OHMYGOSSIP — Johnny Vegas has discovered a cousin who makes a living as an Elvis Presley impersonator.
The 52-year-old star is looking into his family past and joined Raymond Godwin on stage for a special performance.
After they met for the first time during tonight’s episode of ‘DNA Journey’ on ITV, Johnny said: “I thought I was the only professional performer in the family.”
Meanwhile, Raymond – who channels the King of Rock and Roll at his local pub in St. Helens, Merseyside.
He added: “In the ’80s I did indie bands. Somebody said, ‘When you sing Elvis you can sound like him, will you do it?’
“‘I’ll do an Elvis. But I’m not dressing up, there’s no dignity in that.’ ”
However, Raymond charged his mind and four decades later he can be seen in a gold suit entertaining punters.
Away from the stage, he’s a social worker specialising in learning disabilities and mental health.
He said: “You see discrimination. That’s what puts fire in my belly. When you become a social worker, you get the power to change things for people. I absolutely love that.”
Elsewhere in the episode, Johnny goes to Bristol and Liverpool, and discovers how his great grandparents Edward and Mary Ryan changed the course of history.
In 1937, they took a teacher to court after 10-year-old son Patrick lost 60 percent of his hearing after being hit over the head several times.
They won, which helped lead to corporal punishment getting banned from schools.
Johnny gushed: “That makes me proud. I don’t think their ambitions were lofty. I think they’ve just gone, ‘I don’t care what’s gone before. This is wrong.’
“I can get upset at injustices and my dad raised me to ask questions about things.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jo Brand has “never been that keen on cakes” despite hosting the ‘Great British Bake Off’ spin off show.
The 65-year-old comedian has fronted Channel 4’s ‘An Extra Slice’ since 2014, but despite joking about eating sweet treats on stage for a long time, it’s not actually the case.
She told the ‘How To Be 60’ podcast: “When I started doing stand-up I used to talk about cakes.
“And now I do a show about cakes. I’ve never been that keen on cakes really.”
Jo decided to profess her fake love of cakes to combat adverts on television which never showed “fat people” enjoying a slice.
She explained: “The reason I did it was… Do you remember those cake adverts on telly years ago: ‘Naughty but nice?’
“Every person that advertised them was a beautiful woman suggestively licking some sort of doughnut with something coming out of it.
“But you never had fat people advertising cake. So that’s why I did the whole cake thing, just to kind of go, ‘Mehhhhh!’ ”
She previously opened up about one occasion where she bought her own birthday cake in a bid to stop her husband buying one from a “posh French” patisserie with fruit and a “thin layer of what looks like phlegm on top”.
She chose herself a children’s cake, and wanted it icing with the words: “You are a very old woman.”
However, when she opened it she actually found the words: “Happy retirement Wendy.”
Meanwhile, Jo recently discussed the impact of bodyshaming and admitted she is still affected by it today.
She said: “There’s a very different attitude towards it now, which I kind of admire in a way, but I’m saddled with the ‘you shameful hulk’ attitude that we had in my day. It was always the first thing people commented on.
“I just got used to those blows and dealing with them, and it’s fine.
“But I couldn’t bring myself in this day and age to wear what much bigger women wear confidently. I don’t understand how they can do that, but I do admire it.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Love Island’s Lana Jenkins thinks she’s got “something quite special” with Ron Hall.
The 25-year-old make-up artist loves spending time with Ron and she’s convinced that they could have a long-term future together, after starring on the dating show.
Asked to describe their relationship, Lana explained: “It’s just easy, comfortable and we feel at home with each other.
“I think they’re important things for me, that when I’m around someone I just wanna be around them all the time. That’s number one and I feel like we could spend all day together and it not feel like a chore. And I just feel like we’ve got something quite special.”
Ron loves Lana’s “caring” attitude and he believes that they’re a very compatible couple.
He said: “I could honestly just sit in silence with Lana and it would feel like the most normal thing in the world. And I feel like we’re both just very honest, very caring.
“For me, one of the main things was having someone caring. That was one of the main things I was looking for. I know how much she was looking after everyone else, and she put herself aside the whole time.”
