OHMYGOSSIP — Bill Fellows has “no regrets at all” over leaving ‘Coronation Street’.
The 67-year-old actor has played Stu Carpenter on the ITV1 soap opera since October 2021 and while he hasn’t “ruled out” the idea of a comeback at some point, he thinks that his character has “evolved” since he joined as a homeless man, who had been wrongly imprisoned for murder in the years before his arrival.
He said: “I have no regrets at all. It is the right time to go for me and for Stu. I will look back with fond memories and I wouldn’t rule out coming back in the future.
“But Stu has evolved, we started off with a homeless guy who was wrongly accused of murder and then we get to the point three years later where this guy’s got almost a quarter of a million pounds and has cleared his name and made it a life for himself. I’m really pleased with the story, because it’s been fully, fully formed.”
During his time on the show, Stu has worked as a chef at Speed Daal and also struck up a relationship with his boss Yasmeen Nazir (Shelley King) but he will leave during scenes set to air in Monday (14.10.24) night’s episode.
Having realised that his quest to try and mentor troubled teen Mason Radcliffe (Luca Toolan) has put Yasmeen and her business at risk, Stu tells her he has decided to go and live permanently with his granddaughter in Germany.
Away from ‘Coronation Street’, Bill is best known for his role as George Catrick in the hit Apple+ series ‘Ted Lasso’, but has been a regular face on British television since the 1980s with appearances in dramas such as ‘Byker Grove’, ‘Heartbeat’ and ‘Casualty’ over the years.
From 1997 until 1998, he had a main role in the Sky One series ‘Dream Team’, which also featured his future ‘Corrie’ co-star Alison King, who has now played Carla Connor for nearly 20 years.
Bill had previously auditioned for the role of Richard Lucas, who is the long-lost brother of cafe owner Roy Cropper (David Neilson), but the part eventually went to Paul Brown.
He said: “I had yes [thought about doing a soap before], in fact, I auditioned for the role of Roy’s brother, Nina’s dad before I got the role of Stu. I wasn’t right for the part but it was for three weeks so it was fate really because I got this part and stayed three years. I am so proud to have been in ‘Corrie’. It is a massive part of all our lives, especially at my age, 67, it has been around all my life.”
‘Coronation Street’ is on ITV at 8pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday and available to stream from 7am on ITVX.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Phillip Schofield’s mother has died aged 88.
The former ‘This Morning’ presenter, 62, posted a string of Instagram Story tributes to Pat on Monday (14.10.24) night, hours after she passed away, saying he “held her, loved her, and hugged her” during her final days.
He wrote over a throwback picture of him smiling alongside his mum: “Over three days we held her, loved her, hugged her and said everything that needed to be said.
“She was calm, peaceful, beautiful and dignified. I will forever be proud and privileged that she was my mum.”
Phillip also sent his “eternal thanks” to medics and the accident and emergency department in Truro, Cornwall, who he said had been his and his mum’s “angels”.
He concluded his caption with a heartbroken emoji alongside the words: “I love you mum, forever.”
His mum’s death comes 16 years after the TV host’s father Brian was killed by a heart attack in 2008 aged 72.
Phillip’s grief comes after he made his TV comeback with his Channel 5 ‘Cast Away’ show, on which he claimed he had been “fired” from ITV for “someone else’s crime”.
The former daytime host stepped down from presenting the channel’s flagship ‘This Morning’ breakfast show in May 2023 amid huge publicity over an affair he had with a junior colleague.
He claimed on ‘Cast Away’ he didn’t resign from the show – and said he was sacked over a separate wave of negative publicity over the conviction of his paedophile brother Timothy, 54, who was sentenced to 12 months in jail in April 2023 of 11 sexual offences involving a child between October 2016 and October 2019, including two of sexual activity with a child.
Phillip said on the final episode of his desert island series about how he flew into a rage when his agent called him to say he was being let go from ITV: “My phone rang and I picked it up: ‘Mate are you somewhere quiet?’ – which is never a good sign.”
