OHMYGOSSIP — Kaye Adams has won her 10-year tax battle against HMRC.
The 61-year-old journalist has been arguing with the law enforcement agency over her status as a self-employed individual in a clampdown on IR35 rules, with HMRC claiming that she had been deemed as an employee of the BBC during the relevant tax years in which she was hosting ‘The Kaye Adams Programme’ on BBC Radio Scotland.
The TV star won a third court battle in 2023 over a disputed £124,000 tax bill, but HMRC has now decided not to appeal the victory, meaning that Kaye – through her company Atholl House Productions – is now found to be genuinely self-employed.
A spokesman told The Times: “Given this litigation has been ongoing for a number of years and the FTT does not set binding legal precedents, we don’t think it would be proportionate to appeal in this case. We always seek to resolve disputes out of court first and only take action to litigate where this isn’t possible.”
The tax office had argued that Kaye – who is also known as a long-running anchor on the ITV1 chat show ‘Loose Women’ – should have been classified as a bonafide employee and therefore should have been liable to pay more tax, but with this outcome, HMRC has found that she is genuinely self-employed.
Last year, the former ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ contestant noted that the battle had become “almost unbearable” and spoke of her wish that HRMC would act in her favour so she could plan for the future.
She said: “She added: “I was 51 when this all began, and now, at the age of 60, I would really like to be released from my financial limbo and be able to plan for my future. Having scored a hat-trick of wins, I would politely request that HMRC accepts the emphatic judgment of our courts and desists from appealing yet again.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Stephen Mulhern is still in pain after jokingly being punched by Ricky Hatton.
The 46-year-old presenter was “nearly knocked out” during a skit on the first episode of ‘Dancing On Ice’ which saw the former boxer – who was voted off the show on Sunday (21.01.24) after making his debut the week before – strike out in response to him irritating co-host Holly Willoughby, and though the moment was planned, the magician wasn’t prepared for how much it would hurt.
He told The Sun newspaper: “I said to Ricky, do us a favour…Holly will say to you ‘just punch him Ricky’, which she said off the cuff initially and I said ‘we should do that live’.
“Obviously I forgot he’s a three time world champion boxer.
“He nearly knocked me out. If I showed you the bruise, it is massive. It’s on the arm, it’s very painful.”
Stephen – who wore padding to ease his fall when he was knocked to the ground – joked he didn’t mind because he enjoys seeing people fall over on the show.
He laughed: “That’s why the show is so enjoyable. Dancing On Ice, anyone can fall over.
With a cheeky wink, he added: “Not to say I like it when people fall over. But it is quite funny… so yeah I really enjoy that.”
The presenter is “loving” his new job on the skating show, particularly because he gets to work with his former ‘Ministry of Mayhem’ co-host again.
He said: “There’s not many shows out there where you get to do live TV and also I get to do a show with Holly which I haven’t done in so long.
“I trust Holly and she trusts me. We’re having a really nice time.
“You know having stood in once (when Phillip Schofield had Covid last year) – which is also quite weird that it’s gone full circle – I’m loving it.”
Stephen thinks the judges have been quite “harsh” on the contestants so far and he’d be “more generous” with his marks if he was on the ice panel.
He said: “So I am watching and some of the judges scores I think, wow, that’s a bit harsh, because we’re only in week two now.
“We’ve seen six of each, and the judges, yeah I’m like, ‘Wow, I thought they’d give more than that!’
“We’ll have to see how the show goes on, but hopefully they’ll be a bit more generous.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — The entire cast of ‘The Traitors’ will reunite for a special programme immediately after the final.
The series two finale is set to air on BBC One on Friday (26.01.24) as the remaining Faithful and Traitors try to navigate their way to a huge prize pot, and once it’s done all 22 players will be back for Ed Gamble’s BBC Two spin-off show ‘Uncloaked’.
An insider told The Sun newspaper’s TVBiz column: “So far, ‘Uncloaked’ has featured celebrity guests like Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Stacey Dooley, but bosses know the cast themselves are the big draw so are amping it up as a huge reunion special for Friday night.
“It means fans can sit down to a whopping 110 minutes of ‘Traitors’ action – 70 for the main show and 40 for the spin-off.”