Ron also observed that Lana was really popular among the other Islanders.
He explained: “Everyone loved Lana and there wasn’t a single moment where anyone had a bad word to say about her, and that just shows Lana’s character. I think that’s why we get on so well, because I know how good she is and I like to think I’m quite a caring person as well so it’s quite nice that we’re both the same. Similar but different!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan thought Ron Hall and Lana Jenkins would win ‘Love Island’.
The loved-up duo won the coveted crown on Monday night (13.03.23) – but Sanam feels that Ron and Lana are “so compatible” as a couple.
Asked who she thought would win, Sanam replied: “We thought Tom and Samie, or Ron and Lana. As a viewer before I came in I thought Ron and Lana’s journey was really lovely. Even being in the villa with them, you can see how genuine they are for one another. I think they are so compatible and so cute – I am rooting for them, because I know it’s real.
“With Tom and Samie they have also been through a journey but they also just look so good together. They are hot! They got sexiest couple and I thought, yeah, you might as well just win, ha!”
Kai and Sanam are now determined to make their relationship work in the outside world.
Sanam, 24, also revealed that they’re keen to move in together at some stage.
She said: “That is something I want to work towards.
“I’ve spoken to Kai as well and I would love to work on building us up more on the outside and then work towards moving in together.”
What’s more, Kai revealed that he’s willing to change his life in order to be with Sanam.
He shared: “I’ve always said for the right girl and the right relationship you would move anywhere.
“If you’ve got a connection with someone and want to spend time with someone wherever they are it’s going to feel like home. Living in Bedford is no issue!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Danny Dyer is fronting a new documentary series about modern men.
The former ‘EastEnders’ actor is set to travel the UK to find out if guys have lost their identity with the shift away from traditional gender roles, and will also explore the subject of toxic masculinity in ’21st Century Man’, a two-part programme set to air on Channel 4 later this year.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre TV column: “This will be new ground for Danny and viewers will see a whole new side to him.
“He’ll still possess his usual bravado, but these are serious issues he’s exploring and he conducts himself accordingly. The look into toxic masculinity is particularly deep. It’s a hugely sensitive documentary all round.”
The former ‘Danny Dyer’s Deadliest Men’ host will also meet male and female victims of domestic abuse at a family centre, and visits a soft play facility to talk to families affected by trauma.
News of the documentary comes just a few days after it was revealed Danny will play a “fictionalised and heightened version of himself” in ‘Henpocalypse!’, a BBC comedy series about a hen party that is “interrupted” by an apocalypse.
The 45-year-old star said in a statement: “When I saw the pilot for ‘Henpocalypse!’ I pi***** myself laughing and I was so honoured to be asked to be a part of such an amazing job. You’re all gonna f****** love it – it’s hilarious.”
The plot is “centred around bridezilla Zara whose hen-do is interrupted by the apocalypse. She and her fellow working-class West Midlander hens face a struggle for survival while they wait out the breakdown of human civilisation in an isolated holiday cottage in Wales.”
A description continues: “As the nation’s favourite geezer Danny Dyer made a big impression on socially awkward Birmingham bridesmaid, Jen. So when she finds herself in a brutal post-apocalyptic world it’s Danny Dyer who comes to her in her moment of crisis. Taking on the role of mentor and counsellor, he provides sage advice, psychological insight and weapons training, setting her on the path to her true destiny.”
The cast also includes Elizabeth Berrington as Zara’s formidable mother Bernadette, Lucie Shorthouse as demanding bride Zara, Callie Cooke as put upon chief bridesmaid Shelly, Lauren O’Rourke as conspiracy theorist beautician Veena, Kate O’Flynn as one woman disaster area Jen and Ben McGregor as entrepreneurial stripper Drew.

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OHMYGOSSIP — James Bye and his wife Victoria have revealed their fourth child is another boy.
The 39-year-old ‘EastEnders’ actor and his spouse – who already have kids Edward, eight, Louis, six, and Hugo, three, together – revealed earlier this year that she was pregnant again after three years of trying and “heartbreaking miscarriages”.
And the couple has now held a gender reveal with their three boys looking thrilled that they are going to be big brothers.
