Elton Johns 11-word remark changed my life – Janet | UK News

Loose Women host Janet Street-Porter says she was even grumpier when she started her TV profession – till Sir Elton John advised her she was being “a nightmare”.

And the notoriously outspoken broadcaster, who has been associates with the Rocket Man singer for more than 4 a long time, has revealed she modified her methods after his intervention.

“When I was in my 40s and I was really a whingey cow, Elton wrote me a letter and told me I was absolutely a nightmare, and I had to lighten up,” stated Janet. “And I think I took that on board. I stopped moaning.”

Speaking on Loose Women: The Podcast, the 78-12 months-outdated added: “I’ve had other people tell me, ‘you crossed the line, you said too much’.

“But I probably do it less now than I used to. That makes everyone feel a little bit happier and more comfortable.”

Janet, first met Sir Elton, additionally 78, when she was in her 30s. She was at his first wedding ceremony to German recording engineer Renate Blauel in 1984 and made the speech at his civil partnership to David Furnish in 2005. When she ran out of money whereas refurbishing her home, Sir Elton ripped out his own purple kitchen and gave it to her. More lately he has confided in her about his health woes, after dropping sight in his proper eye after an an infection.

But broadcasting veteran Janet admitted that even regardless of his warning, her straight-speaking has nonetheless received her “into trouble on numerous occasions”.

She stated: “I can’t stop myself. If something’s rubbish I just say it. But I realise now in modern society you can’t criticise. You have to do constructive criticism. What a waste of time that is.

“We live in an age where everybody spends far too much time worrying about hurting other people’s feelings. It’s exhausting.”

Janet started her profession as a fashion author within the Sixties, earlier than shifting into TV. She has been a common panellist on the ITV lunchtime speak show since 2011. Married 4 occasions, she is understood for talking her thoughts. Most lately she had a heated row with fellow panellist Denise Welch, 66, branding her “selfish” during a debate on immigration.

She has additionally clashed with Katie Price in a dialogue about lip fillers, with Penny Lancaster over jail sentences and with Davina McCall about fitness. But Janet revealed that regardless of her robust look, she was truly scared about becoming a member of Loose Women.

“I had to be persuaded because I found it very intimidating to go into a room with a group of women who had worked together for many years.”

She additionally insisted that when she’s not on screen she’s truly fairly shy: “The misconception is that I’m a kind of brash extrovert, who likes making noise. But the truth is there are two Janets. There’s a Janet that’s on TV. And there’s the real Janet, which is shy – don’t like meeting new people, very cautious about making a friend, don’t like change.”