OHMYGOSSIP — Bill Oddie thinks ‘Springwatch’ has been “squeezed” to death.
The 76-year-old conservationist presented the series – including ‘Autumnwatch’ and ‘Winterwatch’ – from 2005 until 2009 and, although he’ll always love the concept of the show, he thinks the BBC have killed it because they haven’t changed the format.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper, he said: “They have squeezed every inch out of ‘Springwatch’ – you know, like ‘Winterwatch’, ‘Autumnwatch’, ‘Watchwatch’.
“All the BBC seem to do is fish around for years until they hit a format, then they stick with it and kill it and flog it to death. They’re obsessed.”
And, although he usually fronts shows that involve animals, the 76-year-old TV presenter and renowned bird watcher recently admitted he was offered a large wad of cash to enter Channel 5’s ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ house last month, but he had to reject the offer because he didn’t want to miss the Rutland bird fair.
Taking to his Twitter account, he said at the time: “I was offered a humungous amount of money to do ‘Celebrity Big Brother’, but it clashed with THE BIRD FAIR at Rutland water this weekend (sic).”
And ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ isn’t the only reality TV show the comedian has turned down as he’s also snubbed the chance to do ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ – twice.
He explained: “Reality shows I have been asked to be on – ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here (twice), ‘Celebrity Big Brother’, ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and ‘The Voice’ (sic)”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ruth Langsford is “loving” her ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ training.
The 57-year-old television presenter is set to take to the dance floor with her professional partner Anton du Beke for the first time on Saturday (23.09.17), and has said her training for the BBC Latin and ballroom dance competition as been “a lot of fun” so far.
She said: “I’m loving the training, and Anton is a fabulous partner and we have a lot of fun. He keeps pretending to lift me, I’m dreading lifts.”
However, it’s not been plain sailing for the ‘This Morning’ presenter, as she admits she has been “dreadful” at dancing the waltz, because she keeps forgetting each “little section” of the complicated ballroom number.
Speaking during an appearance on ‘Loose Women’ on Monday (18.09.17), Ruth said: “The thing is, I’m learning … I’m doing a waltz, and I’m learning it in little sections but every time I try to put two or three bits together I mess it up. And on Friday, when we finished on Friday evening, he said ‘Let’s just do the whole thing once’, and I was dreadful. Seriously, I was dreadful. And now I’ve had two days [off] over the weekend, so I’ll probably go in today and won’t remember any of it.”
Meanwhile, Ruth recently admitted she has been plagued with fears that her body is too out of shape to do well, and has thought “every negative thought possible” in the run up to the show.
She said: “The nerves have started very badly for me. I had a real jitter. I got up very early yesterday and did that thing of, ‘Err, what day is it? Where am I supposed to be?’
“Then every negative thought I could possibly think about doing ‘Strictly’ suddenly was there. I was thinking I haven’t trained enough, I’m too fat, I’m too old, I’m too busy, I can’t do it. I had to get up because I got myself in such a state.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Mollie King feels “lucky” to be partnered up with AJ Pritchard for this year’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ because he’s a “sweetheart” and a very “beautiful boy.”
The Saturdays singer sparked rumours she and the professional dancer, 22, were falling for one another after they watched the launch show together earlier this month, but she’s adamant there’s no love in the air at the moment because she hardly knows him but she does admire his talent on the dance floor and thinks he’s very attractive.
The 30-year-old beauty said: “I think there’s always some kind of romance rumour so it didn’t surprise me but I hardly even know him well so far, so there’s no truth in that. But he’s such a sweet heart and obviously he is a beautiful boy so I’m very lucky.”
The pair will be doing the jive as their first routine this weekend and Mollie has admitted she’s really struggling because it’s so fast but she’s looking forward to showing off her new moves and has even been dreaming about the dance.
Speaking to HuffPost UK, she explained: “It’s so quick, it’s so fast [that] my feet are getting tangled up, but yeah, I can’t wait to go and do it. Fingers crossed that it goes OK. I can’t sleep without jiving in my head.”
The blonde babe came under fire last month when she revealed she’d signed up to compete in this year’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ because, coming from a band, fans assumed she’d had some dance training – making it unfair on the other competitors – but she’s adamant she’s terrible at shaking her hips and moving her feet.
