OHMYGOSSIP — Jenkin Edwards has returned to working in a pub after finding fame on ‘Big Brother’.
The 26-year-old barman was evicted from the ITV reality show just days before the final towards the end of last year and is now back in his hometown of Bridgend in South Wales but insisted that he is always working on other projects as he jokingly compared himself to Miley Cyrus’ former alter-ego.
Speaking on the ‘Soap from the Box’ podcast, he said: “It’s been surreal. I always say that I feel like Hannah Montana! I have a couple of shifts down the pub and then people will ask me how it is being back and I’ll say ‘I’m not back! I’m going to London tomorrow, got a photoshoot.'”
Jenkin is also trying to “shine a light” on social care after teaming up with Royal Educare and often visits residents in the homes but doesn’t mind at all if they don’t recognise him from TV.
He said: “I’m working with a care company Royal Educare, which is an amazing company that helps people get back into the social care sector. It’s just so nice, honestly, I’m obsessed with them.
“For me, I grew up as a young carer so now to be able to help the sector and shine a light. Our goal is really to shine a positive light on the social care sector, it’s not all doom and gloom. I go into the care homes to do shifts with them and meet them all. It’s such a good company for me to be working with at the minute and it’s just such a breath of fresh air.
“I go in and they don’t even know who I am and I say ‘Honestly, neither do I, it’s fine. How are you, babes?'”
“I found a newfound confidence [on ‘Big Brother’]. For someone who has always been self conscious now, I’m coming out and people have seen me 10x worse, just post the picture. It doesn’t matter! It just doesn’t matter”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ellie Leach is shocked at how much ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ “changed” her life.
The 23-year-old actress had played the role of Faye Windass on the ITV soap opera ‘Coronation Street’ for more than a decade before she signed up to appear on the BBC Latin and ballroom show in 2023 and ended up winning the series alongside professional partner Vito Coppola but admitted that she went into the whole experience with little “expectations” of how it would benefit her career.
She told ILoveManchester: “I can’t believe how much the whole experience changed my life, I didn’t have that many expectations of ‘Strictly’ beforehand but it completely exceeded anything that I expected and lifting the glitterball just topped off the most amazing experience!
“I just feel so grateful that people supported me and Vito and voted for us every week!”
The soap star has stepped in as a replacement for fellow former ‘Corrie’ actress Helen Flanagan – who played the role of Rosie Webster on the serial – in the cast of the touring production of ‘Cluedo 2’ and explained that the ‘Strictly’ arena tour has prepared her to tread the boards in a play for the first time.
She said: “Thousands came to watch the ‘Strictly’ tour and it did give me a sense of what it is like to perform in front of a live audience.
“It’s been amazing to take on this new experience and do something different to TV, which is practically at the other end of the acting scale.
“Television is very naturalistic and on stage, everything happens a thousand times bigger. But that’s what’s so exciting.
“I was really looking forward to making my stage debut and so far its been so much fun! I’ve already learnt so much and I know I will continue to learn more and more about theatre, the play and myself in the process!
“I’m also really looking forward to touring the country and getting to see beautiful theatres and beautiful places that I haven’t seen before.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — The Hairy Bikers team has warned fans about cruel scammers using Dave Myers’ death to make money.
The TV chef – who revealed he had been diagnosed with cancer two years ago – tragically died last month aged 66, and now some people have set up fake fundraising pages impersonating his friend and co-star Si King.
A post on the official Hairy Bikers Facebook page reads: “Many of you have been emailing us pointing out that fake profiles are appearing on Facebook and Instagram, the latest one is of Si King.
“Our Team has been desperately trying to get Meta, the owners of Facebook and Instagram to remove these fake profiles for the past 2 weeks without success.”
The team included a screenshot of one of the fake pages, noting that it doesn’t feature a blue kick next to Si’s name.
They continued: “There are instances where a ‘post’ has a link to a Bitcoin scam asking for donations to a cancer charity in the name of Dave Myers.
“Rest assured, this is not genuine in any shape or form.”
The Hairy Bikers team said 1,000 people have “fallen for the fake profile”, and urged them to unfollow the page and report it to Facebook.
They continued: “To add to the confusion, the people behind the scam are copying posts that we are genuinely uploading to our own page.
“If you all join in and report the fake, Facebook may wake up when they see some 600,000+ reports in their inbox. #MarkZuckerberg take note
“We gratefully appreciate your help and kindness. Help us drop this. It’s not in the name of the Hairy Bikers. Shocking Meta’s lack of action.”
