Loose Women fans have accused Frankie Bridge of “not liking” guest panellist GK Barry after she suggested he gave her a “backhanded compliment”.
On Thursday’s show, 24-year-old GK Barry made history as the show’s first panellist to be born in the same year Loose Women began in 1999, with presenter Kaye Adams poking fun at Frankie for no longer being the youngest.
Throughout the show, Faye and fellow panelist Denise Welch make funny jokes about 35-year-old Frankie’s age, and Frankie seems to bristle at the comparisons.
However, viewers did see a very awkward moment later in the show where Frankie appeared to snap at GK, whose real name is Grace Eleanor Keeling, after she recalled that she loved Frankie’s band, The Saturdays, and grew up wanting to be the singer.
As GK shared: ‘I didn’t get any GCSEs at school but I thought, okay, I’ll be Frankie!’ Frankie replied: ‘That struck me as a backhanded compliment!’, before laughing that she was ‘stupid’.
Loose Women fans have accused Frankie Bridge of “not liking” guest panellist GK Barry after she suggested he gave her a “backhanded compliment”
Thursday’s show saw 24-year-old GK Barry make history as the show’s first panellist to be born the same year Loose Women began, 1999, with presenter Kaye Adams teasing Frankie that she’s no longer the youngest.
GK was quick to dismiss any hint that she was taking a dig at her co-star, but that didn’t stop viewers from noticing the tension between the women.
On X, formerly known as Twitter, fans criticized Frankie’s attitude and pointed out that she was doing nothing to hide her “dislike” for GK.
They wrote: ‘Frankie is a bit upset today, he clearly doesn’t like this GK Barry; Frankie doesn’t like him 100%’
‘Frankie definitely doesn’t like it, I mean she got famous through Ticktock, how dare she? How awkward! I love it! I came on Twitter to see if anyone else was thinking the same! Seems a bit awkward.’
‘I came to Twitter to see if anyone else thought the same. Seems a bit awkward.’
‘Wow! Turn on the TV and it’s #LooseWomen. Wow, this “Grace” is not a good image for the show! She’s very, very arrogant! They changed her very quickly. PS: Frankie doesn’t seem to like her!’
“Frankie does this because she’s been told she’s not the girl in the libertine group anymore. I felt like she immediately conveyed the vibe that she wasn’t into it.”
“I’m sorry, but Frankie is being very unwelcoming, she’s not hiding the fact that she doesn’t like GK Barry.”
Throughout the show, Faye and fellow panelist Denise Welch make funny jokes about 35-year-old Frankie’s age, with Frankie seemingly getting annoyed by the comparisons.
Viewers saw a very awkward moment later in the show where Frankie appeared to snap at GK, after she recalled that she loved Frankie’s band, The Saturdays, and grew up wanting to be the singer.
As GK shared: ‘I didn’t get any GCSEs at school but I thought, ‘OK, I’ll be Frankie!’ Frankie replied: ‘I thought that was a backhanded compliment!’, before laughing that she was ‘stupid’.
GK was quick to dismiss any hint that she was taking a dig at her co-star, but that didn’t stop viewers from noticing the tension between the women.
On X, formerly known as Twitter, fans criticized Frankie’s attitude and pointed out that he was doing nothing to hide his “dislike” for GK.
“I actually like Grace, she’s fun, relaxed and doesn’t seem to take herself too seriously. Unlike Frankie, who hates sharing the spotlight at the moment.”
Meanwhile, in another awkward moment between the pair, Frankie joked that she was “furious” to no longer be the show’s “baby”.
GK Barry was quick to play down the situation, sharing: ‘I know there’s a feud going on now and I was really excited to meet Frankie, but there’s a feud going on now!’
Then Frankie sarcastically replied, “I still don’t like you, go away!”
Loose Women continues Monday to Friday from 12:30pm on ITV.
