OHMYGOSSIP — Coronation Street’s Sinead Tinker and Daniel Osbourne will get back together.
Rob Mallard – who plays the Bistro waiter in the long-running soap – was convinced there was no chance that his alter ego would get back together with the factory worker (Katie McGlynn) now that she’s engaged to her ex-boyfriend Chesney Brown (Sam Aston), but he has teased that there’s still a possibility of a reunion in the near future.
Speaking to The Sun Online, the 25-year-old actor – who is nominated for the best newcomer award at the National Television Award – said: “Yeah – absolutely there’s a way back because the only reason she isn’t still with Daniel is because when they first got together the drama erupted with the Barlows that she obviously got pulled into.
“Aside from that they had everything going for them. They were both a little bit left of centre, not really part of any crowd – they didn’t have an in-group, they found an in-group with each other, and I think they will always have that.
“When someone can make you laugh you tend to remember them for quite a long time and you tend to believe what you’ve got between you is worth it.
“I think if it weren’t for the being afraid of Daniel because of what she found out, she would definitely still be with him, yeah.”
Daniel was left heartbroken earlier this week when he walked into the Rovers Return to find Sinead celebrating her engagement news with friends after she popped the question to the flame-haired takeaway worker as he left to fly to Portugal.
Chesney received a phone call to say that his ex-girlfriend Katy Armstrong (Georgia May Foote) had been killed in a car crash but his son Joseph was still alive in hospital.
As he was about to get into the car to go to the airport, Sinead popped the question but it wasn’t until he was about to board his flight that he accepted her proposal.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Simon Cowell wants Cheryl Tweedy to return to ‘The X Factor’ judging panel next year.
The 58-year-old show boss asked the former Girls Aloud singer to accompany him at Judges’ Houses, which will air on screens this weekend, this year after she left the show last year in order to focus on her solo career, but it looks like he’s keen to persuade her to rejoin the programme on a permanent basis for the series in 2018.
Asked by The Daily Star newspaper whether Simon would have her back on the panel, he said: “We’ll consider it. Let’s wait till the end of the show… maybe [current judges Nicole Scherzinger and Sharon Osbourne] don’t want come back [next year and there will be a space on the panel]. Let’s see what happens, I wouldn’t rule anything out.”
And, although the 34-year-old beauty hasn’t ruled out the possibility of a return, the ‘Call My Name’ singer wants to spend some more time with her seven-month-old son Bear.
She explained: “I want to be with Bear a little bit longer. It has just been me and him and I’m just loving being a mother at the moment.
“I’ve got time – I’ve got that luxury lifestyle and some mothers don’t have that luxury and have to get back to work. I’m just taking it as I can but I do love the show.”
However, it looks like Simon may have burnt his bridges with his close friend Sinitta – who is usually him special guest at Judges’ Houses – because she was convinced that she would be joining the music mogul at his home abroad this year and was left red-faced when she found out that she’d been dropped – again – in favour of Cheryl.
After seeing a tweet about Cheryl’s part-time gig, Sinitta, 54, wrote: “Yes! Ok!! Got It!! Why dont you add #NurNurNurNurNur! Stick it Up your Nose! Stop telling me 1000 times .Stupid Bad Mannered Boring Annoying (sic).”

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OHMYGOSSIP — EastEnders’ Tilly Keeper wants to stay on the soap “for as long” as she can.
The 20-year-old actress joined the long-running soap as school girl Louise Mitchell almost two years ago and, although her close friend Harry Reid – who plays her on-screen brother Ben Mitchell – is set to leave the show this year, she hopes that his departure doesn’t spell the end for her character as she really loves her role.
Speaking to The Sun Online, the blonde beauty said: “I am going to miss Harry so much. He is like my big brother. He is an amazing actor and I wish him all the best.
“I want to stay at ‘EastEnders’ for as long as I can. As long as they’re happy and they want me I will stay. I don’t know what is going on but I really want to stay.”
Over the past two years, Tilly has been dished out some of the most harrowing storylines to feature on the programme in recent years – including, most recently, being set on fire by her school bullies and being left with some horrific burn scars.
She explained: “I love being challenged as an actress so the fire scenes were amazing, I took the opportunity with both hands. It was such a nice environment, I was working with my best friends.
“I was really nervous when they told me they were going to set me on fire but I knew it would be an amazing storyline and I knew it would look incredible on screen.
