KATIE Piper revealed Loose Women stars are in the dark about the show’s future following huge cuts to ITV Daytime’s budget.
From January, the channel will that will see episodes slashed to just 30 minutes with extended.
Katie Piper is in the dark about Loose Women’s future plans
Katie on the show with Julia Bradbury
is losing its live studio audience and will only air seasonally meaning less stars will be needed to fill episodes.
At last night’s National Television Awards, Katie was asked by The Sun about the show’s plans and if it was set to shine a light on any taboo or challenging subjects in the coming months.
She said: “I wouldn’t know that. You’d have to ask the producers that. I don’t know.”
Loose Women will run for just 30 weeks next year as part of a cost-cutting overhaul that will see it, moving away from Studioworks’ Television Centre.
The decision to drop its 100-strong audience is a cost-saving measure and will remove the need for extra security and a warm-up act.
The change has prompted concern among production staff and presenters, including , , and , who rely on audience reactions to shape the tone of the live discussions.
A source told MailOnline : “The panellists are really upset over the decision to axe the live studio audience from the show.
“It’s what sets the series apart from the rest of daytime and now there are massive fears that viewers will switch off completely.
“Presenters already know how it feels to broadcast the show without an audience because that’s what happened during the , and they all know it creates low mood and lack of atmosphere.”
Meanwhile, an ITV source told : “While there is a proposal to not have a studio audience for Loose Women from 2026, that doesn’t necessarily mean that we’ll never have a studio audience again, it just won’t be in the same way as it is now.
“At this stage we are still exploring new ways of working and producing the show when we move to a new studio next year.”
Loose Women is losing its live studio audience
Katie is a popular panellist among viewers 
