OHMYGOSSIP — Gemma Atkinson has quit ‘Emmerdale’.
The 32-year-old actress – who plays Carly Hope in the ITV soap – will be reportedly “taking an extended break” from the role so she can focus on her Bollywood career.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Gemma has loved her time in ‘Emmerdale’ and isn’t saying it’s for good.
“But she’s taking an extended break to focus on other avenues. She loves doing the radio and also wants to broaden her horizons on the acting front.”
It comes after Gemma – who made her Bollywood debut in thriller ‘Fever’ in 2016 – recently confirmed she would be joining the Breakfast team at Key 103 radio in Manchester from February.
She said at the time: “It’s official!!!! I’ll be joining the @key103manchester Breakfast team from February 2017 … So happy to be part of such a wonderful team. Tune in from 6am until 10am weekdays. (sic)”
And Gemma previously admitted she was “really excited” about starring in a Bollywood movie.
She shared: “It’s really exciting. I’ve had loads of nice messages from people over in India. Being involved with a Bollywood is amazing. Someone told me their film scene is bigger than Hollywood and I couldn’t believe it.”
The brunette beauty recently confessed she is in no rush to start dating again after she split from fitness trainer Olly Foster last year.
She said at the time: “Sometimes there are people in your life and it’s just not working out the way you thought. We’ll always be in each other’s life but just as friends.
“We went on a road trip the other week together. Now I can’t get away with ditching sessions as he’s quite strict with me. I’m happily single. I’ve got the dogs and lots going on professionally. It’s nice to be on my own for a bit.
“I have not even thought about dating. I will give it a few months. I’m one of those people who like their own company. I don’t need anyone.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Daniel Mays is set to star in the new BBC Two drama ‘Against the Law’.
The 38-year-old actor has been cast as journalist Peter Wildeblood in the upcoming production, which will depict the 1954 gay sex trials involving him, former Conservative English politician Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, his cousin Michael Pitt-Rivers and Eddie McNally.
And Daniel has admitted he is “incredibly proud” to be part of the re-telling of an “important-real-life story”.
Speaking about his latest venture, Daniel said: “I’m incredibly proud to be part of a drama that tells such an important real-life story. Peter Wildeblood is a fascinating, complex, yet flawed character from a time when being a gay man in Britain was incredibly difficult – I can’t wait to bring his tale to life for the BBC Two audience.”
The dark-haired hunk will star alongside his on-screen lover McNally, played by Richard Gadd and Charlie Creed-Miles as Superintendent Jones.
The plot will follow the escapades of the group of men, the conniving plot to uncover their homosexual relationships, including Peter’s sentence to London’s Wormwood Scrubs prison, and his plan of action to challenge the homophobic laws.
‘Against The Law’ will include real-life testimonies from people living in the 1950s who endured a number of punishments for their sexuality and treatments in an attempt to cure them, as well as statements from retired police officers who were forced to put laws to reprimand gay people into place.
The entertainment network has decided to launch the forthcoming series to celebrate 50 years since homosexuality criminalisation was partially banned in England and Wales, and the new legislation, which was put into place last month, pardoning approximately 50,000 men for being disciplined for having same-sex romances.
And BBC Two are excited to shed light on the historical event.
Patrick Holland – who is the Channel Editor at BBC Two – said: “50 years ago, it was a crime to be a gay man in the UK. ‘Against the Law’ is a stunning piece that melds drama and documentary testimony to tell the story of one man, and his wider generation, as they struggled to make society accept their sexuality as non-criminal.”
‘Against the Law’ is set to hit UK TV screens later this year.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jeremy McConnell thinks it’s “disgusting” that his ex-girlfriend Stephanie Davis has named her newborn baby son after some “random” guy she met at a nightclub.
The 26-year-old Irish hunk – who is yet to find out for definite whether he’s the father of the tot – is devastated that the former ‘Hollyoaks’ actress has given her three-week-old son Caben-Albi his forename after she met someone with the odd moniker last year.
Speaking to The Sun Online, he said: “Regardless of the name, if she met a fella on a night out and named the baby after him then it’s disgusting and hurtful.
“If that’s my child, he’s been named after a guy she met in a club and I’ll be calling him that for the rest of his life. I wish she could have waited until after the DNA test. It doesn’t matter what the name it, it’s the principle.”
Stephanie revealed she’d chosen Caben’s name before he’d been born after she met someone with the unusual moniker while holidaying in Jersey over the summer period.
