OHMYGOSSIP — Paddy McGuinness is replacing Gregg Wallace on ‘Inside The Factory’.
The ‘Question of Sport’ host will join co-host Cherry Healey and historian Ruth Goodman on the BBC series – which sees them snoop inside Britain’s biggest factories – next year after Gregg announced he was stepping down from the role after eight years to be there for his autistic son Sid.
Former ‘Take Me Out’ host Paddy, 50, said: “One of my first jobs was in a factory so I’ve come full circle. I’m fascinated by the machinery and the people who make it all tick. Hair nets aside, I can’t wait to get cracking!”
Gregg announced back in March that he was leaving the presenting job to focus on finding his three-year-old boy, who is non-verbal, an appropriate school.
Speaking on Gaby Roslin’s BBC Radio London show, he said: “So I’ve made a decision that I’m actually not going to do ‘Inside The Factory’ anymore.
“It’s a good time to stop doing it because there’s actually 12 episodes in the can … so I wouldn’t have been filming for a while anyway so it just seemed like a good idea to stop it.”
The former greengrocer – who has Sid with his wife Anne-Marie Sterpini – continued: “Imagine a child that you can’t threaten or bribe and that’s basically what you’ve got.
“You’ve got a little boy who’s cuddly and happy and naughty, like any little boy would be, but he can’t speak, he can’t talk to you, so he gets frustrated because he finds it difficult to tell you what exactly it is he needs.
“Right now, we need to find education for him and I can’t just leave that to Anna – that’s a big, big decision.
“I mean, all parents worry about the schools that children will go to. Ours is even more highlighted because of poor little Sid’s issues.”
Gregg – who also has Libby and Tom with his second wife Denise and has been married four times – is still a judge on ‘MasterChef’.
The TV star first opened up about Sid’s autism on panel show ‘Loose Women’ last summer to help raise awareness of the neurodevelopmental disorder.
He said: “He’s got something called global development delay, which means he is not speaking.
“But he is lovely, he is cuddly… If he wants something, he grabs your hand.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ruby Wax went on a silent retreat to “find meaning” in life.
The 70-year-old TV star realised during the COVID-19 lockdowns that she wanted to “find meaning” for herself and went on a series of journeys, one of which included entering a silent retreat for 30 days and coming out of it a different person to when she went in.
Speaking on ITV’s ‘Lorraine’, she told stand-in host Ranvir Singh: “With nothing to do, you had time to face yourself because you had nobody to talk to so I thought ‘Come on, let’s change how you live your life, Ruby. Let’s move it a gear up, let’s find meaning!’
“I didn’t know how to do that. I’d go on these epic journeys to give me some ideas. Some of those were a 30-day silent retreat, I worked in a refugee camp, I lived in a Christian monastery. There were other ones. I went swimming with humpback whales. It’s kind of life-changing stuff. Kind of life-changing things if you pay attention but I kept gazumping it.
“You don’t go on a 30-day retreat and come out the same way you went in because you’ve got no telephone and you’ve got no distractions so your mind eventually just puts up a white flag of surrender and goes ‘Okay!’ You can taste food for the first time and you can watch an ant going up and down a leaf without getting bored. And you think ‘I’m really a fabulous person!'”
However, the fomer ‘Girls on Top’ actress went on to add that she very quicky found herself back on the usual treadmill of life upon leaving the retreat and ended up with another bout of depression.
She added: “But when I came out I did an ad for potato crisps within 24 hours and went straight back to my routine. There is no quick fix. We’ve been us for our whole lives, so it’s hard to break. You go back to your triggers, it’s like being an addict in a way. Everybody starts to perk you up, you start to jerk your face into that smile you used to do and you weren’t that at all once you had these experience. I thought I was with my people, but then I went back and everybody treated me a certain way. After some of those journeys, I wasn’t expecting this one, I hadn’t had depression in 12 years and I ended up in a mental institution!”
Ruby was inspired to write ‘I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was’ as a result of her experiences and has now turned the book into a play, which she is touring across the UK from September until November.
She added: “I wrote the book from a mental institution, well not when you sit, you can’t even move your right arm let alone know where it is. But it was May 11. And I got a really good therapist, she did a therapy. And in the play, I use the real therapist’s voice. ”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston have reunited for a new television project.
The TV legends are best known for playing Jim and Barbara Royle in the classic BBC comedy series ‘The Royle Family’ but the pair will be joining forces once again and have “jumped at the chance” to make a travelogue for More4.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s TVBiz column: “Ricky and Sue are incredibly close friends and when they were approached about reuniting they both jumped at the chance. They will be travelling the length and breadth of the UK to share some of their favourite places with their fans.”
