OHMYGOSSIP — Matt Hancock gets put through hell on the upcoming series ‘Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins’.
The 44-year-old politician – who served as the UK’s health secretary during the COVID-19 pandemic – finished third place on last year’s edition of ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here’ but “worked like a barbeque rib” along with the rest of the cast of the upcoming series of the Channel 4 military endurance show, according to its host Rudy Reyes, which was filmed before his stint in the jungle.
The 50-year-old army veteran told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “Well, let’s just say that all the celebrities worked like a freakin’ barbeque rib from my hometown of Kansas City.”
Matt is due to appear on the series alongside the likes of former ‘Dancing on Ice’ contestant Michelle Heaton, model Danielle Lloyd as well as ‘Pop Idol’ runner up Gareth Gates and an insider explained that he had approached bosses himself to negotiate a deal for taking part.
A source said: “Matt impressed ‘Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins’ producers when he spoke to them and they want him to take part. He would be the biggest name to have signed up for the next series and it would be a real coup for the show.
“Matt knows there is a mixed perception of him in the public eye and he thinks going on the show would reveal a different side to himself. It is not unusual for MPs to take part in these kinds of shows and Matt thinks he could go far on SAS, despite it being the hardest of all the reality series on television.”
‘Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins’ will air on Channel 4 later this year.

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OHMYGOSSIP — David Attenborough regrets not doing more to protect British wildlife.
The ‘Wild Isles’ star was unable to do more about nature in the UK – despite gaining international fame for his documentaries celebrating flora and fauna all over the world – because of an agreement made due to “internal BBC politics” when he joined the public broadcaster in 1952.
The 96-year-old environmentalist said: “There was a chap trying to establish Bristol then as a centre of natural history. He knew which strings to pull and I could see things coming to a head.
“Eventually we had a meeting and it was agreed I wouldn’t look at British natural history at all.”
David – whose career has extended nearly seven decades – explained that his part of the bargain was “stuck to until very recently”.
He told The Telegraph: “Instead, I would go to Africa, South America and so on and [they] could deal with natural history in Britain. And I stuck to that until very recently.”
“If there is one thing I regret, and to be honest there isn’t a lot, it would be that I spent so much time doing overseas natural history.”
Recently, the ‘Blue Planet’ star gave an explanation of how “parasitic fungus” Cordyceps – the fungus depicted in the new HBO smash hit ‘The Last of Us’ – possesses creatures like ants.
David said: “Jungle ants don’t have it all their own way. These bullet ants are showing some worrying symptoms. Spores from a parasitic fungus called Cordyceps have infiltrated their bodies and their minds.”
“Its infected brain directs this ant upwards, then, utterly disorientated it grips a stem with its mandibles. Those afflicted that are discovered by other workers are taken away and dumped far away from the colony. It seems extreme, but this is the reason why: like something from science fiction, the fruiting body of the Cordyceps erupts from the ant’s head.”
“It can take three weeks to grow, and when finished the deadly spores will burst from its grip. Then any ant in the vicinity will be in serious risk of death. The fungus is so virulent it can wipe out whole colonies of ants. And, it’s not just ants that fall victim to this killer: there are literally thousands of different types of Cordyceps fungi, and remarkably each specialises in just one species.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Love Island’s Tanya Manhenga has dumped Martin Akinola.
The 23-year-old beauty took the decision to dump the Casa Amor bombshell after realising that her heart was still with Shaq Muhammad.
During the show, Tanya told Shaq: “I don’t want anyone else. It doesn’t matter who walks through this door. It doesn’t matter what happens, what challenge is there … I don’t care about winning, I don’t care about anyone speaking to me. I only want you.”
Tanya also apologised to Shaq for her behaviour over recent days.
She added: “I just want to let you know, from the bottom of my heart, I love you so much.”
However, Martin subsequently blasted Tanya for how she’s dealt with the situation.
He also suggested that she’d humiliated him in front of the other Islanders.
In a clip from the next episode, Martin says: “Tanya, I mean, what the f***…”
Last week, Tanya cast doubt on her relationship with Shaq, admitting to Martin that she didn’t know if they had a future together.
She said at the time: “I’m coupled up with Shaq, me and him have been like this from the beginning [crosses fingers] … In the last few days we have had arguments, and they have been like, hmm.”
Tanya and Martin continued to flirt, and Martin suggested that he could be her first real “test” on the show.
He told her: “You’ve not really had a proper test.”
Tanya then replied: “Do you think you’re my proper test?”
Meanwhile, prior to entering ‘Love Island’, Martin insisted he would approach the show with an open mind.
Asked if he had his eye on any girl in particular, he replied: “I don’t just have one person – I’ve got options.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Alan Carr is reportedly set to join ‘Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream’.
The 46-year-old comedian – who had been linked to ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ before it was revealed Bruno Tonioli was replacing David Walliams on the panel – will instead appear as a judge on another ITV talent show.
An insider told The Sun newspaper’s TVBiz column: “Alan felt fed up that he missed out on the ‘BGT’ judging role to Bruno Tonioli, but getting the Abba show would go a long way towards compensating him.
“And he’d be the perfect fit because, like the Swedish singing legends, he is huge fun, brilliantly camp and loved by millions.
“It just remains to be seen if Alan and ITV can hammer out a deal because he is very in demand at the moment.”
Alan has been signed up by the BBC to present upcoming Saturday night quiz show ‘Picture Slam’.