She said previously: “People will assume I’ve had formal dance training but I haven’t. When I was in a ballet class aged three they said I danced like an elephant so I played football instead! I’m petrified I will tumble down the stairs on Saturday or forget the routine. I want to stay in it until the half way mark.
“I’m aware it does take over your life but I asked management to do it after seeing Frankie [Bridge, her band mate] on it a few years back and I’m so excited.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Danny Dyer will appear on ‘EastEnders’ for at least another two years.
Fans of the long-running soap were left devastated last week when they found out sisters Lauren and Abi Branning (Jacqueline Jossa and Lorna Fitzgerald) were being written out of the show as part of a forthcoming shocking festive storyline, but they need not to worry about loveable pub landlord Mick Carter – played by the 40-year-old actor – as the hunk has reportedly signed a new contract keeping him on screen until 2019.
A source told The Daily Star newspaper: “The last year has been a bit up and down for Danny and his character Mick. His on-screen wife Kellie Bright was off on maternity leave for a lot of it, so there was only so much they could do with him.
“But he’s had a meeting with [the new soap boss] John [Yorke] and is very excited about everything he’s got planned for Mick.
“It’s a slightly different path for his character – there’s going to be bother. It’s all top secret but fans won’t be disappointed, especially as Danny has signed for two years.”
The news that he’s taken pen to paper comes just days after he was reportedly overheard on set saying that he was still undecided about the extension.
The spy claimed Danny said: “This [‘EastEnders’] takes up my life this does. I ain’t signed yet. I’m meant to sign in October but I might elbow it.”
It’s also been suggested that Danny has been approached to compete in this year’s series of ”I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!’ but nothing has been confirmed yet.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Marty McKenna has claimed he’s been “sacked” from ‘Geordie Shore’.
The 23-year-old reality TV star – who has appeared on the boozy series since last year – has discovered he’s been dropped by the programme following his suspension earlier this year, but he’s fuming because he’s found out through the grape vine rather than bosses telling him to his face that they’ve decided to axe him permanently.
Taking to his Twitter account last night (17.09.17), Marty said: “So I won’t be going back to @mtvgeordieshore as I’ve been sacked according to a few people. F***** in thing is a liftin beg from @mtvex.”
He later added: “Yeah mate funny how everyone else know before f****** me. (sic)”
The hunk was removed from the infamous house in May after he and his co-star Scotty T infuriated bosses with their erratic behaviour and, as a consequence, they were banned from joining the rest of the cast in Italy for the summer special.
A source said at the time: “Marty is just as bad if not worse than Scotty. He parties hard and it can get too much at times.
“He didn’t fly out to Italy with the cast as producers had already made their minds up and knew he wouldn’t be continuing for the rest of the series.”
And it’s believed Scotty may find himself in a similar situation as Marty as he was suspended twice within six months due to his boozy behaviour this year.
A source said: “He was suspended last series for the very same thing and was told to go and sort himself out, which he did. But he is back at it again and they have had enough. They have banned him from filming the second half of the series.”
The news that the lothario has again been kicked off the show came just weeks after fans got excited when they heard he had been allowed to return to the house.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Gary ‘Gaz’ Beadle and his girlfriend Emma McVey are expecting a little boy.
The ‘Geordie Shore’ star has admitted he’s “buzzing” after he found out the sex of his unborn child because he’s always wanted a son and can’t wait to finally meet him.
Speaking to OK! magazine, he said: “We’re having a boy. For me, obviously, I wanted a boy, so I’m buzzing … I think he’ll be hyper! He’ll have lots of energy. I’ve got lots of mates who have little girls, but once they start wanting to wear make up and putting little dresses on, I wouldn’t have a clue what I was doing. With a boy at least he’ll get to that age where he’ll want to do sports and I can dress him properly.”
And the 29-year-old hunk thinks he’ll be a really “laid-back” dad but will discipline when he needs to and will make sure his child lives a very healthy and active lifestyle.
