OHMYGOSSIP — Nigel Farage was booed as he was named News Presenter of the Year at the TRIC Awards on Tuesday (27.06.23).
The former politician – who was previously leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) – laughed off the jeers he received as he made his way to the stage to accept the coveted accolade at London’s Grosvenor House hotel.
Nigel – who beat off competition from the likes of Piers Morgan, Eamonn Holmes and Susanna Reid – said of the publicly-voted accolade: “The approval of your audience is the ultimate accolade.
“GB News set out to be the People’s Channel and I’m incredibly proud of that. The establishment media doesn’t always like it – we’re not for them – but this award shows that the people do…
“I am really rather proud to have this because I’m a new boy – I have only been doing this for a couple of years.
“So a huge thank to all those good, ordinary folk who live outside the M25 for voting for me.”
For the first time, winners in 17 categories this year were chosen entirely by the public, with over 130,000 people getting involved with the vote.
While Piers missed out on the News Presenter of the Year honour, the TalkTV personality didn’t go home empty handed because he bagged the Interview of the Year accolade for his sit-down chat with footballing legend Cristiano Ronaldo.
He was presented with the award by his broadcasting rival Dan Walker, and couldn’t resist the opportunity to say “F*** you” to the Channel 5 presenter .
Accepting his award, Piers said on stage: “Thank you, I can almost feel the warmth in the room.
“I know what you are all thinking, long overdue, but obviously, my initial pain at realising that this was going to be presented to me by Dan Walker was soon overtaken by the reality of the enormous pain that he would be suffering in having to present it to me so thank you, Dan.
“Although what you know about interviewing is beyond me – it was a joke, it was a joke.”
Dan then took the microphone and jokingly punched his rival as he said: “Hang on, I think this is what I have to do now.”
Piers replied: “He laughs but the day that I did that walkout was the day that ‘Good Morning Britain’ finally beat the BBC in the ratings in the morning.
“And because I then got invited to leave that evening they never overtook me again so f*** you, Walker.”
Elsewhere at the awards – which were hosted by Judi Love and Robert Rinder -Bradley Walsh won the TV Personality Prize and his show ‘The Chace’ scooped the Game Show award, Roman Kemp took home the Radio Personality accolade, and Danielle Harold won the Soap Actor prize in recognition of her portrayal of Lola Pearce in ‘EastEnders’.
The late Paul O’Grady’s ‘For the Love of Dogs’ won the Factual accolade, ‘After Life’ won the Streaming prize, and the Drama prize went to ‘Peaky Blinders’, while ‘Good Morning Britain’ took home a TRIC Special Award.

Full list of winners at the TRIC Awards 2023:

TV Personality – Bradley Walsh
Interview of the Year – ‘Piers Morgan interviews Cristiano Ronaldo’
Podcast of the Year – ‘That Peter Crouch Podcast’
Radio Personality – Roman Kemp
Soap Actor – Danielle Harold, ‘EastEnders’ (BBC One)
Streamed – ‘After Life’
Radio Programme – ‘The Julia Hartley-Brewer Breakfast Show’
Game Show – ‘The Chase’
Factual – ‘Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs’
OK! Daytime – ‘A Place in the Sun’
Food – ‘The Great British Bake Off’
Drama – ‘Peaky Blinders’
Live Event – ‘The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II’
Multi-Channel News – ‘GB News Breakfast’
Entertainment – ‘Gogglebox’
News Presenter – Nigel Farage
Soap of the Year – Emmerdale
TRIC Special Award – Good Morning Britain

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OHMYGOSSIP — Graham Norton will host the new ‘Wheel of Fortune’ reboot.
The 60-year-old talk show star will follow the likes of Nicky Campbell, Bradley Walsh, John Leslie and Paul Hendry by fronting the returning game show – which originally aired from 1988 to 2001 – when it returns to ITV in 2024.
