OHMYGOSSIP — Gemma Collins wants a “woodland” wedding when she ties the knot with her fiance Rami Hawash.
The former ‘The Only Way Is Essex’ star got engaged to Rami in February after he proposed on a beach during a holiday in the Maldives, and Gemma is now thinking ahead to her big day and she wants to be surrounded by nature when she walks down the aisle.
She told OK! magazine: “If I get married, I’ll get married in the woods, I want it to be earthy … There’s going to be lots of laughter and tears.”
Gemma previously told the publication she hopes to have three ceremonies with the first taking place in the UK with the second in a location abroad and followed by a third for just close friends and family.
She explained: “I think we’re actually going to have three weddings. The main one will be somewhere fabulous in the UK, the second maybe abroad, and the third will be the formal one for our closest friends and family.”
Gemma also revealed they are hoping to tie the knot in 2026 as it’s the year Rami will turn 50 and she wants it to be a “winter wedding”.
She added: “We’re not going to do it until 2026 and it’ll likely be a winter wedding. Rami turns 50 that year too, so it’ll be a huge celebration. I spoke to an astrologer and they said that is the luckiest year to get married … ”
She said of her wedding dress plans: “I would love something similar to the lace one Lady Gaga wore in ‘House Of Gucci’ … I might even go back to my roots and wear something really Essex-like and over the top.
“At the moment I’m thinking something Italian-themed, then a ‘wow’ one with a huge train. I might even recreate Victoria Beckham’s wedding moment with the tiara, I loved that.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jill Halfpenny thinks her late boyfriend Matt Janes is watching over her from beyond the grave.
The 48-year-old actress – who played Kate Mitchell on ‘EastEnders’ from 2002 to 2005 – lost her partner after he suffered a heart attack at the gym in 2017, but she still feels Matt’s presence wherever she goes and often sees signs that he is looking over her.
Speaking to HELLO! magazine, she said: “Yesterday, I walked straight into a white feather. It came across my eyes and I caught it.
“I live by the sea, so it’s very easy to dismiss these things. But there it was – the white feather.”
Jill also feels “connected” to Matt whenever his favourite song ‘Budapest’ – which was a hit for George Ezra – is played on the radio.
She explained: “That song seems to follow me around.
“Today, I was sitting in the dentist’s chair. I was so tense, and I just kept repeating the mantra, ‘I am safe, I am safe’, and then ‘Budapest’ came on.
“When things like this happen, it makes me feel connected, as if we’re all in constant conversation with our loved ones who have gone.
“For me, that energy and the feeling that the soul lives on and is already there to tap into, becomes a part of you. That’s comforting for me.”
The ‘Waterloo Road’ star “tried to be honest” about her grief with her 16-year-old son Harvey, who she has with ex-husband Craig Conway.
She said: “I tried to be honest with Harvey about my pain without scaring him.
“He’s amazing and I’m proud of myself for bringing him up in which a way that he doesn’t recoil if he sees an adult cry.”
Jill added people need to embrace their grief and accept it as “your friend” in order to overcome loss.
She said: “You need to talk to grief as if it’s your friend, not your enemy.
“Instead of pushing it away and being scared, you say, ‘Look, you’re here today, making your presence known. I’ve got things to do today, but come and sit down beside me.’”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Rylan Clark won’t ever compete on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The 35-year-old TV star hosted the spin-off ‘Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two’ from 2019 to 2023, and although he has had offers to be a contestant on the BBC ballroom series he would never accept one because it “wouldn’t be fair for [him] to go back and compete”.
According to the Daily Star newspaper’s Hot TV column, he said: “I get asked to do ‘Strictly’ all the time, but the answer is no. I wouldn’t do it.
“It wouldn’t be fair for me to go back and compete. It would be the same as if I went back into ‘Celebrity Big Brother’. It wouldn’t be fair.
“I was a host, so it would be weird if I became a contestant. I’d rather just have a little dance at home than do it on the show.”
After departing ‘It Takes Two’ – which Rylan presented with Zoe Ball and then Janette Manrara – the former ‘X Factor’ star revealed he left the programme because he wanted to “have a minute to himself” to figure out what he wanted to do next.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper, he previously said: “I’ve been doing the same type of job for 10 years. For me, I just got to the point, ‘What do I want? What would I like to be? Who do I want to be? What show do I want to do in the future?
“And it’s really hard to try to work that out while you’re doing different things. So I had to take that step back, have a minute to myself, let it breathe, and not turn on the TV and see yourself while you’re watching what everyone else is doing.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Joey Essex will reportedly appear on the next season of ‘Selling Sunset’.
The 33-year-old star is currently looking for romance on ‘Love Island’ but he will make the jump to another reality show appearing in Netflix’s real estate series.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column: “Joey has become a very rich man through property and savvy investments.
