ITV Loose Women's Linda Robson stuns co-stars with crude confession as she opens up on marriage breakdown
Host Christine Lampard gave Linda Robson a cheeky warning after she made a rather risque tattoo confession live on air.
The 66-year-old TV star was joined on the show by Nadia Sawalha and Frankie Bridge. Christine steered the conversation towards recent reports that Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas had ended her six-year relationship with Danny Taylor.
The discussion turned to whether breakups become more difficult as we age when a clip of Shirley from The Masked Singer UK was shown. In the revealing clip, the BBC head judge admitted to having her boyfriend's name tattooed on her bottom.
After viewing the clip, Christine was keen to hear her co-star's views on body art, particularly the idea of having someone's name permanently etched onto their skin.
The Birds Of A Feather actress had just been discussing her own split from husband Mark, to whom she'd been married for 34 years. She explained to ITV viewers that they simply realised "they had nothing in common," reports the Mirror.
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Having stated that she "didn't want to get jiggy-jiggy with anyone" now that her marriage had ended and that romance was definitely off the table for her, Linda then shared her own thoughts on tattoos.
In a surprising twist, the TV icon revealed she would consider getting a tattoo on her backside. She joked: "If I were to have a tattoo on my bottom, it would be 'no entry'."
Her unexpected remark sent the studio into fits of laughter, with everyone quickly trying to figure out if she'd made a blunder that would need a swift on-air apology.
Perhaps after a prompt from producers in her ear, Nadia spoke up: "I think you're allowed to say that. You are allowed."
Christine, however, wasn't convinced, retorting: "In the context of the conversation.."
Frankie blurted, "So where do we go from here, Christine? " as Nadia held her head in her hands. Despite the confusion and chaos on set, they decided to move forward without a whisper of "sorry," as attention turned to Frankie for her own views about the subject.
Frankie went on to reveal that she'd left her mum and dad unimpressed after having the top of her back inked. The Saturdays Singer knew this would cause a stir, telling the panel, "My parents hate tattoos."
However, despite knowing friction would be had, Frankie decided to proceed with a sweet tribute to her grandmother. When she was a child, the songstress explained that her nan would always call her "sunshine 'n' showers," and that was the exact phrase she had inked onto her body.
The rest of the panel agreed it was a "lovely heartfelt gesture," despite not everyone agreeing on body art.
Loose Women airs weekdays on ITV, from 12:30pm.