He explained: “I’ll be easy-going, but strict when I’ve got to be. There was give and take with my mam. I could do anything I wanted to, but I knew that if I got told off that I’d done something wrong. I’m going to be an active dad. When he’s two or three, he’ll be up in the morning playing football in the park. I can’t wait to have a little mate.”
And, although the little one isn’t due until January, the couple – who didn’t find out they were expecting until Emma was three months pregnant – have already chosen a name.
Emma, 25, said: “We are struggling a little bit, but Gaz is set on one.”
Gaz added: “Are we actually going with that name? I think we’ll have to.”
And Gaz has decided he’ll probably bow out of ‘Geordie Shore’ – the reality TV show that made him famous six years ago – in the near future because of his new dad role.
He explained: “I need to think about that as you can’t be on ‘Geordie Shore’ and have a kid. It would just be so wrong. This would be the perfect out. It’s like, I would love to be here, however I’m going to be a dad so I have to leave. I can’t be out getting p****d every night in Newcastle, and Emma’s at home pregnant. I’ve got a big decision to make, but if it’s my time, it’s my time.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Tommy Mallett and Georgia Kousoulou have lashed out at ‘The Only Way is Essex’.
The couple came under fire during last night’s (17.09.17) episode after the shoe designer made Megan McKenna – who has become the nation’s sweetheart following the launch of her country music career – cry by claiming she had “no friends”, and the abuse he received after his remarks has led to him launching a foul-mouthed rant.
Taking to his Twitter account after the episode, Tommy wrote in a since-deleted post: “After watching that scene… The only way is Essex can go f*** themselves… That’s all I’m saying. Big up Towie…. Little snakes (sic)”
After he erased his tweet, he quickly followed it up by sharing the quote: “People are blind to reality and only see what they want to see.”
He then claimed that fans will be back on his side next week when they watch the episode to follow and he’s not bothered if people continue to hate him.
He said: “You’ll love me next week… & if you don’t… Go brush your teeth (sic)”
The pair’s co-star Chloe Sims – who fell out with Megan and her boyfriend Pete Wicks during the last series before the summer – immediately jumped to their defence.
She wrote: “Just caught up #towie @MissGeorgiakx you are an absolute BOSS people got short memories your about the snide comments last series.”
And then added: “As for keep dragging up @tommy_mallet he just says what everyone else is too scared to. (sic)”
Tommy found himself in hot water after he claimed the only reason Megan had made up with the rest of the ‘Girl Band’ was because she didn’t have any friends left.
His comments then got back to the ‘High Heeled Shoes’ hitmaker – who claimed Number 1 and 2 in the iTunes Download Chart this month – and she burst into tears.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sam Fox thinks a “cat killer” has snatched her beloved moggy.
The former ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ star took to her Twitter account over the weekend to ask her fans to keep an eye out for her kitty Maxi – a light grey long hair – in the North East London area after he vanished over the weekend in the capital.
Alongside a photo of her pet, she wrote: “Our lovely cat Maxi is missing.
“He’s friendly & fluffy. Worried as cat killer loose North East London. 300 dead. Please tweet if you see him (sic)”
The 51-year-old model was referring to the horrific slaughter of household pets across the city in which more than 300 cats have been decapitated and hanged since 2014.
Sam’s desperate appeal comes off the back of a very loved-up summer in which she and her girlfriend Linda Birgitte Olsen – who she started dating last year – have been spending even more time together and watching their relationship blossom.
Speaking about her new love last year, the blonde bombshell said: “I’ve now [fallen] in love with another woman. I met somebody a couple of months ago and I’m very happy. As you get older life goes so quick.”
Sam’s romance with Linda came less than a year after her long-term partner Myra Stratton – who was also her manager for 16 years – tragically died from cancer.
However, despite moving on and finding love again, Sam is adamant Myra will always be part of her life and the only reason she agreed to do ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ last summer is because she wanted her to.
She said: “Myra wanted me to do this. We saw the producers two years ago when Myra got diagnosed. Before she died she told me she wanted me to do it.”
Sam had snubbed the chance to take part in the Channel 5 show every single year but finally agreed to join the house for four weeks after bosses reportedly slapped down an eye-watering amount of cash.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Love Island’s Jess Shears and Dom Lever have got engaged.
