OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ professional Giovanni Pernice admits being a dancer is not good for relationships.
The 32-year-old dancer has admitted that most dancers end up in relationships with other dancers because it’s the only way to see each other due to their hectic work schedules, but when they stop dancing, Giovanni says most romances end.
Speaking on former ‘Made in Chelsea’ star Spencer Matthews’ ‘Big Fish’ podcast, he said: “When you’re in competition, it’s either you’re in a relationship with your partner, because you spend most of your time with your partner, literally 24/7, and you travel with your partner. Or you’re just single and enjoy your time around when you can.
“It’s impossible sometimes, but that’s the reason why most of the dance couples are together, because it’s either this or nothing. And they stop dancing, and they break up straight away.”
Earlier this month, it was revealed that Gio and Jowita Pryzstal had split up.
The show’s professionals called time on their relationship after falling for each other on the BBC One Latin and ballroom show last series, due to the former’s tour schedule making it “absolutely impossible” for the pair to spend time together.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Giovanni is on tour for the next five months and trying to make time for each other has proved absolutely impossible.
“Although their relationship has ended Giovanni and Jowita said they will stay good friends.
“It is just a shame they couldn’t make it work.”
The pair struggled to hide their affection and were often caught catching a kiss backstage.
Gio has found love before through the show with the choreographer dating former ‘Coronation Street’ actress Georgia May Foote for eight months after they were partnered up on the 2015 series.
He also romanced Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts, who was a contestant in 2018.
His most recent relationship before Jowita was with ‘Love Island’ star Maura Higgins.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Scarlett Moffatt and Seann Walsh are to front an ‘I’m A Celebrity… South Africa’ podcast.
The 2016 Queen of the Jungle and the 2022 contestant will be fronting an audio companion for the upcoming all-star special, which will feature gossip and exclusive interviews with the campmates and they are thrilled to have landed the job.
Seann said: “I had the most amazing experience doing ‘I’m A Celebrity’ last year so I can’t wait to get back into the Jungle world with the first ever ‘I’m A Celeb’ podcast.
“Scarlett and I will be discussing everything, no subjects are off limits and this time, I get to sleep in my own bed. I cannot wait!”
Scarlett added: “I’m so excited to be hosting the first ever ‘I’m A Celebrity’ podcast with Seann – we both love a giggle and a natter so I can’t wait to get stuck in watching episodes of ‘I’m A Celebrity…South Africa’.”
And the former ‘Gogglebox’ star suggested she is backing Carol Vorderman or Jordan Banjo to win, having embarked on her original jungle stint with them.
She added: “It’s amazing to see some of our favourite campmates from over the years, including my Jungle family Carol and Jordan who are going back into camp….who will be crowned ‘I’m A Celebrity Legend’? I can’t wait!!”
But the introduction of ‘I’m A Celebrity…South Africa – The Podcast’ – which will be found on Global Player or all other major platforms, as well as the show’s YouTube channel – suggested there are no plans to bring back the spin-off programmes that ran alongside the main broadcast until 2019, with 2020 seeing an online spin-off, ‘The Daily Drop’, launched, and then no companion programme in the years afterwards due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “The spin-off didn’t run during the pandemic but when Ant and Dec returned to Australia in 2022 and there was no updated format, the writing seemed to be on the wall.
“Viewing habits are in constant flux so launching a podcast is a great idea and shows the programme has legs to adapt to trends.”
‘I’m A Celebrity…South Africa’ begins next Monday April 24 at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Rita Simons will “always be grateful” for her time on ‘EastEnders’.
The 46-year-old actress played Roxy Mitchell on the BBC One soap opera from 2007 until 2017 and worked alongside the likes of the late Dame Barbara Windsor – who played her aunt Peggy Mitchell – before taking on roles in musicals such as ‘Legally Blonde’ and ‘Hairspray’ and is accepting of the fact that she could be “typecast” after spending such a long time in the same role.
She told The Daily Mirror newspaper: “I had Barbara Windsor showing me the ropes, Larry Lamb, Steve McFadden, people who are so good at what they do. Of course you’re going to get typecast when you’ve done 10 years on a soap but I would take that negative because it’s worth it for everything I was taught.
“And of course I wouldn’t have got the theatre jobs I have if it hadn’t been for EastEnders, so I’m eternally grateful.”
