OHMYGOSSIP — Sam Quek insists ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ is “safe” for women.
While the show has been rocked by scandal recently, with both Giovanni Pernice and Graziano Di Prima leaving following complaints from their partners Amanda Abbington and Zara McDermott, Sam has insisted she has no concerns about the show.
Speaking to MailOnline, she said: “I have always felt safe in everything I have done with ‘Strictly’. I have never done it before, but I turn up to the training room, we all say ‘hi’ and have a nice chat, nothing feels out of place.”
Sam, 36, and her professional partner Nikita Kuzmin, 26, will compete in this weekend’s Halloween special and Sam has called ‘Strictly’ “one of the most rewarding things that I have done”.
She said: “The show has been one of the most rewarding things that I have done.
“It’s easy to say you can learn how to dance, which is amazing, but you also learn a lot about yourself. With dancing, I struggled a lot with my self-belief of being able to execute a dance but if you put the work in you can get the product out on a Saturday night.
“It’s the resilience really and being able to push yourself. With this, you get out what you put in.
“Away from the dancing and the TV show, it is so much fun, the crew, the staff, the talent, the pro dancers, everyone is so lovely.
“My favourite bit is when I go in on a Friday and Saturday because I love to be surrounded by people.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Chris McCausland has laughed off “villainous” ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ judge Craig Revel Horwood’s comments about his posture – insisting “I don’t know what he expects of me”.
Despite scoring the Liverpudlian comedian an eight for his and dance partner Dianne Buswell’s emotional Waltz to Liverpool Football Club’s anthem ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ last weekend, Craig couldn’t help but comment on Chris’ posture and the funnyman has admitted it would take “a steel rod and some shelving brackets” for him to correct his body position.
Writing in his weekly ‘Strictly’ diary for The Telegraph, he said: “Of course he went to town on my less than perfect posture, and I feel destined to hear him go on about the bloody P word for as long as I can remain in this competition.
I don’t know what he expects of me, I am an ex-computer programmer who sits on a stool telling jokes for a living – my posture is broken at a fundamental level that is only fixable with a steel rod and some shelving brackets.”
The pair will take on the “dreaded” Samba for Halloween Week this weekend, and Chris jokingly warned sour-tongued Craig that he will be dressed as a “floppy old corpse”.
He later said: “This week it’s the Samba, and its known for being absolutely bloody horrible to do. We have lost four of our fellow contestants so far during this series, and two of them have been lost to the dreaded Samba. It’s Halloween Week and so we are taking on the roles of two corpses that rise from their graves to perform to Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees.
“The thing that excites me the most about this, is that surely corpses can’t be expected to have good posture can they? I am telling you all now that my poor posture is just me getting into character as a floppy old corpse – honest, Craig! Decomposing Dianne and creepy cadaver Chris will be attempting the dreaded Samba for your spooky entertainment this Saturday, and I just hope we are not its third victim this series.”
‘Strictly Come Dancing’ returns on 26 October at 6.25pm with the results show on Sunday, 27 October at 7.20pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Tommy Fury has pulled out of ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’.
The former ‘Love Island’ star had spent months in negotiations for the show but just a few weeks before the celebrity contestants were set to fly out to Australia ahead of the reality competition’s return on 17 November, the 25-year-old boxer has been offered a more lucrative project, which is believed to be a rematch with KSI.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column: “Bosses are surprised Tommy has chosen to pull out of I’m A Celebrity at this late stage as it would have been a great opportunity for him too.”
But producers aren’t too disappointed as they’ve got a strong reserve list of stars who could join the likes of Tulisa Contostavlos, Oti Mabuse and Coleen Rooney in the jungle.
The insider added: “Thankfully, the execs already had some great names waiting in the wings so they’ll now be looking at which ones fit best into the line up already booked so they can deliver a truly great series.
“With only weeks to go, bosses have lined up one of the most exciting casts in the show’s history.”
Tommy was first reported to be in talks for the show early last month.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Tommy is a great name as a potential campmate as he’s already known to the ITV audience and he’d be brilliant in the Bushtucker Trials.
“Bosses are talking with lots of celebrities and are determined to make this year’s line-up one of the best.”
And fans will be hoping to get a glimpse of Tommy’s toned physique in the jungle shower.
An ITV source added: “They also know that the super-fit boxer is likely to be a prime candidate for the annual hunk-in-the-jungle shower scenes.”
Tommy has been in the news recently after splitting from girlfriend Molly-Mae Hague, who he first met on ‘Love Island’.
He recently admitted he was “heartbroken” by the news and slammed rumours he had been unfaithful to the mother of his 20-month-old daughter Bambi.
