Former Loose Women star Saira Khan has once again slammed the ITV daytime show.
The TV personality, 53, who originally shot to fame after coming runner up on The Apprentice in 2005, was a regular on the daytime ITV show from 2015 until 2020 when she quit.
Saira has now revealed she only speaks to four of her former colleagues – Andrea McLean, Ruth Langsford, Denise Welch and Coleen Nolan – after clashing with co-stars and bosses.
Speaking on her relationships with her co-stars, Saira told Woman’s Own: ‘I recently went out with Ruth [Langsford] to go and see Coleen [Nolan] on her solo tour in Blackpool.
‘I keep in touch with Andrea [McLean] and Denise [Welch].
‘I know people think I fell out with them all, but it wasn’t about the girls, it was more about me to be honest with you.’
Former Loose Women star Saira Khan has once again slammed the ITV daytime show
The TV personality, 53, has now revealed she only speaks to four of her former colleagues – Andrea McLean, Ruth Langsford, Denise Welch (pictured middle right) and Coleen Nolan (pictured middle left) – after clashing with co-stars and bosses
Saira explained she became ‘uncomfortable’ with certain aspects of the panel programme which prompted her to make a quick exit.
Saira added: ‘It was more about me growing up and saying, ‘Look, this is what I like, and this is what I don’t like,’ and some of the things that go on, I was just not comfortable with it, and I think you have to be honest with it.
‘It doesn’t mean you’re falling out, it just means it’s not enough for me.’
It comes after Saira returned to TV as she made her comeback on the popular Channel 5 daytime show Jeremy Vine.
Joining the panel, Saira looked right at home as she discussed Kate Middleton’s mysterious whereabouts and the panel dived into the royal rumours.
Speaking to The Sun, Saira admitted: ‘After taking a few years off the telly, it was nice to be back and I didn’t realise how much I missed it.
‘It was Jeremy [Vine] who persuaded me to come back.’
She added: ‘I think it’s good to have a break and I feel more confident now about who I am and who I what I want to say.’
Taking to Instagram, Saira also gushed over her appearance as she shared some snaps from the day.
Saira was a regular on the daytime ITV show from 2015 until 2020. She claimed her sudden exit from Loose Women came down to ITV bosses trying to make her join OnlyFans
Saira made her mainstream television return as she appeared on the Channel 5 show Jeremy Vine after three years out the spotlight
Joining the panel, Saira looked right at home as she discussed Kate Middleton’s mysterious whereabouts and the panel dived into the royal rumours, before posing for a fun selfie
Taking to Instagram, Saira also gushed over her appearance as she shared some snaps from the day and admitted: ‘I really enjoyed it’
Supporting her friend fellow Loose Women panellist Coleen Nolan commented: ‘Yessss about bl***y time xxx’
She wrote: ‘So after a few years off the telly, it was lovely to come back – @thejeremyvine persuaded me to do it and I’m not gonna lie…. I really enjoyed it.
‘So thank you @jeremyvineon5 @thejeremyvine @owenjones84 for making my first day back lots of fun.
‘Thanks to the @jeremyvineon5 team who put the show together – all very lovely and I felt so looked after.’
She added: ‘It was good to have a little rant and let off some steam!’
Supporting her friend fellow Loose Women panellist Coleen Nolan commented: ‘Yessss about bl***y time xxx’ as Saira replied: ‘Ahh love you Col’.
Saira claimed her sudden exit from Loose Women came down to ITV bosses trying to make her join OnlyFans.
However, a spokesperson for Loose Women told MailOnline back thehn: ‘We strongly refute all of these claims. Duty of care is of paramount importance for all of our panellists. Saira left the Loose Women panel almost two years ago and we wish her well.’
It comes after she told The Mirror: ‘The straw that broke the camel’s back was when one of the young producers was sent running after me to ask whether I would be prepared to open an OnlyFans account.’
Saira originally shot to fame after coming runner up on The Apprentice in 2005
Saira explained: ‘To say I was shocked was an understatement. I could see she herself was mortified to ask me. I replied, ‘You’re asking an Asian woman who has a husband and kids and comes from a Muslim family to open an OnlyFans account?
‘It’s just on your social media you’ve been posting images in your underwear and we thought if you could go undercover to see the kind of response you get from men, it would make a great story.
‘There and then, I knew my time was up on the show. I felt humiliated, angry, disappointed and like fodder.’
A source close to the ITV show has told MailOnline that OnlyFans and online safety could ‘always potentially be the subject of an investigation,’ explaining: ‘Loose Women Investigates is a strand which has seen reports into a range of different topics of relevance to viewers including missing persons and online safety.’
‘Online sites such as Only Fans and their safety have been discussed on the show many times and could always potentially be the subject of an investigation.’