The insider went on to add that Ricky, 83, and Sue, 79, – who also played married couple Bobby and Sheila Grant in now-defunct Channel 4 soap opera ‘Brookside’ before the late Caroline Aherne cast them to play her parents in ‘The Royle Family’ – have already started shooting the series and have been enjoying exploring a variety of places together.
The source added: “Ricky and Sue have already started filming some of the series and have been all over, having lots of fun in places like Portmeirion and Porthmadog in Wales and in Shrewsbury.”
Just weeks ago, it was revealed that there will be a one-off special to mark the 25th anniversary of ‘The Royle Family’ – which chronicled the lives of a sofa-surfing family in Manchester as they spent their evenings watching television – airing on Gold next month.
The special will be an updated version of the 2010 documentary ‘The Royle Family: Down the Back of the Sofa’, giving viewers the chance to hear interviews with cast and crew.
Jason Dawson, the commissioning editor at Gold, said: “A quarter of a century! The Royle Family has without doubt left a permanent mark in television history and we’re delighted to have commissioned this documentary for the 25th anniversary.
“Working alongside Craig and the brilliant team at Phil McIntyre is such a pleasure, and we hope viewers will enjoy reliving this celebration of one of the nation’s most beloved shows.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ will reportedly return to screens on September 23.
The BBC Latin and Ballroom competition- which last year was won by ‘Countryfile’ star Hamza Yassin and professional partner Jowita Przystał – will launch its 21st series in just a matter of weeks, according to The Mirror.
The outlet reports that the series – which typically opens with a pre-recorded launch show – will present its contestants to the public live on air for the very first time.
It is thought that the Saturday night favourite will run for a total of 13 weeks, and one celebrity will – along with their professional partner – lift the Glitterball Trophy on Sunday 16 December as the final will be broadcast just over a week before Christmas.
The lineup for this year’s edition of the hotly-anticipated TV staple includes ‘Sherlock’ actress Amanda Abbington, television presenter Angela Rippon – who at the age of 78 becomes the show’s oldest-ever contestant – and BBC 1Extra host Eddie Kadi.
Former ‘Love Island’ star Zara McDermott will become the show’s first-ever contestant to have initially found fame on the hit ITV2 reality dating show and will join ‘Waterloo Road’ actor Adam Thomas and BBC Asian Network presenter Nikita Kanda in the competition.
Channel 4 newsreader Krishnan Guru-Murthy will also be in the competition, along with ‘The One Show’ presenter Angela Scanlon and West End star Layton Williams, who will become the first male contestant in the history of the show to dance in a dress.
Actress Ellie Leach – who recently quit her role as Faye Windass on ‘Coronation Street’ after more than a decade on the cobble – and ‘EastEnders’ actor Bobby Brazier will also be hitting the dancefloor, along with fellow soap star Nigel Harman, tennis legend Annabel Croft and Paralympian Jody Cundy.
The final celebrity to be revealed for the lineup was TV legend Les Dennis – who is best known for fronting gameshow ‘Family Fortunes’ in the 1980s – and the former ‘Coronation Street’ star admitted that he was “thrilled” to be facing a new challenge ahead of his 70th birthday.
He said: “I’m thrilled to be doing this iconic wonderful show as I approach my 70th birthday! In my career I’ve always gone for challenges outside my comfort zone and this is the ultimate one! Can’t wait.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — AJ Odudu says Davina McCall gave “her blessing” to host the ‘Big Brother’ reboot.
The 35-year-old star will host the revival of the Channel 4 reality show alongside Will Best when it returns to screens later this year and revealed that original host Davina, 55, – who fronted the series from 2000 until 2010 – sent her a video message where she reassured her she is “going to smash it”.
She told Grazia: “The Queen herself has given me her blessing.
“She sent me an amazing video when I got the gig saying, ‘You’re going to smash it.’
AJ – whose other predecessors include Brian Dowling, 45, and Emma Willis, 47, who fronted it after it moved to Channel 5 and aired from 2011 to 2018 – detailed how she “clawed her way back” after “so much rejection” like when she was replaced on ‘Big Brother’s Bit on the Side’.
She said: “I’ve clawed my way back without being horrible, just by working hard and being myself. Back then I didn’t even want to get out of my bed.
“I fell into a deep depression because TV just wasn’t going my way.
