OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Dancing on Ice’ favourite Nile Wilson has been overwhelmed with messages of support after discussing his addiction battle and mental health battles.
The Olympian has described competing on the ITV skating show with his professional partner, Olivia Smart, one of his “proudest” achievements, which includes winning a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The 27-year-old gymnast told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “I’ve had thousands of messages, which is special.
“Messages saying how incredible it is and how it’s touched people and made them think differently, made them sort of realise that maybe they weren’t quite right, without them knowing.
“Above any of the things I’ve achieved, winning medals, that’s one of the proudest things I’ve done.”
Nile – who is the currently odds-on favourite to win the ITV1 competition, which is judged by Oti Mabuse, Ashley Banjo, Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill – admitted being in the limelight again could’ve been a “huge trigger” for him.
He said: “I’m aware this process could be a huge trigger for me and I’m already setting things in place to make sure that I don’t have a huge dip off the back of the show. Certainly a break afterwards.
“I’m feeling happy. I’m enjoying the process, I’m enjoying performing again. And I’m very grateful to be in this position.”
Last month, Nile – who retired from professional gymnastics in 2021 due to his injuries – called leaving sport behind “completely heart-breaking”.
He said: “I wanted to be the best gymnast in the world, and then it’s taken away from you. That knocked me for six and shattered my mind.
“It was tough to accept that I wasn’t going to be the athlete I once was. That’s when my behaviour started to take a dive. It was tough to be positive because of the severity of the pain. I was one of the fittest athletes on the planet, then I was struggling to walk. I started to take lots of pain relief and drink lots of alcohol to try and numb the pain.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah finished second to a guy wearing jeans in a dads’ running race at a school sports day.
The 39-year-old athlete was trounced by another guy – who “dined out” on the achievement for a whole year – in a 100-metre sprint at his children’s sports day, despite wearing his running spikes.
Mo’s wife Tania told the ‘Performance People’ podcast’: “Mo took part in the parents’ race at sports day and came second, and the guy that won it was wearing jeans.
“The dad that won dined out on it for an entire school year.
“Mo’s not a sprinter, that’s what it is, the parents’ race is always 100 metres.”
Tania – who has daughter Rhianna, twins Aisha and Amani, and son Hussein with Mo – insisted the world champion’s success is due to being slow and steady and not speedy like “people just assume”.
She said: “People just assume Mo can run fast, but his running fast is sustained running over many laps.”
Mo added: “I was like, ‘Oh no,’ and I had my spikes on, I thought, ‘I’m ready for this.’ ”
Recently, Mo was named as one of the players for this year’s Soccer Aid, an annual charity football match in aid of UNICEF where England faces off against the Rest of the World.
The star-studded match – which will take place on June 11 at Old Trafford, Manchester United’s stadium – will see Lioness legend Jill Scott become the first woman to captain a side during the event, after she was crowned Queen of the Jungle on ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here’ late last year.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Former ‘Love Island’ star Montana Brown has urged others to take social media comments with a “pinch of salt” after she felt pressured into getting a “really bad” filler.
The 27-year-old star was then trolled about her face after getting the filler, leaving her feeling “really low”, but she admitted the negative incident kick started her “self-love journey”.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper to mark International Women’s Day, she said: “I ended up getting this really bad filler. Bearing in mind I was 22, I did not need it at all.
“I started getting negative comments like, ‘What have you done to your face?’.
“So that was one of the really low moments for me and I thought, ‘Actually, I can’t please everybody, I’m just going to have to be happy with the way I am, then everything else will come’.
“I think the self-love journey really started there.
“So if there’s one thing I’d say, especially with social media, just take it with a pinch of salt.
“Everyone’s beautiful in their own unique way.
“And I think we all strive to look like people on Instagram or celebrities, and actually beauty is within your uniqueness.”
Montana took part in the dating show in 2017 but admitted she had grown up not knowing what Botox was.
She added: “Being 21, 22, I was like, ‘Oh, what’s that?’ because I’d grown up not knowing what it was.
“Then people were trolling me, saying, ‘You should get this done, you need to go get that done’. I was really disheartened.
“I went through a phase of being really into social media.”
Montana previously admitted she didn’t have a “confidence problem” until she appeared on the show.
Speaking in 2021, she said: “Now I never had a confidence problem until I went on ‘Love Island’.
“I started picking myself apart because people were like, ‘she’s got a lazy eye’ … and I started thinking I had a lazy eye and considered getting eye surgery.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘EastEnders’ bosses are hoping to add three new sets by building on a backlot where the old Albert Square was.
The BBC forked out £87 million for a new set, which opened last year at Elstree, Hertfordshire, and new planning documents submitted to the local council have revealed a parade of shops and houses feature in the new expansion plans.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Bosses don’t want the old set to go to waste when there’s so much that can be done with it for Walford.
“It’s going to open up the soap’s world even more for more drama and more high-stakes storylines.