He wrote on Instagram: “These last few weeks have been heartbreaking.
“The false allegations about me have been horrendous, thank you to everybody who has stood by me through this.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Pete Wicks has hit back at Craig Revel Horwood’s criticism of his ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ performance last weekend.
The 35-year-old reality star and his professional partner Jowita Przystal were blasted by the judge for “illegal” lifts in their rumba to Oasis’ ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ but he insists that the moves “felt right”.
Pete told spin-off show ‘It Takes Two’ on Thursday (24.10.24): “I’ve never been one to follow the rules.”
Jowita revealed that the lifts needed to feature in the performance for practical reasons due to her small stature.
The 30-year-old dancer explained: “First of all, it’s just because my legs are too short and that’s the reason why they didn’t reach the floor.
“The truth is that we tried it, and it was just so beautiful that I didn’t want to bother about, ‘Oh, let’s bend the knees 2cm down so my foot can reach the floor.’
“It was all about feelings and that storyline.”
The performance scored the couple just 22 points out of 40 but Pete leapt to the defence of his partner and suggested it was the “most vulnerable” dance that he had done on the BBC show.
The former ‘The Only Way Is Essex’ star told host Janette Manrara: “That’s why we did it, because it felt right. I don’t think you should get any blame for that.”
Pete added: “As far as I’m concerned, that’s the dance so far that I’ve enjoyed the most, surprisingly.
“I felt like I was just dancing as me rather than just trying to remember steps, and that’s the first time I’ve done that.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Daisy May Cooper will “wait until the ghost of her dreams” arrives to explore her fantasies.
The 38-year-old actress has revealed that she wanted to explore magic during the COVID-19 lockdown but accidentally got involved with a “pair of swingers” when she signed up for a virtual class on Zoom.
Writing in her new memoir ‘Hexy B****’, she said: “My brain went into reverse trust as realisation dawned. Brian and Karen were swingers or doggers, or maybe both…
“If I’d wanted a threesome, I wouldn’t have feigned an elaborate interest in witchcraft — easier to put a call out on Stroud Swingers. I’ll just wait until the ghost of my dreams knocks on my door. Just like everything in the paranormal world, I remain ope..”
Meanwhile, the ‘This Country’ star – who has appeared on the likes of ‘Taskmaster’, ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ and ‘Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway’ over the years – has insisted she wouldn’t be a good fit for the ITV chat show ‘Loose Women’ because of how she truly speaks her mind.
She told Closer magazine: “I’d just get f****** cancelled, I think. It’d be the quickest cancellation ever! I’d be on there for 20 seconds.”
Daisy – who has kids Pip, five, and Jack, three, with her ex-husband Will Weston as well as Benji, four months, with partner Anthony Huggins – also admitted despite all her TV successes, her kids aren’t impressed by her fame.
She said: “It’s funny, because I’m such a narcissist, I’ll try to sit Pip down to go, ‘Let’s watch me on The Masked Singer’. And she’ll just say, ‘No, I hate it.’
“Unless we go to Legoland and then they give me a deal on those queue-jumping passes. That’s the only time she appreciates me.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Craig Revel Horwood wants to be a ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ judge into old age.
The 59-year-old star was an illustrious dancer in West End musicals before finding widespread fame on the panel of the long-running BBC Latin and ballroom show upon its inception in 2004 and joked that because he hasn’t been “cancelled” yet, he has every intention of sticking round.
He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “No, I haven’t changed – I have softened up a bit but I suppose the dancing has gotten a lot better. When we first started 20 years ago, of course the dancing wasn’t particularly good at all.
“I have no intention of quitting because it’s a fantastic Saturday job that I intend to do into my 80s, as long as I’m still compos mentis, darling!
“And if I haven’t been cancelled before then! But what would I do if I weren’t doing it? Remain a director – I love directing musicals, I would love to direct TV and film. I have choreographed movies like ‘Paddington 2’, for instance, which I really loved.I’m not just going to retire and just weed the garden.”
Craig also thinks that the industry has become harder for up-and-coming talent in recent years thanks to the world of reality television, which has seen everyday folk attend auditions for shows such as ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and ‘The X Factor’ and find success.
He said: “I think it’s got a lot more difficult because there’s a lot more people wanting to do it and there’s a lot more theatre schools out there. And with the advent of things like The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent, all of those shows, people think that they can become an overnight success really quickly from going on a TV programme. But there’s downfalls to that as well – overnight stardom is not an easy thing. I’ve worked up the ranks like most people do – start out singing and dancing and acting, training and then you hope after three years of training you might get an audition and you might get successful. But there are downfalls as well – you’re not going to get every single job. As soon as you walk through the door, you’re being judged for how tall you are and whether you’re going to suit that part or that ensemble.
