OHMYGOSSIP — Sam Thompson received 57 per cent of the vote in the ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ final.
The 31-year-old ‘Made In Chelsea’ star was in the final three with retired boxer Tony Bellew and Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, but managed to charm audiences enough to be crowned King of the Jungle.
According to statistics released by ITV, Sam earned 57 per cent of the votes cast, whilst runner-up Tony trailed behind with 14 per cent less than the podcaster.
In an earlier poll, Sam took 43 per cent of the votes, with Tony and Nigel receiving 31 and 26 per cent respectively, leaving the GB News host in third place.
When presenters Ant and Dec announced the result, the podcaster was left “overwhelmed”.
He said: “I’m really overwhelmed, I didn’t think I’d even be invited on the show. I don’t know what to say.”
Fighting through tears, Sam thanked all of his supporters who made the effort to vote for him.
He said: “I’m so grateful, thank you so much. I’ve dreamed of doing this show for years and years and you’ve made a boy’s dream come true.”
Despite coming second, Bellew, 41, was over-the-moon that Sam had won, with the two becoming incredibly close during their time in the jungle.
He said: “I knew, 10 days ago. I knew when I first met him, I’ve never met a person like him … He deserves it more than anything and I couldn’t be happier.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Nigel Farage told ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ bosses to “go to hell” after they said he couldn’t shower naked.
The 59-year-old former politician – who was one of the main campaigners for Brexit, which saw UK citizens vote to leave the European Union in 2016 – caused a stir due to his penchant for washing himself in his birthday suit in the camp’s shower facilities.
Despite being asked to cover his modesty, Nigel – who finished in third place – ignored pleas, citing it would be unhygienic to wear trunks the whole time.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper, he said: “I was told that I shouldn’t be naked. And yet the doctor said, personal hygiene really matters in the jungle, checking yourself for horrors like leeches matter.
“You’re not going to do that unless you are naked so I ignored what ITV said. And I continued to shower naked every day.
“Interestingly, many other campmates did the same. Only I got the publicity, but you know something? I couldn’t care less.
“The only fight I had in the jungle with the producers was over that.
“I had a huge row. I was told in interest of taste and in respect for the cameramen and women that I shouldn’t be doing it.
“I said, ‘Go to hell!'”
The GB News host’s reservations were proven to be correct, as the new king of the jungle Sam Thompson had woken up to find a leech in a very intimate area.
He said: “The day I did it [showered nude] it was lashing with rain. Leeches will crawl up your leg and embed themselves in the warmest part of your body.
“Sam did not shower naked and Sam did not check himself. Sam woke up one morning screaming – the leach was huge. It was on his a*** and the sleeping bag looked like a murder scene.
“So there were very good reasons. Afterwards, my other campmates did the same, four other blokes stripped naked.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ncuti Gatwa got told off for swearing in his ‘Doctor Who’ costume.
The 31-year-old actor takes full control of the TARDIS from the Christmas Day special ‘The Church on Ruby Road’, and his first full season as the Fifteenth Doctor airs in 2024.
Ncuti has revealed that he was called into showrunner Russell T. Davies’ office after using foul language whilst dressed as the Time Lord.
Speaking to Radio Times magazine, he said: “The only time I’ve ever gotten in trouble for anything was when I swore while wearing a ‘Doctor Who’ costume.
“I got called into Russell’s office. Woo! And he let me know that that’s not acceptable. He said, ‘Do what you want when you’re out of costume, but when you’re in costume, do not let us catch you swearing.'”
Despite having to remind Ncuti about his responsibilities to the BBC sci-fi show’s younger fans, Russell emphasised that both he and newcomer Millie Gibson – who plays new companion Ruby, a girl who was abandoned at a church on Christmas Eve – are “incredible performers” who have a special chemistry.
Speaking to SFX magazine, screenwriter Russell said: “They’re both completely incredible performers, they just have a brilliant charisma.
“There’s a real spark, a real crackle of energy between the two of them when they’re performing, it’s electric.”
As well as praising the two new lead stars, Russell, 60, teased what fans can expect in the upcoming Christmas special, which follows the trio of 60th anniversary specials which saw David Tennant return as the Doctor and Catherine Tate as companion Donna Noble.
The ‘It’s a Sin’ creator said: “It’s completely a reinvention. Reinvention of the show, brand new, but not a reboot, it’s the same old show, everything starts again, everything’s seen through the eyes of Ruby Sunday and it’s that lovely feeling of here we go, a new era beginning.
