OHMYGOSSIP — Vanessa Feltz was full of nerves ahead of her first date since her split with Ben Ofoedu.
The 61-year-old presenter has signed up for ‘Celebs Go Dating’ and went on her first date on Friday (23.06.23) but admitted she was incredibly nervous.
She told her fans via Instagram: “OMG going off on my first date for ‘Celebs Go Dating’.
“I haven’t been on a date for 17 years, so just imagine how I’m feeling. I can’t even find the words to describe it, and I’m good at words.”
Vanessa signed up for the show after being left devastated by her split from Ben following revelations he had cheated on her.
A source previously told The Sun: “When Vanessa was first approached to do the show, she wasn’t 100 per cent sure as the break-up was very fresh and she didn’t want to rush into anything.
“Now she has had time to think about it and she’s decided to give it a whirl.
“Her relationship coming to a devastating, unexpected end after 16 years has made her realise that life is short and you have to grab opportunities when they come your way.
“She’s not necessarily expecting to find her soulmate, but she’s also keeping an open mind as stranger things have happened.
“At 61 years old, she wants to have fun, live life and try new things – and this fits the bill perfectly.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — John Barrowman has claimed he was kicked out of a restaurant in Washington on Friday (23.06.23) evening.
The 56-year-old ‘Torchwood’ actor detailed the alleged incident on Twitter, where he claimed he and a pal entered the restaurant only to be escorted out moments later.
He wrote on Twitter: “Not a very good impression @mcmenaminsbeer. We were basically escorted out and told politely you can’t eat here. #Tacoma Jb.”
He also posted a video of himself outside the establishment, where he said: “Hello everyone. We’ve just had the weirdest thing happen us. This is McMenamins Elks Temple and it’s a bunch of restaurants and apparently they also have a place in Portland I’m told. And we just had the weirdest thing happen to us. The gentleman, in a polite way, guided us out of one restaurant, into another and kind of persuaded us not to come in.”
“Right?” he questioned his companion, who replied “kicked us out.”
John repeated “kicked us out” and added: “Not a good recommendation. McMenamins McNot.”
McMenamins is a family-owned chain of brewpubs, breweries, music venues, historic hotels, and theatre pubs in Oregon and Washington.
According to DailyMail.com, it was founded in 1983 and “one of their unique selling points is that many of their establishments are rehabilitated historical properties”.
At least nine are on the National Register of Historic Places
John tagged the company in his post but McMenamins have yet to publicly reply.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Patsy Kensit is returning to ‘EastEnders’ this week.
The 55-year-old actress will be back on the soap as Emma Harding for the funeral of her on-screen daughter Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold), following the hairdresser’s death from a brain tumour earlier this month.
A source told the Daily Star Sunday newspaper: “Patsy jumped at the chance to come back. It’s such a big storyline and she wanted to be part of the funeral.
“Emma returns to Walford with the intention of saying farewell to her daughter.
“But when she’s asked to join the service at the funeral, she gets tearful. It’s an incredibly tough moment and she’s not sure she’s strong enough to do it.”
Producers went to great lengths to keep Patsy’s return secret when she filmed her scenes on location earlier this year, and there is speculation the blonde beauty could be back in Walford beyond the funeral.
A source said: “Patsy is really popular with ‘EastEnders’ viewers. A lot of people would love to see her back long-term.”
In March, Patsy admitted working on ‘EastEnders’ had been a “dream come true”.
She told ‘Good Morning Britain’: “I’ve been a superfan of ‘EastEnders’ for so many years and my first week I was terrified! The pace is hard. It’s freezing cold in Walford, it has its own temperature, when you drive in you see the temperature drop by several degrees and then it goes back up when you drive out.
“I only finished shooting three or four weeks ago. I was only ever asked to come in for two blocks of shooting. I had a blast on the show, Danielle is incredible. Jamie Borthwick, who plays her husband, we had a lot of scenes him and I arguing but he is the funniest guy.
“I made some really good friends there, the character is great and I’m just stoked that I got to be on ‘EastEnders’. It was a dream come true!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Paul O’Grady’s husband didn’t leave the house for nearly three months after the presenter died.
The ‘For the Love of Dogs’ host passed away in March aged 67 and Andre Portasio – who wed the Lily Savage star in 2017 – admitted he is still “digesting” the shock death of his spouse but is taking his grief one day at a time.
He told the Daily Star Sunday: “I am trying to take it day by day and cope with it. At the moment I am coping.
“It was such a shock for me to lose him. It was a shock to all of us. It was so unexpected. I am still digesting it all.”
