Loose Women star confirms surprise return years after quitting ITV show

One of Loose Women's most familiar faces has confirmed she'll be making a surprise return to the show's panel later this year. Andrea McLean quit the ITV programme in 2020 but has now revealed that she is set to return in September.

The presenter appeared as a co-presenter from 2007 until 2020, before quitting to pursue her work as an author. She said at the time she announced her departure: "All the incredible feedback that I had from my book and the support I was able to give them. I want to bring it to life and I want to…it was a really, really big decision.

"I just thought, I will never know unless I try so I am saying goodbye to Loose Women." She also added at the time: "ITV have been amazing. I’ve been anchoring Loose Women for 13 years now, I’ve been part of ITV Daytime for 23 years. The team have been so wonderful."

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Andrea confirmed her upcoming return to the panel as she made a guest appearance on the mid-week edition of Loose Women on Wednesday (May 22).

During the show, the panel celebrated the 40th anniversary of Cilla Black's hit show, Surprise Surprise, which first aired in May 1984. As such, the hour-long show had plenty of surprises in store for the panellists, audience and viewers at home. Throughout the episode, host Christine Lampard revealed that a former Loose Women star would be surprising everyone on air with some news and kept dropping hints.

Eventually, at the end of the episode, Andrea, 54, was revealed as she surprised everyone by returning after four years in September for the show's