Judi Love says she had ‘meltdown in the changing room’ as she returned to Loose Women after her father’s death

Judi Love has revealed why she chose not to take part in Loose Women's recent body confidence photoshoot, admitting she has been on something of an emotional rollercoaster recently. In the latest of her weekly OK! columns, the star explains her decision to readers and shares her thoughts on some of the week's biggest news stories – including the ongoing debate surrounding the Friends reunion.

I’m still getting to grips with my dad passing away last month. I grew up living mostly with my mum, but that doesn’t mean the pain of losing my dad is any less.

Stacey Solomon has revealed her figure has completely changed since giving birth to her third son Rex in May 2019.The 31 year old, who recently cried as she shared sketches of her "dream" wedding dress, spoke out about her figure as she and her fellow Loose Women posed in their swimsuits for the award-winning body confidence campaign Body Stories, which was first launched in 2017.The campaign is to raise awareness about altering and editing pictures on social media.

Ruth Langsford has revealed she was told she had returned to work “too early” after the sad death of her sister. Loose Women presenter Ruth, 61, was plunged into heartbreak and grief when her sister Julia tragically took her own life in 2019 following a battle with depression.

Jordan Banjo has admitted he sometimes "felt like a fraud" in Diversity, during a frank discussion about mental health that will air in Wednesday's episode of Loose Men. Jordan Banjo, Martin Kemp, Robert Rinder and Richard Madeley will host Loose Women's second-ever all-male version of the show, and one of the topics up for discussion is male body image.

Former Eternal frontwoman Kelle Bryan was visibly upset as she discussed her battle with lupus, a disease which has forced her to stay away from her children.The autoimmune disease has at times left Kelle unable to do basic daily tasks such as talk and walk, and the singer has had to go through speech therapy to try to gain back her speech after the awful condition took over much of her life.

We are thrilled to announce Judi Love as our new OK! columnist, and we can't wait to hear her take on the biggest news and celebrity stories as well as her own experiences as a mother of two and a Loose Women panellist. Exclusively for OK! VIP members, the 40 year old star opens up on how her fellow Loose Women presenter Charlene White inspires her and how she is feeling since recently losing her father.

Judi Love is known for her fun and quirky personality, and her new weekly column with OK! will be bringing the exact same energy.The Loose Women star promises to bring down-to-earth, no-nonsense, real-life chat to our readers, every single week. In the exclusive video, the stunning Comedian also reveals just how close the Loose Women panel are behind closed doors and how much they depend on one another.

She’s called it a “blast” and we couldn’t agree with her more that Jane McDonald’s BAFTA award winning series Cruising has been brilliant fun from start to finish. But the singer and former Loose Women panellist has now decided to call it a day as she brings us the final ever series of the hit show.

Whether she’s anchoring Loose Women or presenting ITV’s news coverage – or sometimes both on the same day – there’s no doubt Charlene White’s having a moment in her career. But when we catch up with the 40-year-old over Zoom, she’s so delightfully down-to-earth that it’s more like talking to someone you’ve known for years than TV’s hottest property.