Meanwhile, Rita has joined fellow celebrities like ‘Hi-De-Hi’ actress Su Pollard, ‘Geordie Shore’ legend Vicky Pattison and Boyzone singer Shane Lynch on a trek through Portugal to the ­Catholic shrine of Fatima as part of BBC show ‘Pilgrimage’ and recalled bumping into a naked Su in the bathroom one morning, as she mused she would love to be more like the sitcom icon herself.
She said: “One morning I went into to the bathroom to brush my teeth, and Su was there naked blow-drying her hair so I had to climb underneath her. And I was brushing my teeth thinking, Su Pollard is naked behind me, blow- drying her hair, like, what alternative universe am I in?
“But I love Su to death, she’s amazing, 100 miles an hour all the time. I didn’t once see her get down or angry or disappointed, or say anything bad behind anyone’s back, she has a heart of gold. I only wish to be like Su!”
‘Pilgrimage’ is on Friday at 9pm on BBC2 and BBC iPlayer.

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘The Family Pile’ has been axed after just one series.
The star-studded ITV1 sitcom featured ‘Mr. Selfridge’ actress Amanda Abbington and former ‘Coronation Street’ star Alexandra Mardell alongside Claire Keelan and Clare Calbraith as a group of sisters navigating life following the death of their parents but will not return to screens for a second outing because of low ratings, an insider has claimed.
A TV source told The Sun newspaper’s TVBiz column: “Unfortunately the ratings were lower than expected and ITV decided to concentrate on fresh comedies, rather than pin hopes on ‘The Family Pile’.”
The Liverpool-based comedy – which was written by ‘The Smoking Room’ creator Brian Dooley – failed to achieve what was hoped in the ratings and cast and crew are said to be “gutted” over the decision to axe it, but the insider went on to add that TV can be a “brutal industry”.
The insider added: “The cast and crew are gutted as they felt it was a good sitcom and the best ones always take time to grow. But TV is a brutal industry and shows that are not instant successes rarely get a second chance. Comedy chiefs appreciate the cast are talented and liked the series, but they couldn’t ignore the poor audience figures.”
Meanwhile, an ITV1 spokesperson explained while there are “no plans” for the show to return at present, the broadcaster is still thankful to the cast and crew for bringing the show to life over the course of six episodes.
They said: “There are currently no plans for a second series of The Family Pile. We would like to thank all the cast and crew for their hard work in bringing the show alive on screen.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Olivia Attwood says exploring kink and bondage in her new series of ‘Getting Filthy Rich’ was an “eye-opener”.
The former ‘Love Island’ star thought she had “seen everything” after doing the first series of the ITV2 show all about online sex work but realised she had much more to learn about the lucrative industry.
The 31-year-old reality TV personality told Heat magazine: “I’m constantly surprised. I always think that I’ve seen everything, and then it gets to the next day of filming and I’m surprised again. This series, we delve into fetishes and the BDSM community, which was an eye-opener. The thing that never fails to blow my mind is how much money these girls make.”
Olivia – who is engaged to professional footballer Bradley Dack – admitted to she has “a lot of nerves” about finally saying “I do” as she keeps fearing she’ll be late or fall over in front of all her friends and family.
She said: I’m incredibly excited, but there are a lot of nerves there, as well. I’ve been having weird stress dreams about it, where I forget to set my alarm and oversleep on the day of the wedding, or walk down the aisle wearing shoes that are too big and trip.”
The ex ‘Celebs Go Dating’ star confessed that she “would love to go back” and try again with ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here’ after she was forced to pull out of the show’s most recent series on medical grounds.
When asked to “confirm or deny the rumours” she was going to reappear, Olivia said: “I can’t do either, because the conversation hasn’t happened yet. I would love to go back and it a proper go, but my diary is completely booked up with filming until this time next year. Maybe in 2024…”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Lisa George would love to star in ‘Call The Midwife’.
The ‘Coronation Street’ star is “obsessed” with the look and feel of the 40s and 50 so would love to have a role in the Heidi Thomas-created BBC One drama that stars Helen George, Stephen McGann and Jenny Agutter based on Jennifer Worth’s memoirs of the same name.
The 52-year-old actress told Women’s Weekly magazine: “I’m obsessed with anything from the 1940s and 1950s, so I’d love to be in ‘Call The Midwife’.
“I really want to be in period stuff because I find it very interesting. I’m a vintage queen, and I collect antiques. You could say I live in the wrong era.”
