Denise Welch, 66, takes a brutal swipe at her ‘younger’ Loose Women co-stars after her heated on-air row with fellow panellist Stacey Solomon, 34

Denise Welch has made a not so subtle dig about her ‘younger’ co-stars on Loose Women following an on-air row with fellow panellist Stacey Solomon.

Denise, 66, and Stacey, 34, came to blows during a live episode which aired in June, which the actress later insisted wasn’t a feud between the pair.

However, during a new podcast interview, Denise hinted at tensions between herself and her co-stars, especially younger panellists who join the show.

Speaking on Olivia Attwood’s podcast, So Wrong It’s Right, she said: ‘I’m always happy to have new blood on because we do get bored of each other.

‘But I’ve always been sceptical when younger people come in because, sometimes, they may have a great life story but they are either not prepared to talk about it yet, or are too worried about what the public are going to say.’

Denise, 66, and Stacey, 34, came to blows during a live episode which aired in June, which the actress later insisted wasn’t a feud between the pair (pictured at the time in June)

Revealing the backstage discussions, and added: ‘So they’ll be in a meeting saying “I’m not going to talk about that,” and it’s kind of like, “what are you gonna talk about then?”

Stacey, who joined in 2016, is one of the youngest members of the panel, alongside her co-stars Frankie Bridge, 35, and Katie Piper, 40.

During the debate, Stacey jumped to the defence of people who have been working from home since the Covid pandemic.

But Denise felt that the country was ‘grinding to a halt’ because staff had ‘disappeared’ from the workplace.

Stacey replied: ‘They don’t disappear because they’re working from home,’ but Denise insisted: ‘But, where are they Stace?’

Stacey continued by saying the pandemic proved how many people were able to do an ‘adequate if not better job from home’.

The duo failed to come to an agreement on the dispute, with viewers noting the palpable tension from home.

Denise later quashed any rumours of a feud, saying: ‘We disagreed on something, it was about young people and work ethic and since Covid, have Gen-Z become a bit more lazy and entitled, it was one of those kind of Loose Women things.

‘Stacey said something about nurses and the NHS which provoked a great big reaction, and I actually agreed with her.’

However, during a new podcast interview, Denise hinted at tensions between herself and her co-stars, especially younger panellists who join the show