celebrities who need to wash their linen in public

They wash it in public because they get paid to appear on such shows, and because people are (infill gap yourself) enough to watch such programmes

Vulgar, vulgaris, Latin: of the common people

We're all common unless we are royalty Lillie

jalima <pedant alert>
We aren't common. Well I'm sure most of us aren't, anyway
We're commoners.

And most of us enjoy a bit of gossip now and then don't we?

I don't watch Loose Women (or any daytime tv come to that) but that's just because it would probably be a slippery slope for me!

janea

In the early days I saw it slipping very early on, now the bits I see when checking to see what is on tv just show how infantile it is, but no sorry that is unfair because infants would be entertaining. No not snobby, just telling it like it is. It appears as simple to put together, easy chit chat, not hard work no thinking of interesting areas to chat about or good questions to have ready when interviewing guests.

I generally have TV on at lunchtime ,used to be Masterchef USA ,which was far better than our version but its finished so I tend to channel hop and Loose women sometimes has quite decent guests ,but a lot of the presenters are difficult to like ,not keen on Ruth who is also on This Morning,Kaye Adams ,or Colleen but I do like Janet Street Porter and Christine Bleakley .It was quite good in the start but is really going downhill....dumbed down.No real deate now

I hate Loose Women, I cant see how it does the cause of ordinary women any good at all.

This could all be fiction to drum up trade and interest.

If marriage is about building intimacy, how can sharing about it (if it is true and not a PR ploy) help?

A bit too much condemnation going on here, it's sad. I haven't watched Loose Women for a while now, but now I want to go back to see what all the fuss is about!

As far as I can remember, this is a program by women for women about real life. So I can understand why some of the women talk about their private lives, or lack of, because this makes them just like the rest of us. While I have to admit that I don't talk about my own marriage, it's nice to find that someone else might be having similar problems as me (not that I, personally, am as after 50 years together we have both learned to like each other).

Nobody's marriage is perfect and finding out that someone half-way famous may have the same problem as we do helps us to accept that we're normal, doesn't it. For instance, if you were quietly putting up with an abusive partner, watching a television program where someone is talking about a similar situation, might make you realize that you don't have to suffer in silence. This would encourage you to do something like seeking help. How refreshing to find that some celebrity is having marriage problems and is prepared to face it head-on.

I rarely watch soaps where actors act out horrendous scenes that are totally fabricated yet based on real-life. At least on Loose Women these issues are real and can be faced and dealt with.

Well said Freeflyer.

I wonder whether their core audience is middle-aged women? It can be like a lot of things that certain programmes suit different age groups.

I have no objection to celebrity gossip it has its place on television or in magazines, what really frustrates me is when the newspapers headline it as news. IMO it's not news,not when there are other more serious stories to report. I suppose its cheap to source and headline. I think it cheapens journalism. I know, I know I shouldn't buy those newspapers and mostly I don't. I've had to defect to the i but I miss the daily mirror. I now only buy it at the weekend as a guilty treat.

Try watching again Freeflyer the show has been dumbed down to a large extent, relies on knocking men a lot of the time. There would be a lot of complaints if there was a show with men doing the same thing to women. I watch now and again hoping it will improve.