“‘Corrie’ and ‘Emmerdale’ both have huge sets and expansions and with this there’s no danger ‘EastEnders’ will be left behind.”
Bosses are also hoping to get the green light for a bigger allotment area, to enable more outdoor filming, and Albert Square’s park is to be revamped.
The first episodes filmed on the new set aired in spring 2022, and last year, ‘EastEnders’ bosses told how the new set would allow for extra storyline “flexibility”, including more car and foot chases in Albert Square.
Director Richard Lynn said at the time: “Chase scenes on the old lot would inevitably have gone in one direction only, because there were so many dead ends.
“There is much more flexibility now – more places for the goodies to hide and the baddies to come together.
“I’d really like to do a foot chase in the alleys or back gardens.”
Production manager Rona McKendrick admitted the old set had to be updated due to safety fears.
She said: “The lot got shabbier and shabbier.
“Once the rain and the wind got in, it really started degrading. In recent years, it became unsafe in winds – you could see the chimneys wobbling.”
Filming began on the new set in January 2022, after the old Albert Square – which was built in 1984 with an intention to be used for two years – was no longer fit for purpose.
The BBC said at the time: “The investment in the BBC’s longest-running TV serial drama and wider BBC Elstree Centre enables improved HD for our audiences and enhanced filming options.
“‘EastEnders’ production are now able to explore new areas on screen and writers, producers and directors have greater freedom to drive further creativity.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe has signed up for ‘Celebrity Cooking School’.
The ex-‘Strictly Come Dancing’ star, 73, and lawyer Nancy Dell’Olio, 61, are both set to take part in the E4 reality series.
An insider told The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column: “Ann and Nancy are two formidable women who need a little bit of help in the kitchen.
“Nancy appeared on ‘Celebrity MasterChef’ last year but it was obvious she was useless hence why she was booted off first.
“As she said herself then, the main ingredients in her fridge were ‘water, champagne and wine,’ so she needs to go back to basics.
“Ann, meanwhile, just needs a refresher. But host Melvin Odoom and chef Giorgio Locatelli will have to be wary of her temper. Ann is not a woman you can boss around.
“Producers imagine she could be quite the menace once she gets behind the hob so they are expecting fireworks.”
Ann is expected to rub shoulders with fellow reality stars James Argent and Scotty T on the show.
As well as her political career, the star – who has appeared on several reality shows, including ‘Celebrity Fit Club’ and ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ – is also known for her exploits on BBC One Latin and ballroom competition ‘Strictly’.
She famously overcame the odds to finish sixth on the 2010 series, while partnered alongside Anton Du Beke, and one of the most memorable moments of the series was when she was dragged across the floor by the now-‘Strictly’ judge during one of their routines.
Then-head judge Len Goodman likened the performance to a car crash, saying: “You don’t really wanna watch, but you can’t help yourself.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Janette Manrara is to host a special arena tour to celebrate Disney’s music and storytelling in its milestone 100th anniversary year.
The former ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ pro dancer will help to mark the company’s centenary by presenting Disney100: The Concert, a UK tour featuring beloved songs from classic movies such as ‘The Lion King’, ‘Aladdin’, ‘Frozen, ‘Beauty and The Beast’ and many more.
The 39-year-old television personality said: “It’s no secret I’m a big Disney fan, so to be able to celebrate all the beautiful music of the last 100 years that Disney’s storytelling has brought us, is an absolute joy!”
Janette will be leading proceedings on the nationwide tour – which includes stops in cities such as Leeds and Cardiff – when it kicks off in Glasgow on May 31st, and tickets are available now at DisneyTickets.com.
Performers announced for the show so far include Bessy Ewa, Charlie Burn, Cleve September, Anton Zetterholm, Roberta Valentini, Georgina Hagen, Richard-Salvador Wolff, Tobias Joch and Masengu Kanyinda.
Since its founding in 1923, The Walt Disney Company’s storytelling has been set to the backdrop of mesmerising, award-winning melodies and songs.
Since 2016, the successful musical series Disney in Concert has been enchanting fans worldwide with legendary soundtracks.
In February, Janette teamed up with Disney to crown the UK’s biggest Disney fan.
She said at the time: “I’ve been to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida 43 times, the first time when I was aged one, and I even managed to get my husband on board by putting an annual Disney Parks visit in our wedding vows before we honeymooned in Disneyland Paris.
“I chose Disney as my specialist subject on Mastermind so you could say, I’m more than qualified to help guide the fans on their magical journey.”

Disney100: The Concert tour dates:

31st May – Glasgow OVO Hydro
1st June – Leeds First Direct Arena
2nd June – Liverpool M+S Bank Arena
4th June -London The O2
5th June – Manchester AO Arena
6th June – Birmingham Resorts World Arena
7th June – Cardiff International Arena
8th June – Bournemouth International Centre

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OHMYGOSSIP — BBC bosses are keen on a new ‘Blackadder’ series and the ‘Fawlty Towers’ revival.