“It [the episode] kind of goes into territory we’ve never touched before.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Not Going Out’ creator Lee Mack says the studio sitcom is “worth protecting”.
The 55-year-old comedian has written and starred in the BBC comedy series since 2006, but the show has received criticism for being old fashioned.
Lee insists he’s proud that his show is compared to the classic sitcoms from the 1970s and he insists the format is “uniquely British thing” that should be cherished.
Speaking at a screening of the upcoming ‘Not Going Out’ Christmas special – which will be the programme’s 100th episode – he said: “It’s a very unique thing, the studio sitcom and I think it’s worth protecting, it’s important to keep it going.
“It’s almost uniquely British thing. I know the Americans do it. But the way we do it is uniquely British, so I like the idea of trying to keep that going. But I’m also very lucky that it’s very unfashionable, because no younger, up-and-coming comic is trying to take my place…
“The critics often say, ‘Is this type of sitcom from the ’70s?’ That’s an odd thing to say because if you ask people to list their favourite sitcoms ever, they’re all from the ’70s – ‘Fawlty Towers’, ‘Dad’s Army’, ‘Steptoe And Son’.
“The critics are basically saying ‘Not Going Out’ is too much like all of those brilliant shows!”
Lee also cannot understand why ‘Not Going Out’ is lambasted for including laughter from the studio audience who watch it being filmed.
He added: “When some critics say and they often do, ‘Do we still need to hear people laughing in the background?’ I always think, ‘how do they cope when they’re watching a play?’ Are they constantly going ‘shush, stop laughing at this comedy, I’m trying to watch this.’
“That’s the joy of it! We’re filming a live theatrical event… I like the idea that you’re filming something that’s happening on that night. And that’s what I think is different. I’m the first say we’re not a realistic sitcom, the language is not realistic. So without the laugh, it just sounds odd, because all the characters are quite often knowingly telling a gag. To have that to absolute silence would be weird. You need that laugh constantly for it to make sense.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Tony Bellew almost quit I”m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!’ but his wife Rachael talked him out of it.
The former boxer competed on the ITV show alongside stars including JLS singer Marvin Humes and politician Nigel Farage and he ended up coming second to winner Sam Thompson, but Tony has admitted he almost gave up and walked out after Rachael made a surprise visit to the jungle camp.
During an appearance on ‘Good Morning Britain’ on Monday (11.12.23), he explained: “I’ll never quit no matter how hard it gets. It was difficult. I was going through a lot before I went in there with my personal life, losing my nan and I missed my son’s birthday which I promised him I’d never do again after I retired.
“When Rachael appeared in the jungle it broke me for a good 10 minutes. I wanted to walk out and leave with her.
“She told me I couldn’t. It would have been such a disappointment for the kids. It broke my heart to leave her again.”
He added of the difficult times in the jungle: “You’re alone with your own thoughts and my mind isn’t the best, it wasn’t easy. It was very very difficult and you think to yourself: ‘What am I doing here?'”
Tony went on to admit he doesn’t feel disappointed about coming second – because he’s convinced Sam was a worthy winner. He said: “10 days ago, I knew. I knew when I first met him, I’ve never met a person like him … He deserves it more than anything and I couldn’t be happier … Everyone was amazing … I know this is called ‘I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!’ but I’m not one of them, a celebrity, and no one felt like a celebrity, they were just normal.
“It’s the first time in my life I’ve sat with a bunch of strangers and just thought, ‘You’re all sound people’.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Motsi Mabuse says “only God knows” if she will have any more children.
The 42-year-old ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ star became mum to a daughter – whose name she keeps private – with her husband Evgenij Voznyuk back in 2018 and she’s now revealed she has no idea whether she will ever become a mum again, but she’s happy being a family of three.
When asked if she plans to expand her family, Motsi told OK! magazine: “Only God knows … We are happy that we have the three of us. We are a tiny, close-knit family. Every day with our daughter feels like a gift and we are so in love with each other.”
She added of her little girl: “It might be overloading telling her I love her, telling her how special she is, but I know what the world is and I’m hoping my voice will stay when all the other influences come in life.”
However, Motsi admitted she’s very excited about becoming an aunt as her sister Oti is currently pregnant with her first child.