In a statement, he said: “I’m beyond excited to be bringing such an iconic American show to a new British audience.
“My first ever TV job was a game show on ITV so this feels like coming full circle. You might even call it a wheel!”
The eight episode run will also include two celebrity specials, with the lineup yet to be revealed.
As ever, the programme will be focused on a giant carnival wheel with contestants hoping to land some major cash prizes.
As teased by ITV, the show is a game of skill and luck, and each spin of the famous wheel will settle on a certain cash amount before the player chooses a letter to try and solve a puzzle.
However, it’s a double edged sword as the wheel can also cause contestants to go “bankrupt” or “lose a turn”.
Katie Rawcliffe – head of entertainment commissioning at ITV – added: “We are thrilled to have the much-loved Graham Norton bringing this iconic game show to our viewers.
“Anything can happen on the spin of a wheel, it is going to be so much fun.”
Best known as the host of ‘The Graham Norton Show’ on the BBC, he was also part of the broadcaster’s recent ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ coverage.
Meanwhile, the announcement comes after Alison Hammond was previously linked to the role, with Jenny Powell – who appeared as an assistant on the show – admitting at the time she was happy to see the ‘This Morning’ star tied to the reboot at the time.
She said: “I think Alison would be great and I’d definitely be there if the offer came up. Even if it was just to give advice as I know the rules inside out.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Newly-single Vanessa Feltz “sobbed on the floor” while filming ‘Celebs Go Dating’.
The broadcaster threw herself back into the dating world for the first time in 17 years to film the E4 show following the collapse of her relationship with fiance Ben Ofoedu amid a cheating scandal – and she’s admitted putting herself back out there again was extremely tough because she’s still hurting from the split.
She told The Sun newspaper: “I opened up. I’ve been sobbing all over the floor. It’s been therapeutic, a bit of crying. It’s excellent.”
Vanessa, 61, went on to call her break-up a “romantic implosion” adding that anyone who has been through the end of a relationship will understand how she feels.
She said: “I had a romantic implosion so I needed to heal a broken heart. I’m alright. It’s not easy. I feel exactly how someone else would feel.”
When asked about how her dates went, she joked: “I behaved immaculately … I think I was a bit saucy.”
Before embarking on her first date in nearly 20 years, Vanessa gave an update to her followers on Instagram. She wrote: “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.”
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’s pet dog has undergone an operation to have an eye removed.
The former ‘Doctor Who’ star has revealed that his “lovely” pooch Harris needed a trip to the vet to have surgery, and although he is still recovering his mutt mates and John and his husband Scott Gill have been nursing him back to health with lots of “cuddles” and treats.
He wrote on Twitter: “On Monday before I left home our lovely Harris had to have his eye removed. After surgery we brought him home to the other dogs they checked him out and then he barked cause he just wanted his dinner. We cuddled him and cried a bit and he gave me lots of kisses.
“Take care of your pups.”
In 2019, while appealing on ‘This Morning’, John generously offered to pay the adoption costs of anyone willing to give a forever home to three Jack Russell dogs he had “fallen in love with”.
According to the actor’s official website, John and Scott share their home with three dogs; Charlie, Harris and Captain Jack – who is named after his popular time-travelling character from ‘Doctor Who’ and spin-ff sci-fi show ‘Torchwood’.
The 56-year-old stage star also has a page on his website dedicated to his late pooches Penny, Tiger and Lewis.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Rufus Hound has found love with a former ‘EastEnders’ actress.
The 44-year-old comedian has moved on from his ex-wife Beth Johnson – with whom he shares son Alby and daughter Hilda, and who he split from in 2020 after 13 years of marriage – and is in a relationship with Sally Hodgkiss, who appeared in the BBC One soap as Walford East waitress Steph Bailey in 2019.
The pair attended the Glastonbury Festival together last weekend and Rufus has taken to social media to describe Sally as the “absolute best person”.
