OHMYGOSSIP — Stephanie Beacham “no longer feels safe” in her own home after an armed raid.
The ‘Coronation Street’ star was forced to hand over jewellery at her West London home last year when David Wilson, 57, raised a metal bar in a striking motion, during which she had “real fears for her life”, Southwark Crown Court has heard.
Wilson has been sentenced to 10 years and five months behind bars after after he pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary and a separate burglary in Sheffield on May 5, 2021.
John Traversi, acting for the prosecution, said: “During the course of this incident, which was terrifying for Ms Beacham, she had real fears for her life.”
While reading the ‘Dynasty’ star’s victim statement, he continued: “She says what she had considered her very safe, cosy, cottage no longer feels safe.”
According to her testimony, Stephanie – who returned to the cobbles 12 years after she first said goodbye in 2009 – has doubled her sleeping medication, suffers from nightmares and panic attacks, and does not feel comfortable walking her dog at night.
John revealed that CCTV footage from the evening of the attack shows David prying open a window to enter the Bayswater residence.
When he found Stephanie, David – who has 64 previous convictions, 34 of them being for burglary or attempted burglary – intimidated her with the metal bar before fleeing the scene with her iPhone, a purse filled with bank cards, her driving license and a pair of earrings.
Claire Mawer, the defendant’s legal representative, highlighted how her client had been addicted to hard drugs since he was a teenager.
He wrote in a letter: “I understand the effect of my offending.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Joel Dommett fed his wife Hannah Cooper a bit of his thumbnail.
The ‘Masked Singer’ presenter chopped a bit of his thumbnail off while he was preparing some chives for a romantic dinner for him and his ‘Celebrity Gogglebox’ co-star, but he couldn’t find the nail and let fate take its course as to which of the couple ended up eating it.
The 37-year-old comedian told the Metro newspaper’s Guilty Pleasures column: “‘I cut off my thumbnail while chopping chives. It went into the thing of chives, and I couldn’t find the nail.
“I was like, ‘OK, it’s in the cooker now and there’s a 50 per cent chance it’s going to be eaten by me, and 50 per cent it’s going to be eaten by her.
“We ate, and I was watching her the whole time. She got the nail and said, ‘What’s that?!’ I was like, ‘Oh no, I’m so sorry!’ ”
Joel recently shared how “glad” he is to have been given the thumbs up to host the rebooted ‘Survivor’ – which initially ran on ITV in 2001, and saw strangers stranded on a tropical island – and feels “blessed” to be involved in the BBC reimagining.
He said: “I’m glad they’ve trusted me with it. I don’t say this lightly, and I wouldn’t say it ever again, but put it in print, I’m hashtag blessed.
The former ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ star – who entered the Australian jungle in 2016 and was the runner-up to the eventual winner Scarlett Moffatt -hopes his time on the show might help him relate to the contestants about how “hard” it is to go without basic necessities like food.
Joel said: “God, it was hard, it really is the hunger.
“You talk about food for 23 hours a day. You don’t get that hunger out of your system for a good couple of months afterwards.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Little Britain’ star Matt Lucas says his new comedy series with David Walliams will be “diverse”.
The former ‘Great British Bake Off’ judge and his 51-year-old writing partner understand the criticisms levelled at the BBC 00s hit ‘Little Britain’, and they will take some feedback onboard ahead of to their new project.
The 48-year-old comedian said: “We know how ‘Little Britain’ is perceived. I totally accept that there are all different opinions on this.
“I accept that some people feel very differently to other people and I respect everyone’s opinion from wherever they come from on this subject.
“I see things differently now to how we did and things have changed and I respect that. I feel my job is to listen now about how people feel about that stuff, it’s not about talking, for me it’s about listening.
“The show that me and David are trying to develop will be different in many ways, it will be similar in some ways but at the very beginning of the creation of the show we have talked about how we can diverse talent on screen and in the writers room and conceive it as something that isn’t just about me and David playing absolutely everyone.
“This will be built into the show from the beginning, which is something we should have done but didn’t do back then. But we were making those shows at the same time as many other people who were doing what we doing and had that approach.
