OHMYGOSSIP — Linda Robson stopped recording the audiobook of her autobiography as a segment about her being put on suicide watch made her weep.
The 66-year-old ‘Loose Women’ regular, who has battled alcoholism and severe depression during her six-decade acting and presenting career, is now enjoying life but has admitted one section of her memoir tackling her mental health battle was so traumatising to read aloud it moved her to tears.
She was quoted in the Daily Mirror saying: “The depression and the suicide watch I was on was really hard, especially when I recorded the audio.
“I had to stop because I was crying my eyes out. They told me to go and sit down and have a nice cup of tea and then come back afterwards and I did.”
Linda has now beaten the blues and been four years sober, but was afflicted with depression in 2018 when she had a breakdown and went to rehab.
She added about turning to Alcoholics Anonymous for help: “I met two people today who I went to AA with before.
“I used to go there all the time, for a year. One of them is now 20 years sober, and he asked me how long I’ve been sober and I told him, ‘It’s been four years since I’ve had a drink.’
“It was really nice to see him as well. They’re doing really well.”
Linda has told Bella magazine about giving up booze: “I think you have to keep yourself busy. If you’re sitting at home, which I was doing for two years, practically, in the house, and someone had to stay with me all the time. You have to keep yourself busy and find things to do.”
Linda’s book also tells how she shot to fame as a child actress before making it big alongside her long-term friend Pauline Quirke, 64, when they starred together as wives of jailed gangsters in the BBC sitcom ‘Birds of a Feather’. She has also been a panellist on ITV’s daytime chat show ‘Loose Women’ since 2012, and her ‘Truth Be Told: Tales from a Baggy Mouth’ autobiography came out in February.
Linda added about her book: “There’s obviously a lot about depression, but I wanted there to be lots of nice stuff also. I always say that I am an ordinary woman, but extraordinary things have happened to me.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Joel Dommett almost missed the birth of his son because he was eating a posh lamb dinner.
‘The Masked Singer’ host, 38, and his wife Hannah Cooper, 34, had their boy at a private hospital in September, and the presenter has now said he was so intent on getting his “money’s worth” at the pricey facility he decided to tuck into two feasts while his partner was in the throes of a 30-hour long labour.
He told the ‘Dish’ podcast: “We were in this lucky scenario where we did it privately – by that I mean medically, not alone.
“All you need to know about the story is, is I’m unbelievably tight, like I really… this is the most money I’ve ever spent on anything in my life.
“There was this point about eight hours in, this lady came in with a piece of paper and I said, ‘Oh, hello what’s that?’
“And she said, ‘Oh, it’s a menu.’ And I said, ‘Is it included?’ And she said, ‘Yes, of course it’s included,’ and I was like, ‘Oh my God, amazing.’
“And I then went across the menu and tried to sort of order what I thought looked to be the most expensive – as much as I could for money, and I pick what I thought my wife wanted at that point.”
Opening up about how he ordered duck with a red wine jus in the thick of Hannah’s labour, he went on: “About twelve hours in, we’re then in the throes of it – it’s happening.
“The gown is off, the contractions are happening quickly, there’s urine on the floor – it’s all going on I’m just trying my best, you know.
“That’s the point where the duck with a red wine jus arrives.
“And, immediately the room smells so much and my wife’s like, ‘What’s that smell?’ And I have to say, ‘It’s duck with a red wine jus.’
“I’m trying to eat this duck with a red wine jus as quickly as possible because I’m not going to get rid of it.
“And she’s like, ‘What did you get for me?’ And I say, ‘A ham sandwich’ – I got her a ham sandwich.
“And I give her the ham sandwich, I eat the duck with red wine jus, and then the birth ended up being very long.”
After Hannah’s labour stretched to 30 hours, Joel ordered the lamb shank that nearly led to him missing his boy’s delivery.
He said: “We got to about 30 hours in – too long! I’m like, I’ve got to go back for the ‘Friends’ rerun.
“And she has an epidural and she has a little sleep, and they said, ‘After you’ve had your sleep, you’re gonna push and your baby’s gonna be born.
