Sam Fox forced to cancel her FIRST appearance as a Loose Women panellist after coming down with flu
Sam has joined the panel after Katie Price announced she's taking a month off to work on her marriage
SAM Fox has been forced to cancel her FIRST appearance as a Loose Women panellist after falling ill with the flu.
Sam took to Twitter to voice her disappointment and said she was "so upset" about not being able to make the first day of her "exciting new job";.
She wrote: "I'm so upset about have to pull out of @loosewomen today. I'm so sick with the Flu! I'm sorry to the show and of course the viewers.
"I'm sad myself as this was gonna be my 1st day as a panellist at my new exciting job! 😥 So sorry @loosewomen. See you soon love Sam."
The Loose Women team rushed to send her their good wishes and replied saying: "Get well soon! xx"
Lots of her fans tweeted her sweet messages telling her to "feel better" and many said they can't way to see on the panel once she's recovered.
One wrote: "Aww take it easy and can't wait to see you on Loose Women."
Another wrote: "Get better soon Sam and can't wait to see you on the panel!"
Sources close to the former model, 50, told The Sun that producers are hoping Sam will bring the extra attitude needed to boost ratings.
One pal said: “Sam is opinionated, outspoken and sassy.
“She’s got a lot to say about the world and is over the moon about becoming a Loose Women panellist.
“I think viewers are going to be really surprised to see the real Sam Fox and how much she has to offer the show."
The news comes after Sam's pal Katie Price sensationally announced last week that she's taking a month off from Loose Women to focus on her marriage and family.
The mother-of-five has been making headlines in recent weeks during the nationwide tour for her latest autobiography and Katie admitted reliving her past had led to a lot of renewed heartache for the couple.
Katie revealed to viewers: "It has been two and a half years and there’s lots of things in the book that are very traumatic for me and Kieran. Obviously we had therapy at the time and I thought we were over it and had moved on.
"I thought I had dealt with it but you have to remember that when it all happened, I had just had babies and couldn't take in everything.
She added: "But I have had to reopen wounds I didn’t realise I had while doing my book tour. Having to talk about it all and open it all up again has been so hard."
Katie's book, Reborn, covers the topic of the heartbreaking moment she caught husband Kieran cheating on her with her former best friend, Jane Pountney.
Katie continued: "This has been so difficult. I haven't got any tears to cry. My heart is shattered, it's broken. When I'm hurt I tend to deal with things in a jokey, banter way."
"We've come two and a half years and Kieran is having to re-live it as well. He hates that he hurt me, but the book made him realise just how much he hurt me.We are going to see a therapist to reassure us we're fine."
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