OHMYGOSSIP — Richard Ayoade is rumoured to host the ‘Great British Bake Off’.
The 39-year-old actor has reportedly become the frontrunner to host the baking competition when it moves from BBC One to Channel 4 next year.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Richard is a really popular choice at the minute, as many think he’s got a great character that would bring a great spark to the show.
“He’s got a wonderful off-beat sense of humour, which would really fit the change of channel – and would no doubt be a popular choice with viewers too.
“It’s still early days, but he is definitely up there and now the leading candidate.”
The news comes after it was reported the current presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins would not be returning to the show when it moves home, despite having presented all seven series of the programme so far.
Mary Berry – who judges the work produced by the contestants – also announced she would not be following the show to Channel 4 “out of loyalty” to the BBC because they “nurtured” her.
She said in a statement: “My decision to stay with the BBC is out of loyalty to them, as they have nurtured me, and the show, that was a unique and brilliant format from day one.
“What a privilege and honour it has been to be part of seven years of magic in a tent. I am just sad for the audience who may not be ready for change.”
Meanwhile, fellow judge Paul Hollywood recently signed a three-year contract with Channel 4, and as of yet is the only announced name to be appearing on next year’s series.
Jay Hunt, Chief Creative Officer of Channel 4, said previously: “Paul really is the star baker – an exceptional talent with a twinkle in his eye. His wit, warmth and wisdom are vital ingredients in ‘…Bake Off’s success. I’m so delighted he’s coming to Channel 4.”
The show is due to broadcast on its new home next year with a celebrity special in aid of charity Stand Up To Cancer.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Lucy Watson’s children will be raised as vegans.
The former ‘Made in Chelsea’ beauty has been a vegetarian her whole life, but switched to the plant based practice, which involves eliminating all animals and their products from her diet, in January, and she’s now adamant that her future kids will follow in her footsteps and will “never” eat meat or dairy.
Speaking in her Q&A video on her YouTube channel, she said: “Yes, they will [be raised as vegans]. I’m not going to have kids that eat meat or dairy. Like, I would just never do that because it’s the most hypocritical thing ever.
“But I’m dating a meat eater so if he happens to be the one that I have children with then it will be difficult. But I’ve said to him actually that if we ever have kids, I want them to be vegan.
“I hope when I have children, it’ll be a long way off because I’m only 25 and I’m quite traditional about things like that. I think I want to live my life before I have kids.
“I think it would be a lot more acceptable by the time I do it and there will be a lot more options around and there will be a lot more vegan kids around.
“The next generation is really who we’re relying on to save this planet so I hope there will be a lot more vegans around.”
Although Lucy is desperate to encourage as many people as possible to follow the vegan lifestyle, she has really struggled to get her boyfriend James Dunmore on the bandwagon.
She explained: “It’s a really tricky one because it’s hard sometimes dating someone who eats meat. It’s like the thing I preach about most and I live with someone and I’m in love someone who eats meat. I think it’s like out only thing that we argue about, ever. And it’s his own flaw. But there are so many people in the world that eat meat and I can’t be annoyed at him because it’s just something that he’s used to … Ideally he wouldn’t eat meat but it’s up to him and I accept that.”
But their clash when it comes to diet means the loved-up couple are forced to cook and eat separate meals most nights.
She added: “We do eat separate meals.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Freddy Parker has become the latest contestant to leave ‘The X Factor’.
The 18-year-old singer was voted off the ITV programme after finding himself in the sing-off with Saara Aalto, before the viewers ultimately decided his fate when the judges could not be split.
Freddie – whose mentor was Nicole Scherzinger – was joined by Ryan Lawrie in the bottom three, but the teenager’s rendition of ‘Stay’ by Rihanna was not enough to save him from elimination.
Nicole, unsurprisingly, chose to save her own act, while Sharon Osbourne followed suit, opting to save Saara.
Louis Walsh praised an “incredible” sing-off but eventually decided to save Saara.
That meant Simon Cowell was effectively handed the casting vote,
and he threw his support behind Freddy, saying: “I don’t know what happened to you tonight, maybe it was choosing your own songs, but you were like a different person.”
But Simon’s support for Freddy proved to be insufficient and the teenager was sent home via the public vote.
Freddy subsequently admitted he was “devastated” to leave the programme, but also said he was “grateful” to have been given the opportunity to perform on ‘The X Factor’.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Naga Munchetty has become the fourth celebrity to depart ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ 2016.
The 41-year-old BBC presenter and her professional partner Pasha Kovalev were voted off the show by the judges after they found themselves in the bottom two of the viewers’ vote, alongside singer Anastacia and her professional partner Brendan Cole.
