By Mitya Underwood
Loose Women鈥檚 Coleen Nolan has described the upcoming changes and cuts at ITV as “devastating” with staff members currently living in limbo. The channel recently announced a raft of changes to its daytime schedules, including slashing the daytime panel show down to 30 weeks a year and merging the teams working on Lorraine, Loose Women and This Morning . Now Coleen, who celebrated 25 years on the show this year , has expressed her devastation and fears about what will become of the show鈥檚 behind-the-scenes staff once the changes come into force. 鈥淭he crew have become family. I鈥檝e watched them grow,鈥 she said. 鈥淪ome of our runners from back in the day are producers, married with kids. I鈥檝e shared my life with them. They鈥檙e in limbo, not knowing what they鈥檙e going to do.” She continued, 鈥淟oose Women isn鈥檛 ending, which I鈥檓 so thankful for, but it鈥檚 changing. It鈥檚 going to be very different in the respect of the size of the crew, but it鈥檚 still running. Which it should be 鈥 there isn鈥檛 another show that celebrates and supports all women of every size, age, whatever. But it鈥檚 heartbreaking to see some of my colleagues not knowing what they鈥檙e going to do. Many of them have young families and mortgages.鈥 Sources previously told the Mirror there wouldn鈥檛 be any 鈥渞adical changes鈥 to the Loose Women panel, but there are expected to be a number of redundancies in the behind-the-scenes crew. Lorraine Kelly鈥檚 daily show is also being cut to 30 minutes each day and to 30 weeks of the year, with Good Morning Britain running until 9.30am to fill the time. GMB will also be extended until 10am on the weeks Lorraine is off air entirely. Coleen, 60, joined the series in 2000, joining Jane Moore , Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha and Ruth Langsford , and told Mirror’s Notebook magazine she had never experienced anything like the current changes. 鈥淵ou read about it all the time 鈥 a chain store鈥檚 shutting down and 300 people are affected,鈥 she said. 鈥淵ou go, 鈥極h that鈥檚 awful. Anyway, what do you want for dinner?鈥, because it doesn鈥檛 directly affect you. 鈥淚鈥檝e never been so close to it. It鈥檚 made me realise how much this is happening across the whole country at the moment and it鈥檚 devastating.鈥 On announcing the changes, Kevin Lygo, Managing Director of ITV鈥檚 Media and Entertainment Division, said the channel鈥檚 daytime slate was 鈥渁 really important part of what we do鈥 and would 鈥渆nable us to continue to deliver a schedule providing viewers with the news, debate and discussion they love from the presenters they and trust鈥. * The full interview with Coleen is in Notebook Magazine which comes free with the Sunday Mirror. Like this story? For more of the latest showbiz news and gossip, follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads .