Loose Men is set to return to TV screens with a star-studded line-up that will feature a football legend.
While Loose Women has been a regular feature on television screens for years, a decision was made to run an all-male panel for International Men’s Day. Previous pannellists have included the likes of singer Marvin Humes, royal Mike Tindall, Roman Kemp, Ronan Keating and Vernon Kay, reports the Mirror.
Now the show will return on November 17. Familiar face Harry Redknapp will be joining the panel alongside Keating, Kay and Strictly Come Dancing star, Ore Oduba.
The show will launch its first campaign, Half-Time Team Talk – encouraging men to open up about their mental health. It will work alongside the mental health charity, Mind, and will hope to break the stigma around mental health.
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Redknap, 76, will be hoping to encourage football fans to open up during the half-time interval. The campaign wants fans to have crucial conversations about what is bothering them while players have team talks.
Ore tells his co-stars that Loose Men “changed his life” as Harry admits it can “happen to anyone”. Speaking previously on This Morning, the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! champion said: “We never made arrangements on Saturday night to go out with anybody.
“If we got beat – you don’t realise, I spoke to someone the other day, you talk about mental health issues. I used to get so low. People would be like, ‘Oh Harry’s always upbeat, always happy’, but when you’re on your own, after a defeat – when I look back on it, it was scary how low I would get.”
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The former midfielder-turned-manager went on to explain he’d feel pressure from “the club” and “the fans” and would often feel as though “everybody’s talking about you”.
Former The Only Way Is Essex star Mark Wright will also feature on the programme, visiting West Ham United, his former youth team before he found reality fame.
During his trip to London Stadium, the star will meet with Carlton Cole and Anton Ferdinand, former players, about their own experiences of battling mental health within the footballing business.
TV star Vernon will be telling blokes to “check in and connect, share not store,” with their mates in a bid to “lighten the load.”
Former West Ham and Bournemouth star Harry has previously opened up about his own struggles with mental health and credited his wife Sandra for being his rock.
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