“While she was having a sleep, I thought this is a perfect time for another meal. And so I didn’t make the same mistake as before I left the room.
“What I didn’t know was that whilst I was out of the room, she woke up and they said, ‘Oh, it’s time to push – it’s time to birth your baby.’
“So she starts pushing and delivering the baby and then suddenly sort of like, ‘Where’s my husband? Where’s my husband?’
“One nurse goes, ‘I don’t know,’ and another nurse goes, ‘He’s next door having a lamb shank.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — David Walliams has vowed the new version of ‘Little Britain’ will be as edgy as the original.
The 52-year-old TV star wrote and appeared in the controversial BBC Three sketch show – which ran from 2003 to 2006 – alongside Matt Lucas, 50, and has promised the newly-revived programme will include non-PC jokes akin to what had come before in the original and their other popular comedy ‘Come Fly With Me’, but insisted the content would not be conveyed in “terrible taste”.
During an appearance on ‘The Therapy Crouch’ podcast, he said: “We’re writing again but we want to do entirely new characters like ‘Come Fly With Me’.
“It’s a little bit edgy, there are jokes in it that are like, not in terrible taste, but – you – know – like ‘Little Britain’ was and ‘Come Fly With Me’.
“No, it’s not trendy, it’s edgy.
“It’s walking a line that some people might be a little shocked at.”
The show came under fire for its stereotypical ethnic and social portrayals which were deemed derogatory to groups from the LGBTQ community and wheelchair users.
When the reboot of the comedy programme was announced last year, Matt emphasised it would be “different in many ways” from what was originally seen in an effort to avoid backlash.
He told The Sun newspaper: “The show will be different in many ways.
“We are talking about how we can have diverse talent on screen and in the writers’ room and conceive it as something which is just not about me and David playing absolutely everyone.
“That is something we should have done but didn’t do back then.
“But we were making the show at the same time as many other people who were doing what we were doing and had that approach.”
The comedian insisted he and his co-writer didn’t want to cause any “further upset” with the new version of the programme.
He explained: “Because some people are upset about what we do, or what we have done, out of respect to those people I don’t talk about it publicly because I don’t want to cause further upset to people who were upset.
“I totally accept there are different opinions.
“I accept people feel very differently from others and I respect everyone’s opinion from wherever they come from on this subject. I see things differently now to how we did.
“Things have changed and I respect that.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Millie Gibson wants to push herself “completely out of [her] comfort zone” on her next job once she has left ‘Doctor Who’.
The former ‘Coronation Street’ actress, 19, debuted in the new series of the BBC show as Ruby Sunday alongside the Time Lord, played by 31-year-old Ncuti Gatwa, last Saturday (11.05.24), and was rumoured to be exiting the programme next year.
Millie has now told the Radio Times about her future career plans: “‘Doctor Who’ is super challenging but I’d love to do something that’s completely out of my comfort zone.
“In this industry, you can’t even fathom what you could do next. If someone had said to me at ‘Corrie’, ‘you will be a ‘Doctor Who’ companion’, I’d have said, ‘haha, not sure about that’. So I’ll go wherever it takes me.”
Even though Millie has loved her time on the show so far, the actress admitted working on ‘Doctor Who’ was more intense than when she appeared on ‘Coronation Street’.
She added: “‘Coronation Street’ runs like clockwork as we were doing 10 to 13 scenes a day.
“It definitely geared me up for this experience because Ncuti and I are primarily the only two people in the cast – we’re in every scene, every day!
“So they’re different shows but can be quite similar. They are both iconic British dramas too, and each has a level of pressure, but this one [‘Doctor Who’] is a little bit more pressure!”
After rumours began to circulate about Millie’s impending departure, ‘Doctor Who’ showrunner Russell T. Davies insisted she would stay for at least the next two years.
When SFX Magazine asked if the actress would soon be exiting the show, he said: “Not leaving. Not at all.”
Russell, 61, added: “We were ordered for two years of a series off Disney, and we’re delivering two years, and the Ruby Sunday story literally spans those two years.