The epic game of bluff and deception is hosted by Claudia Winkleman and sees 22 strangers – made up of Faithful and Traitors – come together in a Scottish castle, as they face daily challenges to increase the show’s prize fund up to a maximum of £120,000.
However, among the Faithful are a group of Traitors.
The Faithful’s task throughout the game is to eliminate the Traitors in roundtable banishments, but each night the Traitors can “murder” a Faithful of their choosing.
Any Faithful left at the end of the game will share the prize pot, but if just one Traitor is among them they will win the lot.
Last week, Faithfuls Charlotte Chilton and Charlie Bees were banished and ‘murdered’ respectfully, while there was a huge cliffhanger as Ross Carson was recruited by remaining Traitors Andrew Jenkins – himself a later recruit – and Harry Clark.
In an added twist, the other contenders don’t know that Ross’ mum is actually fellow Faithful Diane, who was taken out by the Traitors in episode seven.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jessie Wynter and her boyfriend Will Young aren’t included in the ‘Love Island’ friendship groups.
The 27-year-old personal trainer met the farmer, 23, during the ninth series of the hit ITV2 show, and has since admitted that despite not getting involved in any drama, the couple feel left out from all of the friendship groups.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror newspaper, she said: “We don’t actually bump into many Islanders from our season, we bump into Islanders from other seasons. It’s not very common we see Islanders from our season. Whenever I’ve seen them, everything is all good, I always stop to say hello to people.
“I do think perhaps that they are more in a friendship group, there’s a few groups from my season, it’s a bit divided. I’ve not taken sides, ever, I always say hello to everyone. I don’t think Will and I are really included in the groups. But we’re really happy with each other.”
Looking to on ‘Love Island: All Stars’, which sees contestants from previous series return to the villa, Jessie revealed she was excitement to see the “history between a lot of Islanders” unfold.
She said: ”It would be nice to see a few more Love Island couples!
“I do think there’s a lot of history between a lot of Islanders, crossing over at parties and then dating history, even like a friend of a friend.
“It’s really interesting to see that put all into one place. It’s going to be completely different.
“The Islanders are going to be a lot more stern and I think they’re probably going to get a little more fed up with the environment, they’ve done it once in their life and it’s intense.”
Reflecting on her time on the programme, Jessie admitted she didn’t expect to fall as hard as she did for anyone.
She explained: “I really wanted it but I didn’t think it would happen. I don’t believe that we’re here where we are now, he’s [Will] literally here in Australia with me!
“I knew that if you found the right person in there, it’s the perfect place to build a relationship because you’re trapped with them for 24 hours a day. What better way there’s no distractions, you can’t go to work. You can’t even go to the gym without each other.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Joel Dommett is hoping to host a second series of ‘Survivor’.
The 38-year-old TV star is best known for presenting ‘The Masked Singer’, and also hosts the rebooted BBC programme, which sees 18 people fight for survival on a remote desert island to win £100,000.
Despite suffering from poor ratings, Joel has revealed he is keen to present another series and has promised changes would be made if the show came back.
In an interview with the Metro newspaper, he said: “Fingers crossed … there’s a lot of stuff that we would do slightly differently.
“Like with every first series, it’s hard, so I think a second series would be amazing.
“Everyone seems to really love it, so I’m excited that – hopefully – [we get to] do another one.”
The first episode of the rebooted ‘Survival’, which launched in October 2023, only received 2.6 million viewers, despite airing at the prime-time slot of 8:25pm on a Saturday after ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
‘Survivor’s second episode was then replaced by David Attenborough’s ‘Planet Earth III’, with the Joel Dommett-hosted show only securing 2.3 million viewers, which was less than a repeat of the ‘Antiques Roadshow’ on BBC Two.
This comes after a TV insider reportedly insisted that the BBC were not keen on renewing the programme for another series, due to its poor viewership.
The source allegedly told the Daily Mail newspaper: “It has come as a huge surprise that Survivor is coming back. 
“It is viewed by many within the Beeb as being a very expensive flop and the general view was that it should – and would – be canned.
“To spend that amount of money on a programme that is watched by such few people surely is a silly way to spend public money.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Maisie Smith has no plans to return to ‘EastEnders’.
