OHMYGOSSIP — Rylan Clark suffered stroke-like symptoms during his mental breakdown.
The 35-year-old TV star claims to have lost his vision and his hearing following his split from ex-husband Dan Neal in 2021.
Rylan – who has now returned to full health – said on the ‘Great Company with Jamie Laing’ podcast: “I lost my speech. I lost my vision for a little bit like it was all really just … it was like having a really bad stroke. It was just so bizarre. And yeah, it took me months to go back to work.
“I think I was off for like four or five months. And I rarely would have like, four hours off, let alone f****** four months.
“So yeah, it was I mean … I needed to do it. And I need to start again. And I needed to reset myself.
“But the only regret I’ve got from that is that I wish I’d never stopped and I’ve just dealt with it in a different way. But I didn’t. And then it was out of my control.”
Rylan moved in with his mum as his health issues began to spiral.
The TV star also recalled thinking that he was “crazy” and that he “couldn’t be trusted”.
Rylan – who was married to Dan between 2015 and 2021 – explained: “I thought I was crazy. Well, I was, because the only explanation is going to be. I’ve lost my mind. So when you stop believing something, you become it. So I was like, ‘Well, clearly, I’m mad. Clearly, I’m unwell. Clearly, I’m not right.’
“I was living with my mum at the time because I didn’t want to be in my own house. I didn’t want to do nothing. I couldn’t be trusted to be perfectly honest. Yeah, it was bad. I just have to be honest.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Shirley Ballas declared “the show must go on” without scandal-hit Giovanni Pernice.
The head judge of the BBC One Latin and ballroom show insists this year’s series will be “brilliant” despite the 33-year-old Italian – who was popular with viewers – not taking part amid allegations of “threatening and abusive behaviour” towards his former partners on the show
Speaking to The Sun at the TRIC Awards at Grosvenor House in London on Tuesday (25.06.24), she said: “You know what the show goes on…
“It will go on. It’s a brilliant series this year – all the boys and girls will be getting ready with all their different numbers.”
Amid fears fans of Giovanni will abandon the show, she insisted: “Everyone has a choice what they want to do.”
Bosses are said to have put a ban on public discussions of the controversy, due to fears it could overshadow the 20th anniversary, but professional dancer Michelle Tsiakkas, 28, stood up for her friend and colleague.
She told the outlet at the ceremony: “We’re sad about losing Giovanni – we are a big family at the end of the day, so we just want to continue being that family and supporting each other.
“Of course sometimes unfortunate situations happen.”
One professional dancer recently told The Sun: “I’m not allowed to comment. We’ve been told not to talk about it until the official ‘Strictly’ statement.”
A source added: “When [the] claims first came to light no one could have foreseen the drama would still be raging so ferociously six months later.
“We’re just a few weeks away from the 2024 cast reveal and bosses are worried the scandal is now dangerously close to overshadowing the new series.
“A lot of work has gone into it as it’s the 20th anniversary, and now — still — all anyone talks about is Giovanni.
“Bosses hope gagging the cast will help.
“It will require some fancy footwork, but the cast have all been trained on how to handle questioning and politely sidestep difficult topics.”
Shirley, 63, already defended Giovanni.
She told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “He has always been to me, and I will make that clear, to me, a perfect gentleman.
“My feeling for Giovanni is, let them do this investigation or whatever it is they are doing, and the truth will come out.
“I have never ever, ever experienced any ill will or bad feeling or bad sportsmanship or rudeness from him.”
Shirley admitted she can only reflect on her “own perspective”, and she refused to pass judgement until she knows “100 percent it is true”.
She said: “You know, I can only talk from my own perspective. I have known Giovanni for 10 years. I know he is a hard worker. He wants the people to do the very best that they can do.
“Obviously in my life I was bullied a lot. I don’t condone bullying on any path but also, I don’t believe gossip because things get escalated and they are blown way out of all proportion and it can turn into a great big snowball.
“So we don’t judge anybody until I know absolutely 100 percent. I won’t pass on the gossip unless I know 100 percent it is true. He will be missed.”
Giovanni has denied all allegations.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Eamonn Holmes hopes he and his estranged wife Ruth Langsford can “still be friends”.
The TV veteran, 64, has moved out of the home he shared with fellow presenter Ruth, 64, with the pair announcing their marriage split in May, and as he battles a series of health issues in the wake of the split has also admitted he is “not OK”.
Speaking at the TRIC Awards on Tuesday (25.06.24) at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London – where he was nominated in the Best News Presenter category, as well as Best News Broadcast for his work on GB News – he told the Daily Mirror about the end of his 14-year marriage: “I’m not OK. This is not a good time at all.”