Lisa – who has played knicker stitcher Beth Tinker in the ITV1 soap since 2011 – got her appreciation for history from her “close” relationship with her grandparents.
She said: “I was so close to my grandparents, and when my grandfather died, we found his diaries from his time during World World One.
“It was heartbreaking to read especially where he wrote, ‘I spent 20 hours digging a trench’ or ‘so-and-so was blown up.”
The ex ‘Dancing On Ice’ star admitted to feeling scared of being “discarded” like the late ‘Crossroad’ star Noelle Gordon – who was brought to life by Helena Bonham Carter in the ITVX drama ‘Nolly’ – as she climbs the showbiz ladder.
Lisa said: “I was watching ‘Nolly’ who was the first woman on colour television. But they got rid of her when she was 61. It’s fascinating because she made it her life and then they just discarded her.
“So you always have that in the back of your head.”
However, Lisa loves how the cast of Corrie “looks out” for each other at glitzy events.
She said: “You become a family – it’s like a silent code.
“What I love is that if we’re event at an awards ceremony, everybody always looks out for each other. We’re very close, and people really care.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Paul Burrell grieved for Queen Elizabeth along with his campmates on ‘I’m A Celebrity…South Africa.’
The 64-year-old former butler has since become a regular face on television since he worked for the late Princess Diana and was in South Africa last September shooting the ‘I’m A Celeb’ spin-off – which sees former campmates of the ITV jungle survival show ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!’ battle it out to become the Legend of the Savanna – when he learned that his “surrogate mother” Queen Elizabeth had died at the age of 96 but opted to stay in the competition so he could “share his grief” with his co-stars.
Speaking on ITV’s ‘Lorraine’, Paul – who placed runner-up behind comedian Joe Pasquale on the regular version of the show in 2004 – said: “I went to Buckingham Palace when I was 18 years old and the Queen became my surrogate mother. I know that’s difficult for people to understand but living with someone in close proximity for 11 years, you do begin to love them. I
“I loved the Queen, she was a wonderful, wonderful lady. She shaped me, along with Diana and they made me the man I am today. Whilst I was in South Africa, the ITV team asked me if I wanted to go home. I said ‘Listen, I’m better here. This is my sanctuary right now. If I go home, it’ll be a circus. So let me stay here with the other celebrities and I’ll share my grief with them because she was their Queen too.”
Paul – who is competing on the new version of the show alongside the likes of former ‘You Are What You Eat’ presenter Gillian McKeith, ‘Eastenders’ actor and series eight winner Joe Swash, ‘Countdown’ star Carol Vorderman and 2017 Queen of the Jungle Georgia Toffolo – was diagnosed with prostate cancer shortly after returning home from South Africa and just weeks after completing treatment explained that he found the “strength” to get through his experience with the help of two royal “angels” on his shoulders.
He added: “It saved my life. I didn’t know when I was sat there, I knew something was wrong though. So when I got back, I went to the doctors and they found out with it was cancer. So I’m sat in the jungle with cancer, the Queen has died and I’m thinking ‘How do I get through this?’
“But I gathered the strength from somewhere. I had two angels sat on my shoulders. The Princess, and the Queen.
“I’m doing good, my next checkup is in six months. I’m going to live my life, live it large and live it every day.”
‘I’m A Celebrity…South Africa’ will air on ITV1 and ITVX from 9pm on Monday, April 24.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Debbie McGee “chased” Paul Daniels for almost a decade before they got together.
The 64-year-old ’ star married the late TV magician – who passed away in 2016 aged 77 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour – after they met on the set of his long-running series in the 70s but she spent years grafting her man.
She told the Daily Star newspaper: “Paul came to rehearsals and we just got on. We made each other laugh.
“But I was 20 years younger than him. For eight years he kept going, ‘Go find someone your own age.’ I was chasing him.
“When I was 28, he realised we really did like each other and that’s when we got together. Then we got married when I was 29.”
Debbie labelled her marriage “fantastic” after they finally tied the knot in 1988.
She said: “It was fantastic. We made each other laugh everyday.”
Debbie has now taken part in BBC Two series ‘B and B by the Sea’ – which sees her explore the culture of Northern Ireland – and recently explained she wanted to she wanted to do the show because she was “concerned” she had never travelled alone.
Speaking on ITV’s ‘Loose Women’, she said: “One of the things I was a little bit concerned about is I’ve never holidayed on my own. I’ve gotten used to being on my own but I don’t choose it, it was thrust upon me.