She said at the time: “I’ve picked my boy’s name! It’s not Albi but that will definitely be a middle name. I’m going to keep it a secret for now but I will say it’s something different – I’ve not heard it before! It’s like a movie star name. We got it when a guy started talking to me while I was with my friends recently and he said his name when he left – we just all looked at each other and knew, so thanks to him! My mum loves it but my brother’s weren’t so sure to start with – but I think they want a proper lad’s name.”
Meanwhile, Jeremy – who started dating Stephanie after they met in the ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ house last January – is patiently waiting for a DNA test to be carried out on the 23-year-old beauty’s behalf so that he can know for sure he’s the father.
However, he’s already convinced the tot is his because he looks like his sister.
He explained: “The child is beautiful I can see a resemblance to myself. But he looks more like my sister. He looks like me and I want to be the father, but I just need that reassurance, just for myself.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Louisa Lytton wants to return to ‘EastEnders’.
The 28-year-old actress waved goodbye to Albert Square back in 2006 when she bowed out as Ruby Allen but she has admitted she’d be open to a comeback if the bosses were able to weave her back into the storyline over the next coming months.
Speaking on ‘Lorraine’ on Wednesday (08.02.17), Ruby – who appeared on the soap for just over a year – said: “I could go back – I’m not dead! I left in the back of a taxi. I could go back but there are no family members there.”
Ruby was last seen in Walford over a decade ago when she left in the back of a taxi after she fell out with her best friend Stacey Fowler – portrayed by Lacey Turner – when her relationship with her boyfriend Sean Slater (Robert Kazinsky) broke down.
She added: “I loved my time [on ‘EastEnders’] and it was my launching pad.”
Louisa later starred as PC Beth Green in ITV’s ‘The Bill’, competed as a celebrity on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and is now currently starring as Rizzo in the touring theatre production of ‘Grease’ alongside The Wanted’s Tom Parker.
Although her return to ‘EastEnders’ is just whispers at the moment, bosses of the long-running soap are used to bringing back some familiar faces as Michelle Fowler (portrayed now by Jenna Russell) has just made a shock comeback to the Square.
It’s also thought Jo Joyner will reprise her role as Tanya Branning, who left Walford in 2013 and made a brief cameo in the 2015 anniversary episode, sometime this year.
But while people are coming and going from the show, one person who will be sorely missed is Danny-Boy Hatchard as he’s set to bow out as former soldier Lee Carter, who is currently battling with severe depression, over the next coming weeks.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Stephanie Davis can’t believe Jeremy McConnell would “stoop so low to challenge” her to a paternity test live on national television.
The 26-year-old Irish hunk appeared on ‘This Morning’ on Wednesday (08.02.17) to have a DNA test done in order to find out once and for all whether he’s the father of her three-week-old son Caben-Albi but, less than an hour after his on-screen appearance, the former ‘Hollyoaks’ star has lashed out at him for airing their dirty laundry in public so soon after she’s given birth.
Taking to her Twitter account, the 23-year-old beauty uploaded the statement from her representatives that was read out on the brunchtime show and added: “It is upsetting to think that Jeremy would stoop so low to challenge the mother of his baby to a DNA test live on television when it was already in hand.
“This shows how little concern he has for Caben and this is already being dealt with privately. Caben and Stephanie have only been out of hospital for a few weeks, however after spending nine months denying that he is the baby’s father, we cannot believe Jeremy has the audacity to turn the situation around and bring all of this very much into the media circus, on his terms only.”
The brunette star also uploaded a series of screengrabs from tweets Jeremy sent out last year in which he denied he’s the father of little Caben-Albi after he spent most of the interview today pleading that he’s “never once” denied he’s the little one’s dad.
Jeremy wrote at the time: “She’s not pregnant with my child, come on.”
To which a fan – who goes by the handle Leann Lewis – replied: “Do you know that for definite as your child will be able to read press stories and things that have been said one day.”
The heavily-inked heartthrob then added: “It’s all lies. I’ve been told by her friends.”
ITV carried out the paternity test this morning, which saw Jeremy’s mouth swabbed, and the sample will now be sent off to the lab.
Host Phillip Schofield said: “ITV use a very reputable company so we’ve acted as a mediator here. We don’t want to know the results, we don’t want anything to do with it other than the fact you can say you’ve had the DNA test. The nurse came in this morning, that will now be sent off to the lab and will be held there securely.”
However, Jeremy may still be kept in the dark as Stephanie – who wanted the hunk to sign an “unreasonable” contract in order to have the test done on her terms – still has to agree to have her newborn swabbed by the nurse at ITV to get the results.
The pair first started dating in January last year after they met in the ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ house but, following a series of blazing rows once they left the abode, they decided to call it quits and have been at loggerheads ever since.

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘This Morning’ carried out a paternity test for Jeremy McConnell today (08.02.17).
