Andrea McLean has opened up on how kept her decision to leave Loose Women a secret and quit via email, leaving her co-stars in “absolute shock”.The 51 year old explained that she felt that she had made the right decision to leave the hit ITV show despite making the jump being “scary”.The star told The Sunday Mirror’s Notebook that she kept the secret from her co-stars until she announced the news, saying: "I didn't breathe a word to anybody because I felt like it was such a personal decision.