place and investing resources into high-profile shows such as Mr Bates vs The Post Office and big sporting events like the football World Cup.

Last year there was already talk that ITV was tightening its belt and flagship daytime shows were reportedly in “crisis talks”.

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Kerry joked that she’d be able to liven up the daytime TV panel(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Denise Welch recently told the Mirror before the latest changes were announced, “When Loose Women first started, it was never a staple of the daytime schedules like it is now. It was on for three months, off for three months. Then another programme came along and notched it down to half an hour, which the racing still does – but we’ve got our place.”

The Waterloo Road actress added, “There’s life in these old girls yet. Older women’s voices are so important, and I’m very proud to be a part of a show that continues to celebrate that.”

Frankie Bridge, 36, has been married to Wayne Bridge, 44, since 2014, but Frankie admitted, ‘you just never know what’s going to happen’ in a new interview

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Frankie Bridge’s concerns over Wayne marriage as they ‘might not end up together’(Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images)

Frankie Bridge shared the concerns she had about her future with husband Wayne Bridge while discussing whether she’d want the footballer to get a vasectomy. The Loose Women panellist, 36, has been married to Wayne, 44, since 2014, but Frankie admitted, “you just never know what’s going to happen”.

In a new interview, the star discussed vasectomies and confessed she wouldn’t want the football star to get one as it would ‘be a door shut for both of them’. A vasectomy, which is a permanent method of contraception, is a procedure that blocks the tubes carrying sperm and thousands of men get it done every year.

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Frankie shared her concerns over Wayne (Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images)

Frankie said a vasectomy would be a bad idea for them as ‘they might not be together’ in the future. “Having a vasectomy is a door shut for me, it’s also a door shut for him,” she said.

Speaking to The Sun, she added: “You know, we might not end up together and he might want another baby. Or something might happen to me, and he might still want another child, because men can do it for as long as they want.”

Earlier this year, Frankie slammed the “double standards” after revealing she was trolled for her parenting choices. The former Saturdays singer issued a lengthy message in response to fans who criticise her decisions when it comes to raising her two sons, Parker and Carter.

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She previously called out the ‘double standards’ when it comes to parenting(Image: Getty Images for BFI)

She called out the comments after being branded “the worst wife and mother” as she shone a spotlight on the abuse she has been sent.

Frankie pointed out how her husband Wayne Bridge never received hateful messages from trolls when he does solo work away from the family home.

She revealed it came to a head when she took time for herself following her health battles and went away with her close friend for four days. The Loose Women star has been candid about finding a tumour in her neck, which was benign.

The mum-of-two wrote: “I’ve learned to be pretty thick skinned during my years in the public eye and I deal with these comments every day. But these comments aren’t just directed at someone in my position. A lot of women have a similar experience in many different ways.

“As I was growing up, I feel I was very naïve to the double standards set upon women, and never really felt they applied to me. I think that because I hadn’t experienced any sort of sexual harassment in the workplace, I felt I’d come out unscathed.

“When really all I needed to do was recognise the very obvious differences in expectations of a boy band and a girl band. The double standards were right there staring me in the face.”

Frankie explained how Wayne encouraged her to take a four-day holiday after “suffering with various illnesses that became harder to ignore, they took their toll and my mental health plummeted”. She revealed: “I and everyone else around me could see I needed a break and I reluctantly took the holiday, squeezed in at a time that would cause minimal damage to the boys’ schedule and mine.

“This meant fitting in as much as possible before I went away, still be contactable and hitting the ground running when I returned.”

She felt guilty for leaving her family but realised she deserved a break, but online trolls still slammed her for leaving her children.

Reaction to the news Loose Women will air only 30 weeks of the year from January irked Jane Moore, who said she was “immensely disappointed” to see pundits’ “lazy misogyny”

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Coleen Nolan (second left) was particularly upset at the ITV’s secision to make daytime cuts(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

ITV has insisted it is not planning “radical changes” to the Loose Women line-up after it emerged some panelists were “in a state of panic and up in arms” amid the cuts bombshell.

