Former Loose Women star Jane McDonald sparked a chorus of boos against the Labor government’s controversial scrapping of millions in winter fuel payments after she told how she was cold on stage at the London Palladium on Monday.
MailOnline can reveal the 61-year-old singer was performing to a sold-out crowd at the iconic 4,000-seat venue when she made the comment.
This prompted one audience member to interrupt from the stalls, shouting: “They can’t afford to turn on the heating thanks to Labour’s winter fuels.”
The audience erupted in agreement, booing Sir Keir Starmer’s cancellation of winter fuel payments worth up to £300 for all but the poorest pensioners.
The 61-year-old singer was performing to a sold-out crowd at the iconic 4,000-seat venue when she made the comment.
One fan in the stalls told the Mail Online: “It seemed like the whole theater was booing the place.” The boos were very loud and comprehensive. Even Jane joined in.
The former Loose Women presenter is also said to have commented: ‘Don’t get me started’ during her With All My Love tour.
Another theatergoer said: ‘I have been attending Jane’s shows for twenty years and have never heard her utter a word about politics. But the look on her face suggested she wasn’t happy with what they were doing with winter fuels.’
The controversial cut for ten million pensioners was quickly approved in parliament last month, despite widespread condemnation from poor pensioner groups.
The former Loose Women panelist sparked a chorus of boos against the Labor government’s controversial scrapping of millions in winter fuel payments after she said she was cold on stage at the London Palladium.
The Bafta award-winning television presenter, who presents a series of travel shows on Channel 5, is currently touring the country on her acclaimed With All My Love tour.
One critic wrote on the Theater Monkey website: “If those who claim to govern us were there, they would have listened to the boos in disgust at their winter fuel policy. They would have seen (but not understood, nor cared) that everything – every inch – of the true British character, they and their tiny-minded vocal minority who dictate how we should act, counts for nothing.’
Another audience member said: ‘As a Labor member I was devastated by the booing. A terrible own goal to make winter fuel our signature policy. All those people who have now turned against the Labor Party when it didn’t need to happen.
Jane first rose to fame in 1998 in the documentary series The Cruise and has since co-presented several daytime shows including Loose Women and Star Treatment.
Jane McDonald is currently on a 20 date tour of the UK singing songs old and new.
He has recorded eight studio albums, as well as releasing several compilations and his self-titled debut album was number one in the UK in 1998.
In 2023, Jane returned to television with On Safari with Jane McDonald.
He is currently on a 20 date UK tour singing old and new songs.
A spokesman for Jane declined to comment.
Last month, Jane appeared on Loose Women, ten years after her exit from the show, to talk about her new memoir Let the Light In, where she spoke candidly about the loss of her partner of 13 years.
Last month, Jane appeared on Loose Women, ten years after her exit from the show.
Jane’s partner Eddie Rother tragically died of lung cancer at age 67 during the height of the COVID pandemic in 2021, and although she found the discussion upsetting, the star stressed that she was grateful for the time she had. had happened with him.
Jane explained that lockdown had allowed the couple to spend a lot of time together because the presenter couldn’t rush off to work.
She revealed: “As silly as it sounds, I’m grateful it was during Covid because I was there with him. Nobody else was. But that was the most difficult. No nurses or doctors came. I had to learn to do everything myself.
“I had him at home as long as I could. I then took him to Wakefield Hospice, which is a beautiful place. I will be eternally grateful to them. I was with him the whole time there,” he recalled.
Jane McDonald presented a British Soap Award in 2023
Jane said last year she wasn’t worried about finding love again after losing her partner and insisted she didn’t need anyone new in her life now.
‘It doesn’t bother me. I really am not. “I don’t feel like I need anyone in my life to make it happen,” she said.
‘We have a defense mechanism. I have a great group of friends now, who are all in the same situation, we have a great time, we go out, we have dinner, we have drinks, we have parties at each other’s houses.
“We’re all in the same boat and it’s wonderful to know that there’s someone there that you can call at three in the morning and say, ‘I’m having a bad day.'” I don’t feel like I need anyone.’ she said.
