Saira Khan reignites bitter Loose Women feud as she slams ITV and reveals ‘real reason’ why she quit show
SAIRA Khan has reignited her feud with Loose Women as she slammed ITV and revealed the ‘real reason’ why she quit the show.
The 53-year-old appeared on the programme as a regular panellist between 2015 and 2020.
Saira announced the news that she was leaving at the start of 2021 in her column for The Mirror.
Three years on and The Apprentice star has opened up about why she made the decision.
“On Loose Women you saw me being quite passionate, heated and feisty, but that’s the silo they put me in,” Saira told Closer magazine.
“I wanted to have a bit of fun, but that wasn’t for me, that was for Stacey Solomon.
“Stacey was the fun one, but I had to be the loud, gobby one.”
The Sun contacted ITV for comment.
Back in January 2021, Saira quit the ITV daytime show so that she can “focus on what’s important”.
The decision came shortly after Andrea McLean broke down in tears as she announced her own departure from the programme in November 2020.
Saira explained that she wanted to “assess her priorities” in the new year.
Saira said: “It’d certainly made me assess my priorities, values and how I want to move forward with my life.”
“So I start this new year by saying goodbye to Loose Women.
“After five years of being a regular panellist, I’ve decided to give up my seat to another woman who will benefit from the platform as I did.”
Saira went on to admit that while it was a “difficult decision” she felt that she had “nothing left to share” on the programme.
The star added: “Others too have found that Covid has given them the kick they needed to quit jobs that don’t bring them satisfaction, and to try something new.”