“Five years ago I was living on my dad’s bedroom floor in a council flat. I was like, ‘I don’t live where you guys think I live and I’m not doing what you guys think.”
When the news broke that AJ would be presenting the reboot of the show, the former ‘ Strictly Come Dancing’ contestant admitted she “couldn’t be more ecstatic” to be fronting the return of such an “iconic” series.
She wrote on Instagram: “This is not a drill! I’m beyond excited to finally be able to say that, I am hosting Big Brother! I couldn’t be more ecstatic to front such an iconic show and to do it alongside my amazing friend @iamwillbest is the icing on the cake. Get ready to be obsessed! Big Brother House, I’m coming to get you!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Russell Tovey is “really excited” about his upcoming television projects.
The 41-year-old actor teased two of his series that will air later in the year, such as the coming-of-age comedy ‘Juice – which stars YouTuber Mawaan Rizwan, 31, as a young gay man – and the hotly anticipated show ‘Feud: Capote’s Women’, which centres on ‘In Cold Blood’ writer Truman Capote and his infamous fallout with his gal pals like Jackie Kennedy Onassis’ little sister Lee Radziwill, Babe Paley, Gloria Guinness and Gloria Vanderbilt by showrunner Ryan Murphy, 57.
He told Metro newspaper’s Sixty Seconds column: “Yeah, I have a BBC Three comedy called ‘Juice’ with Mawaan Rizwan that comes out in the autumn, which I’m really excited by and then I’m in Ryan Murphy’s ‘Feud: Capote’s Women’, which I shot after ‘American Horror Story,’ with Tom Hollander playing Capote, and Demi Moore and Naomi Watts, which comes out in the winter. It’s all about the writer Truman Capote versus ‘the swans’ – he had all these rich socialite women around him and he sold out all their personal lives.”
The former ‘Job Lot’ star detailed how “great” it was to slip into the role of the ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’ author’s boyfriend John O’Shea and dubbed a “nasty narcissist” for encouraging him to write ‘Answered Prayers’, the unfinished novella that was serialised in Esquire magazine in the 70s.
He said: “I play his boyfriend, John O’Shea, who he meets in a bathhouse, who’s from Jersey and a bank manager, and he’s bad news. He’s basically the one who convinced Truman to f*** over his friends and write about them. So I’m a nasty narcissist; great to play but a horrible person in reality.”
The ‘American Horror Story’ star called it “heaven” to be pals with the Turner Prize-winning artist Tracey Emin, 60.
Russell said: “Heaven. Really nice. Very funny, very generous, a survivor and it’s changed her life. She’s putting so much goodness in the world with her art school in Margate. She’s really good news and her work is getting better and she’s such a good place and I’m really proud.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Vicky Pattison “cried” when she was diagnosed with PMDD.
The 35-year-old reality star was emotional after being “heard in a medical setting’ about the debilitating mental anguish caused by Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder – which includes mood swings and a lack of energy – she goes through during her menstrual cycle before her period.
She wrote on her Instagram: “It’s like my brain hates me – I am depressed, despondent, hopeless have no interest in things that usually bring me so much joy, and trying to not only deal with that but hide it all from everyone has left me exhausted and overwhelmed”
This week I decided enough was enough and went private and told myself I wouldn’t be dismissed. ‘When the doctor said to me ‘it sounds like you have PMDD’ I cried.
‘I cried because I felt f****** heard in a medical setting for the first time in years and also I cried because hopefully now I can start trying to manage this rather than just ‘get on with it’- like I feel like women are expected to.
The ‘Geordie Shore’ legend also went into great detail about the impact the condition had had on her “whole adult life” and how she is excited to move forward with her life like her upcoming wedding to her fiancee Ercan Ramadan, 39.
She added: “I have struggled with my periods my whole adult life – but over the last five years or so my PMS symptoms have been completely out of control – it has affected my relationships, my work my quality of life.
“At times, it made me feel like I was going insane – I just do not recognise myself for 2 weeks of the month ever so gradually – that time frame is becoming longer – and sometimes, when I’m proper in the midst of this and totally consumed by my own dark thoughts I convince myself that I’m never going to get better, that these feelings and thoughts aren’t temporary. That this is who I am now. And that terrifies me.”
The former ‘Loose Women’ panellist went on to add that she had spoken to doctors about her concerns “for years” and was simply made to feel “hysterical” but thanked her family and friends for their support.
