ITV Loose Women star Ruth Langsford's show announcement sparks confusion as fans plead 'where'

Ruth Langsford is in a celebratory mood as Loose Women celebrates its 25th anniversary
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Loose Women viewers were distracted as Ruth Langsford shared an special show update. The 64-year-old is renowned for her role as an anchor on the popular panel show.

Ruth regularly chairs discussions between the panel on a whole host of topics. She has taken to her Instagram profile to mark a proud milestone as the show is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Ruth dazzled in a sparkly silver dress and posed alongside some of her fellow panelists for a special photoshoot in honour of the update. She said: "Loose Women is 25 years old!!!

"To celebrate we all got together for this amazing Silver Anniversary photo shoot with the talented @amybrammallphotography (who should win a medal for herding cats!) SO proud to have been part of this incredible, ground breaking show from the very beginning.

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Ruth was part of the show's original line-up and issued her thanks to everyone who had helped make the show such a success as she looks forward to the next chapter as part of the Loose Women family. She added: "Thank you to all the amazing women, past and present, who have made the show what it is today and to our fantastic team of editors, producers, researchers, runners, administrators, makeup and wardrobe and studio crew who get this live show on the road every day….

"We couldn’t do it without you all. Most importantly, thanks to all of YOU for watching and supporting us.... Here’s to another 25 years!"

Fans took to the comments to praise Ruth after the update. Karen said: "What a beautiful picture. You look fabulous Ruth" Sharon posted: "You look amazing Ruth."

Julian added: "Congrats Ruth! Who knew that 25 years ago on its first week that you’d still be here. Massive milestone, congratulations xx"

Carys posted: "congratulations Ruth. What a milestone. It’s absolutely no surprise to me that you’ve been part of loose for 25 years." Emma said: "Happy Silver Anniversary!!"

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Loose Women stars such as Coleen Nolan, Judi Love and Christine Lampard were among the panelists who posed for the picture. However, many viewers spotted a notable absence as popular star, Stacey Solomon, didn't feature in the anniversary snap.

Tina said: "Where’s Stacey??" Trisha added: "Where is Stacey?" Rusie commented: "Where is Stacey." Stacey has been a part of the Loose Women line-up since 2016.

However, her appearances on the show have become less frequent over recent years as she now fronts her own BBC show, Sort Your Life Out. The popular home makeover show has been a hit with fans and won a National Television Award at this year's ceremony.

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Stacey was blown away when the show won the Factual Entertainment Programme prize for the second year in a row. She shared a snap of the family celebrating with the award at Pickle Cottage.

She captioned the post: "Beaming. An NTA lives at pickle cottage. Nothing means anything without them. I’ll stop now I promise! This is the last one! I’m just so overwhelmed I can’t help myself. Thank you again everyone. To the moon & back.