CAROL McGiffin says she ‘doesn’t miss’ Loose Women after she walked away from the show.
The no-nonsense presenter accused the show of being “too woke” and that she “wasn’t welcomed” on the panel.
She revealed in May this year that she had “stepped back” from her gig on the show after 23 years.
Speaking to Women’s Own magazine Carol said: “No, I don’t miss Loose Women at all.
“My pronouns are P and Off. It’s just very woke and I can’t deal with the wokeness. I know I wasn’t really welcomed.”
“That’s not why I am not there. I am not there because of other stuff,” she added.
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Carol, 63, said she misses her co-stars, but that she “doesn’t miss being on TV”.
According to the MailOnline her views on the Coronavirus pandemic – which saw the TV star accuse the World Health Organisation of a “plot”.
Her comments on TNT radio were at the “centre” of her decision to quit.
Carol’s TNT Radio interview for The Freeman Report with James Freeman is said to have seen her accuse media organisations of being “bought off by the Government.”
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She then took fire at former Health Secretary Matt Hancock MP and sensationally claimed he shipped sick patients from France to the UK to fill “empty hospital beds.”
In another clip, she alleged there was: “Government orders to disable the [Twitter] accounts of people who were speaking out against the government, and the narrative and the Covid restrictions and all of those things.”
Her comments prompted a flood of calls to the radio network as well as ITV, with some demanding she be sacked.
An ITV spokesperson today told The Sun: “ITV will not comment on speculation around individual contracts. We understand that Carol has decided to leave Loose Women and we wish her well in any future projects.”
A source close to the show also said: “Any theories around Covid discussed by Carol on a platform outside of ITV would be her personal opinions, have not been broadcast as part of Loose Women and do not represent the views of ITV.
“Here at ITV we encourage free speech, but equally are fully committed to responsible broadcasting and adhering to the OfCom code.”
Earlier this week, an ITV spokesperson added: “ITV will not comment on or disclose details of individual contracts but all ITV contracts comply with the relevant external legislation.”
It came after Carol told Best Magazine how the “stress” over upcoming contract negotiations had been impacting her life.
She said: “I haven’t been on the show for two months now because I’ve had to step away from it.
“It was causing me too much stress, which was mostly down to a difficult contract issue I’d been challenging since January.
“The problem was, ITV were insisting, for the first time since I went back in 2018, that if I wanted to carry on doing the show, I would have to sign a contract that was totally unjust and unworkable for me, so I had to say no thanks.
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“And I know it looks like I’ve thrown my toys out of the pram, but the whole saga was affecting my health.”
Carol, who is a favourite for her fiery opinions and was recently criticised for slamming her co-stars tattoos, was quick to emphasise her current situation.
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