OHMYGOSSIP — Jodie Prenger thinks there should be a statue of Paul O’Grady in “every town and city” in the UK.
The ‘Coronation Street’ actress was left shocked last week when her pal passed away aged 67, insisting he was “way too young” to die, but she now believes the ‘For the Love of Dogs’ presenter should be honoured across the country.
Speaking on ‘Good Morning Britain’, she said: “He’s a stunning human being. I think there should be a statue in every city, in every town, because he had the nation behind him.
“I just think they should be everywhere because I tell you one thing they will do, they will make everyone smile.”
Jodie even urged people to ring up their local council to petition for a Paul statue in every city.
She added: “I think it should be like the Statue of Liberty with a fag in one hand and Buster (the dog) in the other, I think that’s what we should do.
“Phone your local council, there should be one in every city.”
Jodie’s comments come after a petition to erect a statue of Paul in his hometown of Birkenhead, Merseyside, has been signed more than 121,000 times following his passing.
Kieran Gabriel, who started the change.org petition, wrote on the site: “Paul O’Grady passed away suddenly on March 28th and it only feels right to honour the life of such a great human being by immortalising him in statue form, in his hometown of Birkenhead.
“Paul has left a huge legacy with his trailblazing work as a drag artist, social and political causes, LGBT rights and of course, his love of animals.
“This is a petition to the Wirral Council, who must surely take stock of the huge outpouring of love in the wake of Paul’s passing. Liverpool has Cilla, Birkenhead deserves Paul.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Gary Lineker thought he had hosted his last ‘Match of the Day’ after he was asked to step back from the show in a row over impartiality, but still insists his view was “factually accurate”.
The 62-year-old former footballer-turned-TV presenter tweeted criticism of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s policy on refugees – prompting a mass walk out of BBC pundits and presenters who stood by him last month – before returning to presenting duties a week later, and he got emotional when his co-stars Alan Shearer and Ian Wright told the BBC they wouldn’t appear on ‘Match of the Day’ without him.
Asked whether he thought he’d presented his last ‘Match of the Day’ at the time, he told Men’s Health UK: “I guess I must have, because when they said I had ‘stepped back’ and the row was raging, it was hard to see how it got resolved unless they backed down.
“And I think the key moment was when the other presenters and then the commentators made it clear they wouldn’t go on if I was taken off air. I really found that incredibly moving.
“I had a tear in my eye when I heard Wrighty and Alan Shearer had pulled out. Ian had told me he would do it, but it is one thing to say it, another to do it.
“Then one by one the others pulled out, and even some of the players and managers said they wouldn’t do interviews.
“To be fair to Tim Davie, he admitted they had got it wrong and sorted it out. I love the BBC and I was very glad to be back on air and talking about football again.”
The controversial tweet on March 7th came in response to a video message by home secretary Suella Braverman announcing her new Illegal Migration Bill, and in the video, she spoke about stopping people making “illegal journeys” crossing the Channel in boats.
Gary’s tweet read: “There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries. This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and I’m out of order?”
A month later, the star insists what he said was “factually accurate”.
He said: “When I sent that tweet, it honestly never even crossed my mind that it would lead to where it went. I’ve worked with refugees’ charities for years.
“So, when I saw the Suella Braverman film, I said I thought it was pretty awful. Then the ‘stick to football’ people weighed in and I replied to one of them, just saying there was no massive influx, the UK takes far fewer refugees than other European countries, this is a cruel policy, and the language used in the debate reminds us of the debate in Germany in the 1930s. I think that is factually accurate.”
But Gary claims he previously agreed with the BBC that he would “not stop occasionally tweeting” about climate change and refugees.
He added: “When the new social media guidelines were brought in, I said fine, but we agreed I would not stop occasionally tweeting about two issues in particular: climate change and refugees.
“I wasn’t prepared to back down on that, especially as I felt and still feel that what I tweeted was fair and true. I wasn’t abusive, I wasn’t saying she [Suella Braverman] was a Nazi. I talked about the use of words like ‘invasion’ and ‘swarms’ and ‘criminals’ and ‘rapists’, which I think we should be very careful about because it has real-life consequences.”
