Kaye Adams has opened up on ITV’s Loose Women about ‘sleep walking’ through her first Christmas after losing her dad and how she has had to ‘reinvent’ the festive period to cope

Loose Women panelist Kaye Adams has spoken about having to “reinvent” Christmas after her parents passed away. During an emotional moment on ITV’s Loose Women, which she co-hosts with celebs Frankie Bridge, Kelly Brook, and Kéllé Bryan, the discussion turned towards managing grief during the festive period.

In the episode aired on Wednesday (December 4), Kaye, 61, revealed she felt like she was “sleep walking” through her first Christmas following her father’s death. She explained: “I think you kind of have to reinvent it. Like similar to you, I’ve lost both my mum and my dad, and Christmas was always, always at their house. The first one after my dad died, we just kind of slept walked through it.”

Kaye Adams opened up about losing her dad on Loose Women earlier this month ( 
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Kaye confided more deeply, saying: “We went through the motions. We were kind of anaesthetised to the whole thing. You did it, because it felt like a big thing to ignore it, but like I say, we were sleep walking. But in the years since, you’ve just got to reinvent it. Because it was so much associated with them. For us, we just had to have a different thing.”

To lighten the mood after the touching discourse, the Loose Women welcomed the ever-entertaining Gino D’Acampo onto the set. The charming TV chef added some spice with lively banter about his latest cookbook and even dropped an ‘awkward’ comment on the ‘kiss rules’ for on-air, capturing the attention of Mirror reporters.

Gino D’Acampo left quite the impression during his recent stint on the panel, defying advice to forgo the cheek kisses, and joked, “They told me ‘please don’t kiss the ladies on the table’ but what kind of Italian would come on the show without kissing the ladies. The rules are rubbish.” Tackling the situation with humour, Kelly even hinted that Gino’s on-screen smooches could have cost him his job, prompting a bewildered comeback from the Italian chef: “What, for a kiss?”

Kaye Adams admitted that she has been “sleepwalking” through her first Christmas since the death of her father ( 
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Social media lit up post-show, with one viewer pointing out on X (previously Twitter): “That was very awkward…. #loosewomen Frankie looked uncomfortable.” Others chipped in on Gino’s tactful handling of any double entendres: “#loosewomen Gino being so careful with his innuendo today.”

Whilst some fans expressed worry over potential backlash at Gino with tweets like: “Careful Gino they’ll be wanting to cancel you. #loosewomen,” there were those that raised eyebrows at the claim of a no-kissing guideline, “Do you really think they told him not to kiss them? #Loosewomen.”