The couple have only been together a matter of months after they met in the famous villa over the summer months, but they’re certainly not hanging about as they’re set to walk down the aisle in the near future after the 26-year-old hunk got down on one knee and popped the question at the beginning of the month in an apartment in London.
Speaking to OK! magazine, Jess said: “It happened the night before the TV Choice Awards. We were staying in a lovely apartment in London. Dom filled it with flowers and had got us a bottle of champagne … I was grinning like a Cheshire Cat when Dom got down on one knee – he said afterwards that he had never seen me smile like that!”
Dom was initially planning to propose abroad but realised there was no time to book a holiday due to their work commitments and he was so desperate to get engaged.
He explained: “If I’d waited I don’t know when it would have had time to do it because we’re so busy at the moment. It felt like the right time.”
And, although their engagement is still very fresh, the pair are keen to get hitched as soon as possible and are hoping that they can arrange a wedding for next summer.
Jess, 23, said: “We’re thinking next summer. I’ve been thinking about my wedding day since I was a little girl so I’ve got loads of ideas …
“…We’d like to do it abroad, either in the south of France or somewhere in Greece like Santorini. We don’t want a big wedding, I only want our close friends and family there because, to me, that is what your wedding day is about.”
And, as soon as they’ve tied the knot, the pair are planning to have a baby.
Jess added: “We’re desperate for kids. I don’t think we’ll wait too long after we get married to start trying.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Benedict Cumberbatch’s latest role is the toughest of his career.
The 41-year-old actor stars in ‘The Child In Time’, the first ever TV adaptation of an Ian McEwan novel, and Benedict has admitted his latest on-screen role is a marked deviation from anything he’s previously done.
He shared: “It’s a part that is a million miles away from all the stuff I’ve done – especially the more famous one on telly – and that’s an appeal for me.
“I’ll always be shaking things up a little bit as far as expectations are concerned – not doing the usual or the unusually usual – and the extreme nature of the situation [in ‘The Child In Time’] is very unusual.”
The show centres on the story of a four-year-old girl going missing in a supermarket.
And Benedict – who has two young sons, Christopher and Hal, with his wife Sophie Hunter – admitted the storyline is “horrifically relatable”.
But he said, according to the BBC: “I don’t think you have to be a parent to understand. There are fantastic actors out there I’ve seen give extraordinary performances of parents in crisis, or just parents in fictional roles.
“It wasn’t like ‘oh great, I can get my teeth into something whereby I’ll be emotionally raw because I’m a new dad for the second time.’ It just happened that way.”
Meanwhile, Benedict also revealed he is his own worst critic.
The actor explained he is more severe on himself than any internet troll could ever be.
He said: “Trust me, the internet’s full of hate but it’s nothing compared to the self-critic in your head for brutality. I’ve said it all before they have.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Gemma Collins felt “powerless” when she was “really badly beaten” by an ex-boyfriend.
The 36-year-old TV personality has opened up about the horrific incident between her and her former lover, who has remained unnamed, and is alleged to have happened in 2014, which she has claimed saw her beaten to the floor, kicked “constantly” in the spine where she had suffered a fractured coccyx and was locked in her own flat.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper about the terrifying ordeal, the ‘Only Way Is Essex’ star said: “I was really badly beaten. I was powerless.
“He started beating me up and kicking me constantly on the floor repeatedly in the bottom of my spine, which he knows I had fractured coccyx.
“When he beat me enough to get me down on the floor then he didn’t stop there. He locked me in my flat – he then repeatedly kicked me, kicked me, kicked me – then for some reason he got disrupted and he walked into the bedroom and started smashing up the place in there.”
Although Gemma managed to flee her home by “crawling” down the stairs, she didn’t take the matter further, which she has admitted she now regrets.
She continued: “I managed to find the last bit of strength in me and I flipped the bolt open on the door and crawled down the stairs, blood dripping down my face and if it wasn’t for the neighbour at the bottom of the stairs – he called the police.
“I should have pressed charges but I was in love with that person. I was in shock and had a taxi outside my house waiting to take me to the airport.
“I can’t tell you what I said to them, it was just a blur. I dropped all the charges because I was too scared to see it through. I wish to this day that I saw it through.”