She added: “The whole family is really excited because the last baby we had is five already. My family loves family … We’re really excited about the baby.”
Oti ‘s baby will be her first with husband Marius Iepure, and she recently admitted he’s been a huge support throughout her pregnancy.
She told Hello! magazine: “Right now, there are certain things I can’t lift, I can’t go down, I haven’t seen my knees in like two months. There are certain things that I physically can’t do, and he’s been absolutely amazing at stepping up and just taking that role.
“So, for my relationship, it works pretty well. I’m not complaining. We communicate freely without judgment, and we’re both ready to take on chores.
“This is something that we established very early on in our relationship, that everything is 50/50.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Layton Williams says social media trolling is “so draining”.
The ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ contestant – who is partnered with Nikita Kuzmin, 25 – has opened up about all the online hate he has been getting since joining the BBC talent show and insisted he lucky to have a “thick skin” as he attempts to brush off all of the negativity ahead of competing in the grand final next weekend.
After a fan told haters to leave Layton alone, the 29-year-old actor replied in a post on X – formerly known as Twitter – writing: “Luckily I have thick skin but it’s so draining that so-called ‘Strictly fans’ go out of their way to drag me down to lift others up.
“Their fave couples would be SO embarrassed by their comments and so should they. They’ll never dim my shine, Big love.”
Layton also revealed on social media that his grandmother had no clue he was in a same-sex partnership on the show and when she found out, she insisted she’s just pleased he’s “happy”.
He posted: “Just rang my Nan in Jamaica and she managed to watch some of Strictly at a friends house on the computer.
“She didn’t know I was dancing with a man but said she loved it and doesn’t care so long as I’m happy.”
The ex ‘Bad Education’ star wowed the judges this week and snagged a rare standing ovation from Craig Revel-Horwood after his Charleston.
The 58-year-old television personality told Layton – who earned a perfect 40 for his Paso Doble – that it was “the best Charleston that I have seen in 20 years”.
Craig’s colleague Motsi Mabuse, 42, added: “There is nothing that has been better, and this is a testament to your hard work and anyone around you, well done.”
Layton is set to compete in the final alongside Ellie Leach, 22, and Bobby Brazier, 20.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kerry Katona was left frantic after her nine-year-old daughter was hospitalised and placed in isolation.
The former Atomic Kitten star’s youngest child DJ fell ill last week and was admitted to hospital where doctors diagnosed her with a nasty bout of flu – and Kerry had to take time off from her panto rehearsals so she could stay by her side.
In her column for new! magazine, the mother-of-five explained: “I’ve had a nightmare this week as DJ was taken into hospital for tests after having a really high temperature for a couple of days.
“It turned out she had really bad influenza, so they had to put her in isolation. I took some days off work to stay with her.”
DJ has since been discharged from hospital and is receiving home visits from nurses while Kerry’s fiance Ryan Mahoney looks after her.
Kerry, 43, added: “She’s home now, but nurses are still coming to us to visit. It’s been scary and she’s still full of cold, but she’s on the mend. Ryan is looking after her while I go back to work.”
It comes after Kerry admitted she has “health anxiety” about DJ – whose dad was Kerry late ex George Kay – after the youngster experienced a number of “fainting spells”.
In a previous column for the magazine, Kerry wrote: “I have health anxiety when it comes to DJ. I worry about her, especially recently as she’s had a few fainting spells.
“We took her for an MRI and the doctor found something. We’re waiting as her results have been sent to a neurosurgeon, but the doctor seems to think she’s alright. “He said that lots of us could have what she has but we’ve just not had MRIs.”
Kerry is also mother to Molly, 22, and 20-year-old Lilly-Sue with first husband Brian McFadden, and Heidi, 16, and Max, 15, with second husband Mark Croft.

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OHMYGOSSIP — The ‘Slow Horses’ showrunner says its new season sees a “huge step up” in its “scale” and “level of action”.
Will Smith, who also wrote for ‘The Thick of It’ and ‘Veep’, stressed despite the change of pace, it was essential the Apple TV series “felt like the same show” and it “didn’t suddenly go off into feeling like it was just generic action”.
He told NME: “We still felt like it was our characters involved in it, and it still had the humour and the drama: it still felt like our show.”
The show sees its group of disgraced MI5 rejects return, including Gary Oldman’s cranky old spy Jackson Lamb.