“We are planning [to] shoot the [season two] finale in which Ruby has the most magnificent scenes, and Millie, it’s some of your most challenging material yet, isn’t it? It will all make sense once you see it play out.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — A ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ special episode will celebrate the iconic show’s two decades on air.
The BBC Latin and ballroom series – which is co-hosted by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman – turned 20 years old this week, and the corporation have confirmed it has commissioned a special to look back on two decades of glitz, glamour and memorable moves.
Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC, said: “‘Strictly Come Dancing’ is more than just a TV show, it has become an integral part of British culture, bringing families together and inspiring viewers of all ages to embrace the joy of dance.
“Throughout its 20-year history, the show has launched careers, sparked trends, and touched the hearts of millions with its dazzling performances, emotional journeys, and unforgettable moments and we will be showcasing it all in this very special programme.”
The anniversary show, which is currently untitled, will feature a look back at iconic performances and heart-warming interviews with past celebrity stars, professional dancers, and judges.
Suzy Lamb, Managing Director, BBC Studios Entertainment, added: “From glittering ballroom numbers to high-energy Latin routines, the show continues to push the boundaries of dance and entertainment and we want viewers to join us in raising a toast to 20 years of sparkle and shine in the ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ ballroom.”
‘Strictly’ continued its success just last weekend when the show scooped the Best Entertainment prize at this year’s BAFTA TV Awards.
The programme beat off competition from ‘Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas’, ‘Later… with Jools Holland’, and ‘Michael McIntyre’s Big Show’.
A release date for the 75-minute BBC One and BBC iPlayer special will be confirmed in due course.

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OHMYGOSSIP — ITV is reportedly planning to give ‘Love Island’ the ‘Big Brother’ treatment for its upcoming launch.
The dating show – which is hosted by Maya Jama – is set to return for its 11th series next month, and it’s claimed ITV bosses want to repeat the success of Big Brother’s ‘simulcast’ from October 2023 by airing the first episode on ITV1, ITV2 and ITVX for the first time in its history.
An insider told The Sun newspaper’s TVBiz column: “ITV want to throw their weight behind ‘Love Island’ and make sure it has a big, glitzy moment when the 11th series kicks off next month.
“Showing it across every channel means creating what they hope will be a big TV moment.
“It shows there is still a real commitment to the format even nine years on.”
When ITV brought back ‘Big Brother’ last year, the launch pulled in 2.5 million overnight viewers, while last summer’s ‘Love Island’ launch hit 1.7 million including viewers from ITVX.
It’s hoped a ‘simulcast’ could give ratings a boost and help the show hit “every demographic”.
The source said: “Using the full might of ITV means reaching every demographic, including the crucial 16-34s.
“A cynic would say it also means wringing every inch out of the rating potential to prop up the stats, which have been dwindling recently.”
Late last year, it was claimed bosses were hoping to capitalise on the show’s success, by registering the ‘Love Island’ name so it can be used to create their own themed hotels.
A source told The Sun’s TVBiz column: “It may sound like a bit of a whacky idea but in many ways ‘Love Island’ hotels are a no-brainer.
“After all, the dating show is all about people basking in the sunshine by the poolside in luxurious accommodation.
“Then there’s the added prospect of finding love with someone while you are away. So they’re just trying to replicate the vibe of the show.
“Why not go the whole hog and give the hotels a total ‘Love Island’ feel?”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Charlie Webster has suffered a miscarriage.
The Sky Sports broadcaster, 41 – who has been through five rounds of IVF – has spoken about having a miscarriage “very recently” for the first time, and admitted she had previously hoped to announce she was expecting around now.
During an appearance on ‘Lorraine’ on promote her new book, ‘Why It’s OK to Talk About Trauma: How to Make Sense of the Past and Grow Through the Pain’, she told host Lorraine Kelly: “I did get pregnant. I ended up having a miscarriage very recently.
“I was going to announce the pregnancy during the book’s release, so I would’ve been sat here telling you this great news.”
Charlie revealed she has struggled to get pregnant because of her “biological clock”, and she fears it may not happen for her now.