The brunchtime show have decided to act as a mediator between the Irish hunk and his ex-girlfriend Stephanie Davis by arranging a DNA test to find out once and for all whether he’s the father of the brunette beauty’s three-week-old son Caben-Albi.
Host Phillip Schofield said: “ITV use a very reputable company so we’ve acted as a mediator here. We don’t want to know the results, we don’t want anything to do with it other than the fact you can say you’ve had the DNA test. The nurse came in this morning, that will now be sent off to the lab and will be held there securely.”
However, the 26-year-old heartthrob may still be kept in the dark as Stephanie – who wanted Jeremy to sign an “unreasonable” contract in order to have the test done – still has to agree to have her newborn swabbed by the nurse at ITV to get the results.
Jeremy said: “If he is my flesh and blood then I will step up to my responsibilities. I want to step up to the plate but I’m not being given that opportunity at the moment, my hands are tied. She banned me from the birth. There was no contact though. My responsibility as a father starts when the baby is born. I don’t owe anything to Steph. If she had asked me to be at the birth then I would have been there 100 per cent.”
The former couple – who got together in the ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ house in January last year – have been in a very public war of words since they called time on their relationship at the end of April 2016 but he has admitted he decided to cut ties with the 23-year-old actress at the time because he didn’t want to put the then-unborn baby at risk.
He explained: “We broke up at the end of April and it was closer to the end of May that I found out she was pregnant. She called me and said she’d just done a blood test and found out she was pregnant. There was a lot of mixed emotions going through my head at that point but obviously when you break up with someone you have lingering feelings and you’re texting and you’re calling them and there was certain activity I wasn’t happy … The reason I didn’t get back with her and supported her through the pregnancy was because the relationship was so toxic and I just wasn’t putting myself, her and the baby at risk of anything.”
The heavily-inked star has continuously denied cheating on Stephanie throughout their four-month relationship but he has now revealed he did sleep with a number of girls while they were arguing towards the end of their romance.
He said: “Yeah there was some girls. There were incidents where I felt like I did and I held my hands up to that. There was more than one time, which I don’t feel great for but there was reasons. We were on and off. The arguments were too much. I think Steph was faithful when we were together.”
Despite the bitterness between him and Stephanie, Jeremy is still hoping he’s the father of Caben-Albi and is adamant he’s never “once said” he’s not the dad.
He said: “I’ve never said once that I’m not the father … I hope I am the dad.”
But Jeremy hasn’t always been so certain as just last June – a month after Stephanie revealed her pregnancy – he refused to believe she was even expecting a little one.
He said at the time: “Look, if she is pregnant it’s not my kid.
“It was a known thing that we spoke about after we broke up, that she came on. She had her period. We had been broken up.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Russell Grant is to perform as Diana Ross for ‘Let’s Sing And Dance For Comic Relief’.
The former ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ contestant – who turned 66 on Sunday (05.02.17) – is over the moon that he gets to pick up his dancing shoes once again and belt out the lyrics to the music legend’s 1985 classic ‘Chain Reaction’ in the name of charity.
Of his new gig, he said: “This is the best birthday present to be taking part in ‘Let’s Sing And Dance’ for this great charity. I was 66 last week and to be asked to do my bit in such a spectacular way is amazing.
“I’ve played Edna in ‘Hairspray’ and Madame Arcati in’ Blithe Spirit’ and now ‘Chain Reaction’ – think Russell as Divine with a tribute to Diana Ross: it’s Viva la Diva!”
The brand new version of the BBC charity show comes with a twist as the celebrities will have to also sing as well as perfect their dance moves.
Joining the much-loved Astrologer is comedienne Sara Pascoe and former ‘Coronation Street’ star Sally Lindsay.
The latter is to channel her inner rock star by portraying iconic glam band Slade’s frontman, Noddy Holder, and is hoping to impress the 70-year-old retired musician with her moves.
Sally said: “I’m thrilled to be performing on ‘Let’s Sing And Dance For Comic Relief’ and can’t stop laughing when I think about it! I hope Noddy will still speak to me after!”
The celebrities will face a judging panel comprised of comics Frank Skinner, Jo Brand and Jason Manford and ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ star Jennifer Saunders.
They will have the job of deciding who will make it through to the final of the competition alongside the viewers’ vote.
Also competing as a team are ‘The One Show’ presenters Angellica Bell, Iwan Thomas, Alex Riley, Michelle Ackerley and Dominic Littlewood.
Heading up the four-part-series is former ‘Great British Bake Off’ co-hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.
