Janet Street-Porter has been part of the Loose Women panel since 2011, and is known for being outspoken, brutally honest, and witty. The 78-year-old has now opened up in an interview about her journalism career, and ‘confirmed’ her future on Loose Women amid ITV’s cuts to its daytime schedule.

In May, ITV bosses announced Loose Women’s run would be reduced from 52 weeks per year to just 30. Janet told The Guardian: “I don’t agree with how they’ve done the cuts.” When asked by the publication if she knows whether she will keep her job on the show, she confidently replied: “Oh, I know I’m going to keep that job. Don’t waste your bl**dy time trying to get a scoop on that.”

The former newspaper editor said the panel show has its unique function. Janet expanded: “Women come up to me all the time. The issues we discuss resonate with them, whether it’s relationships or domestic abuse.”

The programme doesn’t veer away from political issues either, with the star saying she and her co-stars hold MPs and Prime Ministers to account.

She reflected: “Obviously, during the last election campaign, I decided to confront Rishi Sunak about freezing the tax threshold. Well, it scuppered his campaign, didn’t it?”

Her interview comes after ITV announced it was axing more than 200 jobs and reducing programmes such as Loose Women and Lorraine.

Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha told her YouTube followers after the news was announced: “What’s been brutal, absolutely brutal, over the last week, honestly I feel tearful about it, is that hundreds of people… are going to be made redundant out of the blue, these are all the people behind the scenes that support us in every way.”

ITV boss Kevin Lygo acknowledged that the cuts will “impact staff” and stressed that daytime TV is a “really important” part of its programming.

Loose Women airs on weekdays from 12.30pm on ITV and ITVX.