26-05-2023, 08:59 PM
(26-05-2023, 08:54 PM)Andrew Wrote:UTVLifer Wrote:There are reports circulating on Twitter at the moment that this was one of the factors at play behind him and Ruth's exits
If true, it could get very, very messy for ITV Daytime. Very quickly.
I thought it was because they wanted to freshen up the line up and bring some diversity into the presenting team, after there had been tabloid stories and resulting complaints that every face on daytime on a particular day was white?
Hence also the increasing use of Ranvir filling in for Lorraine, Charlene joining Loose Women, and most new recruits to the Loose Women panel being of colour.
I think it was because Eamonn and Ruth skewed old and they wanted to bring the demos down. Ruth is still with Loose Women and did a show last year with Rylan so clearly she didn't fall out with ITV or the management at TM.
I suspect Eamonn and Martin Frizzell never got on so he's trying to stick the boot in.