The broadcaster’s comedy boss Jon Petrie has weighed in on the idea of two classic shows heading back to the Beeb, and he’s open to talks with ‘Blackadder’ creator Richard Curtis about a new run after the upcoming Comic Relief sketch with Sir Tony Robinson returning as Baldrick.
Speaking at a BBC Comedy Showcase this week, he said: “We would always be happy to talk to Richard.”
Actor Tony previously suggested a new ‘Blackadder’ series is probably unlikely because people may not feel as “warm” about it as they did the original episodes, but he hasn’t completely ruled it out.
He explained: “The argument always is that however good a new series might be, the people who are watching it wouldn’t be in the same state of mind and same state of emotions as they were when they watched the first series.
“They wouldn’t feel as warm about it, they wouldn’t feel as good about it. Even if it was absolutely great they’d go, ‘It’s not like the old series, is it?’
“So I think that’s one of the main reasons why no one has ever seriously thought about writing another series.
“But who knows, who knows? It’s not down to me, it’s down to Richard and Ben [Elton].”
Meanwhile, this week the BBC’s Petrie also addressed John Cleese’s announcement for a ‘Fawlty Towers’ revival, which will see him back as hapless and rude hotelier Basil Fawlty for the first time in 40 years.
The comedy chief said: “We found out about it when everyone else did.
“We haven’t spoken to John but obviously it’s a legendary show so we’d be happy to talk. We’ll see.”
Cleese had previously claimed the Castle Rock Entertainment production would not appear on the BBC as the broadcaster wouldn’t give him enough editorail freedom.
However, Petrie has insisted the Beeb isn’t scared to joke about any topics, even if some people find it offensive.
He explained: “In comedy, nothing should go untouched.
“I think you should be able to look at everything and all aspects of life, as long as it’s funny and dealt with in the right away. It’s really important.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Amy Hart has named her baby boy Stanley.
The former ‘Love Island’ star and her boyfriend Sam Rason welcomed their first child into the world last month, and the pair have now revealed his full moniker, Stanley Samuel Giles Rason.
She wrote on Instagram: “Stanley Samuel Giles Rason
Stanley: We loved the name and also Amy’s Grandad Geoffs middle name
Samuel: After @samuelrason obviously but also Amys brother is Samuel too!
Giles: Nanny and Grandads last name, hopefully he’ll inherit their love of shots!
[photos: 1) a couple of hours old, Baby Stanley already got Mummy’s back to prove that Amy’s big lips are indeed genetic 2) when Daddy says he’s going home for the evening (sic)”
Amy revealed earlier this week that she had given birth, and admitted she and Sam are “so in love” with their little one.
In a joint statement, the pair wrote on Instagram: “Well…. 4 days of contractions at home (which everyone told us were braxton hicks…they weren’t), 4 very short hours in the delivery suite and 5 long days in hospital later, we are home with our dreamy baby boy born at 3.31am on 3/3/23 weighing 8lbs with the most beautiful head of hair (Amy would take the 9 months of reflux again) and we are so so in love
“Proper introductions to come but now we’re home safe and sound. Thank you to everyone who sent their well wishes. We really appreciated it over the last few days [here’s a few delivery room snaps, can’t wait to show you his beautiful, non post birth swollen face (sic)”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Adam Woodyatt has been tipped to star in Cheryl’s acclaimed West End play ‘2:22: A Ghost Story’.
The ‘EastEnders’ legend – who played Ian Beale for 36 years – could follow in the footsteps of his former co-star on the long-running BBC One soap, Jake Wood (Max Branning), who is currently appearing in the theatre production alongside the former Girls Aloud star.
After Adam’s stint in the national tour of ‘My Fair Lady’, in which he portrayed Alfred P. Doolittle, a source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “Adam really fancies another stage play. He’s loved treading the boards with ‘My Fair Lady’, which ends in April, and ‘2:22 Ghost Story’ is a potential fit.”
Jake, 50 – who is in the show until April 23 – believes Adam, 54, would be perfect for the show.
He said: “Ian would be fabulous in ‘2:22’. He has said to me he’d love to do it and hopefully, he’ll get his turn. It’s such a fun one to do.
“It’s quite a remarkable play – probably the best I’ve ever read or been in – and the fact they can reinvent it with new cast means people will come back again and again.”
The Lyric Theatre production – which has been met with rave reviews throughout its run – has boasted a star-studded cast, including singer Lily Allen, TV presenter Laura Whitmore, and Busted star Matt Willis.
Adam – whose character Ian Beale vanished from the soap in 2021, but made a cameo for Dot Cotton’s funeral recently – has been vague in the past about his intention to return to Walford but admitted the “door is open” for him.
He said: “The door is open, but the door is also open for opportunities elsewhere as well.”

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