When asked about whether he and Ruth will continue to have a relationship of any kind, Eamonn added: “It’s too early to say but I hope we can still be friends.”
Eamonn, who suffers chronic back pain which is so severe he needed a walking aid and high-tech wheelchair for the ceremony, also admitted he feels as if he is living on “borrowed time”, as his father Leonard died at the age of 65 from a heart attack in 1991.
He added: “I wasn’t going to come but I’ve got this new chair with all these gadgets.”
Eamonn has previously talked about his crippling back pain, with the Mirror reporting he’s said: “I get very resentful that I’m not the way I used to be but I get on with it. I work hard at trying to walk.
“It’s very hard to get through a normal day but I have help.”
Eamonn, who had a double hip replacement in 2015 and a spinal procedure in 2022, later told the audience at the TRIC awards: “I had an operation a year-and-a-half ago, and two things went wrong so I have two things in my back I don’t want. So I’ll happily accept this.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Joe Wicks and Trinny Woodall are joining the BBC’s ‘Dragons’ Den’ line-up.
The business pitch show is making a comeback in 2025 with regular investors Peter Jones, 58, Deborah Meaden, 65, Touker Suleyman, 70, Sara Davies, 40, and Steven Bartlett, 31, set to get back in their seats – alongside the two famous guests.
As well as fitness guru Joe, 38, and fashion expert-turned beauty entrepreneur Trinny, 60, British businesswoman and philanthropist Emma Grede, 41, will be returning for the second time as a guest Dragon.
Joe – dubbed ‘The Body Coach’ whose daily online PE lessons became a Covid lockdown phenomenon – said about his latest job: “I can’t wait to step into the Den as a Guest Dragon and meet all the brilliant and passionate entrepreneurs.
“My own journey has shown me that with the right mindset and a lot of hard work, anything is possible.
“I’m really looking forward to sharing my experiences and hopefully helping some amazing businesses reach their full potential.”
Using his online HIIT sessions as a springboard for his other businesses, Joe has launched a fitness app and releases a string of recipes and books focusing on healthy eating and exercise to support mental health.
Joe, who recently welcomed his fourth child with his wife Rosie, 33, started his career when he launched a bootcamp and personal training business – bringing in customers by handing out fliers on the street.
After becoming the “PE teacher to the nation” during Britain’s Covid lockdowns, he was awarded him an MBE for services to fitness and charity.
Trinny is founder and CEO of her digital-first beauty brand Trinny London after a career as a presenter on the BBC makeover series ‘What Not to Wear’.
The host-turned-businesswoman, who has grown her beauty brand into a global empire since it launched in 2017, said: “Building and growing my beauty brand has been one of the great experiences of my life. I’m delighted to join the next series of ‘Dragons’ Den’ as a Guest Dragon, and look forward to discovering the fantastic ideas and passion that the entrepreneurs will bring to the table.
“I’m looking forward to sharing insights from my own entrepreneurial journey, and hope I can play a part in helping these businesses achieve their goals.”
Emma Grede – who has been named one of America’s Richest Self-Made Women 2022–2024 and America’s Richest Self-Made Women Under 40 2022 by Forbes – is the co-founder and boss of Good American, as well as a founding partner of Kim Kardashian’s Skims brand and chairwoman of The Fifteen Percent Pledge.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jason Manford is looking forward to bringing “a little chaos” to ‘Morning Live’ as he prepares to become its latest co-host.
The 43-year-old comic, renowned for his saucy stand-up routines, has been announced as a new addition to the presenting line-up of the popular BBC One breakfast show, with his debut set for Friday. (28.06.24)
He said: “I’m delighted to have been asked to guest co-host ‘Morning Live’ this week.
“I always love supporting a Manchester-based show and every time I’ve been on as a guest, the team have always been a real pleasure to work with.
“I’m looking forward to bringing a little chaos to the sofa once we go live!”
Executive editor of ‘Morning Live’ Emma Morris said about the new signing: “We are thrilled to be welcoming Jason to the ‘Morning Live’ team in the coming weeks.
“He is already a good friend of the show and it goes without saying he’s an incredibly entertaining and experienced presenter.
“I just know our audience is going to love him!”
Jason will be sharing the sofa with Gaby Roslin, 59, on Friday and is also set to appear on the show on 3 July, when he will team up with 40-year-old actress and ‘Countryfile’ presenter Helen Skelton.
The comic is joining the likes of ‘Morning Live’ regulars Gethin Jones, 46, Michelle Ackerley, 39, and 46-year-old Rav Wilding.
‘Morning Live’ launched during the Covid lockdowns in 2020 and has grown to become a staple of daytime TV, attracting up to 1.4 million viewers a day, with an average audience of 1.2 million.