“I’m not going to say that we should be making shows now the way we made them then, because I don’t think we should, things are different.
“I can’t say that LGTBQ people should have a voice, that Jewish people should have a voice, but not think that it’s important that other people don’t have a voice.”
Matt revealed he and David will use a US-style “writers room” to knock up their skits.
He told the ‘Deeney Talks’ podcast: “Traditionally it has just been the two of us, 10-5, just writing. I think now that I have ‘Fantasy Football League’ and other things, while David writes four books a year, we’re going to open this up and involve some other people in a way that we haven’t done before, possibly have a writers room like they do in America.
“I think it’ll be good because it will get other voices in there and they will come up with stuff that we haven’t come up with.
“I think that probably the first episode of the show – and we haven’t sold the show yet, we haven’t pitched it, it might be that nobody wants to make it – we will write the first episode, just the two of us like old times, just the two of us making each other laugh and after that we will try and involve other people like we didn’t do with our previous shows.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Gary Lineker has led tributes to legendary football commentator John Motson, who passed away in his sleep on Thursday (23.02.23) aged 77.
The ‘Match of the Day’ presenter admitted the late star – who worked on the football highlights show from 1971 to 2018 – will be “very much missed” following his death.
Former footballer Gary wrote on Twitter: “Deeply saddened to hear that John Motson has died. A quite brilliant commentator and the voice of football in this country for generations. He’ll be very much missed. RIP Motty.”
Commentator Clive Tyldesley tweeted: “As a teenager I just wanted to be John Motson. Nobody else. Terribly sad.”
John’s family have confirmed he passed away in his sleep.
They said in a statement: “It is with great sadness we announce that John Motson OBE died peacefully in his sleep today.”
BBC director-general Tim Davie said: “John Motson was the voice of a footballing generation – steering us through the twists and turns of FA Cup runs, the highs and lows of World Cups and, of course, Saturday nights on ‘Match of the Day’.
“Like all the greats behind the mic, John had the right words, at the right time, for all the big moments.”
The Football Association also paid tribute to the late star, who is survived by his wife Anne and son Frederick.
A message on the FA’s official Twitter account read: “We are very sad to hear that John Motson has passed away.
His iconic voice will always be synonymous with football.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends. RIP, Motty.”
Former England captain John Terry wrote: “RIP John Motson. The voice of football”
Ex-heavyweight boxing champion Frank Bruno admitted it is a “sad day for sport”.
He posted: “Morning John Motson RIP met John on many events he just called me “Big Man” the man was a walking encyclopedia on Football I told him games I’d seen as a boy he knew score’s who’d played. I offered 2 buy his coat off him once as a laugh when it was really cold sad day for Sport (sic)”
Former Liverpool defender and Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher also paid tribute to the star, who was known affectionately as “Motty” and covered 10 World Cups and 29 FA Cup finals for BBC Sport.
He wrote on Twitter: “RIP John Motson
An absolute Legend of the game.
So many of us grew up listening to this man describe the action and goals on MOTD and cup finals. Sad loss.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Vick Hope and Sally Phillips are among the stars who will guest co-host ‘Pointless’ this year.
The Radio 1 DJ and the ‘Miranda’ actress will team up with Alexander Armstrong on the BBC One show, after Richard Osman stepped down as co-host in 2022, and the ‘Smack the Pony’ star is looking forward to being the “answer police” on the programme.
Sally said: “I am so looking forward to trying Richard Osman’s big shoes on and being the answer police on ‘Pointless’.
“I am certain the power of the Pointless laptop will go to my head, and I will become insufferable, which I am also really looking forward to.”
Vick added: “What an absolute joy to get quizzy at teatime on the most iconic game show around!
“I love ‘Pointless’, am obsessed with trivia and quizzes, and can’t wait to join Xander and the contestants every day from Richard’s hot seat. One very excited pointless co-host incoming.”
Andi Oliver, Gyles Brandreth, Nish Kumar, Lucy Porter, Ria Lina, and Rose Matafeo will also team up with Alexander.
