ITV Loose Women fans complain at 'brave' comments as Andrea McLean makes return year after quitting
28.03.2022 - 22:09
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Loose Women welcomed back a familiar face on Monday's show as Andrea McLean returned as a guest almost year and a half after she quit.
Andrea spent 13 years as one of the anchors on the ITV lunchtime panel show but announced her decision to leave in November 2020 before appearing on her last show the following month. She revealed the news live on the programme, explaining that she wanted to "be brave" and try new things.
But as Ruth Langsford took the helm at the start of a new week on the ITV show, she announced that the panel had a very special guest. Later, Andrea joined Ruth, Coleen Nolan, Katie Piper and Kéllé Bryan for a chat.
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As she came back, Andrea said: "It feels really nice actually being a passenger on the bus and not the driver." Ruth added: "It's quite an odd experience, isn't it?" to which Andrea replied: "It's a bit out of body but it's so nice."
Ruth started by talking about Andrea's decision to quit the show, saying: "It was your decision to go. Was it brave now that you've done it?"
Andrea replied: "Yes. At the time so many people were saying oh what a brave thing to do. Or more like what a stupid thing to do - it was the middle of the pandemic and I was quitting my job to follow a dream. But yeah, I look back on it now and think it was a brave decision. I needed to jump and see if I could fly. I'm so glad I did."
She also spoke to the panel about life after Loose and when discussing the "brave" decision to try something new, Andrea told her former colleagues about her new book, and how departing her role with them became a "catalyst" for it.
She said: "At the time so many