Victoria captioned the clip of their reaction on their family Instagram page: “It’s official… The worst-kept secret ever is out!
“It’s a BOY! And truly… all 5 of us are over the moon…
“Honestly, we’ve been telling everyone – how we’re supposed to keep his name under wraps (yep we’ve decided!) is beyond me… We’ve just been SO excited.”
Announcing their happy news in January, Victoria wrote: “So… we’ve been keeping a little secret…
“We’re not just welcoming in the new year in 2023…
“I can hardly believe I’m saying it. But we’re welcoming another little one and we’re over the moon.
“We never thought it was going to happen. We always wanted a big family but after all my endometriosis struggles… heartbreaking miscarriages, seeing fertility doctors 3 years of ovulation testing disappointment – we’d honestly given up.
“I remember thinking right. Enough. I gathered up the pram baby things gave them all away. We both knew it couldn’t go on, the constant hope.
“And we were ok, we’d accepted how lucky we’d already been and so we got on with life.
“And life got crazy.
“I started training for my marathon, we began planning our vow renewal abroad, James started the intense Strictly regimen… all wrapped up with a big 40th birthday bonanza (I did milk it just a bit )
“And would you bloody believe it… Somehow life saw all our plans – and threw us a curve ball … (How we found the time I’ll never know – ‘Strictly curse’ you say?! Ha – introducing the glitterball baby!)
“And suddenly our world has been turned upside down… The boys are giddy (‘We’ll always have someone to sit next to on a rollercoaster now!’ Ever the practical Louis ) and yet as I smile, still amazed, I can’t help but worry…
“I think after losing a baby you can never fully let go and enjoy… despite the reassuring symptoms (thanks all day ‘morning’ sickness ) and the doctors all nodding… you can’t let go of the fear.
“And so all I can do is just keep ticking off the days and hoping…”
James – who plays Martin Fowler on the BBC One soap – renewed their wedding vows in St Lucia later in the month.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Giovanni Pernice and Jowita Pryzstal have reportedly split.
The ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ professionals have 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 hectic 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.”
Not only did the 28-year-old Polish dancer walk away with last year’s glitterball trophy with celebrity partner Hamza Yassin, but she also bagged herself a new beau in the 32-year-old Italian hunk.
An insider had told the newspaper in December: “She and Gio are the worst kept secret, but make a great couple.”
The pair struggled to hide their affection and were often caught catching a kiss backstage.
A source said: “While they both kept insisting they were single, the pair’s chemistry was ridiculous — and they kept getting busted snogging in corridors.
“Crew even saw them kissing in the production office.
“They make a great couple though, and have been pretty inseparable in the last few weeks.
“Jowita, especially, wanted to keep things quiet so she could keep focused with Hamza, and not distract from the competition.
“Giovanni invited Jowita as his date to [Chelsea footballer] Jorghino’s birthday bash at Grappelli, an Italian restaurant in Cobham, Surrey, near the Chelsea training ground.
“They were flirting and made their relationship very known.
“It was the talk of the evening.”
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.
Meanwhile, his most recent relationship before Jowita was with ‘Love Island’ star Maura Higgins.

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Love Island’ farmer Will Young took Jessie Wynter to visit his sheep.
The couple – who met and got together on this year’s winter series of the ITV2 dating reality competition – looked loved up as they continued their “crazy, wonderful journey”, with the 23-year-old farmer taking the 23-year personal trainer to his Buckinghamshire-based farm after sightseeing in London.
Underneath a gallery of photos that included their stop at Buckingham Palace, the pair wrote on their respective Instagram pages: “To the Villa, to London, to the FARM. What a crazy, wonderful and life lasting journey this has been.
“We made friends for life, met each other and more importantly have fallen in love.
“We are so happy that we got this opportunity as without it we may have never met, We just want to thank all of you for the love and support we have gotten, we really couldn’t have done it without you. Love you all Will + Jessie.”
Their co-star Claudia Fogarty, 28, commented: “They’re back [heart-eye emoji].”
Casey O’Gorman, 26, quipped: “Lambing season pending.”
Casey’s comment comes after he and Will exchanged heated words on companion show ‘Aftersun’ after they were shown clips of him labelling Jessie a “fake”.