“Any teenage girls have their body issues and to then have something traumatic happen, and for it to scar you for life, is a huge thing to deal with.”
And Tilly has teased that body confidence will be something her character battles with on and off over the next coming months and, maybe, even years.
She added: “Louise isn’t dealing with it very well, at first she’s stuck away from everyone. She’s hiding away. But as she starts to grow up she begins to embrace the scars. She is still beautiful but with age, she does deal with it better!
“Louise has so much thrown at her. I’ve seen her called Louise ‘nine life’ Mitchell and I love it. I’ve had five huge stunts since I’ve been there and it’s been amazing.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Megan McKenna has claimed she didn’t cheat on Pete Wicks with her ex-boyfriend.
The ‘Only Way is Essex’ star sparked rumours she’d been unfaithful to the heavily-inked hunk – who she has dated on and off since the beginning of last year – after she was accused of meeting her former flame Harry Eden while they were still together.
But her close friends are adamant she only started speaking and meeting her old boyfriend – who she dated before she found fame – after she and Pete split up.
A source told The Sun Online: “Megan has not been ‘meeting up with Harry for months’.
“The first time they met up was last week when Megan was single. They had no contact at all while Megan was in a relationship with Pete. Megan never cheated on Pete or sexted anybody whilst they were in a relationship – unlike Pete…”
The 28-year-old star set tongues wagging earlier this week when it was reported that he had told his friends he felt like a “mug” for standing by the brunette beauty, 25.
A source said at the time: “Megan has been meeting her ex in secret for months and now he feels like a mug for standing by her. Pals warned Pete months ago that Megan was still seeing her ex, but he refused to believe them because he loved her.
“Everyone told him to leave Megan but he was adamant they could make it work. It came out on the show that she had been at after parties with her ex and pals, including some of the ‘TOWIE’ cast, knew then that it was more than that, but Pete chose to trust her and believe she was being honest with him.”
And, although it’s still early days for Megan and Harry, it’s believed they are determined to make a go of things because they have an undeniable bond.
The insider said: “Megan has always had this bond with Harry. It’s no surprise she turned to him when things got hard with Pete and now she’s single they’re seeing how things go before deciding whether to go for a full on relationship.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Bruno Tonioli won’t appear on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ this weekend.
The flamboyant judge hasn’t missed an episode of the ballroom and latin series in the 15 years he’s been on the panel, but this Saturday’s (21.10.17) show is set to be somewhat quieter as he has been forced to drop out due to a “prior work commitment”.
A spokeswoman for the show told The Sun newspaper: “As was always the plan, Bruno Tonioli is not on the judging panel this weekend due to a very busy work schedule.
“He will be back as normal for our Halloween special and the rest of the series.”
This weekend will feature a judging panel of just three – Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell and Shirley Ballas – as TV bosses decided not to pull in a guest judge.
However, head judge Shirley – who was brought in as Len Goodman’s replacement after he quit the programme last year – will probably have an easier job on her hands as she won’t have to keep the 61-year-old choreographer in check.
Bruno came under fire this month when he was accused of trying to cause a rift between Davood Ghadami and his wife Isobel by claiming his racy routine with his professional partner Nadiya Bychkova looked like they were ready for the bedroom.
James Jordan – who used to be a professional dancer on the show until 2013 – said at the time: “I found it disgusting — let’s not forget this guy is a married man with two children. Bruno may have been joking but they’re joking with people’s lives here.
“He’s dancing with a good-looking girl and producers are trying to make her out to be this maneater which again is extremely unfair on her. These people are married.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Susie Amy has confirmed she has joined ‘Hollyoaks’ – and is “thrilled” to be reuniting with Gary Lucy.
The 36-year-old actress will team up with her former ‘Footballers’ Wives’ co-star – who plays Luke Morgan in the Channel 4 soap – 14 years on from starring alongside one another, and the brunette beauty cannot wait for a “really special” reunion between the pair.
She said: “I’m delighted to be joining ‘Hollyoaks’ and my friend, Gary Lucy for a brilliant storyline.
“It’s a character they’ve been planning for a while and I’m thrilled to be involved.
“It’s always a pleasure to work with a friend – but this in particular is going to be really special.”
Gary – who re-joined ‘Hollyoaks’ this summer after 15 years away – is also “really looking forward” to teaming up with Susie once again.