Bearded celebrity cooks Dave and Si were well known as the Hairy Bikers.
They have presented numerous motorcycling travelogues together, in which they would travel around the UK, and further afield, on motorbikes and stop off to sample some local delicacies, as well as cook up some tasty treats themselves.
Si announced Dave’s passing last month as he wrote on X: “Hi everyone, I’m afraid I bear some sad news. Most of you will know Dave has been fighting cancer for the past couple of years.
“Last night, on 28th February 2024, with Lili, Dave’s wife, his family, close friend David and myself by his side, he passed away peacefully at home.
“All who knew Dave are devastated at his passing. His beloved wife brought him such happiness as did her children, Iza and Sergiu who Dave loved like his own.
“Personally, I am not sure I can put into words on how I feel at the moment. My best friend is on a journey that for now, I can’t follow.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Marisha Wallace “couldn’t trust” Ekin-Su Culculoglu on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’.
The 38-year-old Broadway star – who was evicted on Tuesday night (19.03.24) – had an explosive row with the ‘Love Island’ winner after picking her in last week’s face to face nominations, with the 29-year-old reality star storming off in floods of tears.
Appearing on ‘Late and Live’ after her own elimination, Marisha admitted she was trying to “cushion the blow” by telling Ekin-Su she voted for her because she couldn’t “beat” her in the final.
She told Will Best and AJ Odudu: “That’s exactly what it was. I was trying to cushion the blow because I just felt, you know when your spidey senses go ‘bling-a bling-a ling’, I just felt that something wasn’t right.”
Marisha insisted she “didn’t know what to say in the moment” when Ekin-Su confronted her.
She added: “I didn’t know how to articulate it. Maybe I was scared that she might turn on me on the other side.”
Will asked the actress how she would articulate it now, “having thought about it”.
She paused, and then said: “Well I would have just said that when I heard you say some things in the house I just felt a bit wary of you as there were some things that you said that made me feel like maybe I couldn’t trust you so much.
“That’s what I should have said, but that’s how I felt in that moment. But after that happened we were crying like babies over a teddy bear.
“But when you first meet these people you don’t know who to trust and after that I felt closer to her, I don’t know if she feels that way, I hope she does.”
AJ wondered if Marisha thought Ekin-Su “overreacted”, considering that she apologised over the nomination.
However, Marisha explained: “I was very apologetic. In the moment it wasn’t just about the nomination. I think Ekin-Su has been through a lot in her life.
“I think she’s been betrayed many times and in that moment it just felt like a betrayal of everything even though it is just a game.
“And sometimes a trauma response will come out that way, and I totally get it because of the things she had told me in the past.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Julie Goodyear is “slowly fading away” amid her dementia battle, according to her husband.
The 81-year-old actress – who starred as iconic Rovers landlady Bet Lynch in the ITV1 soap opera ‘Coronation Street’ for decades – announced last summer that she had been diagnosed with the degenerative disease and now her husband Scott Brand, 55, has revealed his “extreme pain” at watching her deteriorate.
He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “I miss the fun-loving wife that Julie had always been – the larger-than-life personality that brightened up everywhere she went, and the smile that lit up every room.
“All of this is now slowly fading away and it’s extremely painful for me to watch this deterioration. Julie now struggles recognising people and everyone she meets is called ‘Scott”.
The former ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ star – who now relies on a wheelchair – made her first appearance as Bet in 1966 and returned in 1970 for what turned out to be a 25-year stint on the serial and both she and her character became heavily associated with leopard print outfits and heavy make up but Scott revealed that these days, glamour is of “no interest” to her.
She said: “Julie has always been extremely glamorous, going nowhere without her makeup. But now the lipsticks and make-up go unworn, and clothes are no longer of interest, especially the leopard print.”
Scott – who has been married to Julie since 2007 – gave up full-time work to care for his wife and admitted that whilst initially believing he could cope on his own, he eventually accepted that he needed help.
He said: “One of the biggest things is our holidays. Julie loved going away and would always look forward to our adventures together, but this has now stopped. We no longer go away, and I can no longer go away either as I would never leave Julie.
“I’m now aware that if there was an emergency, and I needed to drive, I wouldn’t be able to – so alcohol is off limits.
“For me, the hardest part was accepting and coming to terms with the diagnosis. At the beginning I refused to accept any support, thinking I could cope as we have always been quite private people.
