For years, there was one person the bosses of Loose Women, ITV’s much-loved daytime programme, dreaded hearing from.
Whether it was a furious email or a thunderous phone call, once they saw her name, they knew there was drama on the way. For despite being the agent representing many of the stars of the Loose Women panel, Melanie Blake was despised at the network.
‘She was an absolute nightmare,’ said one insider. ‘She would cause so much trouble, unnecessary trouble, for us. Nobody wanted her around but she made herself busy causing drama after drama.’
Indeed, Melanie, who is known for posting what appear to be heavily airbrushed selfies on Instagram, once represented the likes of Coleen Nolan, Denise Welch, Carol McGiffin, Nadia Sawalha, Andrea McLean and Saira Khan – all of them Loose Women stalwarts.
More recently she looked after Coronation Street actress Claire Sweeney – though it was understood that Claire ditched Melanie, with the star telling friends she had dumped her. In what turned into something of a row, Melanie insisted that it was her decision to part company because she was ‘downsizing the agency.’