He said: “I love Susie Amy. She’s an absolute joy to work with and such a lovely person.
“I loved working with her the first time around and I am really looking forward to working with her this time around in ‘Hollyoaks’.”
Details of Susie’s character are still being kept under wraps for now, but she is certainly going to cross paths with alcoholic Luke.
He is in for some shocking scenes over the next few months as his rapist Mark Gibbs – who is played by Colin Parry – is to return to the village.
Gary and Susie played Kyle Pascoe and Chardonnay Lane-Pascoe in the popular Noughties TV drama – based around fictional football club Earls Park – but she was sadly killed off after 2003’s second series when lost her battle with anorexia. The start of series three began with her funeral scenes.
Former ‘Hollyoaks’ star Gillian Taylforth played Jackie Pascoe, Kyle’s mum, in the series, which ran for five seasons from 2002 to 2006.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Mark-Francis Vandelli “doesn’t know” the rest of the ‘Made in Chelsea’ cast.
The 27-year-old reality star rarely socialises with his co-stars in the fly-on-the-wall show when they’re not filming because they are not genuine friends and he disapproves of the way they lay their lives on screen.
He said: “I haven’t actually engaged with anyone other than Georgia Toffolo and Victoria Baker-Harber in this series because, in all honesty, I don’t know the rest of the cast. I have never had breakfast, lunch, or dinner with any of them. We’re just different groups. I’m very happy to see them, but they’re not my close friends.
“In all honesty, I don’t believe I could be very close to someone who is able to open up their lives so much because I’m a really private person and they’re probably not someone I would relate to.
“I’m not going to sit around a dinner table trying to concoct storylines.”
But the designer wouldn’t want any of his real friends to appear on the show either.
He said: “I wouldn’t be able to watch my friends gossip about me! I don’t want to know what people say behind my back because they’re talking privately. I think it’s something that should remain between them.”
And Mark-Francis – who isn’t in touch with his past co-stars either – claimed show newcomers fight for airtime on the programme because they have a “motive” for getting involved.
He told Star magazine: “If you decide to join a reality show in its 10th, 12th, or 15th series, you know what the deal is. You have a motive if you join the show today.
“You want publicity and you’re ready to open up your life.
“I had no idea what I was doing when I started because I was a prepubescent, rather sheltered, child. I did it for my brand, which worked out quite well.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Eddie Izzard has join the cast of ‘The Call Back’.
The 55-year-old comedian-and-actor will star as Henry – a British actor who has a relationship with an Australian restaurateur – in Marion Pilowsky’s feature debut.
Izzard will star alongside Vanessa Guide, Emily Taheny and Luke McKenzie, Variety reported.
The film follows a struggling restaurateur [Taheny] who has had a short-lived relationship with Henry.
She settled with a new partner [McKenzie] but when Henry comes back into her life, her world is turned upside down as he brings his new French girlfriend [Guide].
The film will be distributed by 20th Century Fox Film Australia and the managing director Marc Wooldridge said they were lucky to find an “original and entertaining” script.
He said “We are so lucky to have discovered such an original and entertaining female driver script, with broad appeal among an under-served cinema audience.”
Izzard has just off the back of the success of the hit comedy/drama ‘Victoria and Abdul’ where he starred as Bertie – who became Edward VII – alongside Dame Judi Dench.
Although coming from a comedy background, Izzard revealed he always wanted to be a dramatic actor.
He said: “The comedy has nothing to do with it. When I was a kid I wanted to be a dramatic actor so playing interesting and diverse characters is what I enjoy.
“Bertie just wants to be king. There is a moment between them at the end of the movie, which is all true, so you are looking for different colours and a different reality to lock it down and bring people in on it.
“He starts off somewhat light in the script, but he gets darker and darker as it goes on and that’s an interesting journey.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Daniel Radcliffe didn’t eat for two days while filming the new survival movie ‘Jungle’.
The 28-year-old actor is currently starring in the new movie by Greg McLean about the real-life survival of Yossi Ghinsberg – who had to survive in the Amazon jungle alone after an accident – and Radcliffe admitted he lost a dramatic amount of weight.
Speaking on ‘Lorraine’ on Thursday (19.10.17), Radcliffe said: “I had a fillet of white fish and a protein bar a day. I didn’t eat for two days, it is not a healthy thing to do. I do not advise anyone doing it but I was doing it for a very short time. It was worth it for the meal I got at the end of filming. I’m not a method actor at all but I felt like I would be making my job harder and not doing justice to this guy’s story if I was going home each night to a steak dinner and living really comfortably.