Speaking at the British LGBT Awards on Friday (23.06.23) – where he collected an award on behalf of Paul – he added: “I have kept myself to myself since Paul died. This is the first day that I actually left home.
“But I came here for a good cause. Paul is a trailblazer and always defended LGBT rights. I just had to be here.”
The ballet dancer has been left touched by the outpouring of love and support from fans since Paul died.
He said: “I spent 17 years with Paul and I know the wonderful person that he was. But it wasn’t until his death that I realised how much he affected, inspired and touched people.
“I have received so many letters. There have been thousands. I am still trying to reply to them all three months on.
“And people are still going to his grave to leave things. I am amazed how someone can touch people in the way he did. And it wasn’t just humans… every animal he met too!”
Andre hopes his late husband’s legacy will be his kind and generous nature.
He said: “One thing I’ve learned with him is one must be kind, be generous and also be yourself. And I hope that’s how he will be remembered.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Molly Marsh was “so shocked” after being thrown off ‘Love Island’ by text.
The 21-year-old actress had been one of the favourites to win the ITV series but was dropped in a twist viewers described as “brutal” on Friday (23.06.23) night after returning Islander Kady McDermott – who came third on the 2015 show – stole her love interest Zachariah Noble, 25.
After Zach switched allegiance to Kady and hugged her, the contestants were sitting outside the villa when Molly’s phone pinged and she received a tet telling her to pack her bags.
The shocked star told the Sunday Mirror newspaper: “When I got the text, everyone was so shocked. No one expected it. My eyes went straight to the word ‘bags’ and I thought: ‘Oh my goodness, I’m going.’
“I saw Zach’s face drop. Seeing Kady and Zach standing in front of me together, my heart dropped. I didn’t want to see it, but I understood it needed to happen and I trust in the timing of the universe.”
Molly has vowed to “wait for” Zach in the outside world but admitted regretting not having a heart-to-heart before she left the villa.
She added: “I knew it was clearly my time to go and if something good will come from me and Zach then it still will.
“If he finds something with Kady then that’s that. But everything happens for a reason.
“I will definitely wait for him – I want to carry on where we left off, because there’s still unfinished conversations.
“I wish I’d spoken to Zach to say: ‘I’ll be waiting. I really want this to carry on’. But no words could come out of my mouth. I was so speechless.”
‘Love Island’ continues tonight at 9pm on Virgin Media Two and Virgin Media Player, proudly sponsored by Virgin Media Mobile.
The reality show can also be seen on ITV2.

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OHMYGOSSIP — ITV have axed ‘Starstruck’.
Host Olly Murs and judges Adam Lambert, Shania Twain, Beverley Knight and Jason Manford have reportedly been told there won’t be a third series of the musical competition – a reboot of classic programme ‘Stars in Their Eyes’, which saw contestants impersonate famous singers – as the network are keen to try out another talent show in the hope of attracting higher ratings.
A source told the Daily Star Sunday newspaper: “There were plans to film a new series this autumn and air it in 2024, but they have now been scrapped.
“The top bosses want to try a different show and see how it goes.
“‘Starstruck’ was popular, but it wasn’t as big as shows like ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and ‘The Masked Singer’, so it was always at risk of being sidelined for something else.”
However, there is a possibility that ITV could bring back the format in 2025.
This year’s ‘Starstruck’ saw teacher Abbie Edwards scoop a £50,000 cash prize after being named the winning Adele impersonator and going on to beat off fellow hopefuls performing in the final as Sam Smith, Meat Loaf, Ed Sheeran, Beyoncé, Frank Sinatra and Sam Cooke.
She said after winning: “I can’t even put it into words.
“Seeing my little girl watching her mum. Thank you to everyone who voted for me.”
The programme first launched in February 2022 and Rachael Hawnt, a Cher impersonator, was the first winner.
Singer-turned-presenter Olly previously spoke of how much he enjoyed working on ‘Starstruck’.
He told Closer magazine: “It’s happy, feel-good Saturday night television.
“This format works for me because I love music. I love performing for people and I love entertaining. If the right show comes along then I’ll do it.
“I’m trying to juggle a lot of things at the moment, but hosting is definitely something I’d like to do more of.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Alan Carr and Daisy May Cooper are to star in a new ITV game show ‘Password’.
The channel has ordered seven episodes of a new entertainment programme, with a team helmed by Stephen Mangan and featuring the ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ judge, 47, and the ‘Rain Dogs’ star, 36, as team captains.
