Former Loose Women star Carol McGiffin slams marital prenups because they ‘destroy any notion of trust’ in a relationship as she reveals pals tried to convince her to get one

Former Loose Women star Carol McGiffin has slammed marital prenups because she feels they ‘destroy any notion of trust’ in a relationship.

The broadcaster, 64, first met her husband Mark Cassidy back in 2008 when she was 48 and he was just 26 – before tying the knot a decade later in a secret Bangkok ceremony.

But Carol has now revealed that pals at the time tried to convince her to get a prenup after the pair’s speedy engagement.

‘Mark and I were engaged very quickly, and some of my friends warned me to get a prenup,’ she told Best magazine.

‘Obviously they were looking out for me, but at the time I thought, “How is it any of your business when I’m old and ugly enough to make my own judgements?”‘

Former Loose Women star Carol McGiffin has slammed marital prenups because she feels they 'destroy any notion of trust' in a relationship when she spoke to Best magazine this week
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Former Loose Women star Carol McGiffin has slammed marital prenups because she feels they ‘destroy any notion of trust’ in a relationship when she spoke to Best magazine this week

The broadcaster, 64, first met her husband Mark Cassidy back in 2008 when she was 48 and he was just 26 - before tying the knot a decade later in a secret Bangkok ceremony
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The broadcaster, 64, first met her husband Mark Cassidy back in 2008 when she was 48 and he was just 26 – before tying the knot a decade later in a secret Bangkok ceremony

Carol said she doesn’t agree with prenuptial agreements because she feels they ‘undermine’ a marriage, and suggest a lack of trust.

So many of Carol’s friends suggested she enter into a prenup before marrying Mark, that even her now-husband was open to the idea so he could prove his commitment to her.

But Carol said no, and insisted that she would ‘dump him’ if she didn’t trust him.

Carol took to Instagram in January, to mark a special occasion by sharing a cute snap as she cosied up to her toyboy husband Mark on a gondola.

The pair had jetted off to Venice to celebrate his birthday and Carol was wrapped up warm in a glamorous beige fluffy coat, while Mark wore a padded jacket and check scarf in the photograph.

She wrote alongside her upload: ‘After more than twenty years coming to Venice, finally got in a gondola. But it was Mark’s birthday, and he is 42 so…… it was worth it.

‘Leonardo refused to sing bit it was still an amazing if the most expensive 30 minutes of entertainment ever! #venice #venezia #wheninvenice @cassola21.’

Carol was forced to quit Loose Women in May after a bizarre radio rant saw her claiming the Covid pandemic was a World Health Organisation plot to take over every government.

Carol took to Instagram in January, to mark a special occasion by sharing a cute snap as she cosied up to her toyboy husband Mark on a gondola
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Carol took to Instagram in January, to mark a special occasion by sharing a cute snap as she cosied up to her toyboy husband Mark on a gondola

Carol cosied up to her toyboy husband Mark on a gondola as they celebrated his birthday in Venice
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Carol cosied up to her toyboy husband Mark on a gondola as they celebrated his birthday in Venice

She wrote alongside her upload: 'After more than twenty years coming to Venice, finally got in a gondola. But it was Mark¿s birthday, and he is 42 so¿¿ it was worth it'

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She wrote alongside her upload: ‘After more than twenty years coming to Venice, finally got in a gondola. But it was Mark’s birthday, and he is 42 so…… it was worth it’

The broadcaster, who appeared on and off the Loose Women panel since its launch in 2000, recently blasted the programme as being ‘very woke’ and ‘doesn’t miss it at all’.

Speaking about her dramatic exit, Carol told Women’s Own magazine: ‘No, I don’t miss Loose Women at all. My pronouns are P and Off. It’s just very woke and I can’t deal with the wokeness.

‘That’s not why I am not there. I am not there because of other stuff.’

She added she misses her co-stars but ‘doesn’t miss being on TV’.

MailOnline contacted ITV for comment at the time.

Carol announced in May she had left the lunchtime show, protesting ITV insisted she sign a contract with clauses that were ‘totally unjust and unworkable’.

The Mail on Sunday then disclosed a free speech row was at the centre of her departure, after a backlash over her tirade in an interview on TNT talk radio.

She added: 'Leonardo refused to sing bit it was still an amazing if the most expensive 30 minutes of entertainment ever! #venice #venezia #wheninvenice @cassola21.'
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View galleryShe added: ‘Leonardo refused to sing bit it was still an amazing if the most expensive 30 minutes of entertainment ever! #venice #venezia #wheninvenice @cassola21.’

In it, the original panelist also accused reputable mainstream news organisations of conspiring to brainwash the public, causing a mass mental health breakdown, after being ‘bought off by the Government’.

Carol added she thought the then health secretary Matt Hancock tried to bring in Covid patients from France to fill ’empty hospital beds’ in Britain at the height of the pandemic.

ITV chiefs saw a backlash against her diatribe on social media, while others phoned the network to demand that she be sacked.