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Topics: Celebrity, ITV, Loose Women, Stacey Solomon, TV And Film, NHS
Rhianna Benson
Topics: Celebrity, ITV, Loose Women, Stacey Solomon, TV And Film, NHS
Loose Women is a show famed for seeing its panelists relentless butt heads when it comes to the controversial topics they deep-dive into.
And apparently, no one is more aware of that than Denise Welch, who was rumoured to have brutally clashed with co-star Stacey Solomon last month in an on-air debate about Gen-Z workers.
This week, however, ITV star Denise has finally set the record straight on their spat speculation, directly firing back at claims that her on-screen pal had 'wiped the floor' with her amid the 'disagreement'.
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If you can't seem to recall when or why tensions were rumoured to have risen between the pair, allow to me refresh your memory.
During an episode which aired in June, the subject of remote working was broached by the four-person panel, who began a discussion about whether or not the Gen-Z population have become reliant on working from home since the Covid-19 pandemic.
During the disagreement, mum-of-five Stacey, 35, could be heard arguing that remote working positions were especially beneficial to employees with children.
Denise, 66, on the other hand, raised the point about an apparent lack of in-person staff when it comes to certain positions.
"We haven't got the staff, where are the staff? They've disappeared!" she told viewers.
In response, Stacey hit back at the time, 'They don't disappear because they're working from home', after which hundreds of viewers took to social media to discuss the live television fall out.
"I doubt we'll see Stacey on with Denise for a while... Stacey has the stones to defend her thunder," one penned on twitter.
"Stacey absolutely wiping the floor with Denys," another wrote, with their use of phrasing making it into the headlines of several national news outlets at the time.
This week, however, in an appearance on the Scheananigans podcast, Waterloo Road actress Denise poured cold water on claims that she and Stacey have remained estranged since their lunch-time row.
"We’d had a discussion on a discussion show where you’re supposed to discuss things and maybe disagree," she explained to listeners.
Recalling the entire fiasco, Denise gave us a glimpse into her perspective: "It was one of those kind of Loose Women-y topics.
"And Stacey said something to do with nurses in the NHS, which provoked a great big reaction and I actually agreed with her.
"And then afterwards [on Twitter] somebody said, 'Stacey Solomon, wipe the floor with Denise Welch'."
She went on to explain that, after a journalist reported on the matter, she had raised a complaint on social media.
"I put it on my stories and I tagged the journalist in, and I just said, 'What gives you the right to make up a complete lie about a friend of mine, Stacey Solomon, where we had a disagreement on a show where we are encouraged to disagree about things? It’s a talk show, and to say that she won’t work with me.'"
Denise went on: "Anyway, she got back to me privately and said, 'I would never do anything to upset you.'
"And I said, 'Well hang on a minute, how do you think that made me feel? When you wrote, Stacey will no longer work with Denise Welch, which was a complete lie. How do you think it made me feel?'
"And she said, 'Oh, we were just picking up on fan comments'. I said, 'No, they’re not fan comments, they’re troll comments.'"
You tell them, Denise!