He added his agent told him: “Erm, I’ve got a bit of a shock. I’m afraid you’ve been let go from ‘This Morning’.
“That’s it, it’s done. You’re not going back on Monday.”
Phillip said he asked: “What? Because of what?”, as his agent replied: “I think it’s the publicity mate.”
The TV host went on: “(I told my agent) that’s got nothing to do with me… that has nothing to do with me. Why would I be sacked for something that somebody else did?”
He said: “I’ve just been fired. Because of him. Because I was becoming more of a story than the programme. It was better for the show, better for the channel.
“And I agreed to say that I’d resigned because it would be neater for everybody.
“I was always open and honest with everyone at work about what was happening with my brother. I was fired for the bad publicity. For someone else’s crime.
“And the thing is, about a week later, I blew my own wheels off with everything else, because I thought the only way to even begin to put this right for everybody is to do a full mea culpa.
“I came clean about my affair. What people don’t realise is, I wasn’t fired from ‘This Morning’ when I admitted lying. It was before. Because of someone I used to call brother.
“But that is my last story, looking back.”
An ITV source has denied Phillip’s claims he was fired over his brothers crimes, with a source telling the Daily Mirror: “Phillip’s new comments are simply untrue… we stood by him through his brother’s court case and he then stepped away when things became too much.
“There was a lot going on and some relationships on the programme had become untenable as was reported at the time.
“He then admitted himself he had been lying about an affair and he resigned from ITV altogether.
“We didn’t sack him, he lied to us and then he resigned, there is not much else to say and we as a network just want to move on.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Rob Brydon is hosting new adventure series ‘Destination X’.
The ‘Gavin and Stacey’ star – who is also known for being at the helm of ‘Would I Lie To You’ since 2009 – has landed a new job presenting the upcoming reality competition show, which the BBC says will “combine spectacular adventure travel and immersive gameplay with the ultimate guessing game”.
In a statement, Rob said: “How could I turn down the opportunity to become the mastermind of ‘Destination X’, the thrilling new travel adventure series coming to the BBC next year?
“It’s a show that turns the whole of Europe into a board game – manipulating the players and the audience at home along the way.
“I can’t wait to be the puppet master orchestrating every twist and turn as our contestants are taken on a journey where everything is not as it seems. It’s going to be a wild ride!”
The 59-year-old comedian – who will reprise his role as Uncle Bryn in the upcoming ‘Gavin and Stacey’ Christmas special – is no stranger to travel either, having starred with Steve Coogan in ‘The Trip’.
Catherine Catton, Head of Factual Entertainment and Events at the BBC, added: “Rob is the perfect host to guide our cast and audience over the course of this extraordinary road trip where nothing is quite what it seems, and we are delighted to be working with him on this amazing series.”
The show is designed to “merge fantasy with reality” as contestants “embark on the trip of a life time” with no clue where they actually are.
They’re taking with figuring out the mystery locations, with the blacked-out Destination X bus seeing the journey transform “nto a real-life boardgame with challenges designed to offer clever clues as to their location, along with a few misdirects to keep them, and the viewers, always guessing”.
The BBC said in a press released: “At the end of each episode, contestants must guess where they are and the furthest from the actual location will leave the competition.
“The first player to reach the final destination, Destination X, will be crowned the winner.
“With high stakes and mind-blowing spectacular gameplay, the series will continuously keep viewers engaged and take them along for the ride.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Katya Jones cannot bear to watch her ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ partner Wynne Evans “being portrayed as someone he’s not” following their “silly joke” last weekend.
The 52-year-old opera singer has come under fire from viewers after Katya appeared to move Wynne’s hand back as he placed it across her waist during Saturday night’s (12.10.24) live show, but the 35-year-old professional dancer has insisted Wynne only makes her “smile”.
Speaking on ‘Strictly’ spin-off ‘It Takes Two’ while sitting alongside Wynne, she said: “The idea that it made me feel uncomfortable or offended in any way is total nonsense, and those that have doubts, you guys have got it wrong.