Alongside his stand-up, Jason has fronted shows including ‘The One Show’, as well as ‘Children in Need’ and ‘Unbeatable’.
Jason’s stint on ‘The One Show’ came for four months in 2010 alongside the show’s 47-year-old regular co-host Alex Jones.
But the twice married father-of-six left as he wanted to concentrate on his family and other commitments at the time.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Michelle Collins thinks a psychic’s prediction she would meet the love of her life when she was close to 50 came true.
The ‘EastEnders’ actress, 62, married 38-year-old Mike Davidson in August after 10 years together as a couple, and has now told how she was losing hope she would ever find her dream man when they first met.
She said in a cover interview for the August issue of Prima magazine about finally finding love later in life: “I thought it would never happen – I just didn’t think I’d ever get married.
“But Mike and I will have been married for two years in August.
“I was almost 50 when we met. A psychic told me that I would meet the love of my life when I was nearly 50, and it happened.”
Michelle also opened up about making her comeback to ‘EastEnders’ as scheming Cindy Beale, 25 years after her character died off-screen on the BBC soap.
She said about reprising the role – which saw her revealed as Rose Knight, the wife of new Queen Vic landlord George Knight – “It was a big decision to return to ‘EastEnders’ and I wanted to go back with a good storyline.
“People love to hate Cindy. She is unapologetic and behaves in a way you shouldn’t really behave, but you sometimes can’t help that when you follow your heart, not your gut and, let’s face it, how many women do that?
“Now, it feels right being back. I’m comfortable in my skin, more in the moment. I’m still hard on myself, but I’m in a very different place now. And you don’t see many 62-year-old women getting good TV roles. There are probably four women who get all the roles – and that’s not me being grouchy, it’s just a fact.”
Michelle also said she had eased up on herself when it comes to keeping in shape, adding: “I was much more manic about exercise when I was younger. I had a trainer and if I didn’t exercise, I’d go a bit insane.
“Now, I go to the gym for short bursts, like 30-40 minutes.”
Read Michelle’s full interview in Prima, on sale now.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jonathan Van Ness wants children as he would love to buy them clothes.
The ‘Queer Eye’ grooming expert, 37, who married his husband Mark Peacock in 2020, said he had always thought he was against the idea of becoming a father but after one of his female friends got him to look at children’s fashion over a boozy lunch he said he was sold on the idea.
He told the ‘Table Manners’ podcast – hosted by singer Jessie Ware, 39, and her mother Lennie – when the hosts asked him if he thought he would ever be a dad: “Guys, I’m breaking the news here first. I always said, ‘No’, and I was like, ‘I never want kids’.
“So then we were at Bergdorf Goodman in New York on Father’s Day, just like a week ago, right?
“And our friend was joking about how she wanted to get so thin that she could wear children’s clothes because designer children’s clothes are so much cheaper than adult clothes.
“I looked into the children’s clothes department and I was like, ‘Oh, do I want a baby?’
“And then we’d had like – I’d had like two Bloody Marys at brunch, right?
“So I couldn’t tell if it was like, midday blackout or if it was like that I really wanted to be a parent.
“So Mark was like, ‘Can you wake up tomorrow talking about a baby then like, maybe we’ll talk about it’.
“By the end of the day, I already named the baby Aubrey and I’d already gotten into a fight with my sister-in-law, who was in town, randomly in New York, like Mark’s sister, and she was s******* on my baby names.”
Jonathan then added he thinks he wants to adopt a child with Mark.
And he thinks there will a lot of babies in need of parents in the US since the controversial 2022 overturning by the Supreme Court of the Roe v Wade ruling, which enshrined the right to abortions in the American constitution.
Jonathan said: “I love surrogates. I mean, that’s great. I just like, I feel like there are so many babies, and especially like not to be like, you know, a downer but especially like after Roe v Wade, there’s like, all these kids who like are gonna need like (mothers and fathers.)”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Mackenzie Crook will direct the second series of Bridget Christie’s menopause comedy ‘The Change’.
‘The Detectorists’ creator, 52, will be at the helm of the return of the 52-year-old comic’s critically acclaimed, BAFTA and RTS-nominated hit, which starts filming next month.
Bridget, who recently made headlines over her split from comic husband Stewart Lee, 56, is again writing and starring in the series, which sees her despairing housewife character Linda continue her journey of self-discovery after fleeing her drab suburban existence for a hippie-style life in the ancient woodlands of the Forest of Dean.
Mackenzie said: “‘The Change’ was my favourite TV show of 2023 and so to find myself directing series two feels like winning a competition.