“For years I have been to see doctors and spoke at length about my concerns and in best case scenarios I was pacified- repeatedly told: ‘let’s take out your implant’, ‘periods do get worse as women get older’, ‘that will be your cyst’ etc.
“In worst case scenarios I was made to feel like I was hysterical and unable to deal with the physical and mental ramifications of a period like every other woman could. I was made to feel weak.
“And I felt embarrassed that I was making a fuss when everyone else seemed to be ok. So I would leave and I vow to take it on the chin.
“But the last couple of months have made me realise I can’t go on like this – I’m getting married to the most amazing man, I have the best family and friends and a job I love – and yet I still spend half the month lost.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ekin-Su Culculoglu has “lost friends” since winning ‘Love Island’.
The 29-year-old reality star shot to fame when she and former boyfriend Davide Sanclimenti won the hit ITV2 reality show in 2022 and has now warned future contestants of the series that they need to stay “true” to themselves instead of rushing into things with their partner but revealed that her sudden spell in the public eye has even cost her some friends.
She told Heat magazine: “You need to realise there are a lot of eyes on you. Live [your relationship] privately and have your own space, but also trust your partner and communicate with them. Don’t rush to live together straight away.
“Get to really know each other, and then, when the time is right, move in together and enjoy every moment. Some relationships, like that of Molly-Mae [Hague] and Tommy [Fury]last forever-you get married and have kids. But you just have to stay true to yourself and don’t let fame change you.
“I lost friends. I’ve still got friends now, but not as many as I did before. Our series was very popular, and it felt like a different kind of pressure when I left.”
Ekin was then asked what she had learned since her time in the villa and explained that she is a “confident and powerful” woman but insisted that despite her fame, she is still human.
She said: “That I am a strong woman. I’m confident and powerful, but I also have times when I do get mad over little things. Fame doesn’t mean you’re some sort of robot.”
Following her time on the show, Ekin went on to take part in ITV1’s ‘Dancing on Ice’ – where she was eliminated third along with professional partner Brendyn Hatfield – and addressed false rumours that she would be joining BBC rival ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ this year, noting that she would like to compete on it at some point.
She added: “I’d love to do [‘Strictly’] – that didn’t mean I’m doing it this year. I’d love to do it eventually!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Rita Simons is in the “most wonderful place” mentally after suffering a “rough” few years.
The 46-year-old actress – who is best known for having starred as Roxy Mitchell on BBC One soap opera ‘EastEnders’ – split from her husband Theo Silveston in 2018 after almost 15 years of marriage but admitted that she is now doing much better after enduring depression and breakdowns.
She told Closer magazine: “It’s no secret that I’ve been through a rough few years. I got divorced and had my breakdowns, but now I’m in the most wonderful place outside of work that I have been in years! It was a deep sadness, I’d say a depression. I couldn’t see the wood for the trees. It was all kind of lumped into one big mess and I was very ill a lot of the time.”
Since leaving ‘EastEnders’ in 2017, Rita – who was diagnosed with spine condition scoliosis at the age of 19 – has competed on ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!’, has appeared on stage in ‘Legally Blonde’ and ‘Hairspray’ and recently joined the cast of ‘Hollyoaks’ but admitted that it was her recent participation on BBC Two’s ‘Pilgrimage: The Road through Portugal’ has been her “favourite” reality TV project even though her health at the time left her “seriously thinking” she would have to drop out.
She added: “I walk my do every day – I’m a massive walker. I also train every day and I’ve got a gym at home so I’m pretty hardcore. I’m feeling good and exercise is definitely a part of that.
“I was seriously thinking I was going to have to pull out [‘Pilgrimage’], because I was in a bad way, health-wise, beforehand. I started having all sorts of treatments and I found this amazing IV drip. If it wasn’t for that I would’ve cancelled, but I got through it just in the nick of time. Then it was fine, it was only my back that gave me any jip because I’ve got scoliosis.
“I’ve done a lot. I went to Australia and I did the jungle, and I did ‘MasterChef’ with [co-star] Su Polard, but ‘The Pilgrimage’ was my favourite show in terms of reality or documentary.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Davina McCall will appear in the ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas special.
The 55-year-old presenter will play herself alongside the new Time Lord -played by ‘Sex Education’ star Ncuti Gatwa, 30 – as she helps his new assistant Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) track down her family on a programme similar to her ITV1 genealogy show ‘Long Lost Family’.
A telly insider told the Sun newspaper’s TVBiz Column: “The Christmas special is a huge deal for the BBC — this year especially so, as it’s Ncuti and Millie’s first.
