OHMYGOSSIP — Jean-Christophe Novelli’s son found out his baby brother had cancer at school.
The 55-year-old chef and his partner Michelle Kennedy, 40, were determined to keep Valentino’s battle with Neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancer which mostly affects babies and young children, a secret until they had come to terms with the diagnosis, but were forced to tell their eight-year-old son Jean the truth about his youngest sibling after his school friends started to talk about it in class.
Speaking on ‘This Morning’ on Monday (21.11.16), he said: “One day I was driving into school and my eldest said, ‘I don’t understand what is going on dad, everyone is mentioning Valentino at school.’ And then I realised that I’ve got to tell them the truth. I’ve got to tell them exactly what is going on. What cancer is. What chemo is.”
The couple – who also have four-year-old son Jacques together – saw their world fall apart two weeks ago when they were told their now-10-week-old son was diagnosed with the disease following a gruelling MRI scan and various blood tests.
He explained: “The scan experience was not going well because Valentino had difficulty to breathe. I was doing the school run and Michelle was saying that he was having like a heart attack and then when they got the scan ready, we discover this lump. We never got a straight answer and it took time to get the results and when the word tumour or cancer came up, it took about a week to find out that. And then we found out it was cancer, the next problem was what stage the cancer was at.”
Valentino was diagnosed with Stage 4S Neuroblastoma and was told doctors couldn’t operate on the lump because it was so close to his windpipe.
He is now undergoing chemotherapy but has a weakened immune system and needs 24-hour care, although Jean-Christophe thinks he’s making a vast improvement.
He said of the innocent little one: “He’s got no immune system … He’s looked after 24 hours a day … He’s actually doing very well.”
Although they’ve now got the diagnosis, Jean-Christophe and Michelle didn’t want to believe their baby had cancer as they have no family history of the disease.
He explained: “On both sides of the family, there is no history of cancer. On one evening, we were talking about cuddling the baby and for a second, we saw a spot on his neck and you don’t believe it. You think it is part of the growth, he’s taking the milk very well and straight away, we wonder if there’s something similar on the other side of the neck but there wasn’t. I managed to touch it and I could see it was something unusually hard. And I knew immediately it was not right.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Adele Silva has hinted that she’s set to return to ‘Hollyoaks’.
The 36-year-old actress portrayed blonde bombshell Angela Brown for seven episodes last year and, although her appearance was only meant to be temporary, she has teased that she’s managed to secure herself another contract for the popular soap.
Speaking to the Daily Star newspaper, she said: “I’m going to start working again after Christmas. I’ll be back on it. I don’t know what I’ll be doing. I’d definitely like to go back to ‘Hollyoaks’. I wouldn’t rule it out. My character is still alive so never say never.”
However, Adele has admitted playing Angelina, who was desperate to adopt a child after failing to fall pregnant, in programme was tough because she’s gone through a similar heartbreak as her alter ego after suffering three miscarriages herself.
She explained recently: “I know and understand what she is going through.
“I drew on my own personal experience for this role and in some ways, it really helped. Angela is desperate to have a child of her own.”
Although, unlike her character, Adele gave birth to her daughter Sienna in March 2015 and has been taking time off to focus on her little one.
She said of Sienna while working on ‘Hollyoaks’: “She’s amazing. I’m very lucky because my mum has been helping out, looking after the baby while I’ve been on set.”
And, although the Channel 4 soap is renowned for its good-looking cast members, Adele didn’t feel the pressure to lose her baby weight to fit in last year.
She said at the time: “It’s strange because ‘Hollyoaks’ has a bit of a ‘model’ mentality as all the girls are so beautiful, but I’ve not felt any pressure. My job is to act, not to look like a model.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Strictly Come Dancing’s Gorka Márquez had two teeth knocked out by a group of yobs just hours after the live show in Blackpool on Saturday (19.11.16).
The 26-year-old professional dancer has been forced to have emergency surgery on his gnashers after he was pounced on and punched in the face numerous times in an “unprovoked and random” attack while heading to Flamingo nightclub in Blackpool with his co-stars Aljaz Skorjanec and Neil Jones after the programme had wrapped.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Gorka and a few of the other dancers were heading to a nightclub to let their hair down after another brilliant show. All of a sudden this group of local louts came out of nowhere. One of them punched Gorka in the face and broke two of his teeth. Gorka was sober, he doesn’t drink.
“This was an entirely random and shocking attack on a group of friends simply trying to enjoy a night out. He wasn’t angry, he was just more shaken by the event.
“They went straight back to the hotel to see if he needed urgent medical care before going back to London for dental surgery.”
The handsome dancer and his partner Tameka Empson were eliminated from the competition just three weeks in, but he has continued to make appearances every week in the group performance and even trained and danced with Anastacia a few weeks ago when her partner Brendan Cole was struck down with a chest infection.