Gary Lineker was speaking to Men’s Health UK ‘Talking Heads’ columnist, Alastair Campbell, in an interview available on the magazine’s website now http://www.menshealth.com/uk/mental-strength/a43505139/gary-lineker-alastair-campbell/

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OHMYGOSSIP — Joel Dommett is planning to be “tanned and ripped” when he returns from filming ‘Survivor’ in the Dominican Republic.
The comedian, 37, cannot wait to front the rebooted UK version of the show, and he is hoping to use some of his downtime from filming to hit the hotel gym and work on his physique.
He told the ‘Table Manners’ podcast: “I feel real pleasure that the BBC have trusted me with it, it’s a big show. And it’s a lovely holiday. The hotel’s got a gym.
“I’ll come back tanned and ripped, so my wife will not leave me when I get back.
“If it doesn’t go well, it’s my fault.”
The revived show will follow a similar format to the US version, which sees 20 marooned castaways form tribal groups as they tap into their animal instincts to survive.
Described as “the ultimate strategic and social game”, contestants will be put through their paces as they take part in gruelling challenges, testing their limits physically and mentally.
The show will see contestants deprived of their creature comforts and battling for food and shelter, where they can earn rewards and win immunity.
The aim of the game is to survive the tribal council, who will vote out a member every week, and the sole survivor will take home a cash prize of £100,000.
Joel previously said: “I’m the new host of the UK‘s ‘Survivor’! I can’t believe it!
“A huge thank you to the BBC for trusting me with this. It’s such a hugely popular format all over the world and I’m super excited to help bring it to our sweet little country. Let the tribal councils begin!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jessica Hayes has suffered a miscarriage.
The former ‘Love Island’ star – who won the first revamped series of the ITV2 dating show with Max Morley in 2015 – admitted it has been “hard to pretend” that she is OK following a “rough week”.
She wrote on Instagram: “Not a pregnancy announcement- TW – misscarriage
I debated posting it feels really strange to open up and feel vulnerable but you know I’m always open and honest with you all and it’s hard to pretend I’m ok as it’s been a rough week .
But I hope that someone going through the same this might help .
I was pregnant and now I’m not .
I spoke about my 1st loss and tbh I didn’t know I would be here again earlier this time but it still feels complete s*** .
It’s not really just losing a pregnancy it’s the plans you make , your vision of what that baby or child might of been like , what your family will look like and it gets taken away in a second .
When your experiencing loss you have to pretend you are ok, wipe your tears and carry on because you have a little one, you cook dinner , you read the stories . You do the school run . Nothing stops .
It was a traumatic day when it happened which I wasnt really expecting at all i tried to keep busy and go about my day went out which was a big mistake ..rushed home panicked after last time (previous haemorrhage) convinced myself it might be happening again, so I was just happy to get out the other side . (sic)”
The 29-year-old star had planned to tell her family and friends about her pregnancy at Easter.
She added: “I saw a heartbeat at the scan we had the next one this week , I planned to tell my family and friends and the children on Easter this weekend in a special way but I started having symptoms and the scan confirmed the baby had no heartbeat anymore .
You see all these things you plan and get excited about are taken away then you need to workout what this next part of your life looks like after.
I guess it’s all you have really thought about and planned for the past months .
Of course life goes on but you never really forget .
How can you ?
Who knows what the future brings..
Although I’m pretty scared and not sure I want to endure going through loss again .
It sucks to say the least.
But I’m hopeful , I have to be .
I know I dream of more children one day I love being a mother so much and I hope I’m lucky and blessed enough to be telling a different story next time .
I feel extremely lucky to have my beautiful son by my side who seems even more of a blessing each day . (sic)”
In November, Jessica revealed she had got engaged.
The star was stunned when her property developer partner, who is known only as Zeb, popped the question in October while they were on a surprise trip to Ibiza.
