Presenter Carol McGiffin has said that she would be willing to return to Loose Women, but only if “certain panellists” were removed.
Her comment came in response to a question on Twitter as she thanked fans for their messages of support during a difficult time for her family.
Carol, 57, last month spoke to the media about the loss of her sister, Tracy, to cancer, months after completing breast cancer treatment herself.
On Tuesday night the star replied to a post by @Susanclarkson10, asking if she would ever return to the show.
However, while her followers speculated over who she was referring to, she did not specify.
Carol was a familiar face on the ITV chat show panel for 10 years from 2003-2013.
Last year she shared her disapproval of the show’s decision to cast Katie Price, telling Woman magazine that creators were “desperate” for viewers.
Earlier on Tuesday night she posted:
Carol told concerned followers that she could not yet explain in more detail, but later wrote:
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