“Nobody really asked me to do it, it was kind of self-inflicted but I think it was needed.”
Radcliffe, who shot to fame as young wizard Harry Potter, admitted his family and girlfriend Erin Darke were worried about his health and admitted losing that weight did “mess” with his head.
He said: “A lot of people were very worried about me. It took me a while to get back to eating properly afterwards. It does mess with your head a bit.
The film follows Yossi who is escorted by a mysterious guide into the Amazon jungle with his friend but their journey turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest elements of human nature and the deadliest threats of the wild force them to fight for survival.
Radcliffe explained why he decided to take on this role and said it’s a story that needs to be “widely known”.
He said: “It was definitely one of those stories that you hear and go ‘wow, this should be more widely known’.
“I wanted to be a part of further telling that story and getting it to a wider audience.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jeff Goldblum said he “improvised” a lot of ‘Thor: Ragnarok’.
The 64-year-old actor is starring as the Grandmaster in the third instalment of the ‘Thor’ franchise and revealed director Taika Waititi told him he wanted Goldblum to come up with some of his own lines.
Speaking on ‘This Morning’ on Thursday (19.10.17), Goldblum said: “[It was] fantastic. This is a funny movie, a really funny movie. Taika is funny. He’s great. We improvised a lot of the movie. For a movie like this, I have done movies before where I have improvised and I love to improve, because it’s a big, big epic kind of movie, but those people over in Marvel, they know what they are doing. They can make a big movie like this but trust Taika to give it an independent feeling. Taika said we are going to improvise and have fun. When we got to the set and I made things up and he made things up. He would do something like look at the character and say this and talk about this. I trust them and they trusted us.”
Goldblum stars alongside Chris Hemsworth as the titular character, Mark Ruffalo [Hulk], Tom Hiddleston [Loki and Cate Blanchett [Hera].
The film marks the first time the villain in any Marvel Cinematic Universe film is a woman and although this is Goldblum’s first outing in a superhero movie he said he would “love to do more”.
He said: “I was lucky to be in this one. I would love to do more. My character is immortal so he can’t die – well not in the comic books.”
Goldblum is also set to reprise his role as Dr. Ian Malcolm in the fifth instalment of the ‘Jurassic Park’ franchise ‘Fallen Kingdom’ and he said he loves playing that character.
He said: “I love that character. I had a great time with Steven Spielberg in the first couple of movies. I am in love with this a lot.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Heath Ledger wanted Christian Bale to actually hit him while filming ‘The Dark Knight’.
Ledger starred as The Joker in Christopher Nolan’s ‘Batman’ movie alongside Bale as The Caped Crusader and in one particular scene, Ledger spurred on Bale to physically assault him.
The scene follows an interrogation between Batman and his arch nemesis at Gotham City Police Department and Bale, 43, revealed it was the first scene he shot with the late actor – who was already very much in character as the psychopathic villain.
In the new book ‘100 Things Batman Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die’ by Joseph McCabe, Bale said: “Our first scene was in an interrogation room together, and I saw that he’s a helluva actor who’s completely committed to it and totally gets the tone that Chris Nolan is trying to create with this. We’re not going for actors revealing their enjoyment of playing a wacky caricature. We’re treating this as serious drama. You go into character and you stay in the character. I love that. I find that so ridiculous that I love it, and I take that very seriously. Heath was definitely embracing that. When he was in the makeup and the garb he was in character the whole time; and when he took it off he was absolutely fantastic company to be around.
“As you see in the movie, Batman starts beating the Joker and realises that this is no your ordinary foe.
“Because the more I beat him the more he enjoys it. The more I’m giving him satisfaction. Heath was behaving in a very similar fashion. He was kinda egging me on. I was saying, ‘You know what, I really don’t need to actually hit you. It’s going to look just as good if I don’t.’
“And he’s going, ‘Go on. Go on. Go on…’ He was slamming himself around, and there were tiled walls inside of that set which were cracked and dented from him hurling himself into them. His commitment was total.”
Ledger tragically passed away from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in January 2008 when he was only 28 and received a posthumous Best Supporting Actor Academy Award
for his portrayal of the DC Comics character.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ron Howard has completed principle photography on ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’.