Gorka joined the remaining contestants in the seaside resort over the weekend for the show’s Blackpool Tower special and partnered fellow professional Janette Manrara in a routine to Rick Astley’s seminal 1987 hit ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’.
Despite being battered by a group of yobs over the weekend, Gorka is expected to rejoin the group this week for training ahead of the show in London this weekend.
A representative said: “Gorka was sadly the victim of an unprovoked incident in Blackpool on Saturday night but he will be back in training this week and is looking forward to the group routine next weekend.”
It’s also believed he will partner Frankie Bridge – who came runner-up in 2014 – for the forthcoming ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ Christmas special.

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OHMYGOSSIP — The ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ camp has been plagued with blood-sucking leeches.
The 12 famous faces – including Carol Vorderman, Larry Lamb, Lisa Snowdon, Danny Baker and Adam Thomas – have been dished out repellent spray and urged to check their belly buttons and clothing regularly for the parasite after a number of crew members found the worms on them.
Show medic Dr Bob McCarron told The Sun newspaper: “They are attracted to the time of the month and they’re attracted to heat. If it’s the time of the month they will seek out the nearest blood supply. We get camera crew finding them in their belly buttons. What they like to do is crawl into their socks and they do not even know it. If they walk in the rain they need to check themselves. In the first aid kit they have their own vinegar spray. Once you spray it they die.”
The leeches found in camp suck blood from humans and can cause infection if they are not removed properly, while other species of the segmented worms feed solely on decomposing bodies and open wounds of amphibians, reptiles, waterfowl, fish, and mammals.
The majority of leeches, which have been historically used in medicine to remove blood from patients, live in freshwater, but some can be found in terrestrial and marine environments.
But leeches aren’t the only thing the camp mates have been told to keep an eye out for, as eight funnel-webs, the world’s deadliest spider, and a brown snake, the world’s second most venomous land snake, have been found lurking in the show’s jungle in Murwillumbah, Australia.
Bob said: “In Australia we have the world’s most dangerous spider which is the funnel web. In fact this year in one of the camera hides we found eight. That’s the most we’ve ever found in one day.”
However, although security around the base has been kicked up a notch since the eight-legged creatures were found, Bob isn’t overly worried about the spiders as he has anti-venom on hand in case any of the stars do get bitten by them.
He explained recently: “There is an anti-venom and of course none of the celebs have ever been bitten by them – a couple of crew have been bitten in the past.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Adam Woodyatt’s 18-year-old son has started to walk unaided after he was run over by a car and had to be “put back together”.
The ‘EastEnders’ star’s boy Sam was mowed down by a motor as he was crossing the road in London on September 29 and had to undergo five hours of life-saving surgery before spending five weeks in a wheelchair, but he finally managed to walk by himself on Friday (18.11.16).
Speaking about the incident for the first time, Adam – who plays Ian Beale in the soap – wrote: “Sam was crossing the road and got hit by a car.
“The London Air Ambulance responded, treated him at roadside, put him into an induced coma and took him to the Royal London Hospital. I’m not going to go into all the details, that’s Sam’s business but the operation to put him back together took five hours.
“Up until last Monday he was in a wheelchair, on Tuesday he started on crutches, yesterday, Friday 18th November, he was walking up a staircase unaided. His recovery has been amazing and we are going to continue with the original plan.”
The 48-year-old actor and Sam are set to run the London Marathon next year in aid of the London Air Ambulance service.
Adam has set up a Just Giving page with the aim of raising to £3,750 for the service – of which he is a long-time ambassador for – but the pair were already planning to run the 26.2-mile race before the teenager’s accident.
Adam added on the webpage: “It sounded like a good idea when talking to a friend about how she managed it last year.
“Having been an Ambassador for the Air Ambulance Service for many years, I wanted to more actively fund raise now that both of my Children have gone to University.
“I then talked it through with my son Sam in mid September and we came up with the idea of him running it and me walking it as a kind of tortoise and the hare to show the difference in transfer times between an Ambulance and an Air Ambulance.
“In case you are wondering, I’m the tortoise, he’s still going to be the hare.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Adam Thomas is to face a horrifying Bushtucker Trial on ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ that the producers have been planning for five series.
The 28-year-old actor will be heading off to the Bushtucker Food Factory on Monday (21.11.16), where he will have to deal with “rotten veg in stagnant water”, as well as, a number of creepy crawlies in a trial that is “full of gross stuff”.
Speaking on the show’s spin-off ‘I’m A Celeb Extra Camp’, trial creator Ben said: “This is rotten veg in stagnant water and there’s going to be a few stars in there. This has been rotting for a few days and the water is from the swamp.