The 55-year-old actor said: “’Password’ is a fantastic game show so it’s an absolute pleasure to be the host. Although how I’m going to keep Daisy and Alan in line I don’t know!”
Kate Rawcliffe, the head of entertainment commissioning at the network, added: “‘Password’ is a brilliantly fun format greatly complemented by a fabulous on-screen trio in Alan, Daisy and Stephen. 2023 has been a great year for game shows on ITV, and there are plenty more to come in 2024.”
The format – which is being produced for British screens by Talkback, a division of Fremantle, with Jonno Richards and Laura Gibson serving as executive producers – comes from an American show created by the telly legend Bob Stewart that originally aired in 1961 on CBS before moving to ABC and NBC.
The most recent edition was fronted by ‘Nope’ star Keke Palmer, 29, and executive produced by late night chat show stalwart Jimmy Fallon, 48.
Recently, Daisy admitted she was finding it “really f****** hard” not being in as much contact with her brother Charlie Cooper, 34 – who she collaborated with the on the hit BBC comedy ‘This Is England’ – as she used to be, due to their hectic lives.
She told the online newspaper The Independent: “To go from being so close, these vagabonds who were in it together through thick and thin, to suddenly not speaking for long periods of time because one of us is filming or the other has got a baby … I’m finding that really f****** hard.
“It’s actually making me question a lot of things about who I am and what I want.
“Do I want all of this, and is it actually making me happy? Because at the minute, it doesn’t feel worth it to sacrifice my relationship with my brother – which was what all this was about in the first place, and you lose sight of that.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Anton Du Beke says Amy Dowden is “an incredible girl” following her cancer diagnosis.
The ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ judge, 56, praised the 32-year-old professional dancer – who was diagnosed with grade three breast cancer in May – and admitted he cannot wait to see her back on the BBC One Latin and ballroom series “fighting fit”.
Speaking on ‘Good Morning Britain’ to presenters Susanna Reid, 52, and Ben Shephard, 48, Anton said: “She is an incredible girl, and we are all wishing her, you know, as much love as we can and sending her as much support as we can.
“We’re on a group chat and everything, and we’re all with her through the whole journey, but it is, it is something that we can’t wait to see her again, back on the show fighting fit. She is a great girl; she is.”
‘Strictly’ pro dancer Giovanni, who appeared alongside Anton on ‘GMB’, added: “She is a fighter; she definitely is a fighter.”
Amy revealed the health update on her social media, and admitted she is “determined” to return to ‘Strictly’.
She captioned an Instagram photo of herself in a hospital bed: “Hey all, I’ve got some news which isn’t easy to share. I’ve recently been diagnosed with breast cancer but I’m determined to get back on that dancefloor before you know it.”
Amy later explained she hopes to be back on the show in the autumn if her treatment goes to plan.
She told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “If I only have radiotherapy I’ll be back on ‘Strictly’ this season.
“Once radiotherapy is done there’ll be nothing to stop me, there’s no pressure but ‘Strictly’ is leaving the door open.
“It’s having something to work towards, I’m visualising myself on that ‘Strictly’ dance floor. Just being back in the ­ballroom with the live audience, the adrenaline and the atmosphere.
“And the support from the whole ‘Strictly’ family. We can choreograph around me doing things with lifting, putting ­pressure on my arm. You can adapt.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Michelle Collins initially thought the idea of bringing her ‘EastEnders’ character back from the dead was “ridiculous”.
The 61-year-old actress wasn’t sure about heading back to the BBC One soap after her character Cindy Beale died off screen, but after EastEnders’ executive producer Chris Clenshaw explained the storyline to her she thought it “could work”.
Michelle told The Sun newspaper: “I said to my agent, ‘Oh, this is ridiculous, it’s never going to happen’.
“But we had this breakfast meeting and Chris got his laptop out and reeled it all off.
“We both went, ‘Wow, oh my God’. And then I was like, maybe this could work.
“You want to know that you’ve made the right decision. I don’t know whether I have …”
On Wednesday night’s (21.06.23) episode, Michelle was revealed as Rose Knight, the long-lost wife of George Knight (Colin Salmon), but the circumstances relating to her “death”, reappearance, and reunion with ex-husband Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) are yet to be revealed.
Adam admitted reuniting with Michelle on ‘EastEnders’ is like “putting on an old pair of slippers”.
He said: “No offence, but working with Michelle has been like putting on an old pair of slippers. It’s comfortable.”
Ian fled Walford in 2021 after his former best friend and wife Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) attempted to poison him in revenge for his involvement in her son Denny’s death.