She told OK! Magazine at the time: “We’d only been together for a year so I wasn’t expecting it. It was a massive surprise.
“We went there on a private jet which was just crazy!
“I asked him to get some videos of me for Instagram so I was just there posing away on the edge of a cliff, and then I turned around and he got down on one knee! I was like, ‘Oh my God, are you joking? Are you pranking me? Is this a real ring?’
“I didn’t get emotional at all and then about three days later I started crying when it sank in.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — More than £200,000 has been donated to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in memory of Paul O’Grady following the star’s death last week.
Paul – who passed away aged 67 – was an ambassador for the animal rescue service, and shot 11 series of his ITV show ‘For the Love of Dogs’ there.
At the time of writing, £202,533.10 has been pledged to the Paul O’Grady Tribute Fund.
A message on the page reads: “Battersea joins the nation in mourning the loss of Paul O’Grady – an entertainment legend and much-loved Ambassador to our charity.
“We’d like to extend our deepest sympathies to Paul’s family and friends. To millions Paul O’Grady is the popular TV and radio presenter and comedian who lit up their screens with his razor-sharp humour and perpetual generosity and warmth.
“Battersea will forever remember Paul as a devoted animal lover with the biggest heart, who fell in love with every dog he met at our centres.
“Paul will always be associated with Battersea, and we are truly saddened to have lost such a true friend and huge part of our charity.
“Paul loved Battersea so much and we cannot thank him enough for everything he did for our charity and for rescue animals worldwide.
“We will forever be indebted to him for his endless generosity and support.”
The home’s chief executive, Peter Laurie, admitted they have been “overwhelmed” by donations following Paul’s passing.
He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “We’ve been overwhelmed by the letters, calls, emails and messages of support along with the generous donations made by kind members of the public.
“We’ll find a suitably fitting way to remember the profound impact Paul had at Battersea and the rescue animal sector, something that will support the animals Paul loved so much and that would make him proud.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Nathan Henry has joined the Australian version of ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!’.
The 32-year-old TV star – who has been a cast member on ‘Geordie Shore’ since 2015 – made his debut on the Aussie version of the survival reality show on Sunday (02.04.23), just hours after revealing to his fans that he was “so excited” but “so nervous” to be heading Down Under.
Speaking in a video posted to Instagram, he said: “Good morning everyone, if you are seeing this then the news has obviously broke that I am going into the jungle to do ‘I’m A Celebrity Australia’. I think that is the car outside waiting to pick me up. I am so excited, I am so nervous, this is the biggest secret I have ever kept and you know I have got a very big mouth. I hope I do the UK proud and I hope everyone votes for me to win. I am getting a bit emotional, what the f***.”
The eighth series of the reality show – which is hosted by Chris Brown and Julia Morris – also features the likes of radio presenter Woody Whitelaw, actress Debra Lawrance, and netball player Liz Ellis.
It was recently reported that joining the Aussie reality show – which sees celebrities tough it out in the South African jungle – was a “huge opportunity” for Nathan and that he was really keen to take part as his regular role on MTV starts to wind down.
An insider told The Sun newspaper: “‘I’m A Celebrity’ is a huge opportunity for Nathan and he really wants to do the show. ‘It’s really a dream come true for him. It’s also perfect timing now Geordie Shore is winding down.’ ”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ollie and Gareth Locke are expecting a boy and a girl.
The 36-year-old reality star announced in February that he is expecting twins with his fellow ‘Made in Chelsea’ cast member, and the married couple have now revealed they are to have a boy and a girl, and Gareth admitted it has become much more “real” after finding out the genders.
He told HELLO! magazine: “As we get towards the finish line, it’s become very much more real. It felt like our lives were on hold but now it feels like we’re moving forward. The babies coming along has reinvigorated everything!”
The reality stars tried for more than three years to conceive via surrogate, and Ollie recalled “bursting into tears” when he got a call from their surrogate Bex Ward to tell them they are finally going to be parents.
