Loose Women bosses 'desperate' for hiring Katie Price says Carol McGiffin

Carol McGiffin has slammed Loose Women bosses as “desperate” for hiring Katie Price.

McGiffin – who was a panellist on the ITV show for 10 years – said she is shocked that her former co-stars agreed to Price’s involvement on a programme which she claims has lost all “self-respect”.

Speaking to Bella about the former glamour model’s arrival she said: “I don’t know what she’s doing there. But she’s got a lot of Twitter followers, and they’re desperate for viewers. I can’t believe those women [panellists] are sitting with her.”

McGiffin continued: “Where’s their self-respect? That’s why the show is so different, because they’re going for people with a lot of fans.”

Price joined the show earlier this year and features once a week.

Last month she invited her children Junior, 10, and Princess, eight, onto the show for a ‘kids’ special and voiced her plans to launch a campaign to crack down on online abuse after her disabled son Harvey was targeted by trolls.

Price – who named and shamed those who had made comments about her son on Twitter – called for a "vetting for social media so people can be tracked down".

Speaking on the show she said: “Being a celebrity sometimes is an advantage because we can make [people] aware. I’m going to get a t-shirt made, I want loads of celebrities to wear it and just do a big campaign. I want to do it for everyone, I want to do a big campaign with Loose Women.”

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