Naga performed her charleston to ‘Minnie The Mermaid’ by Firehouse Five Plus Two – but her effort was bettered by the pop star, who performed her rumba to ‘The Way We Were’ by Barbra Streisand.
Asked to name her highlight from appearing on the programme, Naga said: “This week. Getting to know Pasha, working with Pasha, I’ve loved every minute of it, your patience, your brilliance with your choreography and just being the best teacher I’ve ever had.”
Pasha responded: “Thank you for being the best student I’ve ever had, so determined and so much fun all the time.”
The judges’ vote was unanimous and Craig Revel Horwood said: “The couple who I thought danced actually the best in this dance-off this evening was Anastacia and Brendan.”
Meanwhile, Darcey Bussell added: “It’s always incredibly difficult when it gets to this and very hard but the couple I would like to save because of their performance value and natural artistry is Anastacia and Brendan.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Paul Hollywood says he and Mary Berry will remain friends.
Although Mary, 81, quit the ‘Great British Bake Off’ out of “loyalty” to the BBC after Channel 4 snatched the rights to the series, Paul – who will move to the new channel with the show – insists there is no ill-will between them.
MailOnline reports that Paul, 50, told fans and amateur chefs at a cookery event: “I’ve known Mary for 12 years and I’ll always be mates with her.
“In fact, she phoned me up yesterday saying, ‘Where are you?’ because normally I pop in to see her and I haven’t seen her in a couple of weeks.
“What can I say? I’m still doing what I’ve always done. I think for me, when they picked me to do the job seven years ago, I was really shocked that I was given the chance to do this programme.
“To see it grow over the years. I just couldn’t walk away from my job. I think it comes down to I love doing my job. I love evangelising about baking and passing the word on and I will carry on doing that.”
Mary’s exit came as a huge shock to fans because it came just days after hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins decided to walk away from the series, but she’s adamant she’ll never forget the “marvellous time” she had on the show.
She previously explained: “Mel and Sue are brilliant and we had a marvellous time on the programme and that’s how it will remain. You’ll never hear people swear. It’s a family programme. Mum, gran, everyone enjoys it and they all get down to baking afterwards. I’m proud of everyone. It gets 14 million [viewers] – more than the football!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Joey Essex and Stephanie Pratt have split up.
The ‘Made in Chelsea’ star and the former ‘The Only Way Is Essex’ entertainer met on ‘Celebs Go Dating’ and struck up a relationship but they have now called time on their romance.
A source told The Sun on Sunday: “Joey wasn’t up for spending every minute in Chelsea with Stephanie.
“He genuinely fell for her and even though they were an unlikely couple, he hoped it could turn into something more serious.
“But he realised it was never going to work with him spending so much time away from home.”
Just last month Stephanie called their romance “the real deal”.
Speaking during the finale of the first series of ‘Celebs Go Dating’, Stephanie said she “never thought I would fall for Joey Essex”, before she added: “This is the real deal.”
Joey, on the other hand, said his relationship with Stephanie could be “proper sick”.
He shared: “I am so excited to walk into this dinner party with Steph. It’s going to be sick.”
However, she admitted Joey is everything she “doesn’t want” in a man.
She said: “He’s everything I don’t want in a man.
“He’s vain, and he’s skinnier than me. I can’t even understand him. I need a dictionary.
“The only thing I’m really thinking is I can see being a best friend that I fall in love with.”
Similarly, Joey claimed he struggles to understand Stephanie’s American accent.
He said: “I couldn’t retrain myself. Steph will have to compromise and I’ll have to compromise with her.
“She’s American. I can’t understand a word she’s saying. This is an international thing.
“It’s like speaking to someone from Spain. Most of the words she says, I’m like, ‘What?'”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Katherine Kelly doesn’t have the “ego” to be on a reality show.
The ‘Mr. Selfridge’ actress is a fan of the ‘Great British Bake Off’ but wouldn’t want to appear on the celebrity version as she much prefers to “get into the mind-set” of her characters instead.
She said: “I don’t think [I’d go on a reality show]. I love ‘The Great British Bake Off’ but I don’t have the ego to want to be on it. I like getting into the mind-set of somebody else and a reality show is the opposite of that.”
Katherine can next be seen in spooky new drama series ‘HIM’ but didn’t think about the supernatural elements to the plot as her character isn’t aware of them.
She said: “It’s a domestic horror about a family with a 17-year-old boy at the centre of it. I play his mum Hannah.
“He has supernatural powers – but I didn’t concern myself with that because my character doesn’t know about it. There’s a great twist…”
The 36-year-old star – who has two-year-old daughter Orla with husband Ryan Clark – insists she was never a worry to her parents as an older teenager, but things were different when she was younger as she looked several years older.