The popular daytime programme will air for just 30 weeks each year from January, one of several changes ITV is making to “reinvest across the programme budget in other genres.” It reportedly left some Loose Women stars worried for their future, particularly Coleen Nolan, who a source had said was “shocked and blindsided” at the decision.

Her colleague Jane Moore was also furious, albeit more so at the “snooty reaction” by commentators in the media. The journalist said she felt the programme has received unfair criticism, and reminded pundits the panel regularly hold key political figures, such as Nigel Farage, held to account.

ITV has also stressed Loose Women plays an important part in its daytime schedule, and told the Mirror today that wholesale changes to the panel are unlikely. The ITV source said: “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.

“Many of our long standing panellists have appeared on the show for the majority of its 25 year run on screens and those stalwart, Loose legends are at the core of the show’s success and hugely popular with the audience. The show remains a big priority within our daytime slate, having secured a BAFTA nomination, launched a podcast and celebrated a milestone anniversary in the last year alone.”

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(From left to right) Ruth Langsford, Coleen Nolan, Janet Street Porter and Brenda Edwards pose ahead of a recent Loose Women show(Image: ITV)

It is thought this stance has been shared with the stars themselves, some of whom “reached out to the production team in a panic” following the announcement of the shake-up last week. Ruth Langsford and Kaye Adams were among those particularly concerned, the Mirror reported in the wake of the bombshell.

Coleen, whose sister Linda died in January, “has always really relied on Loose Women… her main income,” a source had told us. They added: “She was one of the first Loose Women and she’s always thought it would go on forever. The Loose Women ladies are all gutted. They love the show and are really dedicated to it.”

The programme, which first aired in 2000, won a Royal Television Society award earlier this year for its Facing It Together campaign against domestic violence. However, writing for The Sun this week, Jane said: “One male commentator for a broadsheet casually dismissed Loose Women — on air for 25 years — as a ‘gabfest’… The snooty reaction from some quarters was immensely disappointing.”

The journalist, in her second stint on Loose Women, reminded critics Janet Street Porter confronted then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on the show, asking him: “Why do you hate pensioners?” The iconic moment in May 2024 led to his fall from power, as Labour thrashed the Conservatives in a landslide election just weeks later.

Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha broke down in tears as she discussed the recent daytime cuts on ITV and admitted her own fears about being axed

Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha has broken rank to openly discuss the ITV daytime cuts. The presenter said she is devastated for her colleagues being made redundant and admits she fears her own exit from the programme.

The ITV programme will be cut to just 30 weeks of the year and the team behind Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women will all be merged, which will lead to redundancies at ITV. Lorraine Kelly’s show is also being cut to 30 minutes and will air 30 weeks of the year. As a result, Good Morning Britain will be extended until 9.30am each day.

The stars of Loose Women have not yet spoken out about the cuts, with sources claiming that there is much chaos backstage at ITV – but now Nadia has broken rank to discuss the cuts for the first time.

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In her latest YouTube video, she said: “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.

“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*****g kind to people.”

She then 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 accept 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.

Nadia was emotional
“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. It has been worse than whatever trolls have been saying about our show that we feel really protective of.”

However, sources have denied any radical changes would be happening. A source told 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.

“Many of our long standing panellists have appeared on the show for the majority of its 25 year run on screens and those stalwart, Loose legends are at the core of the show’s success and hugely popular with the audience. The show remains a big priority within our daytime slate, having secured a BAFTA nomination, launched a podcast and celebrated a milestone anniversary in the last year alone.”

Kevin Lygo, managing director of ITV’s Media and Entertainment Division, has insisted the proposed changes would “generate savings which will allow us to reinvest across the programme budget in other genres”.

He said: “These changes also allow us to consolidate our news operations and expand our national, international and regional news output and to build upon our proud history of trusted journalism at a time when our viewers need accurate, unbiased news coverage more than ever.” Other changes at ITV include moving the soaps – Emmerdale and Coronation Street – to half an hour each weekday, meaning soap fan swill lose a total of an hour of soaps every week.