The 22-year-old actress played the role of Tiffany Butcher on the BBC One soap opera from 2008 until 2014 and then again from 2018 until 2021 and while she feels confident that there will “always” be a place in the cast for her, now is not the right time for her to go back.
Asked about the idea of making a comeback to the show, she told OK! Magazine: “Not at the minute, no, but it’s one of those places, you just never know. There’s always a place to go back to, but not right now.”
Maisie took part in ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ in 2020 and struck up a relationship with fellow contestant and The Wanted singer Max George, 35, and the pair have since moved in together.
The former soap star admitted that whilst home renovations had been taking up a lot of their time, they are both “really happy” and she feels “house proud” for the first time in her life.
She said: “It’s very time-consuming, but we’re getting there. We’re really happy, and the house looks amazing. I’m finally house proud for the first time ever so I’m very happy!”
Maisie – who dabbled in pop music following her first stint on the soap and released the single ‘Good Thing’ and then starred in the 2022 UK tour of ‘Strictly Ballroom: The Musical’ – insisted to the outlet that she is “busy and happy” and admitted she would love to return to the theatre if the right role came along.
Towards the end of 2023, Maisie joked that she and Max should have their own reality show.
Maisie told The Sun newspaper: “That would be great entertainment.”
Max then said: “It would be just us arguing.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jane McDonald is to serve as a guest judge on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World’.
The 60-year-old star admitted it was a dream come true to have had the chance to sit in on the panel of the BBC Three series and will be seen alongside regular judges RuPaul, Michelle Visage Alan Carr, and Graham Norton as well as fellow guest Sinitta when the episode launches on BBC iPlayer on February 9.
She told The Sun newspaper’s TVBiz column: “Sitting alongside Ru was a dream. Each one of the queens were spectacular and fabulous, and showcased talent from right across the globe. May the best drag queen win!”
The former ‘Loose Women’ panellist – who shot to fame as a singer on a cruise ship that became the subject of a BBC documentary in 1998 and subsequently launched a music career following the show’s success – is a huge fan of ‘Drag Race’ and previously revealed admitted that she gets a lot of style tips from watching the programme.
She told Entertainment Daily: “I think it’s the best thing that’s hit TV, because it’s brought a complete new genre into our industry, which has been given the light it should have had for an awful long time. I just love it and I get a lot of my hairstyles and make-up tips from the show and I look at the queens sometimes and think ‘Oh my God, that’s me!’
“I’ve got the big hair. I love the shoulder pads, I love all that. I might do a bit of padding myself.”
The ‘You’re My World’ songstress joked that if she wasn’t a woman she would “absolutely” be a man in drag and still loves to bring a level of “camp” to her own shows.
She said: “I’ve always said, if I wasn’t a woman, I’d be a man in drag. Absolutely.
‘I love being camp. That’s the whole thing! We’re in show business for goodness sake. I love to bring that camp-ness to it – that’s just how I am!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Stephen Bear realised he had “lost everything ” after being released from prison.
The 34-year-old reality star was jailed in March 2023 after he was found guilty of sharing a private video of him having sex with his ex-girlfriend Georgia Harrison without consent but was released early last week after serving half of his 21-month sentence and ended up in tears as he came to terms with what he had done.
He told The Daily Mirror: “I’ve come out of prison and I was very overwhelmed, it was a lot. I’ve had to adjust again to real life. That was the biggest shock, the biggest shock is, all I remembered is my old life.
“I went to prison and I was frozen in that mindset of my old life.
“You come out and you realise ‘Oh, I’ve lost everything’, everything is gone, everything you can imagine is gone.
“It’s taken me a couple of days. I came home and the first night, I was crying, when I was in bed, I was crying.”
The former ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ star once had a reported net worth of £1 million but has “embraced” the idea of being without money after moving back home with his parents as he recalled having to be “mentally strong” to survive behind bars.
He said: “I was thinking of all the nice things that I had, it was like ‘Wow, man I had it so good!’, I cried myself to sleep.
“There was times when it was hard. You’ve got to be very mentally strong when you’re away in those places.”
In July, Bear was ordered to pay £207,900 to Harrison, which was the highest-ever sum awarded in an image abuse case.
