Fans rush to comment as Loose Women send public message to Stacey Solomon as she declared 'love' on special day

Stacey Solomon has declared her 'love' for the team at Loose Women as they sent her and her daughter a public message on a special day for them both. The presenter and social media favourite joined the ITV lunchtime show as a panellist in 2010 after a guest appearance won her great praise.

But at the end of last year, fans feared Stacey had left the programme after her not appearing on the programme for a long period of time. She also didn't appear at the ITV lunchtime show's festive bash before Christmas.

The former X Factor star, however, did make a surprise appearance in the last episode of Loose Women of 2022, suggesting she was still very much part of the line-up. "Again, I'm just grateful to be on there," Stacey then told Lorraine in January. "When I was on X Factor 14 years ago... I never even thought I'd be on a show like this never mind have opportunities like Sort Your Life Out and Loose Women.

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"So every time I get to do something like that I'm genuinely like 'thank goodness, this is amazing!'. You've just got to keep enjoying it because you never know when it'll be gone and when those things aren't going to be there."

But it appears Loose Women still see Stacey very much part of the team, despite no appearing on the show as a pannellist for a long time, as the social media team shared a photo from when she was on the show and introduced daughter Rose to the panel and to viewers.

"Happy birthday to our Stacey and little Rose! We can't believe Rose is now two-years-old," the caption of the post read. They added: