A Loose Women star has announced she is having to take a break from the show to undergo major surgery later this week.
The panel show regular is having time away from the ITV daytime show for the first time in her 13 year history on the programme to recover.
Janet Street-Porter made the announcement on Wednesday’s show and explained she will be undergoing a hip replacement operation.
The star, 77, explained she is set to have the operation on Friday as a result is being forced to take a break from her regular role on the show.
And while discussing her upcoming hiatus, she revealed she’s sad to be leaving temporarily and is feeling nervous about the procedure.
Loose Women star Janet Street-Porter, 77, has announced she is having to take a break from the show to undergo major surgery in the coming weeks
The panel show regular is having time away from the ITV daytime show for the first time in her 13 year history on the programme to recover
Just minutes into the episode host Christine Lampard told viewers that it was her colleague’s ‘last day for a little while’ while Coleen Nolan (pictured) presented Janet with a gift basket
Just minutes into the episode host Christine Lampard told viewers that it was her colleague’s ‘last day for a little while’.
Janet told viewers and her fellow panellists Christine, Coleen Nolan and Katie Piper that she was very worried about going under the knife.
She said: ‘I can’t think about anything else. As I’m sitting here I’m shaking and my hands are freezing cold. I keep dreaming about it.
‘I’m just going to go into hospital on Friday, have the operation on Friday afternoon, stay in hospital for a few days and then really, really work at rehab and physio so that I can come back as soon as possible.’
Her co-star Coleen admitted it was ‘really sad’ that Janet was going through a tough time with her health.
She said: ‘You always put on this tough persona and nothing bothers you. And then at one point today you said, ‘I’m really scared,’ and I could have cried my eyes out.’
Janet has been a Loose Women panellist since 2011 and is known for her straight-talking approach to discussion topics.
The host, who has been a consistent presence since she joined the panel first started out at London Weekend Television in 1975.
Janet told viewers and her fellow panellists Christine, Coleen Nolan and Katie Piper (pictured) that she was very worried about going under the knife
Her co-star Coleen admitted it was ‘really sad’ that Janet was going through a tough time with her health
Janet has been a Loose Women panellist since 2011 and is known for her straight-talking approach to discussion topics
Over the years Janet has debated various topics and revealed secrets about her life.
She started off as a presenter for a series of programmes for children and teenagers before becoming a familiar face on TV screens.
Janet has also tried her hand at other TV work including a stint on several reality shows.
The journalist competed in the 2004 series of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here where she finished fourth before donning an apron and battling it out on Celebrity MasterChef where she finished third.
The TV personality has also appeared on QI, Question Time and Have I Got News For You.
Away from television work Janet got her first taste of journalism at Petticoat Magazine before becoming the deputy fashion editor at the Daily Mail in 1969 and fashion editor of the Evening Standard tin 1971.
The journalist has also worked at LBC radio and the Independent on Sunday.
Most recently the star shared racy details about her affairs on Tuesday’s instalment of Loose Women.
Janet has had a varied career which has included competing in the 2004 series of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here where she finished fourth
The journalist has also donned an apron to battle it out on Celebrity MasterChef where she finished third (pictured)
Janet has always been candid about her relationships while on the show ( pictured with Frank Cvitanovich in 1979 – the pair were together until 1981)
The broadcaster and journalist shared her risqué experiences in an unfiltered interview which was inspired by a conversation about Gillian Anderson’s new fantasy book Want.
Janet had the audience and panelists’ jaws on the floor as she detailed her kinky hotel meet with someone she had an affair with.
While she thought it was a causal drink and dinner date, Janet revealed her date suddenly pulled out handcuffs and a whip from a leather bag.
Janet said: ‘There was another guy I was having an affair with and one day he thought I was going to go along with his fantasies.
‘And just as the butler in our hotel gave us our drinks, he started taking off hand cuffs and a whip.
‘I’ve never been more embarrassed in my life. I got quite drunk and we managed to enjoy ourselves without resulting into some sort of hardware’.
‘In the morning while he was sleeping it off I handcuffed his hands to the bed’, she quipped.
Janet married Tim Street-Porter in 1967 before splitting in 1975, after which she wed Tony Elliott from 1975 to 1977.
Her next marriage lasted a further two years when she walked the aisle with Frank Cvitanovich in 1979 til 1981 and later David Sorkin from 1997 to 1999.
Janet also disclosed the surprise meet she had with a Hollywood actor she once dated – leaving the Loose Women panel in stitches.
She said: ‘A Hollywood actor invited me over me house and got out a length of rope. So I said ‘well you can put that away’.