“My prize includes Bridget’s beautifully crafted scripts, a cast of comedy legends, and a summer of filming in the glorious British countryside.
“What a privilege to be working with (producers) Expectation and to be back on Channel 4 where I started my career.”
Bridget added: “‘Detectorists’ was my favourite British TV show of the past decade and was a huge influence on ‘The Change’, so to have Mackenzie directing the second series feels like a mad dream.
“I can’t think of anyone better suited to direct.”
Series one of ‘The Change’ saw Linda, who is married to slobby husband Steve – played by 58-year-old Omid Djalili – pack up her belongings and jump on her Triumph motorcycle to reclaim some of the 3.5 million minutes she estimated she had spent on of domestic drudgery.
It ended with a folksy coming-of-age parade through the woods, which saw Linda crowned the ‘Eel Queen’.
A synopsis for the upcoming series – which will also feature Susan Lynch, 53, Liza Tarbuck, 59, and 66-year-old Paul Whitehouse – said: “At the start of series two, Linda has got some explaining to do.
“Faced with the repercussions of the lies she’s told the forest community, along with losing the Mother Tree, and the arrival of husband Steve who has come to bring her home, Linda’s future in the forest looks uncertain.
“But she’s already come a long way since being mother/wife/homemaker Linda Jane Jenkins of Swindon, and her journey is far from over.
“She may have only been Eel Queen for a day, but something’s changed in Linda which means she’s not done yet – in fact she’s only just started.
“But little does she realise what a huge impact this decision will have on the town… and Steve.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sir Trevor McDonald is the “biggest coward”.
The veteran broadcaster and newsman, 84, is famed for interviewing the likes of Tony Blair, Colonel Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein and has covered warzones across the world, but says even his mum would say he is frightened at heart.
He told Saga magazine: “As my mother would tell you, I’m the biggest coward imaginable.”
Sir Trevor – who kicked his career at ITN in 1973 as the network’s first black reporter and became the sole presenter of ITV’s News at Ten until he retired in 2008 – said he was especially frightened covering the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
He added: “In Belfast, when things got rough in the street, I’d always use the pretext, ‘I’m going to find a house where there’s a phone and call the office’.
“There were no mobile phones then, but the truth was I couldn’t stand the noise. “If I heard a shot, I’d run like hell.”
Sir Trevor was knighted in 1999 for his services to journalism, and also told Saga what has stuck with him from his years in the limelight and at the centre of life-changing and devastating global events is people’s kindness.
He added: “What’s struck me more than anything is the kindness of strangers everywhere you go.
“I see it now when I use my bus pass to travel to the tennis club.
“When passengers get off, they all say, ‘Thank you, driver’.
“Isn’t that lovely?
“In this dark, turbulent world, there are still these glimmers of decency and light and kindness and generosity and grace.”
He also told how he has now been able to ditch the permanent use of trademark glasses thanks to eye surgery.
Sir Trevor said: “I had cataract surgery two years ago, so now I only need glasses for reading and it’s lovely.
“I have to be careful about my footing these days, but everything on television that used to be a dull red now glows crimson – it’s so clear.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sally Lindsay will “never say never” to a ‘Coronation Street’ comeback.
The 50-year-old actress left the ITV soap nearly 20 years ago after making her mark playing feisty Shelley Unwin and has gone on to feature in a string of popular TV shows including ‘The Madame Blanc Mysteries’ and crime drama ‘Scott and Bailey’ alongside her former ‘Corrie’ co-star and friend Suranne Jones.
When asked in an interview for Yours magazine if she’d ever consider returning to ‘Coronation Street’, Sally said: “It was a wonderful time. Suranne and I get asked that a lot, and obviously we’ve been very lucky in our careers, so at the moment, no.
“Although, having said that, never say never, because we loved it – I loved it.
“It’s the best place to grow, and to learn. I learnt everything on ‘Coronation Street’ – it’s brilliant.”
Sally added she and Suranne – who played Karen MacDonald on ‘Corrie’ – would have made comebacks on the show for the funeral of Betty Williams, played by the late Betty Driver, who died aged 91 in 2011 after she’d spent a month in hospital.
She said: “I definitely would have gone back to ‘Corrie’ for Betty’s funeral because she was a very dear friend.
“Suranne said she would have done as well, but they never asked us.”
Sally also talked about how she finds it scary one of her children wants to follow in her acting footsteps.
She married drummer Steve White in 2013 and the pair have 13-year-old twins Louie and Victor, and Sally said about one of her children’s budding showbusiness ambitions: “I’m a bit nervous about it. (The world of acting is) horrible, it’s ruthless and it’s hard.
“You’ve got to have thick skin – even now.”

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