Vanessa Feltz Reacts to Channel 5 Show Cancellation

has broken her silence after being 'blindsided' by bosses' decision to axe her daytime chat show after just one year on air.

The seasoned presenter, 64, was brought into a meeting this week and told the news, the Daily Mail revealed on Thursday. 

Sources close to the show say she was left furious and stormed out of the studios in tears following the tense discussion.

Now she has spoken about the show coming to an end for the first time as she addressed what had happened on her LBC show on Saturday.

She said: 'It was a bit of a shock. It was meant to be a delightful year's contract, the show was going really well…

'I was shocked to the core and very upset and I still am. It was only Wednesday at 3 o'clock that I found out.

'It apparently comes from Paramount, who bought Channel 5.

'They want to show Paramount movies every afternoon at two. It doesn't cost them any money because they already own them. I don't think I really came into the equation at all.'

An insider told The Daily Mail earlier this week: 'Vanessa was brought into a meeting after her show came off air this week.

'She had no idea what the meeting was about and certainly didn't expect to be told it was not being renewed.

'She feels so blindsided but also let down by bosses.'

Her show, which airs on Channel 5 weekdays at 2pm for an hour, has been consistently targeted by scam callers during their phone-ins for months now.

The Daily Mail understands extremely low ratings for the programme are to blame for the cancellation, but also not being able to get a grip on nuisance calls.

Our insider continued: 'Producers tried their best to crack down on the calls by limiting just landline users to phone in, but that was decided to be too restrictive given today's technology and accessibility.

'Vanessa has given her all to the show, she left a very good role on This Morning which is already long established for this gig.

'She is truly devastated, but also for her team too, many of whom will now need to find new jobs.'