SAIRA Khan has said she won't keep in touch with all her Loose Women stars – saying some she merely "tolerated".

The no-nonsense star, 50, said there were people "I don't really miss at all" since she quit the panel.

Saira appeared on the show for five years alongside Coleen Nolan, Janet Street-Porter, Denise Welch, Stacey Solomon and Carol McGiffin, among others.

She was asked who she would stay friends with on the panel by the Celebrity Skin podcast.

The former Apprentice star said: "You make friends with some people, you tolerate some people and some people who just have to do a job with.

I'm not going to go into the nitty gritty there now. There are some friends.. people I will be close to because we get each other.

"And there are some I really don't miss at all who I was just like, 'I just have to tolerate you to do the job.'

"You have to be professional about it. You can't pretend that everyone is going to be your best friend.

"Especially on a show where you have opinions, you're not going to tolerate everybody's opinion.

"That's fine. That's not a problem, but you just do it with respect and you have to be be open minded."

Saira stood down from Loose Women earlier this month, following the departure of Andrea McLean, saying the show needed an LGTBQ+ panellist.

She added that there were other people on the panel who needed to go too if the series was to stay "fresh".

She told New magazine: "I actually think there are other women on that show who have had their time and they need to renew and refresh.

"I don't mean anyone in particular, to keep that show fresh and relevant you have to look around and you know when your time is up."

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