Ruth Langsford was quizzed by her Loose Women co-stars after they admitted to 'worrying' about her.
The presenter, 60, made a return to the ITV panel show on Tuesday after not being seen for weeks.
It comes after Ruth and husband Eamonn Holmes were cut from This Morning's regular line-up.
Returning to Loose Women, fellow panelist Linda Robson asked: "Now, Ruth - where have you been?!"
"I haven't been anywhere," Ruth responded with a laugh. "Everybody's been worried..."
Linda added: "You're not on social media, I'm worried about you!"
But Ruth explained: "I just took some time off because I didn't take any time off all of last year.
We worked through all of that and there was no point in going on holiday, was there?
"So I don't want to make you jealous, ok, where I've been - it was quite chilly, it was my front drive because I've got a skip."
She added to viewers: "So yes, I am still here at Loose Women. I know people had been asking if I'd left..."
Linda repeated: "We were worried about you!"
"Well thank you, but you don't need to worry about me. I'm back," Ruth said.