He posted on Twitter: “No-one has ever loved me as much as this woman and the best bit is she’s all things wonderful.
“It’s a blessing to be her boyfriend and she is my absolute best person that I didn’t make.
“She makes everything fun and good all the time. She’s sunshine and snogging and smiling all at once. It was the BEST time.”
Sally – who was performing stand-up comedy at Glastonbury – met Rufus when they both starred in the Norwich Theatre 2022 pantomime ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ and she has reciprocated her boyfriend’s sentiment in her own social media posts.
Writing on Twitter, she said: “Well glastonbury⁩ 2023 was UNREAL!
“P.s @RufusHound is the best person I ever met. So there’s that as well.”
When the former ‘Dancing On Ice’ competitor announced the “sad” news of the end of his marriage in 2020, he assured his fans that he “will always remain best friends” with his ex Beth
Rufus said: “In April, Beth and I made the sad decision to end our marriage.
“We will always have much love and respect for each other. Even though we are separated we will always remain best friends.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Phillip Schofield has been holding a vigil by the side of his 87-year-old mother’s hospital bed after she fell ill.
The former ‘This Morning’ host rushed down to Cornwall, South West England, to be with Pat after she was hospitalised for several days with an unknown condition.
Schofield, 61, and Pat have always been close and it was his mother that the presenter turned to in the wake of his departure from ITV’s ‘This Morning’ after 21 years in May following the revelation of his affair with a male runner 30 years younger than him, a relationship he “unwise but not illegal”.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Given the stress Phillip has been through in recent weeks, this couldn’t have come at a worse time for the family.
“Given that his mother was the woman Phillip turned to in his hour of need, her illness is a particularly cruel twist of fate.
“He adores his mother and the whole family is trying to remain hopeful and keep faith that Pat will make a full recovery.”
The hospitalisation comes in the wake of Phillip’s departure and also the shame of his younger brother Timothy Schofield, 54, being jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing a teenage boy.
Phillip’s relationship with the runner took place while he was married to Stephanie Lowe, who he divorced in 2020 and with whom he has two adult daughters Molly and Ruby.
His presenting partner Holly Willoughby is still on ‘This Morning’ and ITV are currently looking for his permanent replacement.
Holly, 42, has been co-hosting with several stand-in presenters including Dermot O’Leary, Alison Hammond and Josie Gibson.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Martin Compston will always return to ‘Line of Duty’.
The ‘Vigil’ star is so “proud” to be one of the main stars in Jed Mercurio’s BBC police drama and will have no hesitation in returning in his role Detective Inspector Steve Arnott for a seventh series.
The 39-year-old actor told the ‘Celtic View’ podcast: “I’ve got lovely management in America who tell me every year, ‘This has to be your last one’. But I’m really proud of the show, and if that’s the best that I’ll ever do, then so be it.”
This comes after his co-stars Vicky McClure, 40, and 64-year-old Adrian Dunbar – who play Detective Inspector Kate Fleming and Superintendent Ted Hastings, respectively – revealed they were also keen for another run, however, the “biggest hurdle” at the moment is their schedules aligning for filming.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column: “The biggest hurdle facing the Beeb was getting all three leading stars together as their diaries are so busy.
“They were pinning their hopes on Martin having wrapped filming on the second series of Prime Video’s thriller, ‘The Rig’, by the autumn.
“But that’s around the same time Adrian will start work on ‘Ridley’.
“The hope is that, because the second series is only four parts long, it won’t prove a major obstacle.”
Martin recently has been kept busy with his return to ‘Soccer Aid’ – a charity that benefits children living in poverty all over the world – a cause he believes in because of a “terrifying” prospect of his own son with his wife Tianna living in a vulnerable environment.
He said: “My wee boy’s four this year, and for a while after this trip I was having this recurring, terrifying dream of him in that situation.