“This, in reality, didn’t last for long and I soon realised I needed to ask for help as I couldn’t do it by myself. I wasn’t coping and needed to seek support. Caring for Julie is my priority, but my health was being affected and as a lone carer I felt it was ‘killing me’. ”
Scott also noted that Julie had always managed the finances in their relationship but now she cannot “recognise the value of money” and he had been “thrown into” dealing with all of that when she was diagnosed with dementia.
He said: “Julie had always dealt with the finances but now she cannot even recognise the value of money. I was suddenly thrown into having to sort out all the household affairs, something Julie had always managed with ease and perfection. It was like being thrown into a new world of having to do everything by myself. I would advise anyone going through this journey to accept help straight away.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Georgia Steel has confirmed she and Toby Aromolaran have split up, and it has taken her by “complete surprise”.
The reality TV pair hooked up on last year’s ‘Love Island Games’ before going their separate ways, but they reconciled in this year’s ‘Love Island: All Stars’.
But Georgia has now confirmed she and Toby are no more after he “called things off”, and she is still trying to “come to terms” with the news herself.
She wrote on her Instagram Stories: “After seeing the reports regarding my relationship with Toby I feel it’s only right for me to be transparent and truthful with you all.
“It is true Toby has called things off. It has taken me by complete surprise and I’m still trying to process it and come to terms with it all.
“They say some people are in your life for a lifetime and some just for a chapter. [heart emoji]”
Georgia recently revealed she received death threats when she appeared on ‘Love Island’ in 2018, and the star doesn’t know how she “got through” the trolling first time around.
She told OK! magazine: “The first week when I came out [of the villa], it was really overwhelming. I don’t know how I got through it when I was 19. I think I dealt with it a bit better this time around, because I’d done it before. But there was intense trolling while I was in the villa this time, so I just took some time away from social media and spent time with my family.
“The first thing I asked them was, ‘Do you really feel like I did anything wrong in the villa? Could I have done anything better?’, but they said I didn’t. It feels a bit wrong because the boys would be doing those things, but for a girl to get to know multiple people at the same time, it was so frowned upon.
“I feel that it’s double standards. But I also feel like, as long as my family and friends are fine, and what they considered I did in the villa was OK, that’s all that really matters to me.
“It’s not nice to get horrible comments and death threats.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Coronation Street’ star Tina O’Brien was the victim of an “unprovoked incident” outside her home.
The 40-year-old actress – who plays Sarah Barlow in the ITV1 soap – is said to have reported the matter to the police, following an incident outside her £1 million house in Bramhall, Stockport, on March 15th.
A spokesperson for the star told The Sun newspaper: “Tina was the victim of an unprovoked incident outside her home which she has reported to the police.”
According to the publication, Tina tried to break up a brawl between teenage girls near her home.
Greater Manchester Police said: “Officers are investigating reports of an assault in Stockport between 8pm and 9pm on 15 March.”
Tina – who has son Beau, eight, with her husband Adam Crofts, and 15-year-old daughter Scarlett Thomas with her ex and former ‘Corrie’ co-star Ryan Thomas – previously described Adam as her “everything”.
In 2022, she posted: “You’re amazing and you inspire me to be better, bolder and braver. Thank you for being my mentor without even knowing you are.”
More recently, Tina has been full of praise for daughter Scarlett after she landed the part of Izzy Charles in ‘Waterloo Road’.
Tina recently posted on Instagram: “So proud of Scarlett, she’s worked so hard on Waterloo road and I’ve absolutely loved watching her portrayal of Izzy. Wonderful to see her talent recognised by @tvtimesmagazine as she’s been nominated for an award #proudmum. (sic)”
Last September, Scarlett was shortlisted for TV Times magazine’s Favourite Young Actor prize.
Tina’s ‘Corrie’ co-stars Isabella Flanagan and Jude Riordan were also shortlisted, but EastEnders’ Lillia Turner went on to win the accolade.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Lauren Simon’s daughter was “so proud” of her doing ‘Celebrity Big Brother’.
The 51-year-old reality star – who has daughters Gigi and Kika with businessman ex-husband Paul Simon – was evicted from the ITV1 reality series on Wednesday (13.03.24) and has now revealed that her daughter eldest took time out of university to be with her at the studios.
She told the Daily Star newspaper: “When I came out she was there and said: “I’m so proud of you. You did so well, mummy and to me that was just incredible. She’s a phenomenal daughter and i’m so lucky and privileged that I have her. She’s wonderful and a great girl. She’s in university and she came over to support so mum and I just love her.”
Just before heading into the house on launch night earlier this month, Lauren was joined in the audience by her daughter and she warned her: “Don’t talk about sex – no sex!”