“You never really know when you’re up for a job what you’re going to get, you never really know what is going to happen. But you have to be able to collect yourself. If you do fall from grace, you need to be able to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get on with it. My advice to people now is don’t expect everything from the industry – you have to create it and you have to be in the right place at the right time.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Johnny Vegas thinks his house is haunted.
The 54-year-old comedian features in the cast of Channel 4’s new zombie comedy ‘Generation Z’ and explained that it wasn’t hard to get inspiration as he is convinced that a poltergeist is lurking in his property in Richmond, London.
Johnny is quoted by The Sun newspaper’s TVBiz column as saying: “I have a ghost in my house. When I moved in it was the first time I had a bigger house because I grew up in a terraced street.
“But then I discovered I have a presence in my house. Other people have felt something in there too. I found out that the family before had had an exorcism.
“I think she (the ghost) is a nice woman. I just don’t think she likes company.”
Anita Dobson, 75, also features in Ben Wheatley’s series as zombie pensioner Janine but admitted that she needed some convincing before joining the cast.
The former ‘EastEnders’ actress said: “I got a message from my agent saying that something exciting had just come in the inbox. I read it and thought: ‘I’m not sure about this.’
“So we had a little chat, then I spoke to Ben Wheatley, who was so lovely and sweet and unassuming, and a diamond to work with – you can’t imagine all this stuff comes out of his head!
“So I just thought, I’ve never done this before, maybe I’ll find out things about me in the process of doing it – which I did, actually.
“You may be older, but there are still good parts out there. You’ve just got to be open to them.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jordan Pickford and Tony Bellew have joined ‘Celebrity Gogglebox’.
The 30-year-old footballer has joined celebrity version of the Channel 4 reality show that films reactions to current television in aid of Stand Up to Cancer alongside boxing legend Tony, 41, and cannot wait to “do his bit” for the charity,
Jordan said: “I’m buzzing to join my mate Tony on our Gogglebox sofa for Stand Up to Cancer. It’s not often you get to watch and chat about TV, while also making a difference. Everyone has been affected by cancer, so we wanted to do our bit to support this campaign which speeds up lifesaving cancer research.”
Meanwhile, former ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!’ runner-up Tony joked that his co-star “better not start any fights” over the remote control because, given his career, he would surely win but still things that the whole thing will be an “amazing” evening for a good cause.
Tony said: “Jordan better not be thinking of starting any fights over the remote – I think we both know who would win that one! It’s going to be an amazing evening – what a great chance to kick back with one of my mates and enjoy some of the weeks’ best TV, all whilst helping raise money for a good cause.”
The duo have completed the lineup for the celebrity edition of the programme, and will be joining comedians Josh Widdicombe and Stephen Merchant, and actresses Dame Kristin Scott Thomas and Saskia Reeves.
‘Harry Potter’ star Miriam Margolyes and ‘Birds of a Feather’ legend Lesley Joseph will also be a part of the show , along with David Baddiel and Frank Skinner.
‘Celebrity Gogglebox’ for Stand Up To Cancer is available to watch and stream on Channel 4 at 9pm on Friday 25 October

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OHMYGOSSIP — Vanessa Feltz’s parents told her she needed to lose weight after her first radio appearance.
The 62-year-old broadcaster recalled her first interview several years ago and revealed that her mother and father had advised her to shed the pounds because they thought it would be best should she make a career in the public eye.
Speaking on the ‘White Wine Question Time’ podcast, she told former ‘Loose Women’ anchor Kate Thornton: “The very first time I was on the radio, the very, very first time, I sensed it had gone really well. I had never been on the radio before, I’d never been in a studio before, I’d never been required to speak into a microphone before. I wasn’t paid, I was an unpaid guest on a little show called ‘Jewish London’ on what was then GLR.
“I was terribly nervous, I was talking about an article I’d written about the Jewish mother and when I came out, I was absolutely floating on cloud nine because I knew I’d done a really good job. I was really funny, and I was really fluent but meanwhile my parents were listening at home.
“I was on this fabulous tidal wave of excitement, like ‘Wow, did you hear that? What did you think? Was I good? Was I funny? Did you like the line I said about that thing?’ to mum and dad and they only thing they said was ‘You really have to lose weight’. And it was the radio for Christ’s sake.”
The former ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ contestant – who is also known for her appearances on ‘This Morning’ and also hosted a chat show in the 1990s – later confronted her mother about the comments but doesn’t believe that the advice was meant in a “nasty” way.