Sue, 47, said: “I’m thrilled to be co-presenting ‘Lets Sing and Dance for Comic Relief’, not least because it will finally show the world why I was voted West Penwith’s Krumping Champion (over 40s category).”
And Mel, 48, added: “Since leaving the Royal Ballet twelve years ago, Mel is really looking forward to getting back on her points and showing the brave Comic Relief celebrity dancers how to split leap and ball change.
“She’s delighted to be taking time out from her busy schedule at the Royal Opera House (she was recently called ‘a complete and utter Tosca’ in the starring role of the eponymous opera) to take part in co-hosting duties for ‘Let’s Sing And Dance For Comic Relief’.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Bianca Gascoigne didn’t know Jamie O’Hara had dumped her.
The 30-year-old glamour model understands why the handsome footballer has called time on their short-lived romance for the sake of his sons Archie, six, Harry, five, and George, three, whom he has with his ex-wife Danielle Lloyd, but wishes he’d had the decency to inform her of his abrupt decision before he announced it to the world.
Speaking to Digital Spy, she said: “I totally respect his decision, obviously children should always come first. It would have been more respectful to hear the news from him first rather than reading about it in the newspapers.”
The 30-year-old heartthrob started romancing the blonde bombshell after they met in the ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ house last month but, just four days after they were released from the famous abode, Jamie told his friends he was ending things between them.
A source close to the athlete explained: “They are going to remain firm friends but Jamie needs to spend time with his family first and focus on other things in his life. They had a great time in the ‘CBB’ house but unfortunately it has come to an end.”
Although she seems fine about the split now, Bianca – who is the daughter of footballing legend Paul ‘Gazza’ Gascoigne – was no doubt confused when she heard the news plastered online, as just days before Jamie had referred to her as “the one”.
He said at the time: “She’s definitely got that potential [to be the one]. She’s someone I want to have in my life. She’s got her situation to sort out [with her ex-boyfriend] but I’m happy with whatever she wants to do. I’ll enjoy spending time with her outside of the house and we’ll take it from there. I didn’t know she had a boyfriend. We were living in the moment so it was hard to know the real situation on the outside.”
However, Bianca isn’t completely innocent herself as she came under fire earlier this month when it was revealed she had been in a relationship with cage fighter CJ Meeks when she entered the abode at the beginning of January.

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Love Island’s Olivia Buckland and Alex Bowen have agreed to divulge juicy details about their flamboyant sex life on a new saucy chat show.
The couple – who met on ITV2’s dating series last summer and are now engaged to be married – have signed up for the celebrity version of Channel 5’s forthcoming series of ‘Sex Pod’ and will give their adoring fans an insight into their bedroom antics.
A source told the Daily Star newspaper: “The show is a chance for people to chat frankly about sex and ask questions they haven’t had the guts to ask before. Fans will get to find out what Olivia and Alex’s sex life is really like.”
‘Geordie Shore’s Nathan Henry, Chloe Ferry and Kyle Christie have also agreed to appear in the forthcoming sexy installment and they will be joined by the likes of ‘The Only Way is Essex’s Jon Clark and ‘The Ibiza Weekender’s Jordan Davies.
Meanwhile, Olivia and Alex are set for a busy year throughout 2017 as they’re planning their wedding after the hunk got down on one knee during a romantic trip to New York.
Olivia said: “It’s crazy mad. It still hasn’t sunk in. I feel like we’re still boyfriend and girlfriend but that’s not the case! It was a complete shock. He said he wouldn’t be doing it in New York and then… We’re going to look at venues soon because the get booked up so quickly. We definitely want a big country manor house, hopefully in Essex. I want the ceremony and the reception in one place so it’s easier for people.”
And the blonde beauty has taken it upon herself to organise the wedding but will allow her beau to get involved if he wants to – although she’ll always have the final say.
She explained: “I think a wedding is such a girl’s priority, they always organise it. Alex wants to be involved and he definitely has his say, but we haven’t disagreed on anything yet. I don’t know if he’s just agreeing with me to be a good fiance?”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Simon Cowell was wowed by a record-breaking sausage-eating dog at the ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ auditions this week.
The animal-loving panellist and his fellow judges, Alesha Dixon, David Walliams and Amanda Holden, delighted in the “chaos” which leonberger Hagrid brought to the London Palladium as he tried to beat his own Guinness World Record for the most sausages caught by a dog in 30 seconds.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Simon’s face lit up when Hagrid walked on stage. At first just his owners were on stage dancing, then out of nowhere he ran on.
“The crowd were in stitches and the judges loved it. It was absolute chaos.
“His owners promised if he made it through to the next round Hagrid would attempt to break even more records.”