After calling Casey a “snake”, Will wagged his finger across the studio, and continued: “I said so many times, be honest with me, be open with me and the boy lied.”
The show’s ninth season – which was set in a luxury villa in South Africa and saw Maya Jama take over the hosting reigns from Laura Whitmore – was won by PE teacher Kai Fagan, 24, and social worker Sanam Harrinanan, also 24.
During the final – which saw the pair win the £50,000 prize – she admitted that she had “fallen in love”.
Sanam told Maya: “Obviously, he’s an attractive guy. Apart from the looks, I fell in love.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — A UNIT ‘Doctor Who’ spin-off is on the way starring Jemma Redgrave.
The 58-year-old star is set to reprise her role as head of scientific research Kate Stewart in the series based on the fictional military research organisation, UNIT.
The actress has played the role since 2012.
The spin-off comes from ‘Doctor Who’ showrunner Russell T Davies.
It’s part of the Whoniverse, which is a deal struck up between the BBC and Disney+ to bring the world of ‘Doctor Who’ to global audiences.
Fans were first introduced to UNIT (Unified Intelligence Taskforce) in 1968 when Patrick Troughton was Doctor.
Its purpose is to investigate and combat paranormal and extraterrestrial threats to Earth.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “Doctor Who has always featured strong women in positions of authority.”
Until then, fans can see Kate in a Christmas special later this year, which will introduce new Doctor, 30-year-old Ncuti Gatwa.
A monsters spin-off is also said to be in the works.
The Cybermen and Daleks will feature in a new programme devoted solely to the Time Lord’s many enemies.
A source said in November: “Fans can expect to see Sontarans, Weeping Angels and Sea Devils in separate series showing what they get up to when the Doctor isn’t there to stop them, along with Daleks and Cybermen.”
The BBC reportedly signed a huge deal with Disney+, leading the budget for ‘Doctor Who’ to be tripled to a whopping £10 million per instalment.
Meanwhile, 10th Doctor David Tennant, 51, was recently revealed to be returning for three specials for the cult classic sci-fi show’s 60th anniversary celebrations.
Ncuti’s predecessor Jodie Whittaker previously revealed she got teary every time she talked about her departure from ‘Doctor Who’.
The 40-year-old ‘Broadchurch’ actress made her final outing as the Thirteenth Doctor in the ‘Doctor Who’ centenary titled ‘The Power of the Doctor’ – which is part of the BBC’s celebrations to mark 100 years of broadcasting.
Jodie admitted she struggled to talk about her final scenes without getting emotional.
She told Empire magazine: “I cannot talk about it without crying. I’ve got to get better at this, because this is the next few weeks for me – talking about my regeneration.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Lydia Bright rushed her three-year-old daughter to the hospital after she suffered a head injury.
The former ‘The Only Way is Essex’ star “could cry” thinking about how long she and Loretta waited in the hospital for medical care after the little one hurt herself while climbing on Monday (13.03.23).
Fortunately, Loretta didn’t require any stitches but her mum was shaken up amid a stressful week.
The 32-year-old reality television personality wrote on her Instagram Story: “I still want to cry when I think about it now.”
She continued: “Thankfully no stitches but she had to have the wound cleaned and glued.”
Lydia explained that it was part of an “overwhelming” week as she was going under the knife for a “minor operation” on her face and has also been moving into a new home.
She told her 1.2 million followers: “Sometimes the never-ending lists with a move can feel overwhelming.
“Last night, I stayed at my parents and set off early this morning as today I am having a minor op between my eye and nose.
“I really shouldn’t be as anxious as I am but I think everything is heightened at the moment.
“Sorry to offload, but I just wanted to explain that this is why you may see a small scar on my face for a while. Anyway, they do say bad luck comes in threes so hopefully, this is the last anxiety of the week.”
The ex ‘Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls’ star recently marked Loretta’s third birthday with a very pink bash that saw her ex and fellow ‘TOWIE’ star James ‘Arg’ Argent “bring the entertainment” along with ‘X Factor’ alumini Che Chesterman.
