The 82-year-old Loose Women star spoke out about not wanting to retire during Wednesday’s instalment of the ITV talk show. Gloria returned to the show earlier this month after being rushed to hospital in the build-up to Christmas. While she told the panel she has recovered, she did say she had fears about the future during her hospital stint.
When asked if it was fair to raise the retirement age in the UK, Gloria began: “Retirement isn’t in my vocabulary. But I do understand a lot of people look forward to their retirement.”
She continued: “But for me, I like work, I think it keeps the brain ticking over and I met lovely people like you and the audience.
“For me, I like it and it just depends on what job you do and if you like it or not.”
Denise Welch started discussing growing older, and shared: “We go from saying Gloria fell down to Gloria had a fall.”
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Her blood pressure fell very low and it took Gloria more than three weeks to recover from the ordeal.
Gloria returned to Loose Women on January 10 where she was met with a warm welcome from Ruth Langsford and the rest of the panel.
Ruth said at the time: “People might just assume that you’ve been away, been on holiday, but you’ve actually been very unwell.
Gloria added: “To see the audience, to see all you girls, I’m really happy to be here.”
“I had kidney sepsis and a chest infection, so I had it all,” Gloria added.
“People have been ill over Christmas, I know that, but with me, it was like somebody had turned a tap.”
She was rushed to a hospital with kidney stones months after suffering from a “horrific” fall which left her with broken bones last June.
Loose Women continues on weekdays from 12.30pm on ITV and ITVX.
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