Loose Women host shuts down viewers after switching off Nigel Farage clash
Nigel Farage sparked uproar after appearing on ITV's talk show, Loose Women.
Farage claims canvasser making racist remarks was a 'set up'
ITV’s daytime talk show Loose Women took a tense turn on and off-screen as Nigel Farage’s arrival to the panel sparked backlash.
The Reform Party leader left many disappointed after being late for his appearance which forced host Kaye Adams to issue a warning to viewers.
She broke the news and revealed the politician was not “in the building,” which left the discussion shifting to Dame Kelly Holmes' recently coming out as gay and the significance of Pride.
However, after his arrival, the conversation quickly became fiery after he clashed with Jane Moore as he addressed the racist, homophobic, and Islamophobic slurs made by a Reform UK campaigner.
After he claimed the remarks were a “complete and total set-up,” viewers took to social media to slam the programme for welcoming Farage as the presenter addressed the show critics.
Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter a disappointed @colinmcfarlane wrote: “Sad to see @loosewomen normalising bigotry.
“Turned over immediately... Saddens me that so many people fall for his man of the people BS. Repulsive.”
After writing that he switched off the episode, Kaye responded to the post and wrote: “Sad you didn’t watch it before commenting Colin.”
In another post, @Fairydusts71 stated: “I watched Kaye. You did challenge him at first on racist/homophobic comments.
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“But then let him spout his assertions he represents the change & answers the country desperately needs, with no challenge to what his proposed answers are.”
In response, Kaye hit back: “Appreciate your frustration but we have 10 mins.”
The comments made by the Reform UK members were recorded by an undercover journalist while they campaigned for Farage to become Clacton's MP.
Reform canvasser Andrew Parker and Reform party activist George Jones were among those who made the offensive comments, but Farage has claimed Parker is actually an actor.
In the Channel 4 report, Mr Parker can be heard using offensive language about the prime minister and also discussing migrants arriving in small boats in Deal, Kent.
Reform Chairman Richard Tice said that three officials who were assisting the party leader’s campaign in Clacton-on-Sea had been sacked after they were secretly recorded in a conversation that involved homophobic and racist comments.
