A FEUD on the set of Loose Women has been revealed as one star shared she doesn’t like speaking to anyone backstage and crew has branded her ‘a diva’.
Janet Street-Porter, 77, joined the chat show as a panellist back in 2011.
The no-nonsense woman has opened up about aspects of the ITV programme that annoy her, including mandatory morning meetings at 8.30am.
She told Women’s Own magazine that she found a cheeky solution to attendance, saying: “When I started at Loose Women in 2011, I was shocked to discover that they expected me to be in the studio for 8.30am and sit in a small room where there was a lot of gossip exchanging.
“I was caught reading the newspaper and not paying attention, so since COVID-19 I have done the meetings remotely – it was a great excuse.
“I sit at home watching them all on my computer yelling, ‘I can’t hear.’ I’m like a disembodied face.”
The makeup artists on set have been left unhappy with her scheme as it means she ends up running late for getting a touch up ahead of the show.
However, this doesn’t seem to phase Janet, who giggled: “When I come in, we’ve all gone into makeup and I arrive last, and they call me a diva!
“I’ve got my own small list of requirements in my dressing room, like redbush tea bags, and I don’t want to talk to anyone, but unfortunately, I have to.
“Over the years, I’ve developed a skin like a rhinoceros.”
The morning meetings aren’t the telly personality’s only pet peeve.
The former I’m A Celebrity star shared that she also dislikes being seated close to the cameras, and dreads the moment when she has to walk out on stage.
Janet added: “I hate walking on set. Brenda [Edwards] walks on brilliantly – a West End star, she can occupy the stage.
“I’m at the back crying, ‘Do I have to walk on?’ and they push me out. There is a collection of Janet’s worst walk-ons on YouTube – I don’t know how they do that steady wave.
“I don’t like sitting on the end of the panel because there is a cameraman there.
“I hate that angle, especially when I’m wearing a clingy T-shirt with a bra that’s a size too small, and everything hangs out at the sides.”
