Loose Women panelists reacted to the news that co-star Sunetra Sarker has injured both of her ankles after she shared her experience on the ITV show this afternoon

A Loose Women panelist revealed that she’s struggling to walk after a set of accidents recently. Sunetra Sarker, 52, opened up to her colleagues earlier about injuring both of her ankles, including sharing that she had been in “agony”.

Sunetra, 52 – known for her acting roles on Casualty and Ackley Bridge – spoke about her health on the ITV show this afternoon. She was joined on the panel today by Charlene White, 45, Janet Street-Porter, 78, and Jane Moore, 63.

The actor unveiled her latest injury during a segment about “negativity bias”. Charlene teased at one point: “Whether we liked it or not, Sunetra gave us a roll call of doom when she walked in this morning. So, go on, tell everyone!”

Sunetra then revealed that she had sprained her right ankle at home two months ago. She recalled looking forward to being able to walk “properly” again weeks later before spraining her other ankle on her way to physiotherapy.

Following the introduction from Charlene, Sunetra shared with the panel and fans: “Everyone I’m meeting now as soon as they come towards me I’m like ‘get ready for the speech’. Things have been going from bad to worse!”

Sunetra Sarker revealed on Loose Women today that she sprained her left ankle recently just weeks after receiving the same injury on her other leg(Image: ITV)

She continued: “Six weeks ago I sprained my ankle. It was agony. I cannot explain how this hot pain …” Charlene asked her: “How did you sprain that one?”

Sunetra said: “I had a dead leg. I was trying to put my foot in a slipper. It’s nothing showbiz. Sorry, it’s not glamorous. I just was old and I couldn’t get my foot in my slipper.”

She added on the show: “So then I’ve been ‘poor me, poor me’. Strapped up. Everyone who sees me has been like ‘oh you poor thing with your bandage on your leg’.”

Sunetra continued: “On my way to physio for said sprained ankle, six weeks after the injury, I’m thinking ‘I’m nearly gonna be able to walk again properly’. On the way, my flip-flop gets caught under the doormat.”

Jane was seen laughing as Sunetra reacted: “Laughing already at my doom.” She then recalled: “So my flip flop gets caught, I trip, my left leg comes out to save my face from hitting the ground and guess what, sprained left ankle [now].”

The actor shared that she is now still on crutches after having hoped to be ‘able to walk again properly’ soon following the initial accident(Image: ITV)

Referencing her own character from the BBC medical drama, Sunetra continued: “So, now, Dr Zoe Hanna from Casualty is sitting in casualty for six hours being recognised by everyone [asking questions].” She then described the experience as “awful”.

Charlene noted that footwear was involved in both accidents, teasing: “We need to look at like your shoe game!” Sunetra, who had lifted up one of her crutches to show the audience moments earlier, responded: “Now it’s crutches!”

Jane went on to reveal that she had also laughed when she heard the story backstage prior to the episode being filmed. Jane said: “When she was telling me this morning, she said ‘I was on my way to physio’ and I just started laughing. I was like ‘I’m so sorry I’m laughing but it’s funny’.”

She added: “That is why I think we love … I think it’s a particularly British thing … I think we love negativity because it’s funny. It can be, obviously there’s a large section of negativity that isn’t. But mostly we tell negative stories because there’s a bit of a punchline, they can be quite self-depricating and it makes you laugh.”