Jay Slater’s mum Debbie Duncan became emotional as she remembered her late son, who died after going missing on holiday in Tenerife, and detailed the horrific accusations she faced

Jay Slater’s mum Debbie Duncan has opened up about her teenage son’s tragic death, fighting back tears as she spoke about being accused of murder by trolls.

The 19-year-old went missing while on holiday in Tenerife in June last year before his body was found in a remote area near Masca four weeks later. An inquest into his death found that he died while trying to make his way home on difficult terrain, with his injuries consistent “with a heavy fall from height”.

Channel 4 documentary, The Disappearance of Jay Slater, is set to look into Jay’s disappearance, following his family as they try to find the truth behind is death. While it was found that there was no third party involvement in Jay’s accidental death, Debbie revealed that their family have faced horrified accusations from trolls.

Jay Slater tragically died after going missing in Tenerife on holiday and attempting to walk 45 km back to his accommodation ( 
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Speaking on BBC Breakfast today, she said: “They just kind of sensationalised it all online. I even got accused of murdering my own child at some point – we were all accused of different things,” she said.

“Jay’s friends, other family members, dragged into this whole made up story. It was unbelievable really.”

Debbie added that the speculation around Jay’s disappearance actively held up the investigation as they were “desperate” for any lead.

“All this misinformation – we didn’t know what was real and what wasn’t real. When we found Jay, it just blew up even more,” she said. “To this day, it’s still going on.”

She later said that she suffered “a breakdown” after the vile theories comments became overwhelming online. “It was just insane. ‘It’s this, it’s that’ every day,” she said.

“We’d get back after they’d been out searching. It could be this, it could be that.”

Annaliese Edwards, the director of Channel 4’s documentary, added that she was shocked when looking into the conspiracy theories around Jay’s death.

“You’ve got a family who’ve been through the most awful experience, they’ve lost their son and they’re being trolled,” she said.

“It just evolved – you couldn’t keep up with what was happening online. And what is still happening. It’s happening right now – it’s just horrendous.

“It’s not ok at all, the things that the family have been accused of – murdering Jay, being part of a huge conspiracy for money, his friends have been accused of killing was difficult to even select a few to include in the film.”

After nearly 45 years, Paula finally finds the son she was forced to give up as a teenager because she lived in a home that wasn’t safe…

Choked with emotion and unable to speak, this is the heartrending moment when a mother is told the son she gave up nearly 45 years ago has finally been found. In powerful scenes to be screened on ITV ’s Long Lost Family tonight, 64-year-old Paula is told by Davina McCall : “I’ve got a bit of news for you, your son has been found.” Teaching assistant Paula is at first speechless as she gently shakes her head, before finally saying: “I don’t believe that… I just don’t quite… is it real?”

Not only that, Paula discovers that the couple who adopted her baby stayed true to their word, having promised to name him Paul, in honour of his birth mother.

Paula grew up in Liverpool and had a difficult childhood. Her parents were hard working but also heavy drinkers. She says: “In every single way, we were neglected. Rats in the kitchen, dirty dishes and clothes everywhere. There was verbal abuse, physical abuse. You’re supposed to be safe at home. And unfortunately, it was a place where we were frightened.”

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Together at last: Paula finally finds her long lost son Paul(Image: ITV)

At 19, Paula found some respite when she got a summer job as a barmaid at a local holiday camp, where she met a boy. But when she fell pregnant, her boyfriend disappeared.

Paula was frightened of bringing her child home to her chaotic and volatile family life. She decided early on that she should place her child for adoption, but it was not an easy decision. In 1980, she gave birth to a boy that she called Lee.

She tearfully recalls: “He was tiny and his hair was silver-blonde and he stayed with me for two days. He was wrapped up at the side of my bed. I was just looking at him thinking ‘I’m so sorry but you can’t stay with me.’”

Lee was placed into care after just two days. Paula was heartbroken. A few weeks later, her social worker called unexpectedly. A couple were very keen to adopt Lee, and she wondered if Paula would like to meet them.