She said: “I’ve not ever spoke about it, and I’m glad you brought it up, because I’m 41, I feel like for so long I was told not to get pregnant.
“My mum had me at a very young age. We’re told to get our education, which is really important, and we’re pushed into career now.
“I strove for all these things, and I’m so proud of that and I have no regrets, and I encourage any women to do everything they want.
“But there is a warning here, that is important because I’m in this situation now where I’m like, ‘How did this happen? Nobody informed me that it’s actually hard to get pregnant. I don’t think this is going to happen for me.’
“It’s not because there’s something wrong with me. It is because of my biological age, and I know that’s scary for us, as women, to go, ‘No, there’s not a biological clock. Women can do anything, we can have it all.’
“But I actually think that’s really irresponsible. It’s another lie.
“It is true. Society has changed so much, which I’m so grateful for, but biological clock hasn’t. It is real.”
Speaking about undergoing five rounds of IVF, she added: “It’s horrific. We don’t talk about that ever.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Lloyd Griffith wasn’t supposed to be in ‘Ted Lasso’, but he landed a part in the show after a Hollywood role cruelly fell through.
The 40-year-old comedian portrays a reporter called Lloyd in the hit Apple TV+ series, but he nearly didn’t appear in the show because he had been cast in a unnamed Hollywood film.
Despite going for costume fittings, the movie part fell through because the director decided to re-cast him, after the filmmaker had a dream about his role.
He told the ‘RHLSTP’ podcast: “It was a really weird one, because ‘Ted Lasso’ is such an amazing series, but no one really knew how it was going to go at the start, and I wasn’t supposed to be in it.
“I’m still not really allowed to talk about it, but I got offered a lead role in a Hollywood film, and I took it and was going out to America and having wig fittings and costume fittings, and seven weeks later it went, and it was soul destroying.
“There were two parts and there were two of us who got replaced. The director just changed his mind. He had a dream apparently. The other actor is a huge Hollywood name.
“Word got round that I was in this Hollywood thing, and then Ted Lasso wanted to see me and it was one of the most amazing things in the world.”
Former ‘Soccer AM’ star Lloyd has heaped praise on ‘Ted Lasso’, describing the programme as the “perfect job”.
He added: “As a step into filming, it was just the perfect job.
“It’s a heartfelt, warm show and that’s exactly what it was like.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jeremy Clarkson has been named the UK’s sexiest man for the second year in a row.
The 64-year-old presenter – known for his work on shows like ‘Clarkson’s Farm’, ‘The Grand Tour’ and ‘Top Gear’ – has once again been crowned the winner, despite facing competition from the likes of Idris Elba, Cillian Murphy and Prince William.
According to the annual poll from IllicitEncounters – which is billed as the “best online dating site for married people” – Jeremy scored nine out of 10 points.
‘Spider-Man’ star Tom Holland, 27, also appeared in the top 10, although he has had to settle for second place.
Prince William, 41, rounded out the top three, with the Sexiest Man poll voting on by 2,000 of the dating site’s female members.
To find the rankings, the women are tasked with scoring a list of 50 of the past year’s most famous and culturally revelant men from most to least ‘sexy’, and each name was then given a score from one to 10.
Jessica Leoni, a spokesperson for Illicitencounters.com, said: “Clarkson and his farm is a bit like Noah’s ark and just like the animal’s in that story, his victory in the Sexiest Man vote has come in twos.
“We all know about his brash persona, but the latest series of Diddly Squat has shown he can tug at heartstrings too – and clearly his famer look continues to set hearts racing.
“Just like last year’s poll, we knew providing our members with a list of 50 famous names across both genders and asking them to score them on their ‘sexiness’ would throw up some surprises – we’re not putting it past Clarkson to go for the three-peat next year!”
Elsewhere in the rankings, England boss Gareth Southgate, 53, was in fourth place, with Cillian Murphy following in fifth, while the likes of Mike Tindall and Ryan Reynolds fell out of the top five to 29th and 26th respectively.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Chris Taylor has landed a role on ‘Love Island: Aftersun’.