“His cousin Chloe Sims is now based in Los Angeles, and Joey was thinking about investing in a pad for himself, which is how the ‘Selling Sunset’ gig came about.
“On the next series viewers will see Joey tour a megabucks property as part of his hunt for a base across the pond.
“It also means he’s added another huge reality show to his list — his first for Netflix — which opens up a whole new world of opportunity.”
While Joey continues his quest for love on the ITV2 show, with the TV personality recently dumping his former flame Grace Jackson, 25, for Jessy Potts, departed contestant Patsy Field revealed he banned others from mentioning ‘The Only Way Is Essex’ in the villa
Speaking to Closer magazine, the 29-year-old office administrator said: “Everyone was quoting ‘TOWIE’. All of the girls were quoting ‘TOWIE’.
“Joey put us on a ‘TOWIE’ quote ban at one point and said, ‘We’re going to need to drop it now.’”
Patsy insisted the contestants weren’t teasing him about his time on ‘TOWIE’, and were instead paying homage to Gemma Collins, 43.
She added: “But we couldn’t help it, and we said, ‘We’re not actually quoting ‘TOWIE’, we’re just quoting The GC.’
“She is a living legend, so can you blame us really?”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ruth Jones is “flattered” that people love ‘Gavin and Stacey’ so much.
The 57-year-old actress created the BBC sitcom with James Corden, with the two also starring as Nessa and her on/off love interest Smithy.
‘Gavin and Stacey’ is returning to screens this Christmas with the final ever episode being screened giving fans the answer as to whether Smithy accepts Nessa’s proposal from the previous festive special.
Since the last episode aired in 2019 the clamour from fans for more has been relentless and Ruth admits the love for the comedy is something she is very proud of.
She said: “It’s lovely. I’m really flattered it’s so loved.”
Ruth admits there is rarely a week that goes by when she is not stopped by fans who are thrilled to meet Nessa
The writer never refuses a selfie with fans because she likes being able to “bring a little a joy” into people’s lives.
Speaking to Candis magazine, she said: “The world is such an awful place that if I can bring a little joy to someone because they’ve met the woman who plays Nessa in Gavin and Stacey, I’m only too happy to let them have a little selfie with me. I used to worry if I wasn’t wearing makeup. Not anymore.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Simon Cowell is worried no one will audition for his new talent show.
The 54-year-old entertainment mogul is currently looking for the next One Direction, 14 years after he formed the boy band on ‘The X Factor’, for his as-of-yet untitled series.
Simon’s experience of creating pop bands is pre social media and he has concerns that aspiring young singers won’t leave their bedrooms to show off their talents.
During an interview with HELLO! magazine, he said: “[It’s] one of the scariest things I’ve ever done because I have no safety net.
“I used to do this 25 years ago, before social media, so now everyone is just in their bedrooms.
“Are they going to turn up to audition? I hope so!”
The ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judge is confident that there is still an audience for a great boy band in today’s charts, despite the industry currently being dominated by solo female artists such as Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo.
When asked if he believed there was still a hunger for a group like 1D, he said: “Yes, a hundred per cent.
“I’ve always believed everything is cynical. If One Direction formed tomorrow and put their first single out now, I honestly think it would be more successful.”
Simon is still in contact with some of the group, including Harry Styles, who called him after hearing his appearance on Steven Bartlett’s podcast ‘The Diary of a CEO’.
Simon spilled: “It was great to hear from him.
“He said listening to the podcast reminded him of what a great time we had together. I thought it said so much about him that he would even bother to make that phone call.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Derry Girls’ creator Lisa McGee is writing a new Irish comedy/thriller.
The 43-year-old screenwriter has started working on the upcoming Netflix series ‘How to Get to Heaven From Belfast’, which has been described as “dark, dangerous and hilarious odyssey” through Northern Ireland.
The programme is set to star ‘The Dry’ actress Roísín Gallagher, Unforgotten’s Sinéad Keenan and Caoilfhionn Dunne (‘A Thousand Blows’) as Saoirse, Robyn and Dara – three childhood pals, now in their late thirties, who reunite after learning of a fourth friend’s death.
In a statement, Lisa said: “I couldn’t be more excited to start production on ‘How To Get To Heaven From Belfast’.
“I’ve loved writing Saoirse, Robyn and Dara — three flawed, funny women who are about to embark on the most thrilling and terrifying adventure of their lives. A mystery full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing and make you laugh out loud. Let’s go girls!”
‘Derry Girls’ – which starred Nicola Coughlan, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell – followed a group of teenagers as they tried to navigate growing up in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, and went on to win two BAFTAs and an Emmy.
Despite its success, the show’s break-out star Nicola – who went on to front Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ – ruled out the possibility of returning to play Clare Devlin for a fourth season because she didn’t want to “taint” what had come before.
She told the BBC: “[‘Derry Girls’ was] amazing and I think it was a real three and done and it was wrapped up in a perfect package.”