Lydia wrote: “Celebrating my lovely, wonderful, precious girl (heart emoji). It ain’t a party without a little Argy Bargy 😀 Thank you @real_arg for bringing the entertainment and for organising the best birthday present @chechesterman You are a very special friend.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sandra Martin and Sandi Bogle were “legless” when they were scouted for ‘Gogglebox’.
The original stars of the Channel 4 show were celebrating Sandra’s 50th birthday near their South London home so bosses ended up getting “the full character” of their personalities when they were spotted out and about.
Sandi, 58, told the Sun on Sunday newspaper: “We were legless, because it was her birthday, so that way you’ve got the full characters of us both together. It was right place, right time.”
Due to their drunkeness, the pair of best friends thought the premise of the show made “no sense” when they were pitched it by one of the show’s scouts.
Sandi added: “We was a bit tipsy, so we was like, ‘What is he talking about?’
“Sandra was just like, ‘Take over, take over, because I don’t understand what he’s talking about. He‘s talking rubbish. What is this people watching TV, watching us, watching them? It doesn’t make sense.‘”
After they gave their contact details, Sandra – who was unemployed at the time – recalled crying as she thought she had hit the jackpot by landing a job.
The 61-year-old added: “They said, ‘All you’ve got to do is sit down, order a big pizza and watch TV.’
“Oh my God, I started to cry. I told the socials, ‘I’ve got a job now,’ and I cried.”
Sandi added: “We started filming straight away. They just loved our characters and how we worked together.”
Sandra said perks of the show included getting VIP access to David Beckham.
She said: “David Beckham was doing a book signing at Waterstones, and there was a long queue with about 300 people.
“I was at the back of the queue, but too many people were coming to me for selfies, so security came and took me inside.
“I then go into the queue near David.”
Sandi quit ‘Gogglebox’ to explore other projects including an appearance on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’, and Sandra admitted she thought she was “going to go back on benefits” if she left ‘Gogglebox’.
She added: “It was hard. I had a panic attack, thinking I was going to go back on benefits.”
Despite the turmoil their friendship was put under – and Sandra going back on the dole while Sandi has ventured into panto – the duo are still firm friends.
Sandi said: “(Sandra) comes to support me always. After 50-odd years of friendship, you can’t not be friends!
“No matter what we go through, she’s always got a room here for her, and she’s always got a room for me.
“We’re besties. We’ve been through ups, downs, thick and thin, the worst, the wears, the tears, the bumps, the laughs.
“That’s friendship. You can’t beat that, no matter what.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Greg Davies loved “chucking a bucket of water in Zoë Wanamaker’s face” while making the new series of ‘The Cleaner’.
The ‘Taskmaster’ host admitted he might come across “badly” as he got so much glee from dousing the former ‘My Family’ star, 73, but felt better because she took it so well while they worked together on the new season of the BBC One show, which follows his crime scene cleaner character Paul ‘Wicky’ Winstead.
The 54-year-old comic told the Daily Star’s Hot TV column: “I’m sure that it reflects very badly on me on so many levels that chucking a bucket of water in Zoë Wanamaker’s face is right up there. “She really didn’t seem to mind though.”
Greg – who will be back on screens on March 24 in the sitcom after it first aired in 2021 – added he “enjoyed” having a laugh with other famous faces on set including Asim Chaudhry, Dame Harriet Walter and Simon Callow.
He said: “I enjoyed making Asim Chaudhry wear a greasy wig and chase me with a gun, having a fight with John Macmillan’s clown, having Simon Callow quote poetry at me and being pinned to the floor by a giant man whilst Dame Harriet Walter watched on.
“And I enjoyed talking to Alex Lawther via a fox and friend Roisin Conaty attempting to murder me whilst having my faith challenged by Mark Lewis Jones.”
When it was announced ‘The Cleaner’, based on a German comedy, was coming back for a follow-up season, Greg said he was “thrilled”.
He added: “I’m so thrilled that Wicky is back for another round of clean ups and delighted that he is doing so on BBC One.
“The cast for this season are brilliant and that there are so many distinguished actors amongst them leads me to believe that The BBC have secrets that they are using as leverage.
“Me, the writing and production teams are very grateful for this support.”

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