Last year, Ian briefly returned for Dot Cotton’s (June Brown) funeral and took a phone call from a mystery person, who is now known to be Cindy.
But the biggest surprise for Adam when returning to Walford is working on a new set, after filming commenced on the new-look Albert Square in January 2022.
He said: “The weirdest thing for me is that since I’ve been gone they’ve rebuilt the lot.
“I got out of the car yesterday morning and I’ve gone, ‘Where’s the Square?’ It’s just disappeared.
“But the nicest thing is just going back to see all the faces.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Thomas Law is returning to ‘EastEnders’ on a permanent basis.
The 30-year-old actor initially played the part of Peter Beale on the long-running BBC One soap opear from 2006 until 2010 but made an unannounced return to the role in scenes aired on Thursday (22.03.23) and is now “excited” to be able to make a full-time comeback to the serial.
In a statement, he said: “Over the years, I had hoped for a return to the Square although I never thought it would happen so it’s an absolute delight to be back in Walford as Peter Beale. It’s been great to see familiar and new faces, and I can’t wait to explore the character again in the wake of Cindy’s return – it’s an exciting time to return!”
Peter is the son of ‘EastEnders’ supercouple Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) and Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) – who also made a shock return to the soap this month after viewers were led to believe she had died almost 30 years ago – and the character initallly came back to Albert Square in 2013 when he was played by Ben Hardy before Dayle Hudson took over the part for another stint from 2020 until 2022.
However, executive producer Chris Clenshaw is “thrilled” to welcome ‘The Bay’ actor – who has already started filming scenes alongside his on-screen parents – back to the show and promised that the family’s return to the show will be “nothing less than explosive” because the “dynamics” have changed so much.
He said: “I’m thrilled to welcome Thomas back to the role of Peter Beale. Although his time away from the Square has been short-lived, the Beale family dynamics have changed immensely since he last left Walford. Viewers will soon learn the details relating to how he came to learn that his mum, Cindy, was in fact alive, and how he and dad, Ian, reconciled their differences.
We’re delighted to have him back permanently, but one thing is for certain, the Beales’ comeback will be nothing less than explosive for the Square.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Charlie Condou has taken a swipe at Howard Donald for “cashing in on the pink pound”.
The former ‘Coronation Street’ actor offered praise to the Spice Girls and Steps for being “consistent allies” to the LGBTQ+ community and urged the Take That star to look to them for how to conduct himself after he was recently dropped from appearing at a Pride festival after it emerged he had liked a series of transphobic tweets.
Speaking on stage at the Attitude Pride Awards in association with Magnum at London’s The Langham hotel on Thursday (22.06.23), Charlie told host Emma Bunton: “I’d like to thank you and your girls for the overwhelming support you’ve given to our community over the best part of what, 30 years? We’re getting on now.
“And also H and Claire, who are here, thank you for being consistent allies. That’s how you do it, not by cashing in on the pink pound when it suits you and then liking homophobic and transphobic tweets on Twitter. Yes, that’s you, Howard Donald.”
Last week, the Take That apologised after he was dropped from headlining Groovebox in Nottingham, where he was due to perform next month, due to his activity on Twitter.
Howard said on an Instagram story on Saturday (17.06.23) he was “deeply sorry” after making a “huge error” by “liking social media posts that are derogatory towards the LGBTQIA+ community”.
He added: “I have made a huge error in my judgement (by) liking social media posts that are derogatory towards the LGBTQIA+ community and for that, I am deeply sorry and I know I have let everyone down.
“I am really disappointed in myself and I am sorry for any hurt that I have caused by my uneducated actions.
“I clearly have a lot to learn and it’s a priority for me that I do this.”
Nottingham Pride said about ditching Howard from its bill: “In light of recent events, Howard Donald will no longer be playing at our Nottingham Pride Festival on Saturday 29th July at Binks Yard.
“We would like to offer our thanks to the public for alerting us to the situation this morning and also appreciate your patience whilst we spoke to the relevant parties.
“The Groovebox team stands in solidarity with the wider LGBTQ+ community, we believe every person has the right to be their authentic true self without fear of persecution and hatred.
“We are working on confirming a replacement headliner alongside Horse Meat Disco, Tayce, Danny Beard and ESSEL for Nottingham Pride and will make an announcement in due course.”
According to PinkNews, before his Twitter account was axed, Howard liked Tweets such as: “Only women have periods! Men cannot menstruate. Transgender ‘women’ cannot menstruate.”
Howard had also reportedly liked a tweet from Turning Point UK founder Charlie Kirk, 29, as he called for Disney to be defunded for holding a pride concert.

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