“There’s also going to be spiders especially for Adam because he hates them. There’s be rats in here as well.
“The trial has been planned for five series, we’ve had loads of gross stuff and we didn’t know where to put it and now it’s come together in one big factory – it’s full of our gross stuff.
“This 125 litres is of lard in a lard tunnel, this is the most disgusting stuff and he’s going to have to go right through there to get to the rest of the factory.
“I think he’s gonna smash through it but I think he’ll be retching.”
Showing the preview for the stomach-turning trial on Sunday’s (20.11.16) show, presenters Ant and Dec described it as “hell”.
They said: “It’s the factory floor from hell where they make nothing but misery.
“You’ll wish you’d never clocked on for a shift at the Bushtucker Food Factory.”
Meanwhile the ‘Emmerdale’ actor isn’t convinced he’ll be any good at collecting the stars and bringing home meals for his hungry camp mates.
He said when he was named for the task: “I’m going to be horrific at this.”
‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ continues on ITV at 9pm on Monday (21.11.16).

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ore Oduba is to co-host ‘This Morning’ alongside Holly Willoughby on Thursday (24.11.16).
The ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ star is said to have been given time off from rehearsing for the BBC ballroom and latin show in order to replace Phillip Schofield as a one-off as the 54-year-old silver fox has other commitments.
A source said: “He has agreed with BBC bosses to take some time out from rehearsals to do the show. Everyone is really excited.”
The hunky star is thrilled to have been chosen as Phillip’s replacement as he considers the award-winning programme to be “one of TV’s crown jewels”.
He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “I’m really excited to be hosting ‘This Morning’ with Holly.
I’ve watched and loved the show for years. For me, it’s one of TV’s crown jewels.
“I can’t wait to meet the team and huge thanks to Phillip for allowing me to hop into his seat for the day.”
The 29-year-old sports presenter was previously a guest on the ITV daytime show and said how much he loved the experience.
After his appearance earlier this month, he wrote on Twitter: “Tried to play it cool on air … Now we’re done can I j just say I love This Morning. Thanks for having me (sic)”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Adam Thomas is to face a horrifying Bushtucker Trial on ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ that the producers have been planning for five series.
The 28-year-old actor will be heading off to the Bushtucker Food Factory on Monday (21.11.16), where he will have to deal with “rotten veg in stagnant water”, as well as, a number of creepy crawlies in a trial that is “full of gross stuff”.
Speaking on the show’s spin-off ‘I’m A Celeb Extra Camp’, trial creator Ben said: “This is rotten veg in stagnant water and there’s going to be a few stars in there. This has been rotting for a few days and the water is from the swamp.
“There’s also going to be spiders especially for Adam because he hates them. There’s be rats in here as well.
“The trial has been planned for five series, we’ve had loads of gross stuff and we didn’t know where to put it and now it’s come together in one big factory – it’s full of our gross stuff.
“This 125 litres is of lard in a lard tunnel, this is the most disgusting stuff and he’s going to have to go right through there to get to the rest of the factory.
“I think he’s gonna smash through it but I think he’ll be retching.”
Showing the preview for the stomach-turning trial on Sunday’s (20.11.16) show, presenters Ant and Dec described it as “hell”.
They said: “It’s the factory floor from hell where they make nothing but misery.
“You’ll wish you’d never clocked on for a shift at the Bushtucker Food Factory.”
Meanwhile the ‘Emmerdale’ actor isn’t convinced he’ll be any good at collecting the stars and bringing home meals for his hungry camp mates.
He said when he was named for the task: “I’m going to be horrific at this.”
‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ continues on ITV at 9pm on Monday (21.11.16).

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ryan Lawrie has been kicked out of ‘The X Factor’.
The 20-year-old hopeful was booted from the show on Saturday night (20.11.16) after losing out in the sing-off to controversial contestant Honey G despite putting on a great performance of Ed Sheeran’s ‘Lego House’.
Speaking after his exit, he said: “The highlight has been the whole thing. Just being able to be on ‘X Factor’ and be here. Wow. I’m just so thankful I’ve been able to come sixth in the competition so thank you to every single person on the show because you changed my life.”
And Ryan was full of support for his girlfriend and fellow contestant Emily Middlemas.
Asked who he wants to win the show now he’s gone, he shared: “I hope Emily goes onto win it now.”
Honey G narrowly made it through to next week’s live shows after singing a mash up of ‘Get Ur Freak On’ and ‘Work It’.
Meanwhile, Ryan opened the show on Saturday evening (19.11.16) with ‘Jailhouse Rock’ and Louis Walsh was full of criticism for him, insisting he would never be better than fellow contestant Matt Terry.
He said: “There is a guy on this show called Matt who will always be better than you.”