“One of the boys we met was dropped at that train station when he was five. Your head starts going: ‘what if my boy was just wandering about that station and people could pick him up and do whatever, beat him, something even worse?'”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ken Bruce has been “surprised” by the level of interest in ‘PopMaster TV’.
The 72-year-old star first launched the music quiz on BBC Radio 2, and took the format with him to his new mid-morning show on Greatest Hits Radio.
Ken is also presenting a TV version for More4 and he has relished finding an audience for it on the small screen.
Asked if he’s enjoyed the challenge, Ken told TV and Satellite Week magazine: “I’ve been slightly surprised by the interest. It’s been lovely.
“I would recommend, if anybody has the opportunity when they get to a certain age, to take a new direction or a different direction – do it!”
Ken and co-creator, radio producer Phil Swern, have tweaked the original ‘PopMaster’ format for the benefit of TV viewers but “it is still recognisably ‘PopMaster'”.
The TV version first aired on More4 on Monday (26.06.23) and it catapulted the channel to the top of the ratings.
‘PopMaster TV’ launched with a peak of 810,000 viewers, pushing the digital channel ahead of terrestrial rival BBC Two.
It airs across five nights this week at 8pm, and Monday night’s episode recorded an average of 636,000 viewers, peaking at 810,000 individuals.
The viewing figures ensured that More4 was the number one digital channel in its time slot.
Following the successful launch an extended run of ‘PopMaster TV’ is now expected to be commissioned.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Gemma Collins has opened up about living with incontinence admitting she “always suffered with bladder leaks”.
The former ‘TOWIE’ star has spent years dealing with the condition and has even detailed a time she was jumping on a trampoline and the “floodgates just opened”, leaving her mortified.
The 42-year-old television personality told New! magazine: “I’ve always suffered with bladder leaks, probably from my mid-20s, actually.
“But now I’m in my 40s, it has definitely gotten worse.
“There was one moment that really made me think, ‘Enough is enough!’ I was trampolining with my nephew, Hayden, and absolutely loving life and having fun with him, when all of a sudden I jumped in the air and the floodgates just opened.
“I was thinking, ‘Oh my God, what is going on here?’ I kept jumping and the floods kept coming – it was just not OK. Out of embarrassment, I started laughing and said to Hayden that we had to leave.”
Gemma admits her incontinence issue affects her life with her fiance, 49-year-old Rami Hawash.
She said: “I can laugh about it now, but [Hayden] said to me, ‘You’re old enough to know when to go to the bathroom.’ I said to him, ‘Babe, this is different.’ “Normally, we would go for a pizza or go to the cinema afterwards – we’ve got our routine of having fun – but we had to stop what we were doing and go straight home.
“I was soaked right through and the worst [things] just kept going through my head. I was thinking, ‘Oh gosh, am I going to need an operation? Am I dying?’ I was so worried someone would be watching me, too, and that I wouldn’t be able to do fun things with Hayden ever again.”
The ex ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ contestant has found comfort in discovering how many other women suffer from incontinence and it is her mission to break down the “taboo” of the topic of bladder problems.
Gemma said: “It is unbelievable to find out how many women suffer with this, and yet there’s still a taboo surrounding it. It is so sad. Since I’ve openly said, ‘I get bladder leaks’, lots of people have thanked me for being open about it.
“Women have been silent for so long or felt too embarrassed to say anything about it. I’ve even heard of some cancelling of holidays or plans with friends because they are scared of a leak.
“We should all be out there living our best lives.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Coronation Street’ star Elle Mulvaney would be up for a switch to rival ITV soap ‘Emmerdale’.
The 20-year-old actress joined ‘Corrie’ as Amy Barlow in 2010 when she was just seven years old and has been handed a series of major storylines, including a teenage pregnancy and most recently a harrowing rape ordeal.
But Elle admits she could imagine herself making the switch from the Cobbles of Weatherfield to the Yorkshire Dales, one day.