The 63-year-old filmmaker took over the director’s chair from Phil Lord and Chris Miller – who left the ‘Star Wars’ spin-off due to creative differences – and now Howard has posted a photo on Instagram revealing the principle photography has been completed.
Alongside a picture of himself with fireworks in the background, Howard wrote: “That’s a wrap on principle photography for #Solo Many thanks to an extraordinary cast and crew for a tremendous creative experience (sic).”
On Tuesday (17.10.17), Howard – who has regularly teased set designs from the film – revealed the name of the anticipated movie and after speaking to the camera revealing filming has been completed, he then turns to speak to someone off-screen – later revealed to be legendary Wookiee warrior Chewbacca, asking if “we can even say the name of the movie” yet.
A board is handed to Howard by Chewie, which he then flips to reveal the title art.
Smiling at the camera, Howard tells the fans: “I’ll see you next year.”
‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ follows the story of Han Solo, the captain of the Millennium Falcon and one of the great leaders of the Rebel Alliance. The movie will focus on a younger version of the titular character, with Alden Ehrenreich taking over the iconic role from Harrison Ford.
Han and Chewbacca will be seen first meeting Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover) and they will also encounter Woody Harrelson’s alter-ego Beckett, who is believed to be a mentor to young Han who guides him on his journey to becoming a space smuggler.
And Howard recently revealed two new characters who will be appearing in the hotly-anticipated movie – Star Wars’ comic book characters Tag and Bink.
Captioning a selfie with the pair, Howard wrote: “#tagandbink ? (sic)”
The characters were created by Kevin Rubio for ‘Tag & Bink Were Here’, a series of comic books in which the pair affect the events of the first ‘Star Wars’ trilogy and the prequels.
Rubio was delighted to see his creations were going to get a cameo on the big screen. In response to Ron’s tweet, he wrote: “#HOLYCRAP Ron Howard just made my comic #OfficialCanon #Thanks Ron! (sic)”
‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ is slated for release in May 2018.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Bill Nighy is set to star in the forthcoming comedy ‘Made In Italy’.
The 67-year-old actor has been approached for James D’Arcy’s feature screenplay and directorial debut and will reportedly play bohemian London artist Robert, who travels back to Italy with his estranged son Jack (Jack Lowden) to make a quick sale of the house they inherited from his late wife, according to Deadline.com.
D’Arcy – who has written the script by himself – recruited 27-year-old old Lowden for the flick after working alongside him in this year’s hit movie ‘Dunkirk’
Not much else is known about the film but it’s believed shooting to start next year in Tuscany and London and is slated for release in late 2018 or early 2019.
Meanwhile, Nighly insists he isn’t a workaholic and always enjoys taking time off without feeling guilty, because being on a movie set makes him feel “paranoid”.
He said: “I have been accused of workaholism but most people go to work every day. They have three or four weeks off a year and nobody says to them, ‘You’re a workaholic’. I’m very good at [downtime] actually. I’m very good at walking round, very good at coffee, very good at bookshops, very good at listening to music…
“I love to sit in a cafe with a book, and I don’t feel guilty about it because, when I do work, it’s scary. If you want to get paranoid, go on a film set. There are 100 people, then someone says ‘action’ and the other 98 people start looking at you. I always think I can’t do it, so my life has been a series of surprises.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Morgan Freeman is set to star in Colin Powell biopic.
The 80-year-old movie legend has landed the roll as the former American Secretary of State in an upcoming movie titled ‘Powell’, Variety Online has reported.
The forthcoming movie will follow Powell’s career and will focus on his memorable speech presented to the United Nations in 2003, which saw him plea for the removal of Saddam Hussein after information had leaked that the Iraqi dictator – who died in 2006 – was creating nuclear weapons.
The movie will also explore Powell’s 65th tenure in the position, where he served under former US President George W. Bush for four years from 2001 to 2005.
‘The Shawshank Redemption’ star will work with director Reginald Hudlin who is attached to create the movie, alongside Ashok Amritraj’s company Hyde Park Entertainment, as well as Lori McCreary from Freeman’s own production company Revelations Entertainment.
Hudlin will work with a script penned by Ed Whitworth, which featured on the 2011 Black List.
Hyde Park Entertainment’s Priya Amritraj and Addison Mehr will executive produce the movie alongside Revelation entertainment’s Kelly Mendelsohn.