He was found guilty of voyeurism, and two counts of disclosing private, sexual photographs and films.
Responding to the record damages, Hanna Basha from Payne Hicks Beach law firm said: “This has been a difficult, complicated and emotional case.
“I am pleased that we were able to support Georgia, and I hope her strength in pursuing this highlights to other victims that there is help and support available for them and that the courts take these matters very seriously.”
At the time, ‘The Only Way is Essex’ star Georgia – who is yet to comment publicly on her ex-boyfriend’s release from prison – said she had been through “absolute hell”.
In a statement released via Essex Police, she said: “Bear’s behaviour was completely unacceptable and those who choose to commit such crimes should and will be prosecuted.
“I hope me taking a stand gives other men and women who have fallen victim to revenge porn the courage to seek justice and most importantly show them that they have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.
“I have felt ashamed, hurt, violated, even broken at times but today I stand here feeling empowered, grateful and a huge sense of unity with all of those who have reached out to support me throughout this ordeal.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Tony Blackburn was left shocked after he saw a ghost above his bed.
The 80-year-old radio legend, who had hosted a show on BBC Radio London, revealed that he had a paranormal experience as a teenager that left him gob-smacked.
In an interview with the Daily Star newspaper, he said: “When I was about 17 years old, I lived in Poole in Dorset. I was in bed and saw this thing hovering about my bed, like a face.
“I didn’t recognise it, but I looked at it and it gradually faded. I thought it was weird, and the following dat it happened as well – the same thing!
“It’s never happened since but it was hovering about two feet in front of me. I though, ‘That’s a bit scary’, so the following day I left the door open. It didn’t go out, it just faded.”
Tony had recently began to wind down his radio career, with him retiring from BBC Radio London and presenting fewer shows on BBC Radio 2 due to a shock battle with life-threatening sepsis, pneumonia, and blood poisoning in April last year.
The first ‘I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!’ winner had also been honoured with an OBE for his outstanding work in the industry, which he admitted “is the icing on a very lovely cake”.
In a statement, he said: “Receiving this honour is truly unexpected and very humbling. When I first replied to a New Musical Express advert looking for DJs, back in 1964, I never imagined that nearly 60 years later, I would still be doing something I love so much.
“To still be in a radio studio a few times a week, being welcomed in to so many listeners’ homes, sharing mine and their memories, and playing the music I love is simply wonderful.
“To be recognised for my work in broadcasting in this way is testament to all those I’ve had the pleasure of working with over the years, on both the BBC and in commercial radio. It really is the best job and to receive this award is the icing on a very lovely cake.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Tamsin Greig has blasted TV bosses for “whitewashing history”.
The 57-year-old actress starred in the Channel 4 sitcom ‘Friday Night Dinner’, in which she, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird and Tom Rosenthal play a Jewish family living in suburbia, despite the fact none of the actors not following the faith.
Reflecting on the programme, Tamsin admitted she believed ‘Friday Night Dinner’ could not be made as it was today, due to the “problematic whitewashing”.
Speaking to the ‘Radio Times’ podcast, she said: “I was very nervous when I was cast in’ Friday Night Dinner’.”
I went to Robert Popper, who wrote it, and is a Jewish man, and said, ‘I have Jewish ancestors but I don’t call myself Jewish.’
“He said, ‘I’m not worried’ – that was in 2009.
“If he was making that show now, of course, we would have very different conversations.
“I think it’s about being alive to the conversations that are happening now, and to always be asking ourselves, ‘Is this right for now?’
“I think whitewashing history is problematic. Because it’s not being honest about who we’ve been.”
Tamsin emphasised that casting attitudes need to be “discerning” when it comes to choosing actors for certain kinds of TV and movies.
She said: “It’s about being very discerning about each person that is being depicted and having a conversation, not only about who is best to play the role but who is best at this time.”
The actress concluded that entertainment needed to be more transparent with audiences regarding their portrayal of certain characters and groups.
She explained: “There is a sense of us not being able to grow up into new perspectives. I’m not allowing myself to say, ‘That did happen. What am I going to do about it?’
“It’s the process of growing up into that level of self-understanding and forgiveness and transformation. It is delicate and complicated and needs more air than we often allow it.”

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