Loose Women panellist Linda Robson opened up about her “up and down” year which has included a health scare and adapting to Pauline Quirke’s heartbreaking dementia battle
Loose Women star Linda Robson has shared an update about her health, amid her break away from the ITV show. Last year, while live on the programme, the 67-year-old said medics were “keeping an eye” on her after gallstones damaged her pancreas.
Discussing how illnesses can affect loved ones with her fellow co-stars, Linda revealed: “Well I’ve had a bit of a health scare myself.
“So, quite a few years ago I had gallstones and they damaged my pancreas, and they’ve been keeping an eye on me for a while now.”
The actress went on to say she was undergoing numerous MRI and other scans at the time as medics investigated a cyst.
“Because I had a cyst on my pancreas and it’s gone from 1cm to 2cm, so the kids have obviously been really worried about me,” she added.
In an update about her health, Linda said she was “alright now”, and looking forward to treating herself to a holiday in the new year.
Asked about her 2026 plans, she told Bella Magazine: “At the moment, I’m just thinking about going on holiday as soon as the panto finishes.
“It’s been an up and down sort of year. I had a little health scare but I’m alright now. So I want to do my panto, and then a week or so after I’ll go away with my two sisters to Cyprus.”
Linda’s health admission comes amid her break from Loose Women, as she focuses on her current panto role in Aladdin.
In the same chat, she revealed that she prefers acting to being a panellist on the show.
“I prefer acting, really. I think once I started doing Loose Women you become more like a celebrity than an actor,” she shared.
“I did some acting this year with Lesley [Joseph], we did The Good Ship Murder, which filmed in Malta.
“I had to kill her, I enjoyed that because I said, ‘I’ve 30 years to strangle you!’ That was good fun.”
Birds of a Feather stars Lesley and Linda have continued working together since the sitcom came to an end, while their co-star Pauline Quirke has forced to retire from acting.
Back in January, Pauline’s family announced she had been diagnosed with dementia in 2021, and now had to step away from “all professional and commercial duties”.
While discussing the heartbreaking news for the first time on Loose Women, Linda broke down in tears.
“We were at the same primary school together and we did everything together. We travelled all over the world, we went to amazing places. Because of Birds of a Feather, it opened many doors,” she recalled of their memories.
“We just had such amazing times and she was an amazing actress as well. She has got the most beautiful family, a loving husband Steve who was the love of her life. Her kids as well, she has got two kids and granddaughters as well.”
Linda added: “We sort of did everything the same. We were really naughty. We used our fame to get into so many different places.”
More recently, the Loose Women star said she had met up with Pauline at a private lunch. Issuing an update on her progress, she told The Mirror: “She was giggling and happy.
Source: Mirror
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