He said: “I then got into a car and I was on my own going towards the slopes and I knew the phone was going to ring. Bex rang and showed me two pictures of two scans and I burst into tears. She has done something monumentally important and caring and loving and selfless – there’s no real way to explain it.
“She has helped us bring a family into the world that are going to be so unbelievably loved and so wanted. This has made us a family unit and she’s very much a part of that. I think we’ve sort of been numb for the last couple of years.
“When you get such huge disappointment every time, you forget what you’re actually trying to achieve. And that’s been heart-breaking; not being able to see the light at the end of the tunnel and only seeing the disappointment.”
The pair have suffered several setbacks in their bid to become parents.
In December 2022, Ollie and Gareth revealed their surrogate had suffered a miscarriage, which came a year after the pair told how their surrogate had tragically miscarried at six weeks.
In July 2021, the couple – who married in November 2020 – revealed their first IVF attempt had been unsuccessful.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Carol Vorderman “does not want to be in love” and wouldn’t be jealous if one of her “special friends” had another sexual partner.
The 62-year-old TV star – who has children Katie, 32, and Cameron, 26, with ex-husband Patrick King, but was also previously married to Christopher Mather – revealed last year that she has a circle of “special friends” as opposed to looking for one person to “fulfil all [her] needs”, and has now insisted that she does not feel any jealousy towards them potentially having other partners “as long as you’re all honest and have a good time.”
She told The Mail on Sunday’s You magazine: “One’s been a friend for 11 years, one for seven. My kids know most of them. I’m not a jealous person and I’m happy when my friends are happy, whether they are “special friends” or not. The goal of my life is to be happy, not to be in love. I just find people interesting and life interesting.”
The former ‘Countdown’ star is now at a stage in her life where she can “choose” to partake in the bits she enjoys in a way she was unable to 30 years ago.
She said: “And you can get to a stage where you choose which bits you enjoy. You can’t in your 30s because you’re making your way in your career, you’re beholden to bosses and all those sorts of things. But in your 60s…”
Towards the end of last year, the former ‘Loose Women’ anchor explained that she has “ignored” the societal construct of monogamy because she believes it is “unrealistic” to expect one person to fulfil every need of another.
Speaking on ‘This Morning’, she said: “I’m nearly 62 now and our mothers told us that we should marry when we were 18 or 19 years of age, so we grew up with this convention that we should find one partner for life and all the good fairy tales tell you that they married and lived happily ever after.
“My view is not quite like that. If people do have a very happy and long marriage, that is wonderful. Congratulations. But the fact is that half of marriages in divorce and almost three-quarters of marriage end in divorce. So I prefer to live my life – and people should speak about it in this way – in chapters. You try to have happy chapters and I think that’s what you’re looking for next.
“I have ignored looking for one person. I have special friends. It’s not realistic to expect one person to fulfil all your needs. The younger generation has a much freer approach to sexuality.
“After sexuality, the second most popular is bisexuality. But my generation couldn’t talk about that.
“It’s a taboo that particularly applies to women of age 60 plus, we were taught that we should marry who should look after us. Now the vast majority of women work. This is a time to break the nonsense taboo that every person should be looking for one other person that satisfies everything in their life. That’s one hell of a pressure.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Paul O’Grady and a dog once won a race at Crufts after he cheated by secretly taping a pooch treat to his watch.
Ali Taylor, head of behaviour at London’s Battersea Dogs and Cats Home – which Paul was an ambassador of, and where he filmed 11 series of his ITV show ‘For the Love of Dogs’ – has told how the late star, who passed away last week aged 67, became “adored” by the crowd after his inventive idea.
In a piece for The Sunday Times newspaper, she wrote: “One of my favourite memories of him was at Crufts.
“He decided that he would run the agility course with a Staffie – a breed that was getting a bad reputation at the time. He ran very badly.
“I said, beforehand: ‘You can’t bring treats in – it’s not allowed.’ I was strict. But Paul had a secret dog biscuit attached to his watch.
“He was running around the course over all the agility jumps. After that, all the Staffie community just adored him – and they are a tough crowd.”