“So hopefully this will be the end of it, and you just keep making me smile.
“I can’t sit here watching this man being portrayed as someone he’s not.”
Following the hand incident, Katya took to social media to insist that and another situation, in which she appeared to decline a high five with her partner, were both “inside jokes”.
The dancer has now doubled down on the claim, and admitted it was a “silly” and “bad joke”.
She said: “In fact, it couldn’t be further away from the truth.
“So I have to make this absolutely clear that this whole incident, with the hand and the high five on Saturday night, was an inside joke between Wynne and I.
“Was it a silly joke? Yes, was it a bad joke? Yes.”
Katya’s comments come after Wynne admitted this week he has been left “heartbroken” about the fallout from the quip.
Speaking on BBC Radio Wales, he said: “I’m absolutely heartbroken by the things that have been written about me in the last day.
“It’s not nice to live in that time, but basically Katya and I are really, really close and we’re really good friends, and on Saturday night we made a stupid joke.
“It was a stupid joke that went wrong, OK? We thought it was funny. It wasn’t funny. It has been totally misinterpreted.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ chiefs have splashed out £21 million on a mega mansion to launch the new series.
Executives on the ITV reality favourite have booked the ten-bedroom Diamond Head estate that is set to be used in the opening episode when the show returns to screens next month with WAG Coleen Rooney expected to be in the line-up after signing a mega-money deal to take part.
The property in Palm Beach, Queensland was formerly owned by motorbike racing world champion Mick Doohan and boasts a private runway, helipad and a wine cellar with 2,000 bottles.
It has previously hosted A-list Hollywood stars including Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp, who severed his finger there after a row with then-wife Amber Heard in 2015.
A TV source told The Sun newspaper: “Diamond Head is one of Australia’s priciest properties so will suit Coleen down to the ground.
“The new location will bring showbiz sparkle to the series and the ‘I’m A Celebrity’ team are finalising details about how exactly the property will be used and for how long.”
Another ‘I’m A Celebrity’ source added: “Bosses are determined to pull out all the stops for this year’s launch and make it as visually spectacular as ever.
“Viewers can expect lots of surprises and everyone’s very excited about the celebrities lined up for the new series.”
Coleen, 38, is thought to have put pen to paper on a deal that eclipses the £1.5 million fee that Reform UK politician Nigel Farage pocketed to appear in last year’s series.
A source told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: “‘I’m A Celeb’ bosses have pulled off a huge coup getting Coleen for the jungle this year and the team are thrilled to have her on board.”
She is set to be joined on the programme by former ‘X Factor’ judge Tulisa Contostavlos, ‘Loose Women’ panellist Jane Moore and ‘Coronation Street’ actor Alan Halsall.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Nick Knowles needs two operations following his ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ exploits.
The ‘DIY SOS’ presenter and his professional partner Luba Mushtuk became the third couple to leave the BBC show at the weekend and he explained that he will have to undergo two procedures to be fit to dance at his wedding to partner Katie Dadzie next year after sustaining injuries to both his arm and knee during his time on the programme.
Speaking on ‘Strictly’ spin-off series ‘It Takes Two’, Nick said of his elimination: “I think it was the right result in the end and it means I can get the various bits falling off sorted.
“I’m having an operation on my arm this week and an operation on my knee in a couple or three weeks.”
The 62-year-old star explained that Luba will be choreographing the first dance when he ties the knot with his fiancee Katie in 2025.
Nick told host Fleur East: “After I’ve had my operations I’m going to do some more training with Luba and I’ve got some important things to do like maybe next year join the ‘Strictly’ tour.
“But more importantly I’m getting married next year and Luba’s going to help choreograph the first dance.”
Luba, 34, added: “He always really wanted to do an Argentine Tango.”
Nick explained that he has discovered a love of dancing during his brief stint in the competition but was disappointed for his partner that they couldn’t go further into the series.