“I wouldn’t want to go back because I wouldn’t want to taint it.”
While she doesn’t want to return to the beloved Channel 4 show, Nicola insisted she was keen to reunite with her ‘Derry Girls’ co-stars in another project.
She said: “I would like to work with them again in another iteration.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Daniel Brocklebank has revealed his ‘Coronation Street’ character Billy Mayhew was originally called Hugh.
The 44-year-old actor has played the vicar since 2014 and has now spilled that his alter ego’s name was changed to Billy because Hugh was considered “too posh” by soap bosses.
In an interview with Inside Soap magazine, he said: “My character was originally going to be called Hugh. But the bosses decided that made him sound too posh, so they changed it to Billy!”
Daniel felt the vicar was “a lot cooler” in his earlier appearances compared to his current “nerdy geek” phase.
He added: “I was told right from the start that the fact he was gay was very incidental; it wasn’t a defining characteristic. When I look back on those first episodes, Billy was a lot cooler.
“He’s more of a nerdy geek now, but everything he’s been through would have a detrimental effect on his coolness, I suppose.
“Or it could be the fact that I’m a massive geek, and I wasn’t able to uphold that coolness for 10 years.”
Recently, Billy has had to come to terms with his husband Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) being diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND), a degenerative condition that can lead to loss of speech and paralysis.
Daniel has found the storyline particularly challenging and emotional to convey because his grandfather was diagnosed with MND in real life.
He said: “The past six months have been really gruelling to film, in terms of the emotional content that Pete and I have had to do. In a lot of ways, this MND story has been the most difficult one for me to play, purely because it’s so close to my own lived experience. The writing and research teams have been so brilliantly accurate with the way they have portrayed Paul’s illness and Billy caring for him, it’s certainly made me revisit things me and my family went through while caring for my grandfather.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Graziano Di Prima and his wife Giada aren’t fazed by the so-called ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ curse.
The 30-year-old Sicilian dancer has been on the BBC One Latin and ballroom show since 2018 and his other half, who is also a dancer, insists anyone could embark on an affair in any workplace, so it’s not just specific to the programme.
His spouse told OK! Magazine: “The ‘curse’ is in every job.
“It could happen in an office or a bar. I think the most important thing is trusting the person.”
The Italian Stallion said: “We do the same job – we are professional dancers.
“We respect each other and have principles, and we try to share everything we are going through in the season with each other. Giada is my best friend, she knows everything. When you don’t want to do things in the wrong way, you never even think of it.”
The show became the centre of a kissing scandal after comedian Seann Walsh, 38, was spotted smooching professional dancer Katya Jones, 35, in 2018, when they were both in long-term relationships.
Meanwhile, Graziano and his wife Giada revealed they would like to start a family one day, but only when they feel the time is right.
Graziano said: “We are both dancers, and I always say to my wife, when she feels ready I am always here to support her.
“We have to find the right time in our lives to do it. Of course, we want a family in the future, absolutely.”
Giada added: “We both want a family. I think it’s a little bit different with our work, especially for us ladies. We have to stop our careers and our bodies change. You have to be ready 100 per cent to dedicate all of yourself to this, and then hope you can come back.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘The Chris and Rosie Ramsey Show’ has reportedly “been paused” by the BBC.
The comedy chat show hosted by the husband and wife duo – which sees the married couple joined by another celebrity pair to talk about their relationships – first launched on BBC Two in 2022 before being promoted to BBC One, but fans will have to wait for a third series due to a scheduling conflict.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “The BBC absolutely love Chris and Rosie, they’re a hilariously entertaining duo but most importantly, real.
“They want to continue producing ‘The Chris and Rosie Ramsey Show’ for audiences but due to schedule clashes they can’t make it work right now.
“While the show has been paused for now, behind-the-scenes the BBC are continuing to look at ways the show can continue with Avalon [the show’s production company].”
It’s said one potential move being presented is the idea of changing the filming and broadcast schedules.
The ‘S******, Married, Annoyed’ podcasters claimed “there’s no secret” to their successful working and personal relationships aside from having “a laugh”.
Chris previously told Anita Rani on BBC Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4: “There’s no secret to our marriage.”
Rosie added: “We have a laugh and it makes life a little bit more enjoyable, doesn’t it?”
Chris continued: “In day-to-day life, from parenting to the podcast to the TV show, as long as we’ve made each other laugh, I feel like it’s been a success.”
While Rosie pointed out: “And you don’t always have to laugh at each other. Watch something funny. Laugh together. Or laugh at the other one’s misfortune.”
The ex ‘Parenting for Idiots’ star also advised to embrace “the mundane” in your romance.
She said: “It’s very exciting when you first get together, isn’t it? But then, as life carries on, it becomes a little bit mundane. I actually quite like the mundane.
“There’s comfort in it. I quite like that we have this life. We come home, we have tea together, and we watch the telly.”

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