ITV Loose Women star says 'everyone was terrified' as she recalls sexism in workplace

Kaye Adams, the 61-year-old journalist and long-standing anchor on ITV's Loose Women, has opened up about her experiences of sexism early in her career. She revealed that she was propositioned by a boss twice her age and slapped on the bottom by another.

Speaking on the How To Be 60 podcast, she recalled the moment she was propositioned saying: "I can remember standing there with this gin and tonic in my hand thinking, 'Oh, what am I gonna do?' And I giggled."

She also shared an incident where she was groped and slapped by her boss. She said: "I was standing up leaning against a pillar and my boss, who was a bit older - he was the boss boss - came out."

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Kaye added: "Everyone was terrified of him, and actually I really liked this man and he was really good to me. But as he walked past me he slapped my a*** and really grabbed my a*** and laughed as he went by."

She described her reaction at the time: "I was about 24 and I just remember that rush of embarrassment. My cheeks went red, I didn't know what to do. A bit of you is conflicted, but you didn't, you just shut up. He laughed and he walked out, and everyone else laughed."

However, Kaye admitted that there was nothing she could do about it at the time. She said: "And the attitudes... casual sexism all the time, you know, slapping women's a**** and not even thinking about it, it's not even an issue whatsoever, which you look at now and you think, 'Oh, my God', but then you think, 'Jesus'." She also mentioned other prevalent issues at the time including "casual racism and also homophobia". For the latest TV and showbiz news, sign up to our newsletter.