And Freeman is set for a busy year ahead as he will not only be working on ‘Powell’, but he is also set to appear in Disney’s ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’.
Meanwhile Freeman, who made his movie debut in ‘Who Says I Can’t Ride a Rainbow?’ in 1971, has admitted though he doesn’t want to quit the entertainment industry becoming an actor is a “big risk”.
Speaking previously about his career, he said: “Becoming an actor is a big risk. I don’t get what your reasons for doing it; you’re going to have to step off the cliff. And timing is everything – where you are and when. There were times I feared I’d be an old man and never have got to do what I wanted. I just couldn’t get arrested when I was a younger man, and now I’ve reached retirement age, it seems Hollywood won’t let me retire.
“Of course, I can afford to retire but now I do it for the fun. As I started to move as an actor, at some point I got to a place where I knew that becoming an actor was a mistake, because you can’t ever disappear.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Lethal Bizzle has urged fans to support Chris Hughes and Kem Cetinay’s rap track ‘Little Bit Leave It’ because he’s getting a “percentage” of the royalties.
The ‘Love Island’ duo used the 33-year-old grime star’s famous phrase “Leave It” from his 2011 single ‘Leave It Yeah’ without his permission in their debut solo single last month and, although he was initially fuming for making money from him, they have now settled the feud and he wants people to download the song.
Speaking about the furore, the ‘Go Hard’ hitmaker – whose real name is Maxwell Owusu Ansah – told 4music’s Trending Live: “I just felt it was quite distasteful that they would come into our culture and take things from me and not give the right credit that was deserved. In their defense, they were very cool and realised and I don’t think they did it on purpose. There’s no more beef … support the song because I’m getting a percentage now.”
The reality TV stars came up with the song with fellow ‘Love Islander’ Marcel Somerville – who is part of Blazin’ Squad – as part of a talent show task.
It peaked at 15 in the charts, and Bizzle released a video on his Twitter account earlier this month expressing how annoyed he was over the rap.
But he now thinks the track has credibility because it is catchy and was produced by Grime maestro ZDOT.
He added: “You know what it’s not too bad, it’s quite cool. The beat, The producer is a well know grime producer. I really don’t have a problem with it, I just thought the whole element they took, they thought they could run with it and could use their reality status.”
However, he wasn’t the only one looking for a song writing credit, as Marcel also posted a cryptic tweet reminding the pair about his involvement in the song.
In a tweet that has since been deleted, Marcel wrote: “Boys the tune sounds sick!!! I hope u did the right thing with the chorus & bars I wrote.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Great British Bake Off’ bosses are struggling to get “prestigious” celebrities to star in forthcoming charity episodes that will raise money for Stand Up to Cancer.
The likes of Samantha Cameron, Geri Horner, Kimberley Walsh, Louise Redknapp and Dame Edna Everage jumped at the chance to tackle the heat in the infamous tent before Channel 4 snatched the show from the BBC in a mega-money deal last year.
However, Channel 4 producers have struggled to attract the same level of famous faces for the forthcoming specials.
A source told The Sun: “They are terrified that they’ll be forced to cast C-list dregs from reality shows at this rate.
“It has come as a bit of a shock as the previous standard for celebrity specials was really high, with prestigious politicians, pop stars and even Hollywood names desperate to show off their baking prowess.”
Jamie Laing is one of the stars reportedly signed up for the new series, while Kate Moss’ younger sister Lottie is also rumoured to be donning an apron for the show.
While bosses are frantically trying to secure an impressive line-up, the programme’s judge Prue Leith is yet to hear whether her contract has been extended.
The 77-year-old restaurateur has won over the hearts of the nation with her brutal judging manner on the baking show over the past few months but, despite her successful first stint, Channel 4 are yet to enlighten her on her future with them.
She said: “I’m still hoping Channel 4 will ask me back for the second series. They’ve asked me about timings and schedules but I’ve not seen or heard anything about a contract. It could all change, like ‘The X Factor’.”
Although her co-stars Paul Hollywood, Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding would love to see her return, Prue has admitted she’s using her time now to get back into writing.
She explained: “I actually gave up writing before ‘Great British Bake Off’. I’d been doing it [writing cookbooks and novels] for years and it took up too much time. But I’ve been coaxed back into it and now I’m writing and cooking more than ever. It’s a busy time.”

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