The 33-year-old star – who first appeared on the ITV2 dating show in 2019 before returning for this year’s recent ‘All Star’ series – will appear as both a panelist on the spin-off show, and a presenter on ‘The Morning After’ podcast.
An insider told The Sun newspaper’s TVBiz column: “Chris is ‘Love Island’ royalty and bosses were thrilled to add him to the presenting line-up for ‘The Morning After’ podcast, as well as the regular weekly ‘Aftersun’ panel.”
It’s said he’ll be teaming up with Amy Hart, Sam Thompson and Indiyah Hart, with bosses impressed by the “amazing chemistry” he shares with his cast mates.
The source added: “He’ll be joining Amy Hart, who made her podcast debut earlier this year, as well as Sam Thompson and Indiyah Hart, who have juggled podcast and ‘Aftersun’ for a couple of series now.
“The four of them make a great team and they have amazing chemistry.”
Chris is keeping “very busy”, with the source noting he will be juggling his new roles along with his upcoming appearance on ‘Celebs Go Dating’.
The insider said: “Chris also recently signed up to be in the new series of ‘Celebs Go Dating’, so he will be juggling all of these projects.
“He’s a very busy, in-demand boy.”
Chris previously revealed how he landed his a role in ‘Barbie’ after meeting Hollywood star Margot Robbie at the ‘Birds of Prey’ afterparty.
He told Cosmopolitan UK: “The lads [fellow Islanders Michael Griffiths and Jordan Hames] had gone to the ‘Birds of Prey’ premiere, and they came back saying how they’d met Margot on the red carpet, and Margot was gassed to see them.
“We were sat around talking about it when someone got a message saying Margot wanted us all to come to the afterparty. I was actually in bed, but I said I’d come, as how often do you get to met Margot Robbie?
“She’s just really down to earth and cool. She’s one of the nicest people I’ve ever met.”
Speaking about his ‘Barbie’ audition, he added: “I was fully convinced it was a prank. These YouTubers, they’re clever, they’ll write full on contracts and do the prank video.
“But I pulled up at Warner Brothers and saw Ryan Gosling walked past my car and I thought ‘this definitely isn’t a prank’.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Rose Ayling-Ellis has been cast in groundbreaking new BBC thriller ‘Reunion’.
The former ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and ‘EastEnders’ star will be part of the new four part series, which features a cast and crew largely made up of people either being deaf or using British Sign Language (BSL).
The series has been written by deaf writer William Mager, and focuses on deaf man Daniel Brennan (Matthew Gurney), as he tries to rights his wrongs and discover the truth behind the events landing him in prison.
His estranged daughter Carly will be played by Lara Peake, with the likes of Anne-Marie Duff, Eddie Marson and more joining the cast.
‘The Salisbury Poisonings’ star Anne-Marie will play Christine, who is desperate to find Brennan and find out the truth, while Eddie has been cast as her protective boyfriend Stephen Renworth.
Rose will play Christine’s daughter Miri.
Matthew commented: “William’s scripts are electrifying and it’s a privilege to bring Brennan to life in this gripping tale of revenge, redemption and reconciliation”.
And Anne-Marie added: “I am genuinely thrilled to be a part of this very exciting production.
“It is rare to witness a narrative where the audience is taken on a journey with a very different set of senses.
“It’s about our need to acknowledge each other’s truths- both inside our own families and beyond.
“The team is so extraordinary. I feel very honoured to be rubbing shoulders with them.”
Warp Films’ Mark Herbert said the project is a “testament” to the studio’s commitment to “genuine representation and thrilling inclusive storytelling”.
He pointed out that these stories resonate “with all audiences whilst amplifying the voices and talents of an often-overlooked community both on and off screen”.
Caroline Cooper Charles, Chief Executive of Screen Yorkshire, said: “This fantastic cast underlines how extraordinarily excited we are about ‘Reunion’.
“Screen Yorkshire is so proud to support a show from homegrown talent that places inclusivity and representation at the heart of its storytelling and creative ambition.”
Filming is underway in Yorkshire, and ‘Reunion’ will air on BBC One and iPlayer.

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