ITV Loose Women’s Ruth Langsford cheekily addresses ‘feud’ with Coleen Nolan

Ruth Langsford has referenced the reported feud between herself and Coleen Nolan on Loose Women.

The pair are rumoured to be ‘feuding’ fairly regularly, with stars of Loose Women saying the two have disliked each other at one point or another. Last year, the ITV programme was hit with the news that panellists were not getting on behind closed doors, including Judi Love and Stacey Solomon who were reportedly refusing to work with Coleen.

It all comes after the Blackpool-born star’s agent Melanie Blake called fellow Loose Women panellist, Nadia Sawalha, a ‘witch’ on Twitter back in 2020. Ruth Langsford has previously spoken out in frustration in regards to the feuds that have been bubbling over on the show, saying “somehow people just love to pit women against women”.

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However, Ruth has now directly addressed the rumours, making a sarcastic quip on today’s show (May 16). As the rest of the panel discussed blind dates, Coleen queried whether she would trust the other women on the show to choose a blind date for her, eventually deciding that she would.

In response, Ruth said: “‘I don’t know we might be feuding at the time.” Laughter erupted at the jibe and Ruth added: “If we’re feuding it would be a really horrible [choice of a blind date].”

Coleen said she would trust her co-star to choose a blind date for her and Ruth pretended to write down her words to prove she said them. The presenter then replied: “Watch this space.”

Last year, Ruth told Lorraine Kelly that the Loose Women stars love and respect each other, playing down any rumours of rifts. She said: “We have heated discussions, but we don’t fall out. Somehow people just love to pit women against women, don’t they? We do disagree about things, but then five minutes later we laugh and talk about something else.”

She continued: “We’re such a diverse group of women, different age groups, different views and different opinions on things. So many times I go on that show, I think one thing and by the end of the discussion I’ve changed my mind.”

At the time, a representative told Metro.co.uk that reports of feuding were “untrue”, adding: “Panellists are chosen for each show by the Loose Women Editor and senior production team, not the panellists themselves.”

However, Loose Women star, Carol McGiffin recently spoke ill of the show, saying she was tied to an “unjust contract”. She said she was forced to take a break from the ITV programme, which she has been “quite upset about.”

She said: “No one in their right mind would have signed that contract. And I can’t see a way back from it.” Carol’s co-stars have supported her, with Denise Welch saying she was “gutted.”

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