However, Simon was more positive, adding: “I think this was your best performance of the whole show. It was the very first time you actually looked like you had fun.”
Honey’s performance received good comments from Simon Cowell but on Sunday night’s show (20.11.16), he admitted her performance wasn’t as good when he watched it back.
Speaking on Saturday, he told her: “You are infectious; every time you put on a show. Is it the best thing I’ve heard? No. Do I look forward to you coming back? Yes. It’s time to rip up the rulebook.”
Whilst Nicole Scherzinger pondered: “I love the energy. Towards the end, I started to wonder if I’m seeing the same thing week on week.”
‘The X Factor’ will return next weekend where the remaining contestants will sing songs to fit the ‘Louis Loves’ theme.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Greg Rutherford has been booted out of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The 30-year-old athlete and his professional partner Natalie Lowe exited the BBC One latin and ballroom competition on Sunday evening (20.11.16) after the judges – Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood, Bruno Tonioli and Darcey Bussell – opted to put Claudia Fragapane and AJ Pritchard through to next week’s show.
Speaking after his exit, Greg said tearily: “It’s been one of the most incredible things in my life. I’ve been very lucky in my life, I’ve done such amazing things but this is truly one of the best things I’ve done. I’ve made such good friends here.”
Whilst Natalie added: “You’re an amazing man and you’ve never had any dance experience and you got out there and just showed the world you can dance.
“It’s been the most incredible experience dancing every Saturday night with you and I wouldn’t change it for the world. I’m so sorry I couldn’t get you any further.”
During Saturday night’s (19.11.16) show, Greg and Natalie danced the quickstep to ‘Hand Jive’ from the movie ‘Grease’ and whilst he was praised for his travelling and being “bouncy and bubbly”, Craig criticised the sportsman for having too much power in his legs.
He told Greg: “You have too much power into the floor and your thumb was sticking up but you danced it brilliantly.”
Whilst Bruno added: “It was sporty, bouncy and bubbly. It was good to see a brighter side of you but refine the footwork, it needs to glide effortlessly – but your frame was better.”
However, Darcey really enjoyed the performance, telling Greg: “You have natural spring and no problem travelling. You lost control and made little mistakes but you smiled through it and made it fun to watch.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jesy Nelson delighted ‘Sunday Brunch’ viewers after confessing to a wild night out before filming the show.
The star appeared on the programme on Sunday (20.11.16) with her bandmates Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall and confessed that she and Perrie had been out drinking on Saturday night (19.11.16) and ended up in McDonald’s at 4am.
When questioned if they had a few drinks, she confirmed it but had to ask Perrie if they had eaten, much to the delight of their fellow panellists.
Jesy then said, “Oh we did eat. We had McDonald’s at 4am.”
The star was incredibly giggly during the appearance and Perrie quipped, “She’s such a mess.”
When making a Raclette Baguette with hosts Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer, Jesy struggled to cut a baguette in half leaving some people to question if she was still drunk.
One Twitter user commented: “Someone needs to give Jesy a hot milk and a sleeping tablet and put her down for a nap in that bed.. #sundaybrunch,” while another added: “So @LittleMix look amazing on Sunday Brunch.. Just wondering… Pez & Jesy, how are you even functioning after the session last night? (sic).”
And one delighted fan tweeted: “Loving how smashed Jesy and Perrie are, or at least seem, on @SundayBrunchC4 after partying all night (sic).”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jean-Christophe Novelli has not told his parents that his baby son has cancer.
The 55-year-old celebrity chef and his partner Michelle Kennedy, 40, were devastated when Valentino Louis, who was born in September, was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancer which mostly affects babies and young children but he can’t bring himself to tell his elderly parents Jean, 77, and Monique, 84.
He said: “I can’t – it would kill them. They have photos of Valentino all over the house but they have not yet met him. Thankfully, they don’t use the internet.”
And the devastated chef wishes he could trade places with his cancer stricken baby.
He told the Sunday Mirror: “We found a lump in Valentino’s neck and we both went to pieces.
“There have been nights when I have sat alone, crying, asking God why this has happened to my little boy and not to me. I wish I could change places with him.”
Jean-Christophe – who announced Valentino’s cancer the same day that Michael Buble revealed his three-year-old son Noah has cancer – added: “Valentino is so tiny. You feel utterly helpless. My heart goes out to the Bublés and any other family facing cancer.”
However, Michelle insisted they are staying positive.
She said: “I used to be scared of my children being snatched. It never occurred to me that they could get cancer.
“I haven’t asked what Valentino’s chances of survival are… I don’t want to consider that there is even a small chance he’ll die.
“These last few weeks have changed us. Being on a children’s cancer ward has made me realise we’re actually lucky because we have some hope. Others aren’t so fortunate. We count our blessings every day.”

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