Loose Women anchor Kaye Adams has opened up about a traumatic experience from her early career, revealing that she was groped by a senior male boss when she was just 24 years old.
Speaking candidly on her podcast How To Be 60, the 61-year-old presenter recalled a disturbing encounter during a work event in which a man she described as “the boss boss” slapped and grabbed her inappropriately in front of colleagues—then laughed and walked away as others did the same.
“Everyone was terrified of him,” Kaye said. “And actually, I liked him. He was good to me in other ways. But as he walked past, he slapped my bum, grabbed me hard, and just laughed.”
Kaye said she froze on the spot, overwhelmed by embarrassment. “My cheeks went red. I didn’t know what to do. You’re conflicted, but mostly you just shut up. Everyone laughed.”
Reflecting on workplace culture at the time, she added: “There was constant casual sexism—slapping women’s bodies like it was nothing. Looking back now, it’s horrifying.”
The ITV star’s comments have reignited conversations around workplace misconduct in media environments and the enduring silence many women felt forced into at the time.
This isn’t the first time Kaye has spoken out on difficult issues. Earlier this year, she won a ten-year legal battle with HMRC over her employment status, defeating three attempts by the tax authority to claim she was an employee during her time hosting BBC Radio Scotland’s Kaye Adams Programme.
Although she expressed relief at the outcome, she described the experience as “utterly horrifying” and condemned the behaviour of the tax authority throughout the process.
