After being absent from the ITV panel for nearly a year, her representative confirmed she remains a proud Loose Women panellist, despite rumors that she had quietly quit the show.
Apart from a one-off special, Stacey last appeared on the regular daytime show in December.
Sources say she has moved on from the show to focus on her hair business, Rehab, and other TV projects.
Insiders revealed that the Loose Women team tried everything last year to have Stacey back on the panel because viewers love her and her presence boosts ratings.
However, it seems clear that Stacey has quit the show. She hasn’t appeared all year, there are no plans for her to return, she hasn’t been booked, and the show stopped reaching out to her months ago.
However, Stacey’s representative denied claims that she had quit the show.
Stacey first appeared on Loose Women in 2011 and became a regular panelist in 2016. She has made over 350 appearances on the show but has recently been focused on launching her own hair brand.
Aside from a guest appearance at the Talkathon in December, Stacey’s last regular panel appearance was in June of last year.
Stacey still proudly calls herself a “proud Loose Woman” on her Instagram bio.
A source recently shared that Stacey is always welcome back on the show and is still very much considered part of the Loose Women family. However, with her busy personal projects and family commitments, she hasn’t been able to find the time. They’d have her back in a heartbeat and hold no ill feelings—she’s just too busy right now.
After several months away from the show following the birth of her youngest daughter, Belle, Stacey admitted that juggling her work schedule and caring for her baby left her little time to commit to Loose Women.
When she returned to the show in November, she said she was thrilled to be back but explained how her filming schedule was packed due to her surprise pregnancy and multiple projects, including Sort Your Life Out and Bricking It. She’s been constantly traveling and hasn’t had much chance to settle in town.
In recent months, Stacey has been busy launching a new hair care product from her brand Rehab in Lake Como, holidaying in Paris with her eldest son Zach, 17, and working on the latest series of Sort Your Life Out.
Friends also believe that alongside her busy career, Stacey and her husband, TV star Joe Swash, whom she married in 2022, may be considering expanding their family soon.
“Stacey truly loves being a mum and has openly talked about wanting to expand her family, so it wouldn’t be surprising if she decides to have more children.”
In addition to her sons Zach and Leighton, 13, from previous relationships, Stacey shares three children with Joe — Rex, six, Rose, three, and two-year-old Belle. Joe also has a 17-year-old son named Harry.