Since Richard quit the show, guest presenters so far have included Sally Lindsay, Lauren Laverne, Stephen Mangan, Konnie Huq, Alex Brooker and Ed Gamble.
Alexander said: “It has been a really fun process sharing the hosting with so many different guests.
“They have all brought their own styles and senses of humour, keeping the show fresh and exciting every time and I can’t wait to welcome more celebrity hosts to the show this year.”
Nish added: “I can’t wait to sit behind the desk and give out all the clever answers and obscure facts, as if I knew any of them.
“Richard’s shoes are definitely big ones to fill, but I am looking forward to it very much.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Former ‘Geordie Shore’ star Vicky Pattison says fame made her “a proper a*******”.
The reality TV star has confessed to being a “right d***” in the aftermath of ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ in 2015, admitting she was “awful” to her agents.
The 35-year-old star said: “You can get caught up in fame. I’ve had my moments.
“When I came out of the jungle I was a right d***. I look back on it and think, ‘My God, you were really flirting with being a proper a******* there, Vicky.’
“I was awful to my agents. I was always tired.
“I’d just won the biggest TV show in the country and people wanted me to be on stuff – I should’ve been grateful, but I just wanted to party with friends and enjoy being a famous person.”
Vicky admitted the rude comments she used to receive at the start of her career kept her “relatively grounded”.
She said: “I would walk around a supermarket and some guy would say, ‘There’s that s*** off the telly’. I believe I’m relatively grounded.
“I’m grateful for those comments, they brought me back to earth.”
Vicky – who is set to wed her man Ercan Ramadan, 38 – admitted she didn’t understand the “magnitude” of fame when she started out in reality TV.
She added to The Sun newspaper: “I don’t think I understood the magnitude of what I was doing. I definitely didn’t anticipate where I am now.
“I was naive. There’s no rule book for it. That type of reality TV, ‘Geordie Shore’, ‘TOWIE’, was all new.
“I made a lot of ­mistakes. First of all, I was an absolute scumbag.
“You can say the TV made me do it, and I’ll place blame where it deserves to be placed.
“Sometimes I was put in situations where I wasn’t comfortable, sometimes I played up to the cameras because I was trying to give producers what they want, and sometimes you have to hold your hands up.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Boy George thinks ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ showed a “limited narrative”.
The Culture Club frontman took part in the most recent series of the show – which was won by Jill Scott – and though he doesn’t regret being involved, he’s questioned the “slightly one-dimentional” way he was depicted, suggesting programme bosses didn’t give a full account of what was happening in camp.
Speaking to Jackie Brambles on Greatest Hits Radio, he said: “I don’t regret doing it, but I don’t necessarily understand the show. I feel like what went on in there wasn’t shown [on screen].
“We had such a laugh and there were some amazing conversations, a lot of intimacy but there was quite a limited narrative that went out. I mean you can’t spend 24 hours with someone and not have a decent conversation – I didn’t just talk about mushrooms!
“I’m not a one-dimensional human being and there was a slightly one-dimensional portrayal.”
The 61-year-old singer – who was the fourth person to be voted out of camp – is amazed at how many people have told him he “should have won” since the series ended.
He added: “Having come out of the jungle the amount of people that have come up to me and said I should have won is hilarious.
“I’m like, ‘Why didn’t you vote for me then?!’ ”
George previously admitted he threatened to quit the show four times and is still surprised he didn’t “do a Gemma Collins” – referring to the reality star who left the show in 2014 after just a few days in camp – and walk out because he got so frustrated.
He admitted: “I am a bit of a stomper-outer, I spent the whole of the 80s saying I was going to leave Culture Club. My manager calls it my marching, when I start going, ‘That’s it I’m leaving’.
“So I was amazed how I was able to stop myself from doing a Gemma Collins. I can remember watching her quit and thinking, ‘That could be me’.
“The thing is, the jungle is designed to drive you crazy and it works, because everything in there is impossible. So there were times when I said, ‘If this isn’t beneficial to the show, I’m not doing it’.”
Listen to Boy George chat to Jackie Brambles on Greatest Hits Radio at greatesthitsradio.co.uk

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OHMYGOSSIP — Former ‘EastEnders’ star Danny Dyer admits he didn’t “love” all of his co-stars.
