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English stand-up comedian and presenter

Judi Love is an English stand-up comedian and television presenter. She is known as a regular panellist on the ITV talk show Loose Women. Love joined the first all-black panel in the show’s 25-year history in 2020, alongside Charlene White, Brenda Edwards and Kéllé Bryan, and has appeared on the programme many times since. She has also taken part in several television competitions, finishing third on MasterChef, tenth on the nineteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, and last on the thirteenth series of Taskmaster.