Hagrid’s owners, Sarah and David Woodthorpe-Evans, previously admitted they like to “show off” their massive mutt and had considered hiring him an agent.
Sarah previously told the BBC: “We like showing him off. We go to all the dog shows purely to let people know about the breed.
“We’re intrigued about getting him to do some movie or TV work – we might get him an agent.
“Wherever we go, people stop us to ask the same questions – how much does he weigh, how much does he eat, does he have a saddle? He really is the most impressive creature.”
Hagrid dines on two or three turkey carcasses every other day, which Sarah buys from a nearby farm.
She said: “He has those every other day. In between that he has a kilogram of tripe for his dinner.
“He’s 80cm from floor to shoulder, but if he puts his paws on my shoulders, his head is well above mine. He’s 6ft fully outstretched.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jeremy McConnell has begged Stephanie Davis to give him the paternity test he wants.
The 36-year-old star has implored the former ‘Hollyoaks’ actress to finally let him know whether he is, in fact, the father of her three-week-old son Caben-Albi.
Jeremy – who started a relationship with Stephanie after they starred on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ in 2016 – said: “I do believe I am the father. I want the baby to be mine, I can see a resemblance.
“I never said the baby wasn’t mine, all I said was that there was a doubt because she was with other men in the first two weeks of April.
“Before we went to Cape Verde, we were broken up for two weeks – and I have no idea who she was sleeping with then.”
Despite the turbulent nature of their love life, Jeremy has insisted he was thrilled when Stephanie first told him he was set to become a dad.
However, Jeremy also said he made the right decision in choosing to walk away from their relationship, after numerous failed attempts to make the romance work.
Speaking to The Sun Online, he recalled: “I was delighted. I was buzzing. I told her I loved her and I would be there for her.
“My initial reaction was to go straight to her … but I didn’t.
“Maybe I regret it a little now, but I know I’ve done the right thing.
“Things were so bad between us that going back to her could have been harmful for her and the baby.
“I loved her so much, I didn’t want to take that risk.”
Jeremy made a conscious decision to remain quiet after Stephanie announced her pregnancy, with the reality TV star explaining he didn’t want to cause her and the baby undue stress.
He shared: “It’s been killing me to stay quiet.
“People think I’m in denial, but I just want reassurance. That’s it.
“If I’m the dad I will be delighted and I’ll be civil with Steph. I want us to work together and do the best for our son. But she’s making it really hard for me at the moment.”
Meanwhile, Jeremy has accused Stephanie, 23, of parading her newborn son around like “the FA Cup” and claimed she is using Caben-Albi in order to make the transition from being an actress to a full-time reality TV star.
He said: “Having a baby has changed the public’s perception of Steph – now she’s a powerful, single woman doing it all on her own.
“That’s her image changed. Her work has changed – she was never going to get any of that ‘Loose Women’ stuff before.
“I’m pleased to see her doing so well, but I can’t help but feel she’s used the baby to defame my name.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Len Goodman and Will Young have reportedly ended their feud.
The former ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ head judge snapped at the 38-year-old singer and told him to “turn up, keep up, and shut up” during his time on the BBC Latin and ballroom dance competition last year after he refused to take criticism on his Salsa.
Sources now claim Will – who quit the show the following week citing “personal reasons” – has put his differences aside and was spotted at the Manchester leg of ‘Strictly Come Dancing Live!’ where he “shook hands and made up” with the 72-year-old star.
An insider told The Sun newspaper: “Will decided to make a little visit down to the tour but didn’t want to make too much of a fuss about it.
“He joined the cast back at The Lowry Hotel after the show and was spotted laughing and joking with Len by the lifts. They shook hands and made up.”
Previously, Len – who stepped down from his role as head judge at the end of last year’s series – spoke out about the comments he made to Will, saying he would have been less harsh if the ‘Leave Right Now’ hitmaker hadn’t talked back to him.
He said: “I told him I would have liked to have seen a bit more Salsa content and he said ‘well there was 24 bars of recognisable’ and I said ‘well I didn’t see it’.
“I then said ‘turn up, keep up and shut up’. I was going to say ‘turn up, keep up and never give up’ because I had that in my head as a line for some time which would have been nice.
“But because he went on like that and I had that little line in my head it ended up as it ended up.”
And despite Will’s sensational exit shortly after their spat, Len insisted that it wasn’t his fault.
He said at the time: “It was unfortunate that he went the week I said to him he has to ‘turn up, keep up and shut up’.
“But it wasn’t said in a vicious way. I said there wasn’t enough content which really isn’t even a pop at him – it’s a pop at the choreographer.
“I did ask other people if it was because of that he packed it in and I’ve been assured it wasn’t.”

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