The 45-year-old star has hinted at a potential feud on the BBC One soap, after he admitted there are “a few” of the show’s stars that he won’t miss much.
When asked on Saturday’s (25.02.23) ‘The Jonathan Ross Show’ who he will miss the least, he says: “There’s a few of them actually, I ain’t going to lie. I won’t say [who], you know. Most of them I love dearly. Not all.”
Jonathan asks: “So they know who they are, though?”
Danny says: “I would have thought so.”
The star admitted it was “very emotional” departing the soap after nine years of playing character Mick Carter, but admitted he stank while shooting his final scenes, in which his landlord alter-ego got lost at sea.
He adds: “I tell you what it is, I’m lazy. It’s f****** hard. Thirty pages you’ve got to learn a day. It’s like a film a week. My final scenes were in the sea, in Ramsgate at 2am. We did the exteriors in the sea and the interiors you go to a water tank. But EastEnders couldn’t get Pinewood, so we had to go to Basildon.
“It’s all warm and lovely but to make it look like the sea they put broccoli juice in it. You smell of a***. It’s f***ing broccoli juice. Warm broccoli juice. It was very emotional, but I stunk.
“If it goes t*** up I can go back. I can turn up in three years’ time, walk in the Queen Vic smothered in seaweed…
“They wanted to keep it open. I’m very privileged and grateful for that job. It really did change my career and my life.”
Speaking about his exit, he says: “You don’t have much say in it, I just wanted it to be exciting and quite cinematic. It went down really well, a lot of people were quite touched by it. People were sending me all this stuff, TikToks of kids crying, it really upset them.”
Away from TV, Danny is to be a granddad again as his daughter Dani Dyer – who has two-year-old son Santiago – and her pro footballer partner Jarrod Bowen are expecting twins.
Jarrod stars for Danny’s favourite team, Premier League side West Ham United, but the ‘Football Factory’ actor isn’t sure if he should celebrate when Bowen scores and the Hammers fans sing about him “s*******” the former ‘Love Island’ star.
Danny says: “West Ham until I die. You can’t tell them who to fall in love with… all of a sudden she’s brought home a West Ham player. I couldn’t have hand picked a better human being, he’s beautiful. He comes round and I get all starstruck.”
Speaking about going to games when he’s playing, Danny says: “There is a chant, which I think is quite sweet. When he scores – and he does score a lot – [they chant] ‘Bowen’s on fire and he’s s******* Dani Dyer!’ I’ve been over there when they’re singing it, jumping around. Is that wrong?”
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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Blankety Blank’, ‘The Wheel’, and ‘The Weakest Link’ are returning for new series.
The trio of Saturday night family favourites will all return on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with Bradley Walsh back to front another 10 episodes of ‘Blankety Blank’, Michael McIntyre will host a 10-episode run of ‘The Wheel’ again, and Romesh Ranganathan will present 12 episodes of ‘The Weakest Link’.
Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC, said: “In Michael, Bradley and Romesh we have three funny titans of Saturday evening TV back on our screens with these fabulous formats from Hungry McBear, Thames and BBC Studios ensuring that both BBC One and BBC iPlayer remain as an undisputed entertainment destination for viewers all across the UK in 2023.”
But there may not be many A-listers taking part in ‘The Wheel’, after Michael recently admitted he isn’t sure “if the show would work” with an international star.
Speaking in November, he said: “The celebrities have to be of a similar standard.
“I don’t know if the show would work with an international A-lister on it.
“If you had someone like Daniel Craig, I’m not sure it would work. It would be like when they have a big American star on a chat show and you have to hope they’re having a good time.”
Michael has welcomed television favourites such as ‘This Morning’ presenter Alison Hammond, former ‘TOWIE’ star Gemma Collins and newsreader Dan Walker onto his programme, and admitted that he enjoys having people who television audiences “wouldn’t expect” to see on a game show.
He said: “We get a really good cross-section. I like to have people who you wouldn’t expect to see on a game show. The celebrities we’ve had really love it. They all want to come back.”

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