Today’s episode of Loose Women marked a very special occasion – it was panellist Janet Street-Porter’s 500th episode on the show.
It started off all fun and games as her colleagues sent in loving and funny messages to congratulate her on the achievement.
Ruth Langsford, who also presents on This Morning, recorded a video message for her friend and co-panellist, as well as Coleen Nolan who wasn’t on the show today.
But things quickly got serious as Janet delved into her past and her strict upbringing as a child.
Her fellow Loose Women presenters Andrea McLean, Katie Price and Linda Robson invited Janet to open up about how she has become the person she is today, by talking about her early years.
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Janet, 70, said there were “strict rules” when she was a little girl living with her parents, and no one was allowed to talk at the dinner table.
She said: “I did have quite a difficult relationship with my mum and dad.
“We didn’t speak at meal times, no chat. There were loads and loads of rules and the worst rule is every time you went on holiday, that business of packing the suitcase the night before and having it in the hall at 5am and then you always had to get in the car, drive for miles and then have a cup of tea in a lay by.
“People think I’m weird but I think there’s a reason why.”
When it came to discussing her younger sister, she revealed she used to ‘despise’ her and felt that her mother favoured her sibling. She said: “I think each parent plays one child off another because their relationship is rocky.
“My mum took my sister’s side and my dad was an engineer and had high hopes for me.”
Janet also confessed to having trouble when it comes to forming relationships with people, as she said: “I don’t trust people easily and I don’t have a massive circle of friends.”
She jokingly admitted to ‘plotting to kill’ her sister when she was little, as they didn’t get on. She said: “I did plot to kill my sister. I was outraged when she was born. How dare my mum have another child?”
Katie Price asked her when or what it was that eventually brought her and her sister together, and tragically it was the loss of their parents.
Janet revealed: “I think when my mother died we did make friends, first of all when my dad died, we started getting closer to each other.”
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She added: “When my sister and I got close it was after the deaths of our parents, then when she got sick I did fund some of her treatment, anything to prolong her life.”
Sadly Janet’s sister Patricia passed away at the age of 57 after a battle with lung and brain cancer.