Paula recalls how nice the couple were, and that they said that they would call their new baby Paul, in honour of her. Forty-five years later, Paula still wonders if she made the right choice. Was Paul happy growing up?

He confides in Nicky Campbell: “If I only get to say ‘Thank you for everything that you’ve given me’, that will make me happy and content.”

When Davina tells Paula that her son has been found, she confirms that his adoptive parents did call him Paul. An emotional Paula, so grateful that he’s been located, says: “I never ever thought that this would happen.” When they meet in the centre of Liverpool, Paul sees his birth mother and immediately notices that the physical similarity is uncanny.

He says: “I’m definitely yours.” Paula says: “My hope is for him to continue with his life and for me to be a little part of that. That’s enough for me.”

Despite being one of the original YouTube stars, Louise Pentland has revealed that she is worried about kids life online in the modern social media world

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Louise Pentland has revealed she is worried about life online for kids(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

One of the ‘original YouTubers’ turned Loose Women star shared she now has has “so many concerns” about children being on social media.

Louise Pentland, 40, amassed millions of followers online and shot to fame in the early days of the video-sharing website, but now a mum, she insists she has to be strict about the kind of content her children consume and share online.

The social media star first launched her channel in January 2010 and has been watched more than 195 million times on the platform, amassing a staggering 2.17 million followers.

She was one of the original stars of the platform, making a name for herself alongside the likes of Joe Sugg, Caspar Lee, Jim Chapman, Marcus Butler, Zoella and more – known as the Brit Crew.

But now speaking on Loose Women, she voiced her worries about life online, she said: “I have so many concerns about children online. I try to find a really healthy balance, and some people would say I could share more, some people could say I could share less.

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The mum has revealed she has to be strict without her kids have access to online(Image: Kate Green/Getty Images for The)

“I don’t do daily vlogging, or weekly vlogging or anything like that. I know my children. Darcy is a little showperson, she loves theatre and dance. Pearl, not so much.

“Darcy has a TikTok, which is a private account; she has an Instagram, which is a public account, but she’s not allowed to just post whenever she likes. It has to be well thought-out, and I have to check it out.

“There’s so many safety features if you know about them. I don’t think they’re obvious enough but I’m logged in to her things so I see everything that is coming in and everything going out. As much as you trust your child, you can’t trust the world.

“We’re never gonna get rid of social media, it’s here for good, so I would rather train her to use it wisely and sensibly while she still listens to me!”

Despite the potential concerns she raised, she also shared how the website helped her through some “really dark times”, keeping her motivated while having the support of her community around her. But again, she insists that having clear online “boundaries” is important when she decides what part of her life she shares on camera.

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Louise was one of the original British YouTubers (Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

She said: “There have been some really dark times in my life. I had a very difficult, turbulent childhood, and I have been divorced. During those times, not the childhood, but, say, when my marriage came to an end, YouTube was a really joyful distraction.

“I do share the down bits, but also I think it’s really important that we remember to have boundaries, and you don’t need to share every single thing with every single person.

“So I try and find a balance of not making everything look perfect and remembering what is personal. When you’re dealing with your children and your family, you’ve got to have those boundaries.”

Duchess Meghan and Jess Mulroney were once inseparable, but in recent years, things seem to have become pretty frosty between the two women, with new reports claiming Jess is ‘afraid’ of her former friend

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Meghan’s former bestie reportedly fearful of Duchess’s influence(Image: WireImage)

They were once two peas in a pod, but Meghan Markle and Jessica Mulroney’s close bond has now seemingly fizzled out after a mysterious fallout.

Jessica was accused by influencer Sasha Exeter of taking “offence” to posts she had made about the Black Lives Matter movement back in 2020, and claimed that Jessica threatened her career in private messages.

Swiftly, the TV networks Mulroney worked with distanced themselves from the stylist. Though Jessica made a public apology, her professional endeavours took a major hit, as did seemingly her friendship with Meghan.