Speaking to the Daily Star, she said: “I love ‘Emmerdale’, I really do love ‘Emmerdale’ but I’m a ‘Corrie’ girl so I’m torn.
“I mean who knows, if the village is ready for Amy B then I’m on my way! I’ll be down the Woolpack pulling a pint in no time.
“I don’t know honestly. I love ‘Corrie’, ‘Corrie’ is my home and Leeds is a bit far, isn’t it? Especially being a Manchester girl.”
Despite being a fan of ‘Emmerdale, Elle adores being a part of the famous Barlow family but she is realistic to accept that things could change and in the future Amy – whose parents are Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) – could even be written out.
She said: “Obviously I don’t know what the future holds but I can’t even think of leaving.
“I love it where I work, I love what I get to do, I love the storylines we get given, I love the people I work with.”
In May, Elle celebrated getting a National Television Award nomination for her performances during the storyline which saw her alter ego Amy be assaulted by her boyfriend Aaron Sandford (James Craven), who has now left Weatherfield.
The storyline saw Amy passed out after a drunken kiss with Aaron and then not able to consent to having sex with him.
Elle was “pleased” with the reaction of viewers to the scenes and how the plot had sparked debate about consent.
She previously told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “I am so pleased conversations have started to happen since this story first aired.
“The response on social media has been insane, and a lot of people have confided in me.
“They have come forward about their own experiences, saying, ‘This has happened to me too,’ and I’ve been really touched they have. At the same time, I find it horrifying it is so common.
“Mums have told me it has made them want to have a conversation with their son about consent.
“The more teenagers that know about this, the less it is likely to happen.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kate Garraway was joined by her husband Derek Draper as she collected her MBE from Prince William on Wednesday (28.06.23).
The ‘Good Morning Britain’ presenter, who was recognised in the 2022 New Year Honours for her services to broadcasting, journalism, and charity, admitted it was “very special” to pick up the gong at Windsor Castle, with Derek – who is still receiving 24/7 care after being struck down with coronavirus in March 2020, which left him with long-lasting organ damage – watching on.
Kate – who was also joined by her parents, Gordon and Marilyn Garraway – told ITV News: “It’s an incredible thing because I definitely don’t feel I deserve it but it is something very special.
“The whole event is very special, the Prince of Wales handles it beautifully. You’re in with incredible people, who you hear the stories of.
“It’s also lovely for my mum and dad, and for Derek to be here with the children. I didn’t think it would be but you do feel very emotional – in a good way.”
Kate admitted Derek has been “doing so much better”, despite some recent “drama”.
She said: “I was in the New Year’s honours list at the beginning of 2022 and obviously with Covid and the back log, and we had various things going on with us too.
“Derek’s been doing so much better but then we have had a bit of a drama over the last 10 days, and I thought, ‘Oh gosh,’ but he is here, and it is amazing. Everybody inside has been amazing.”
Kate also told how Derek burst into tears when the Prince of Wales looked at him.
Speaking about being honoured by William, Kate added: “He was lovely, and he said he was very pleased to give it to me.
“He asked me how Derek is, and I said that he’s here and then they looked at each other and Derek burst into tears.
“Derek’s been very emotional all day today, saying ‘I’m so proud’. It’s a lovely thing.”
Kate has scooped two National Television Awards after making two documentaries, ‘Kate Garraway: Finding Derek’ and ‘Kate Garraway: Caring for Derek’, about her family life in the wake of Derek’s coronavirus battle and how they have coped as he deals with the long-term effects of COVID.
In January 2022, Kate admitted it felt “very awkward”, but she was “incredibly honoured”, to be recognised with an MBE.
Speaking on ‘GMB’, she said: “It’s strange isn’t it, because I actually feel very awkward about it all really.
“I don’t know why because I’m thrilled to bits and incredibly honoured, but you just sort of think, ‘What, me?’ is the first thing you think, isn’t it, and then you think it’s not real.”

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