
The 70-year-old star was married to her first husband Tim Street-Porter for eight years between 1967 and 1975.
Speaking on the daytime panel show today about “What If” moments, Janet revealed all about how her first marriage ended.
She recalled: "I was married to my first husband for about six or seven years and I was having an affair and he tracked me down to this cottage in the New Forest.
"There was a knock on the door – luckily I had all my clothes on.
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Loose Women star Janet Street Porter opened up about her infidelity
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Loose Women star Stacey Solomon was shocked at Janet's dramatic revelation
There was my husband
Janet Street Porter
"And there was my husband."
As her co-stars Stacey Solomon and Anne Diamond gasped, Janet said that Tim was willing to forgive her if she came with him right away.
She continued: ”He told me, ’we'll drive to London and no more will be said about it.'
"I closed the door and said to my boyfriend: 'Why can't he give me 10 minutes?'"
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Linda Robson claimed that Joe Swash, Stacey Solomans's boyfriend, lost his virginity at her house
"I spent the whole three minutes arguing and the next minute I heard the car drive off."
Janet and Tim divorced after the incident in the New Forest and the newspaper columnist went on to get married and divorced a further three times.
She is currently in a long-term relationship with Peter Spanton, a former restaurateur.
Loose Women continues weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV.
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