Rachel Riley and Anne Robinson made separate exits from Salford’s Media City on Monday after filming Channel 4 show Countdown amid rumours of growing off-screen tension.
Mathematician Rachel, 36, wore a black outfit with hot pink accents, for a pop of colour as she made her way home.
She sported a pair of skintight black leggings and a black shirt embroidered with the words ‘girl gang’ on the front.
Stylish: Rachel Riley and Anne Robinson cut casual figures as they left Salford’s Media City separately on Monday after filming Channel 4 show Countdown
Keeping the cold at bay, she wrapped up warm in a bright pink padded coat and coordinating beanie.
Her blonde tresses were still styled in their neat curls, and she wore a full face of makeup after filming.
The star, who recently returned to Countdown following her maternity leave after welcoming baby daughter Noa to the world with husband Pasha Kovalev, 42, in November, carried a brown bag and wore black trainers.
She shares the newborn with Strictly Come Dancing star husband Pasha, with the couple also being parents another daughter Maven, two.
Eye-catching: Mathematician Rachel, 36, wore a black outfit with hot pink accents, for a pop of colour
Girl power! She sported a pair of skintight black leggings, and a black shirt embroidered with the words ‘girl gang’ on the front
The programme’s host Anne, 77, wore a red baseball cap on her head as she made her way home.
She opted to wear baggy navy trousers and wrapped up in a black coat, as she strolled in a pair of white and leopard print trainers.
The former Weakest Link presenter also sported a pink checked scarf and carried a brown bag packed full of belongings.
Trendy: The former Weakest Link presenter also sported a pink checked scarf and carried a brown bag packed full of belongings
Last year it was reported that Countdown host Anne was at loggerheads with mathematician Rachel and the show’s lexicographer Susie Dent, 56, with an ‘uncomfortable atmosphere’ erupting since Anne took on the role of fronting the show.
Staff at Media City claimed that off-camera, there was tension over Anne’s ‘rather grand ways’, which earned her the nickname ‘Queen Anne’.
In October Anne reportedly turned off Rachel’s microphone on set after becoming irritated by the her small talk.
Addressing it: Anne recently broke her silence on her ‘feud’ with Rachel and praised the maths whizz for her ‘adding and subtracting’
According to The Sun, Anne became fed up of listening to Rachel chatting to contestants ahead of going on air, turning up at the last minute and being on her phone too much.
Rachel then reportedly told crew that she ‘completely disagreed’ with being silenced after the incident.
A source told the publication: ‘It’s safe to say there’s no love lost. Anne is famously known for two things: her dislike of noise and time-keeping. She’ll tolerate neither.
‘Anne also has tinnitus and cannot bear excess sound. Rachel, with her big heels and even bigger personality, can be quite loud on set. Rachel used to chat to contestants before every show, and Anne found it hugely distracting.
‘She felt she couldn’t do her job properly, or bond with the contestants to help them to relax, before the cameras started rolling.
‘The tension was palpable. Anne finds the whole thing hilarious.’
Compliments: The Countdown host was nothing but complimentary of her colleagues during a recent interview, describing Rachel and Susie Dent as ‘brilliant’
Representatives for Anne, Rachel and Channel 4 were contacted for a comment at the time.
Asked directly about the feud, Anne, who took over from Nick Hewer on the Channel 4 game show in June, said: ‘They’re brilliant – both of them actually. Every time I’m astonished how she [Rachel] does that adding up and subtracting – just seconds, absolutely seconds, amazing.’
Anne added: ‘I hope I’m always described as difficult, awkward, tricky, impatient, menopausal, any sort of pejorative, grumpy.’
Sweet: Rachel gave birth to daughter Noa in November, her second child with dancer Pasha Kovalev who she met on Strictly Come Dancing in 2013