“The Davina storyline is one element of the big festive episode on the table.”
The news of Davina’s casting comes after script editor Scott Handcock teasing that “a guest star from 2005” would reprise their role.
The source added: “As well as Davina, other guest stars from 2005 included Simon Callow and Annette Badland but Simon Pegg’s character could fit nicely alongside Davina’s role.”
Ncuti will assume the legendary role in the 60th anniversary celebration from David Tennant, 52, who is coming back to the role alongside Catherine Tate, 53, after the departure of Jodie Whittaker, 41.
The ‘Barbie’ star – whose debut on the show will begin airing in Spring 2024 – revealed that his spin of the iconic character is “emotionally vulnerable”.
Ncuti told Rolling Stone magazine: “My Doctor is emotionally vulnerable. He hides it with humour, but he’s lonely. I can’t say much more than that; I don’t want to spoil anything. But he’s also energetic! The poor cameramen struggled to keep up.”
“I fell in love with it. When you watch it, you forget all your troubles. You go to space, or to another time. You have adventures.”
In October last year, Russell T Davies, the newly reappointed showrunner teased “plenty more surprises” in the run-up to his debut.
He told the Sun newspaper: “If you thought the appearance of David Tennant was a shock, we’ve got plenty more surprises on the way!
“The path to Ncuti’s Fifteenth Doctor is laden with mystery, horror, robots, puppets, danger and fun! And how is it connected to the return of the wonderful Donna Noble? How, what, why? We’re giving you a year to speculate, and then all hell lets loose!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Faye Brookes has married Iwan Lewis.
The 35-year-old actress – who is best known for playing Kate Connor on ‘Coronation Street’ – tied the knot in a church in the Cotswolds on Wednesday afternoon (23.08.23).
The actress – who announced her engagement back in January, after just four months of dating – was seen smiling broadly as she left the church, after the loved-up couple exchanged their vows.
Faye – who was seen wearing a traditional white wedding dress, which she accessorised with pearl earrings – and Iwan shared a kiss before they drove off in a classic wedding car.
A source previously revealed that the soap star was planning to have an “intimate” wedding.
The insider told The Sun newspaper: “Faye and Iwan have picked a stunning venue in the Cotswolds, not far from where they now live.
“It’s going to be a super low key affair and very intimate – with just their nearest and dearest in attendance.
“It’s not going to be a big glitzy event with celebs, there will be drama school friends and Faye’s oldest pals instead.”
Earlier this year, Faye admitted to being happier than ever.
The actress also insisted that she had no doubts about getting married.
Speaking to OK! magazine, Faye shared: “It’s making my heart pound now because I still can’t believe we’re getting married. It’s still sinking in for me.
“He took my breath away and I did get emotional. I never thought I would get my happy ending and I think we’ve waited this long to get our happy ending and it turned out to be the guy who was there the whole time.
“I’m the happiest I’ve ever been, I can say that from the bottom of my heart. It’s a gut thing too. I’m not questioning anything.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Louise Thompson and her fiancé Ryan Libbey barely spoke for the first six months of their son’s life.
The ‘Made in Chelsea’ star suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following the birth of their little boy in November 2021, and she has openly revealed she and her longtime partner could hardly communicate after the trauma of her birth.
Updating fans on Instagram, Louise began: “Ryan and I didn’t have proper conversations for months and months after the trauma of having Leo.
“We didn’t talk at all. Very limited talking for the first 6 months of his life.”
Louise – who also has the autoimmune disease, Lupus – confessed that she “didn’t really recognise” Ryan “as a person”, but insisted it was a “mutual paralysis” that made them act so “weird”.
She went on: “I don’t think I asked him a single question until Leo was at least 4 months old. I didn’t even really recognise him as a person in my home. (Before you think i’m a total monster he didn’t ask how I was either).
“It was a mutual paralysis. Things were so dire, we couldn’t even register how weird this behaviour was. It’s only on reflection that I recognise how strange it is.”
On how they got by, she said: “We find it easier to talk in passing, or over WhatsApp, or when we don’t have to look each other in the eye. Playing tennis in the kitchen.”
Louise – who starred alongside her brother Sam Thompson on the E4 reality show – wants to ensure their little boy doesn’t have the same problem with sharing his feelings with others.
She asked her followers: “Where do you feel comfortable having important conversations?⁣⁣⁣
“I really want to encourage Leo to be able to look me in the eye and have the confidence to talk to me about his feelings as he grows up. Any tips from parents who are further down the line than me?”

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