Will added he loves writing outrageous lines for Gary, 65, in the same way he did for Peter Capaldi’s Malcolm Tucker in ‘The Thick of It’.
He said: “It gives you license to do and say all sorts of things… you also get to know how the actors deliver things, what they like, what they want more of. “You start to write to their rhythms… I know Gary wanted the scene in the show where he’s washing in the sink, squirting Fairy Liquid in his armpits.
“Gary will go for it because he’s got no vanity about it. He just loves inhabiting that character and being that guy.
“I’m waiting for the moment he tells me you can’t give me any more food to eat because he really commits to the eating.”
He said Gary had to eat close to “12 ice creams” during various takes for one scene featuring his grubby spy character.
Will added: “I don’t know where he puts it.”
The showrunner also said he and Gary are huge fans of the books by Mick Herron on which the show is based.
He said: “(Gary) is hugely collaborative. He’s probably absurdly deferential towards me in terms of his input.
“We get together and we talk and it’s small things like, ‘I could say that quicker, change that word.’
“A lot of his notes will be like, ‘Oh I can do that with a look.’
“Hopefully he feels that we have a great creative relationship in that regard.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kelsey Grammer has hinted he wants Glenn Miller’s ‘In the Mood’ played at his funeral.
The ‘Frasier’ star, 68, who played radio psychiatrist Frasier Crane from 1993 to 2004 – and who is reprising the role in a reboot of the show that started in October – added he is moved to tears every time he hears Luciano Pavarotti’s version of ‘Nessun Dorma’.
He told NME about his choice of song for his funeral: “I was working on stage with Christopher Plummer years ago when Peter Sellers died – and he had flown out to the funeral.
“And I asked, ‘How was it?’ And he said, ‘Oh Peter, you know, crazy Peter.’ “But the song he selected for his funeral was ‘In The Mood’.
“That was great. Actually, my grandmother always wanted her epitaph to be, ‘I haven’t finished my drink yet.’”
Kelsey added about tearing up over ‘Nessun Dorma’: “Holy moly, every time I hear it man. I’m just weeping when he hits that note.
“I met Pavarotti once, when I was 18. I’d just started going to Juilliard, and I was walking out past the security table and as I stepped out of the elevator, this big guy in a black mouton overcoat said, ‘Excusé, do you know, where is the theatre department floor?’
“And I said, ‘Sure man, follow me, I’ll take ya.’
“So I walked him to the third floor and a couple of kids had seen me walking by.
“Afterwards, they ran up to me and said, ‘Oh my God! Do you know him?’ But I had no idea!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Former ‘EastEnders’ actor John Altman loves watching children’s TV favourites.
Despite his character Nasty Nick on the BBC One soap being renowned as one of its most vicious, the 71-year-old star said in reality he is a fan of shows including ‘Peppa Pig’ and ‘Igglepiggle’.
John – who was also in ‘An American Werewolf in London’ and ‘Quadrophenia’ – said about how he loves watching the children’s TV shows with his young granddaughter Lily: “When I had pneumonia I sat back and watched ‘In The Night Garden’.
“I found it quite soothing. I watch ‘Peppa Pig’ with my granddaughter.”
Dad-of-one John, who is currently starring as pantomime baddie Abanazar in ‘Aladdin’ is best known for portraying Dot Cotton’s drug-addicted son Nick in ‘EastEnders’ for 30 years from the first episode in 1985.
The character died from a heroin overdose in 2015 after he tried to kill his mum Dot, played by the late June Brown.
‘In The Night Garden’, which features hyperactive cuddly character Igglepiggle, and ‘Peppa Pig’ are crowd-pleasers for nursery age children.
John recently said he thought Dot’s ‘EastEnders’ funeral episode was too short.
He was left devastated after his onscreen mum died aged 95 in 2022 and was among the viewers who tuned in to see her character’s memorial service on the BBC soap when it aired in December last year.
But he told the Daily Star: “It seemed to be quite quick. They should have done an hour-long episode to pay homage to her. They could have put in some old scenes from over the years.
“But I do think they did June justice. I liked the cigarettes being thrown onto the coffin. June would have liked that.”
John attended June’s real-life funeral after her death and said it was strange subsequently watching her character’s memorial on TV.
He added: “It was quite bizarre. I went to her real funeral and then I watched the one on TV. I was quite moved by it. I found it very emotional.”

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