Loose Women presenters grow emotional as they reflect on final time together

The Loose Women hosts are fed up of the coronavirus lockdown.

On Tuesday's show Andrea McLean, 50, Denise Welch, 61, Jane Moore, 58, and Brenda Edwards, 51, reflected on the times they had filmed with their other fellow Loose Women presenters.

The nostalgia came flooding back during a segment where they shared snaps taken before the pandemic.

Things became too much for Denise - who was joining the panel via webcam - when she shared her sadness about life being shaken up due to the deadly bug.

Loose Women's Andrea McLean, Denise Welch, Jane Moore and Brenda Edwards reflected on the times they had shared with their other fellow Loose Women presenters during Tuesday's show (ITV)

Denise exclaimed: "I wanna be with you girls, I want our audience back and for it all to go back to normal.

"Thank you coronavirus, we are done."

Jane revealed on-screen one of the last photos she had taken before the nationwide lockdown and it was herself, Linda Robson, Denise and Andrea posing backstage before they filmed the final pre-lockdown Loose Women show.

Andrea showed off a selfie she had snapped with Brenda from a time they enjoyed some post-work drinks and added that she hopes things return to normality one day.

Things became too much for Denise - who was joining the panel via webcam - when she shared her sadness about life being shaken up due to the deadly bug (ITV)

Since the lockdown began, the show was running on a reduced schedule and was showing repeats rather than filming new shows.

But since last week, three or four presenters at a time are back in the studio while one often joins by video call.

Despite the hosts socially distancing two metres apart, this did not stop a  Twitter  uproar from those questioning whether it was essential they leave their homes.

Jane also shared on-screen one of the last photos she had taken before the nationwide lockdown and it was herself, Linda Robson, Denise and Andrea posing backstage before they filmed the final pre-lockdown Loose Women show (ITV)

One viewer wrote: "Why are you back to work Loosewomen ???? Hipocrites #LooseWomen".

"How is #LooseWomen an essential programme.. With 3 presenters," questioned another.

A third raged: "#LooseWomen Dont understand why any of them need to be in a studio..... also dont understand why this programme is still on despite of the pandemic".

Loose Women is currently airing with Covid-19 measures in place (ITV)

"Not being a d**k but are we calling   @loosewomen   essential work?! I’m confused... why is this show back on?   #coronamoaner   " added a fourth.

But another user defended them, citing the fact that public service broadcasters and journalists are considered workers.

"You could argue that people that are still working as 'key workers' if their jobs are essential, such as construction workers, they have to go through turnstiles," they wrote.

"Journalists classed a key workers which loose women are under the category of, warehouse staff for online stores."

* Loose Women airs on weekdays at 12:30pm on ITV