A Place in the Sun host Leah King-Charles has urged fans to ‘kick up a stink’ after she was cut from the current series.
The popular Channel 4 property show has recently returned to screens, much to the delight of viewers.
However, fans have been left disappointed after learning host Leah will not be returning for this series.
While hosts Jasmine Harman, Lee Juggurnauth and Laura Hamilton continue to house hunt with a new batch of sun-seeking Brits, Leah has been absent from episodes.
As one inquisitive fan took to Twitter, they asked: ‘ Afternoon all, it’s Ben again today – have we had lovely @leahcharlesking on this run of new episodes yet #aplaceinthesun’.
A Place In The Sun host Leah King-Charles has urged fans to ‘kick up a stink’ as she is CUT from the latest Channel 4 series
The popular Channel 4 property show has recently returned to screens, much to the delight of viewers. However, fans have been left disappointed after learning host Leah will not be returning for this series
Replying to the Tweet, Leah confirmed: ‘Unfortunately not. And I won’t appear in this current new run either, I’m afraid, Placers! But hopefully the next one.’
She then added: ‘Feel free to kick up a stink about it.’
Fans were left furious and disappointed as they joked they would protest to get her back on screens.
Sharing a meme of the Calimero cartoon which read: ‘It’s an injustice it is’, Leah replied with a series of laughing emojis.
Others wrote: ‘That’s criminal – hoping we can expect a completely Leah-centric series soon considering all the episodes of yours they’ve got in their back pocket’.
‘Well that’s a shame we love you on the show Leah’; ‘Why?! We’re protesting starting from now!’; ‘That’s a shame x’; ‘No Leah? We riot!’
‘That’s a little unfair. I love the way you refuse to suffer fools. Some of the participants must be pretty annoying.’
However the presenter later brought good news as she updated her followers on Friday and confirmed there will be two new episodes featuring her on Wednesday May 29 and Friday June 7.
Leah joined the team at A Place In The Sun back in 2021 and has previously credited the show for helping her turn her life around
Fans were left furious and disappointed as they joked they would protest to get her back on screens
However the presenter later brought good news as she updated her followers and confirmed there will be two new episodes featuring her on Wednesday May 29 and Friday June 7
Laughing at her fans support, she wrote: ‘thanks for the bantz, Placers! Glad you kept your protests peaceful’.
She added: ‘BREAKING NEWS The people have spoken. The new series of #aplaceinthesun continues w/ TWO new episodes from ME on Weds 29th May & Fri 7th June at 4pm!
‘Feel free to dance in the streets.’
MailOnline have contacted Channel 4 representatives for comment.
Leah joined the team at A Place In The Sun back in 2021 and has previously credited the show for helping her turn her life around.
She previously said: ‘The show’s been completely life-changing for me. For somebody who’s been in TV for a long time and felt I was very overlooked for many years, I’d just been waiting for that break.’
After beginning a career in the music industry as a teenager, she then moved into broadcasting.
Leah has been incredibly open about her mental health struggles, revealing that she almost took her own life in an interview with the Express in April 2023.
Speaking about the struggles of dealing with bipolar disorder, she said: ‘I was so impulsive within this mania and I was just so fed up of all the pain and anguish that a mental illness like bipolar could bring that I’d had enough’.
Leah revealed that her mental health was being so badly impacted that she almost committed suicide, but summoned up the courage to make a trip to the GP.
She added: ‘If I didn’t get help today, I knew what I was going to do and so I wrote this note and I plucked up the last bit of strength that I had to go into what I believed was my final battle’.
‘I remember standing in this queue in tears – silent tears – and when I got to the front of the queue to reception, I just passed this note across the desk [saying] ‘I’m suicidal and I need help now. If you send me home, I’m going to kill myself.’
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