He said: “I fell in love with dancing.
“You don’t realise that Luba has worked out all these dances and I felt I’d let Luba down so I desperately wanted to do more.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’ star Brendan O’Carroll has apologised for making a “clumsy” joke where a “racial term was implied”.
The 69-year-old actor and the show’s creator made the quip during a read-through for the programme’s upcoming Christmas special, resulting in the BBC suspending production while an investigation was launched.
Brendan – who stars in the show as potty-mouthed matriarch Agnes Brown – told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “At a read-through of the Mrs. Brown’s Boys Christmas specials, there was a clumsy attempt at a joke, in the character of Agnes, where a racial term was implied.
“It backfired and caused offence which I deeply regret and for which I have apologised.”
A source told the publication: “The whole production of the Christmas special was paused while the investigation was carried out.
“The entire cast and crew were stood down in the wake of the comment as the BBC tried to get to the bottom of it.”
However, rehearsals have since restarted following Brendan’s apology.
The BBC said: “Whilst we don’t comment on individuals, the BBC is against all forms of racism and we have robust processes in place should issues ever arise.”
Earlier this week, Brendan revealed he had landed a new BBC comedy series called ‘Shedites’, which will feature legendary comedian Tommy Cannon in a leading role.
Brendan was quoted by The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column as saying: “It’s using comedy to touch on men’s mental health.
“The BBC loved the pilot. Hopefully it will be out in the fall.”
A pilot episode has been penned and is thought to have been well-received by BBC bosses.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Georgia Harrison says passing the ‘Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins’ course is a “turning point” in her life to “really overcome” recent trauma she’s faced.
The former ‘Love Island’ star, 29, and professional boxer Lani Daniels, 36, were the only two stars who passed the hellish eight-day SAS training course in the latest series of the Channel 4 show.
Georgia – who helped change the law after her 34-year-old ex Stephen Bear was jailed in March 2023 after he was found guilty of sharing a private video of the pair having sex – admitted the brutal ‘Celebrity SAS’ experience is “one of the biggest achievements” of her life.
She told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “It made me a lot stronger and it was almost like an actual turning point in my life to really overcome all the trauma and challenge I’ve been through the year before.
“I’m like, ‘Right this is my time to come back fighting, come back stringer and move into a whole new era of my life.’
“I’ve definitely felt a shift in my energy, my vibration, my ability to handle things.”
After being told by Chief Instructor Billy Billingham and his team of Directing Staff (DS) – Foxy (Jason Fox), Rudy Reyes and Chris Oliver – that she had passed the course, the reality TV star and campaigner told Lani she was too “traumatised” to celebrate.
Georgia said: “I don’t know if I feel happy yet, I’m so traumatised.”
Monday night’s (14.10.24) episode saw the final recruits being handed to expert interrogators for the ultimate psychological and physical challenge.
After completing the course, Lani told Georgia: “I can’t believe we’re the only two that done it.”
Foxy admitted Georgia and Lani had “outshone” the men on the no-nonsense course.
He said: “This show has shown me that women are f****** tough. They’re resilient.
“They have outshone the men that have been on this course.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sir David Jason lost out on two 2023 movie roles to Sir Michael Caine and Jim Broadbent.
The ‘Only Fools and Horses’ legend – who is best known for playing Derek ‘Del Boy’ Trotter in the iconic BBC sitcom – tried out for the lead part in movie ‘The Great Escaper’, in which Michael played Bernard Jordan, who escaped from his care home to attend the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in France.
In his new book, ‘This Time Next Year’, David wrote: “I would love to be able to declare that my collected film work on DVD would make an elegant shelf of high-class cinematic experiences to browse among an evening.
“I fear, however, that it may look more like the contents of a box pulled out from under a table at a car boot sale.
“I thought it was going to be me escaping from the care home and going to look for my Dun-kirk chums.
“It’s the hope that kills you.”
David was also keen to land the lead role in ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry’, but he found out via a newspaper that Jim had beaten him to the part.