She said: “When I said a few years later, ‘How could you have said that?’ and ‘Why did you say that?’ my mother said ‘Oh well, I thought you might become famous and I thought it was important that you get on a diet’. So, she must have thought it was good if just one interview on the radio might make me famous and her overwhelming thought was ‘For God’s sake, lose weight’. I don’t think she did it to be horrible, I don’t think she meant to be horrible.”
“I think she thought that being slim was just the key to everything.
“She’d never felt slim felt it herself, even though she wasn’t particularly fat either. She was a 14 or 16, she wasn’t enormous at all or noticeably fat but I think she felt it. She felt that it was a terrible disadvantage and she was trying to rescue me from the misery of being too fat, I think that what was going on. I don’t think she meant it nastily, although it wasn’t very nice, I must admit! But I don’t think she meant it nastily.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Miriam Margolyes and Lesley Joseph are to appear on ‘Celebrity Gogglebox for Stand up to Cancer’.
The 83-year-old actress and the ‘Birds of a Feather, star, 79, will be taking to the sofa to watch some of TV’s best offerings for the beloved Channel 4 programme, which raises money for charity.
In a statement, Miriam said: “When they asked me to do ‘Gogglebox for Stand Up to Cancer’, I thought, ‘Well, if I can watch television and raise money for a wonderful cause, count me in!’
“What could be better than that – and doing it with my brilliant old friend of nearly 40 years – Lesley Joseph? She’s wise and funny and knows everyone; a perfect partner in crime.
“Also, ‘Stand Up to Cancer’ does vital work, and if we two old birds can help towards that – just show me the sofa, I’m all for it.”
Lesley teased her close pal would likely have “plenty of outrageous things to say” on the show, and teased she’d be doing her best to “keep [Miriam] in line”.
She said: “What a joy it is to be doing ‘Gogglebox for Stand Up to Cancer’ this year, as it’s such a vital cause and tangibly changes lives. And what fun it’ll be to sit and watch some TV with Miriam Margolyes.
“I’m sure she’ll have plenty of outrageous things to say, so I’ll be there trying to keep her in line – no easy task, mind you!”
As well as Miriam and Lesley, the programme will also feature other duos, including ‘Slow Horses’ stars Kirstin Scott Thomas and Saskia Reeves, and ‘90s comedy icons Frank Skinner and David Baddiel, in what will be the pair’s first shared TV appearance in nearly 20 years.
Frank said: “I’ve been watching TV with David Baddiel for about 30 years. We used to laugh uncontrollably at infomercials and then Dave would actually buy the product. The only TV I refused to watch with him was stuff featuring me. He never laughed enough.
“Stand up to Cancer is an amazing cause and Dave and me, back on a sofa, seems a much better deal than cycling up K2, carrying a fridge to Istanbul or any of that other sweaty stuff that people do for charity.”
‘Celebrity Gogglebox for Stand up to Cancer’ will air and be available to stream on 25 October at 9pm on Channel 4.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Shirley Ballas has been taking ice baths and juicing to try to avoid spinal surgery.
The ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ head judge, 64, has been facing serious back issues for years, but Shirley is trying to avoid going under the knife for as long as possible by juicing and taking plunges in icy waters.
Speaking to Gabby Logan on the ‘Mid Point’ podcast, she said: “I’ve got this disorder in my spine, degenerative spine which I haven’t really talked about with anybody yet. But it is three types of operation. And I don’t want to do the operations so I am doing anti-inflammatory.
“So I am trying to do more juicing I am doing ice bathing. Oh yeah, I have got a brass monkey ice bath. I can go up to about four minutes now, I have built up to in the freezing, freezing cold at 5am.
“So I would say it really stimulates me to start my day, plus I have cut my hours down at work because I don’t want any operations for as long as I possibly don’t have to have any.”
The TV star admitted the condition had been caused by years of dancing, which has ultimately led to “wear and tear on an old body”.
She explained: “It is dance related, wear and tear on an old body, on an old gal! It is just what it is, all that back bending and head flicking you see on ‘Strictly’.”
Shirley’s main goal is “100 per cent” to avoid having the spinal operation, and she has also removed processed foods from her diet in an effort to improve her health.
Last month, the ballroom dancer opened up about her back problems and revealed her condition had “deteriorated over the course of the last year”.
She told OK! magazine: “I’ve been to see three specialists and I may need surgery. It’s not a choice, I will have to get it sorted.
“It can wait until after ‘Strictly’ because I have a high tolerance for pain anyway, and it’s something I’ve been living with for many, many years, but it’s just deteriorated over the course of the last year.”

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