Ali also revealed Paul once tried to convince the late Queen Elizabeth – who died in 2022 aged 96 – to adopt a corgi when she was on a visit to the animal rescue home.
She added: “Paul had a close relationship with the late Queen over their love of dogs. When she came to Battersea he was trying hard to persuade her to take a corgi.
“He also had a brilliant relationship with [Queen Consort] Camilla – she has two Jack Russells from Battersea.”
Last week, Camilla, 75, told how she had been left “deeply saddened” by Paul’s passing.
Sharing a photo on Twitter of them together during an event at Battersea, a post on the royal family’s Twitter account read: “Deeply saddened to hear of the death of Paul O’Grady, who worked closely with Her Majesty in support of @Battersea_, providing lots of laughter and many waggy-tailed memories.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Adele Roberts was still undergoing cancer treatment while filming ‘The Great Celebrity Bake Off.’
The 44-year-old radio host was diagnosed with bowel cancer in October 2021, before being given the all-clear in June, but when the star was shooting the celebrity edition of ‘The Great British Bake Off’ alongside David Morrissey, Lucy Beaumont and Tom Daley for Stand Up 2 Cancer, she was still undergoing treatment.
After the show aired on Sunday night (02.04.23), she tweeted in response to an impressed fan: “Thank you so much Ryan! I was actually on chemo in the tent. I was overheating most of the time. I had an ice machine to keep me cool!”
Adele lost out to David in the charity special, and admitted she “couldn’t remember” much about the shoot but was enjoying being able to relive the experience when she watched it back on Sunday.
She added: “I also can’t remember most of this. I know I had an amazing day … but watching it back now is so special!”
The former ‘Big Brother’ star recently explained she was initially “embarrassed” to visit the doctor about her bowels and ended up taking a test at home, but she has urged others who may have concerns about their own health to ask for help immediately.
She said: “It took me a while to pluck up the courage to call my GP at first. My symptoms seemed like things I could explain away. I didn’t want to be a burden to the NHS and I was embarrassed.
“I shouldn’t have worried. My GP took my concerns seriously, put me at ease and also offered me a home-testing kit.
“This meant I was able to do the test in the comfort of my own home.
“Soon after I was diagnosed with stage 2 bowel cancer, which was very nearly developing into stage 3.
“Getting the help I needed in time helped save my life. If you’re worried please speak to someone, early detection saves lives and it helped save mine.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Rachel Riley struggles to keep a straight face on ‘Countdown’ when she picks out letters that spell out “really weird” words.
The 37-year-old TV star has served as the letters and numbers assistant on the Channel 4 game show since taking over from series stalwart Carol Vorderman in 2008, but she has to try to avoid laughing when she puts potentially explicit words up on the board.
She told The Sun newspaper: “I get to chose what I put on the board on ‘Countdown’, the whole idea is to pull a straight face. There are some really weird stuff that comes out but that’s the fun of it. Kids can watch but anyone with my kind of dirty sense of humour can watch.”
During the letters round of the long-running game show – which sees contestants ask Rachel to select vowels and consonants at random so they can form the longest-possible word in 30 seconds – the presenter has been confronted with a string of potentially smutty words, including the likes of “bumh****”, “perverts”, “p***”, “sugar t***” and “no panties.”
The former ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ contestant is married to professional dancer Pasha Kovalev and has daughters Maven, three, and Noa, 16 months, with him.
Rachel went on to reveal that she accidentally taught her eldest some profanity.
She added: “I taught Maven some bad language during the football!”
Last year, Rachel’s co-star Susie Dent – who has manned the show’s Dictionary Corner for more than three decades – revealed the two of them often share bras and tights when they film the show.
She told Mail+: “For me, Rachel is also the very best of friends – strong, principled and utterly loyalty. I often think she and I are two sides of the same coin. She is always impeccably groomed while I frequently have dresses on inside out or back to front.
“She lends me bras, tights – anything, in fact, that I have characteristically left at home.”

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