It comes after Jim previously tried out for the role of ‘Only Fools and Horses’ character Del Boy in the 1980s, and was offered the part.
But he had to decline the opportunity, due to his West End commitments.
Speaking previously on ‘The Graham Norton Show’, Jim said: “Originally, I was the second choice for Del Boy.
“The first choice was Enn Reitel, but he didn’t fancy it and I couldn’t do it because I was doing a show in the West End.”
But he is glad David was available to take on the legendary role.
He said: “Luckily, David Jason was available, so my biggest contribution to British culture is not being available!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Scandal-hit Giovanni Pernice is set to return to UK screens in “early 2025”.
The axed ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ professional had already filmed his stint on Channel 4’s reality show ‘Celebrity Hunted’ in 2022, but it was pulled from screening last year, and after the investigation into his conduct and alleged bullying on the BBC One Latin and ballroom show, he’s set to appear on the rival channel in January.
A source told The Sun: “It was absolutely right to shelve Hunted while the BBC took the time to unravel the claims against Giovanni.
“It was filmed in 2022 and due to screen last year, but will now air in early 2025.”
The broadcaster was reported to have upheld just six of the 17 complaints made against Giovanni.
He apologised to ‘Sherlock’ star Amanda Abbington after BBC bosses concluded a review into the Italian’s conduct, but in her first interview since the findings were published, Amanda suggested she was considering further legal action.
Amanda told Newsnight host Victoria Derbyshire she was “taking guidance from my lawyer on a day-to-day basis” when asked how she will proceed after the report’s findings were released.
She added: “There’s a 30-page report that me and my lawyers are still digesting. There are still things in there that are unresolved.”
And Giovanni – who still appears on the Italian version of ‘Strictly’ and is embarking on his own solo tour ‘The Last Dance’ next year – reportedly assumes that he will be back the show in 2025.
A source told The Daily Mirror newspaper: “Giovanni has not given up on appearing on the ‘Strictly’ stage. As far as he is concerned, he has been cleared and there is no reason why he couldn’t return. He has told his pals he is hoping to be back next year and is keen to speak to the BBC about it. He still feels very much part of the fold and has a massive fan base who would no doubt welcome him back. But of course, the final decision will be made by BBC bosses.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Hannah Waddingham is “too busy” for dating.
The 50-year-old ‘Ted Lasso’ star has confessed she can’t remember the last time she went out on a date with a man and fears she hasn’t found love yet because she’s “a bit picky” and won’t settle for anyone who isn’t “fabulous”.
She told The Sun newspaper: “It’s so long since I had a first date, I honestly can’t remember … I’m so busy and just a bit picky.
“I want a guy that scoops me up and goes, ‘I’ve got you, I don’t care if you’ve got your make-up on or not, I’m happy to lie in bed with you and have Marmite on toast and a glass of milk’.
“And just be a lovely positive, charismatic soul. I’m 50 and I’m like, ‘Dude, if you are not going to step up, step off and be gone. Sod off until someone fabulous comes along’. I’d rather hang with my girlfriends and gay friends and be respected.”
Hannah went on to reveal her dating deal-breaker would be a “bad kiss”.
She explained: “What’s my deal breaker? I’m going to be very basic – a bad kiss. You know that nothing else works, nothing else is going to work. But also eye contact, eye contact is key.”
Hannah was previously in a relationship with Italian businessman Gianluca Cugnetto for more than a decade and they are parents to a daughter, Kitty, who was born in 2015.
The actress previously opened up about her dating “criteria” during an appearance with Michelle Visage on the ‘Rule Breakers’ podcast, saying: “I’m a pretty picky girl really and have such a very specific kind of criteria of things.
“One of the main things with guys, just come on man, positivity – positivity and charisma and I’m your gal.
“But there’s an awful lot of misogs [miserable old gits] out there. I don’t need it … I don’t go much on stereotypical cutey pie, whatever, sexy, whatever.”

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