And Gemma has admitted being a victim of domestic violence “never leaves your mind” and she can’t “switch off” the fear that she may face the same problems again.
She added: “I go out on dates with new people but even if they move their arm too quick I jump because it never leaves your mind. I would consider myself a very strong person but even I wasn’t strong enough to switch off to it.”
This incident took place shortly before the reality star jetted off to Australia to take part in ‘I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!’, but Gemma has revealed prior to entering the show she was still subjected to mental abuse.
She continued: “I just had to forget it all and head to Australia. But when I was there, he was so mentally abusive.
“He was calling my phone and I told him to stop and I blocked his number and then I was having meetings with execs and was trying to prepare for the jungle.”
And Gemma has revealed the whole situation weighed on her mind during her stint on the show and forced her to quit the jungle.
She explained: “I had to do it but unfortunately when I got in there – I could not get it off my brain and as the days went on I was in so much pain. I am gutted that everyone thought I was a quitter and hungry but that’s not the truth.”
But Gemma is keen to return to the ITV programme to prove she is able to go ahead and bag the title Queen of the Jungle.
She said: “I do want to return to the jungle and prove what I could do. It was a terrible thing that happened.
“If I was to go back I wouldn’t have that first dread of going back. He is out of my life this time – don’t worry about that.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ben Stiller has heaped praised on screenwriter Mike White for his work on ‘Brad’s Status’.
The ‘Night at the Museum’ actor stars as Brad Sloan, a middle aged man left miserable by constantly comparing himself to his successful friends, and he explained he was drawn to the movie for tackling something that isn’t talked about in Hollywood.
Speaking to Collider, he said: “I think Mike is just an amazing writer, and he finds the truth in the scenes, and the places we don’t necessarily want to go to, the uncomfortable places, and then he finds the humour in that.”
Stiller – who provides his own character’s voiceover throughout – added that the ‘School of Rock’ writer seemed motivated by doing something against the grain, and surprising audiences with how the story was told.
He said: “He was interested in not doing a traditional movie. The structure’s there, it doesn’t go the way you think it might go. I think that’s because life is not like that.
“I read it and immediately connected with it just ’cause it was this idea I hadn’t seen approached in movies, I think, ever.
“What goes on in our heads all the time, on a moment by moment basis, in terms of how we’re comparing ourselves to each other all the time.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Paul Bettany has been hailed a “world class talent” by Ron Howard.
The 46-year-old actor has wrapped filming his undisclosed role in the stand-alone Han Solo movie and the director of the ‘Star Wars’ spin-off couldn’t have been happier with his performance.
Ron shared a picture of himself and Paul on Twitter and wrote: “Had to say goodbye to my friend @Paul_Bettany today. Another terrific performance from a world class talent.”
In response, the actor replied: “@RealRonHoward you’re too kind. I had the best time watching you make it all look easy. Love ya.(sic)”
And Paul – who previously collaborated with the director on ‘A Beautiful Mind’ and ‘The Da Vinci Code’ – admitted working on the film was the most fun he’d ever had.
He shared the same picture on Instagram and wrote: “Had the best time ever with Ron Howard. #StarWars (sic)”
The British actor previously admitted landing his mystery role in the film was a dream come true.
He shared a photo of himself and Ron earlier this month and wrote: “Dream come true.
#forcefriday #starwars #ronsaprince (sic)”
The ‘Han Solo’ spin-off movie is set to follow a younger version of the titular character, with Alden Ehrenreich taking over the iconic role from Harrison Ford.
Han and his wookie sidekick Chewbacca will be seen first meeting Lando Calrissian – played by 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.
The untitled Han Solo film will be released in May 2018.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kate Winslet finds it hard to relax when she’s having a break from shooting movies.
The ‘Mountain Between Us’ actress – who has daughter Mia, 16, and son Joe, 13, from previous marriages and three-year-old Bear with husband Ned Rocknroll – has to make getting enough sleep a “project” when she isn’t working because otherwise she doesn’t switch off and constantly worries about things she hasn’t done.