Neither woman follows the other on social media, and Jessica hasn’t publicly supported Meghan’s new lifestyle brand, As Ever, or her Netflix show. According to recent reports, Jessica is ‘fearful’ of speaking about their formerly close relationship because of how “powerful” Meghan is.

Jessica is said to have been offered a whopping $1 million for a tell-all memoir, which could blow the lid on her relationship breakdown with the Duchess, and the many secrets she knows about Meghan.

However, the stylist isn’t likely to be opening up anytime soon, with Jessica’s team telling the Daily Mail that she would “never” discuss Meghan publicly and was “absolutely not” considering a book.

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Jessica’s children were in Meghan’s bridal party

A source close to Jessica was reported by the outlet as saying that Meghan still has a lot of influence in the social circle the pair once shared in Canada, so it’s not likely Jessica will do anything to rock the boat any time soon.

“Meghan still has a lot of eyes and ears in Canada,” they said. “I suspect Jessica is not sure what to do [with what she knows]. Meghan is still pretty powerful, and they have a lot of people in common.

“She is probably biding her time. She lost her career, but to come after Meghan could be perceived as being petty and bitter and could potentially alienate her even more”.

The pair were once so close that Jessica’s twin sons, John and Brian, acted as pageboys in Meghan and Harry’s lavish royal wedding back in 2018, and her daughter Ivy was a bridesmaid alongside Harry’s niece, Princess Charlotte.

Despite the fact that Jessica has denied the possibility of a memoir, another source said that the stylist “knows where all the bodies are buried” because of how close the pair once were.

Katie Price has been forced to undergo a series of blood tests after she sparked concern among her fans by revealing she has been losing weight and doesn’t know why

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Katie Price undergoes blood tests after unexplained weight loss raises alarms

Katie Price has been spotted with a large white plaster covering part of her hand after a hospital visit over her rapid weight loss.

The mum-of-five, 47, has sparked concern over recent weeks thanks to dropping several pounds. Katie, who already had a slim frame prior to this health crisis, admits she doesn’t know why she is losing so much weight.

But the reality TV star is determined to get to the bottom of what is happening to her body. Stepping out on Monday, Katie could be seen with a plaster on her hand after undergoing a series of blood tests.

She arrived half an hour late to her meet and greet event with Kerry Katona at Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury. The two women have been touring the country since the start of this month for An Evening With Katie Price and Kerry Katona shows.

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As she broke cover on Monday, Katie opted for a casual look, donning a loose-fitting grey cardigan paired with leggings and white trainers. She swept her hair back into a messy bun and hid behind large sunglasses in an attempt to keep a low profile.

Over the weekend, Katie expressed confusion over her significant weight loss during a health update on Snapchat, having previously denied using weight loss medication. While at the hospital, she mentioned needing to have stitches removed after accidentally cutting herself while cooking a curry.

‘I’ve been up early at the doctors so she could do some bloods and because my veins are so rubbish they had three attempts,” Katie admitted on her SnapChat story. “They could only fill two tubes up, so I’ve got to go back in two weeks.”

Katie continued: “And I’ve got to have my stitches out then because they looked at my little stab wound that I did. The reason I’m going to the doctors is because I keep losing weight and I don’t know why. So that’s that.”

Previously, Katie had addressed fans’ concerns about her weight loss, affirming that it was intentional. In May, she stated: “Yes I’ve lost weight. Yes that’s what I’ve wanted to do, I’ve wanted to lose weight.

“Because… three, four years ago when I broke my feet I was in a wheelchair for ten months because they said I’d never walk again, and obviously you put weight on being in a wheelchair. And then I did all the IVF stuff, that also puts on weight. So yeah, I did put on weight and I hated it, I felt uncomfortable and it wasn’t me.”

Last year, she also opened up about her struggle with her weight and body image during an episode of the Louis Theroux podcast. “I always said I haven’t got body dysmorphia,” she confessed.

“But there’s definitely something, I don’t know what it is. I’ve never looked in the mirror and thought I’m pretty.”