She told Closer magazine: “I was alright by 17 because 18 was around the corner and I was happy with that.
“I was a lot trickier at 14 – I looked 18, which wasn’t helpful for my parents. My sister was four when I was 14 and people thought I was her mum.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Will Young’s clash with Len Goodman was “the final straw” for him on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The singer – who quit the show last week citing “personal reasons” – was reportedly furious after head judge Len criticised his Bollywood-inspired Salsa routine last Saturday (08.10.16), saying it lacked the traditional dance moves of a Salsa.
A source told The Sun on Sunday: “His clash with Len seemed to be the final straw for him.
“Afterwards, he was overheard telling a production member: ‘I just don’t need this s**t.'”
It has also been claimed that Will struggled with the training he was doing with professional dance partner Karen Clifton.
The insider added: “Will signed up for Strictly expecting that he’d be really good and find it easy, but he struggled with it much more than he thought he would.
“He didn’t commit as much as Karen would have liked, and became very anxious about how popular he was.”
However, a BBC spokesperson said: “Will was in a good mood backstage on Saturday night.
“All couples fulfilled their minimum training requirements last week.”
Meanwhile, judge Darcey Bussell admitted it was “horrifying” to hear the 37-year-old singer had quit the show when he had so much potential, but insisted his exit was nothing to do with the star clashing with her fellow panellist Len.
She told MailOnline: “It’s horrifying to think that somebody who could have easily got to the final [has left]. But you know, like in anybody’s lives, you have many things that are going on and it is not to do with Len Goodman – just to make that clear.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Axed ‘X Factor’ contestant Josh Brooks is “sorry” for his past behaviour.
Although the 17-year-old Brooks Way singer insists allegations he hit his former girlfriend Amelia Clarke, 18, are false, he admitted their relationship was volatile and has vowed to seek counselling after he and his brother Kyle were axed from the competition when the claims surfaced.
He told The Sun on Sunday: “From the bottom of my heart, I am really, really sorry.
“My relationship with Amelia had become really volatile and toxic.
“We were arguing all the time. It wasn’t great – then things got physical. There was one situation that got really hostile. Even though I didn’t ever hit her, it’s still not OK.
“I feel bad for Kyle. I’ve had counselling in the past and I think I need to speak to someone again.”
Josh also revealed that they left the show by “mutual consent” following talks with producers but the whole situation was so rushed that they didn’t get a chance to discuss it with their mentor Louis Walsh.
Girl group Four of Diamonds were drafted in to replace Brooks Way on the show, with Louis saying he was “really impressed” by the girls and is “delighted” to be bringing them back to the show.
In a statement, the 64-year-old entertainment manager said: “I was really impressed with the girls at Judges’ Houses but only had three spots to fill for the live shows. At the time, a lot of viewers were disappointed that I didn’t put the girls through. Now that a place has opened up in my category, I’ve listened to the fans, and am delighted to be bringing the girls back. They’re a great girl group and I’m hoping will take me all the way to the final.”
And the girls – comprised of Caroline, 19, Lauren, 21, Yasmin, 17, and Sophia, 19 – couldn’t quite believe their luck, saying they were “so excited” to have a place on the live show.
They said: “We are so excited to be back on The X Factor. We’re really looking forward to performing live, working hard and showing everyone what we’re made of.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ola Jordan claims the newer dancers on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ tried to instigate rivalries with the season’s pros.
The 34-year-old professional dancer – who quit the show at the end of the last series – insists there were “more important” things going on in her life than to engage in petty feuds.
She said: “The new dancers come in wanting to prove themselves and no one can blame them for that, but it can cause problems.
“I got to the point where I just couldn’t bring myself to be involved in any rivalry, other things were more important.”
Ola claims BBC bosses ordered some of the dancers to change their hair colour, but she warned them she wouldn’t be changing her appearance for the sake of the show.
She said: “When I heard that was happening, I told them there was no way I was dyeing my hair.
“Luckily I had been in the show for a long time so they wouldn’t try to change how I look. It only happened with the new dancers.”
Ola – who is married to fellow dancer James Jordan – initially had reservations about being on the show.
She said: “I’m quite a nervous person so I wasn’t sure about dancing and speaking on TV.
“Once we got started I really enjoyed it though. I had no idea how popular the show was going to turn out to be.”
And the blonde beauty thinks the show has changed a lot since it began.
She told OK! magazine: “It’s changed massively. Most of the celebrities can dance before they even start training, which wasn’t the case when I started out.”

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