“I’m so lucky I’ve got a close family, I’ve got lovely friends that invite me on holiday with them but I’ve never chosen to go on my own so I was a bit worried, although you’re with a film crew, of waking up and it just being me.
“For all those years I always had my rock there, Paul, who woke me up with a joke most mornings so I wondered how I’d feel waking up in this place that was right out in the sticks really on my own.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Claire Sweeney was “so nervous” to join ‘Coronation Street.’
The 52-year-old actress – who shot to fame when she took on the part of Lindsey Corkhill on ‘Brookside in the early 1990s – has now joined the cast of the long-running ITV1 soap opera as the long-lost mother of established character Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) and claimed that stepping onto the cobbles was “better” than being in a Hollywood movie.
She said: “Even though I’ve been lucky enough to have enjoyed an amazingly varied career for nearly 40 years – being cast in ‘Coronation Street’ is, to me, better than being cast in a Hollywood movie! I’ve watched it all my life and can’t quite believe that I’ll now be stepping onto those famous cobbles myself.
“I was really nervous when I got the scripts to audition as this show means so much to me and my family and this is ‘Corrie’ gold, I was beyond thrilled and very grateful when I got the call that Iain MacLeod is trusting me to play Tyrone’s mum and work alongside one of my heroes, Dame Maureen Lipman. Cassie is a character who is definitely going to make an impact – I just hope the audience will enjoy watching her as much as I’m going to be enjoying playing her!”
In the show, Tyrone grew up believing that his mum was Jackie Dobbs – who was played by Margi Clarke and famously shared a prison cell with legendary character Deirdre Barlow in 1998 – but in 2018 discovered after meeting his biological grandmother Evelyn (Maureen Lipman) that he had in fact been abandoned by drug addict Cassie outside of a police station shortly after his birth in 1982.
The former ‘Loose Women’ panellist – who since appearing on the first edition of ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ in 2001 has held leading roles in West End productions of ‘Chicago’ and ‘Guys and Dolls’ and has also appeared in touring versions of hit shows such as ‘Legally Blonde’, ‘Hairspray’ and Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ – will make her first appearance on ‘Coronation Street’ on June 28 and producer Iain McLeod teased that her first scenes will there is a “tumultuous time” ahead for the family.
He said: “Claire bowled us over in her audition and the scenes with her, Tyrone, and Evelyn will be electric. Her arrival will mark the start of a tumultuous time for Tyrone and the family and her impact will be felt across the street in the weeks and months that follow.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sir Tony Robinson says ‘Blackadder’ has a “special place” in his “heart”.
The ex ‘Time Team’ star – who played Rowan Atkinson’s titular character’s hapless henchman Baldrick in the Richard Curtis and Ben Elton-created BBC series – is “delighted” to be contributing to a commemorative documentary to mark 40 years since its debut in 1983 on alongside some “the biggest names in comedy”, which will come in June.
The 76-year-old actor said: “‘Blackadder’ holds a special place in the nation’s heart and in mine too.
“I’m delighted to be part of its 40th birthday celebrations on Gold. It’s been wonderful to journey back to where it all began and chat to some of the biggest names in comedy who made it all happen.”
Tony teased the celebration earlier this month after the success of they revived the show for a special Comic Relief reunion.
He told Christine Lampard on the ITV daytime show, ‘Lorraine’: “All I’m gonna say is…everybody likes to celebrate a 40th anniversary, so there must be some fresh way we can celebrate our 40th birthday, wouldn’t you think?”
The ‘Walking Through History’ star confirmed the rumours that Prince William was “such a fan” of the historical comedy.
Tony said: “This is absolutely true. You know how showbiz people make up stories? This is really true.
“When I was being knighted by Prince William, almost 10 years ago, I was down on my knees, he brings the old sword down and he said: “I am such a fan of Blackadder” and I said to him: ‘Would you be on it?’
“He said: “Yeah, if you asked me”. So in other words, I was casting whilst I was knighting!”
Tony gushed that he will never tire of talking about the show because it “transformed” his career.
He said: “It’s lovely really, it never palls because it just transformed my life.
“I was 38 by the time I did it but I was a child actor so I had been about a quarter of a century in the business when suddenly my whole life was transformed by the generosity of Rowan [Atkinson] and the producer John Lloyd, who let me have all those little extra shots and lines.”

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