Alex Jones’ revelation her famous ex once stole a job from her during their relationship has sparked a lively debate about whether you should ever put your career before romance – with the Loose Women ladies entering the chat on Friday

Nadia Sawalha has claimed Alex Jones’ ex’s career betrayal was even more shocking than cheating with another woman.

The Loose Women panelist, 58, shared her thoughts on the ITV show on Friday, following presenter Alex making a shocking admission about her relationship with ex Steve Jones.

Mum-of-three Alex, who is married to husband Charlie Thomson, dated fellow Welsh broadcaster Steve from 1999 to 2002 when they both worked on Channel 4 show RI:SE.

At the time Alex was the show’s Entertainment Correspondent – putting her in a prime position when the opportunity to interview Hollywood A-lister Angelina Jolie came in.

But instead of telling Alex about the once-in-a-lifetime offer, she claims former T4 star Steve pretended she was ill so he could steal her moment and do the interview himself.

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Sharing her thoughts on Alex’s revelation during Friday’s edition of Loose Women, Nadia couldn’t get over how shocking she found the anecdote from The One Show presenter.

“If it’s true, because he hasn’t confirmed or denied. I can’t think of anything more shocking,” she declared as the panel discussed if you should ever put your career before a relationship.

“That’s more shocking to me than coming home to finding him in bed with someone else. That’s so underhand. To steal from your…”

Kaye Adams chimed in to add: “It’s a cut throat business.”

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Nadia continued: “That would be the end for me. It’s not necessarily about Angelina Jolie or anything but to lie to get your partner’s job, if he did, it is shocking.”

Anchor Kaye moved the discussion on, musing: “I suppose it’s unusual to be in direct competition in their job but there will be times for most people where you have to favour one person’s job or the other, how do you make that balance?”

Jane Moore added: “For me when they talk about trust in relationships is a much wider thing. Are you sure they have your back? Are you a unit? Are you making decisions together?”

Loose Women’s debate follows Alex making the confession during a guest appearance on the Dish podcast with hosts Nick Grimshaw and Michelin-starred chef Angela Hartnett.

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In an upcoming episode of the podcast, she tells the duo: “Normally [Rise] would call in the morning and ask to come and do an interview or junket.

“I was staying in his [Steve’s] flat at the time when I was working in London and he picked up the landline and said ‘Al’s not here. She’s not feeling well, she’s had to go back to Cardiff’ – I was in Topshop.”

“So he did the interview,” Alex claims in the podcast preview obtained by MailOnline.

Shortly after Steve interviewed Angelina, he went on to land one of his biggest gigs at the time as a presenter on iconic hangover TV show, T4.

But when Rise producers discovered what Steve had done, they decided to have a bit of fun with it.

Alex previously told the Thanks A Million with Angela Scanlon podcast that Steve’s betrayal was the real reason they broke up.

Steve is yet to comment on his ex’s claims but the pair reunited for Comic Relief in 2013 ( 
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Alex now shares three children with her husbandExplaining how she got her revenge, Alex shared: “So I got back to the flat and was like, where is he? Hours went past, nobody answering their phones. In the end I thought, right I’m going to drive back to Cardiff because I don’t know where you are, you’ve probably gone to the pub.

“Then the production company called and they were like, ‘We’ve got a bit of a situation.

“Tomorrow morning your boyfriend is going to the premiere with Angelina Jolie and it would be really funny if you came on the line, live on the show and surprise him and say you know exactly what he’s been up to.

“So I said yes. On live telly I’m like, ‘You lied to me, where have you been?’ So yeah, not surprisingly, we split up on live telly!”

Alex has gone on to find love with insurance broker Charlie Thomson, who she has been married to since 2015.

The 46-year-old, now best known for presenting The One Show, is also mum to three children – Teddy, five, Kit, three, and one-year-old Annie.

Her former model ex Steve, also 46, now splits his time between London and Los Angeles after landing a huge presenting gig on The X Factor USA.

It was while working on The X Factor that he met his now wife Phylicia Jackson-Jones, who he married in 2014.