Despite this, Lauren proudly declared in her introduction to the series that she had one had sex with a ghost and that she only liked rich men.
The ‘Real Housewives of Cheshire’ star appeared in the house alongside former ‘X Factor’ judges Sharon Osbourne and Louis Osbourne, but Mrs O’s role on the show was as a temporary guest and she was given her own master bedroom.
But Lauren found herself sleeping in the bed next to music manager Louis and she insisted that he appeared to have a “dry sense of humour” to her and she was “shocked” when she left the house and heard he had described his former singing duo Jedward as being “vile ” to work with,
She said: “When I walked in he was the last person I thought I’d be sleeping next to and waving to in the middle of the night and sitting in the bin with. He’s so fun honestly. He’s just dry and says it to your face. I was shocked when I watched the eviction episode, remember I’ve not seen it and I’ve not stopped so I’ve watched one hour, and I was so shocked when he was talking about Jedward calling them ‘vile’. He wasn’t like with me honestly. He’s got a dry sense of humour but not nasty.
“Louis is tough. When I was crying my eyes out he was looking after me. He was saying ‘Remember it’s just a game’. He’s been in the business for years and he’s been booed and had nasty things said about him on The X Factor. Louis Walsh has a quiet life at home and is quite happy. Do you not think he doesn’t know what he’s doing?”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Billie Faiers’ daughter had to be rushed to hospital after suffering a seizure.
The 34-year-old reality star has Nelly, nine, Arthur, six and 15-month-old Margot with husband Greg Shepherd and took to social media on Thursday (14.03.24) evening to reveal that her youngest had fallen ill suddenly and she was left more “terrified” than she had ever been before in her life.
She wrote on Instagram: “One exhausted mumma. My little darling Margot has had a nasty virus, on Sunday Margot had a febrile seizure, it was the most terrifying moment of my life.
“It was caused due to a spike in her temperature, I was so scared and didn’t know what to do, we of course called an ambulance and Margot was examined at the hospital.
In the end, the former ‘TOWIE’ star spoke to medical staff at the hospital and they told her that the condition is “quite common” but seldom spoken about so she shared the story with her millions of followers in the hope of raising awareness.
She said: “After speaking to numerous doctors since they all said the same thing to me, that they are quite common but not spoken about, So I’m sharing this because it may encourage some of you to research what to do in this situation.”
Just before the arrival of Margot in December 2022, Billie admitted that despite being “heavy and uncomfortable” in the latter stages of pregnancy, she had managed to “juggle” her other two children and moving house.
She told MailOnline.com: “I have times where I feel so heavy and uncomfortable but I feel good, we’ve had a lot with the move, family, work and juggling two children as well …
“It is a lot of juggling and planning and I have a really good support with my family, mum, Greg, but I am getting tired and in the next week or so, I will start winding stuff down … Once the baby is here we can just relax and be in that baby bubble. I’m so excited for Nelly and Arthur, they talk about the baby all the time.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Emma Willis has argued “it doesn’t matter” that men dominate TV.
The 47-year-old screen star is set to take the the box in three major shows soon, including ‘Love Is Blind’ ‘The World Cook’ and ‘The Voice’, with the former seeing Sir Tom Jones and will.i.am return, while Danny Jones and Tom Fletcher are due to join. Although Emma will be appearing alongside a predominantly male cast, the ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ alum has insisted she doesn’t mind that women are the minority on TV, so long as there are a couple of “vocal and strong” female stars on the box.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper, she said: “I think as long as you’ve got a couple of vocal, strong women there, it doesn’t matter.
“Yeah, ‘The Voice’ is male heavy but hey — I’m there. Leann Rimes is there as well so there’s two of us.
“It would be nice to have another woman as a coach, absolutely, but I don’t think it’s that they don’t want another woman. I think it’s just aligning diaries and making it work.”
Emma has also been hailed as a strong and “inspirational” figure from the likes of Fred Sirieix, who she is set to co-host the second series of the Amazon Prime Video competition show, ‘The World Cook’, with.
In an interview with Yahoo, the former ‘I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!’ star said: “I love working with Emma.
“She’s such a pro and she’s such a kind woman. When you work with someone who’s so good, I get inspired by her. She turns up on set, she knows exactly what to do. She’s always looking immaculate.
“She’s as beautiful as a Greek statue, she’s literally carved out of marble. I keep telling her how beautiful she is. But the most impressive thing about her is how good she is at her job. She’s really, really good. So we get on very well and it’s nice.”

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