She said: “I’m not good at massages or spa days – I think I would just be thinking of all the things I needed to do when I got back…
“When I’m not working, I almost try to make sleep a project. I don’t sleep in the day or anything, but I try not to stay up until midnight doing things.”
The 41-year-old actress knows she can only rely on herself to get things done and always gives her projects her all, and will never complain about the task at hand.
She said: “My work ethic is no one is bloody going to do it for you. At the end of the day, if the chips are down and something goes wrong, you should only ever have yourself to blame.
“So dig deep, get on with it, and don’t complain.”
But Kate knows she has been “very lucky” with her career as she’s rarely had to take on other jobs to keep money coming in, unlike the other actors in her family.
She told Britain’s Glamour magazine: “I grew up surrounded by people who would go back to their day job between acting roles. My dad, my sister and my uncle would go and work in the sandwich place or the post office, waitressing or babysitting, and that’s what I did for a bit initially.
“Straight after ‘Heavenly Creatures’, I went back to the delicatessen. I was just very lucky that when I was 20, I was cast in ‘Titanic’. I didn’t have to go back to the deli after ‘Titanic’.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Angelina Jolie built a “spirit house” on the set for ‘First They Killed My Father’.
The 42-year-old actress-turned-director was “conscious” of dragging up painful history for Cambodians in her movie about the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, so nothing was more important for her than being respectful of the souls of those who died in the genocide.
She said: “We were conscious we were in the very country, on the very ground, where people were hurt and buried, and that we were recreating those times and a very particular negative energy, which is palpable for Cambodians, given they have such a strong sense of the spirits.
“Before we put actors in Khmer Rouge uniforms, we would have spirit houses on set, and incense and traditional offerings.”
And co-producer Rithy Panh recalled: “She came to make a film with us. She loves Cambodia sincerely, with humility. One thing I remember that stays with me.
“She asked me if I could build a small spirit house on set. Sometimes she would put incense, just as we do, to pay respect to the spirits and the souls at the location where we were shooting. She did it so naturally.”
The movie is based on Loung Ung’s memoir of the same name, but also on conversations with those who had lived through the Khmer Rouge regime, and Angelina ensured she had a team of therapists on hand for the people, as many of them had ever opened up before.
She told the Sunday Times Culture magazine: “Everything we learnt to make the film was something we were learning about the country itself — where the scars had settled, why we would need therapists on set — because so many people had never talked about their experiences before.”
And for Angelina, simply being able to make the film was a “success”, regardless of how well it fares at the box office.
Asked if she ever doubted it would work, she said: “Yes, I did. I was not sure, and so we stepped very lightly. For some films, making and releasing them is the success. For this film, being able to make it — having the ability to make it, and the country agreeing to it — was the success.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Cat Deeley had no idea Ant McPartlin was struggling with drink and prescription drug addiction.
The 40-year-old star reunited with her old ‘SM:TV’ co-hosts Ant and Dec for a sketch on their show ‘Saturday Night Takeaway’ earlier this year and she didn’t realise there was anything wrong with her old friend – who spent two months in rehab earlier this summer – because he seemed “absolutely fine”.
She said: “I didn’t know anything. The last time I saw them was in Florida when we did the ‘Missing Crown Jewels’ thing in Florida in April. Ant seemed absolutely fine.”
But the ‘Sing’ host is proud of Ant for seeking help and she doesn’t think his troubles will affect his career, other than to make his fans love him more.
She told Event magazine: “He is doing the right thing. If you need some help, get some help.
“Everybody has issues. He’s made the decision to do something about it, which should be applauded. Everybody makes mistakes. Everybody makes some silly choices at some time in their life. We all do it.
“I think he’s going to just get better and everyone’s going to love him even more for it. They’ll love him as much as I do.”
Cat – who will reunite with Ant and Dec for an ‘SM:TV reunion’ next year – admitted she doesn’t see the Geordie duo very often, but their friendship is still as strong as ever.
She said: “It’s weird, because we won’t speak for ages, and then we’ll see each other and it’s like no time has passed at all.
“‘SM:TV’ was a moment in all our lives when there was heartbreak and devastation and craziness and good times and that’s what makes you the person you are today.
“When you share that with people, no matter how much time goes by, they’re a massive part of your life.”

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