‘Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream’ is set to air on ITV1 later this year with hopefuls competing to land the roles of Sophie and Sky in a new West End production of the hit musical.
They will be mentored by industry stars with a famous judging panel weighing in each week, with the show matching the production by being filmed on a Greek island.
Two winners will emerge from the grand finale, which is set to be broadcast from a London theatre.
Judy Craymer, the show’s creator and the global producer, said: “‘Mamma Mia!’ has always been a show that has encouraged young actors and given opportunities to those making their stage debuts.
“Just as our current Sophie and Sky in London (Meg Hateley and Miles Henderson) are making their West End debuts – so it feels the perfect fit for a TV show that will seek out new talent for musical theatre.”
It will form part of the lead up to a quarter of a century of the musical running in London.
Judy said: “In the lead-up to the celebrations for the stage musical’s 25th birthday in 2024, we’re really looking forward to working with Thames and ITV on this show and involving our well-loved musical as much as possible in the programme.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘This Morning’ presenter Alison Hammond and her significant other are engaged.
That is according to her future father-in-law Colin Hawkins, 72, who revealed both Alison and his landscape gardener son Ben Hawkins have popped the question to one another, but they are yet to marry and it is expected to be a private affair when they do.
Asked whether the couple are to tie the knot, he told MailOnline: “I do know they have both proposed to one another but there are no rings that I know of.
“They are really happy but they haven’t got everything sorted just yet but they are both talking about marriage, that is true.
“What I do know is that when it happens none of us will know about it because it’ll be done in private. That much they have told me.”
Colin also praised the 48-year-old TV presenter as “the nicest woman we’ve ever met”.
He added: “I love Alison to bits. She’s the nicest woman we’ve ever met. I would love to tell you a load of stories and they are all good, but I can’t because she’s asked us to keep things private.
“If you go to her when you’re in trouble, she will help you, that’s the way she is.
“I know they will get it together and I won’t be there to see it, but it will be a very proud day for me. I will be Alison’s father-in-law and that’ll be lovely.”
In May last year, Alison confirmed she was “off the market” after her ‘This Morning’ co-host Dermot O’Leary let slip on air that she had a boyfriend.
Speaking on an episode of the show, he said to her: “You’re not available anymore, but if you were, jeez what a catch!”
Alison initially said: “What do you mean I’m not available? I’m available!”
But she then admitted: “I have got somebody guys, I’m off the market, I’m so sorry guys.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Former ‘BBC Breakfast’ presenter Dan Walker couldn’t sleep after being pumped full of painkillers following his near-death bike accident.
The 45-year-old Channel 5 news anchor was “glad to be alive” after he was hit by a car while on his bike in Sheffield on Monday morning (20.02.23), and the star admitted he was struggling to sleep later that evening after he was given several pain-relief drugs during the day.
He wrote on his Instagram Stories: “Can’t sleep … too many drugs I think.
“Just reading through some of the 1000s of messages today. Thank you so much. It’s so kind of you all.
“If my eyes weren’t so swollen I might have a little cry (sic)”
Dan was left battered and bruised with a bloodied face following the incident, and he was fortunate to avoid any broken bones.
He wrote on Instagram: “Bit of an accident this morning.
Glad to be alive after getting hit by a car on my bike. Face is a mess but I don’t think anything is broken. Thanks to Shaun and Jamie for sorting me out and the lovely copper at the scene.
This is my smiling
Thankful for our NHS (sic)”
Later in the day, Dan shared another message, admitting he was “very thankful” to still be alive, and he had no memory of the accident.
He wrote: “Blown away by all the lovely messages. Thank you.
Just got home from hospital. Battered and bruised but – amazingly – nothing broken.
Very thankful to still be here. I have no memory of anything and just remember coming round on the tarmac with paramedics and police around me.
Thanks for all your kindness. Jamie and Shaun were so great in the ambulance – not sure I was making much sense
Thanks to Conor the copper, Charlotte in x-ray and Hannah (in blue) for being so considerate and brilliant in such a busy A and E.
So thankful for our NHS
The helmet I was wearing saved my life today so – if you’re on a bike – get one on your head.
Smashed my watch and phone, ruined my trousers, my bike is a mess but I’m still here
Currently eating soup through a straw and being looked after by a gorgeous, furry, tired nurse at the end of the sofa (sic)”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ruth Madoc’s family were asked if they wanted to keep her final scenes in ‘Beyond Paradise’.
The ‘Hi-de-Hi!’ legend passed away in December aged 79, but she is set to posthumously appear in the forthcoming BBC show, a spin-off of ‘Death in Paradise’, and the show’s bosses were prepared to cut the scenes if it was her family’s wishes.
‘Beyond Paradise’ writer Tony Jordan said: “It’s a cameo but she’s so amazing.
“We had to consider her family, before we decided whether she should stay in the show.
“Tim [Key] had conversations with them.”
Tony admits it is “bittersweet” that Ruth’s final appearance is in the new show.
He added: “You have to respect the wishes of the person who has since died but what’s bittersweet is that it is her final TV appearance, after such a wonderful career.
“So many of us grew up with her as Gladys in ‘Hi-de-Hi’!”
Ruth will play Rosie Colbert in the BBC spin-off, and the late star’s daughter Lowri recently admitted her mum loved filming the show.
She said: “My mum thoroughly enjoyed working on this, her last TV role.
“She told me how wonderful the entire cast and crew were and what a delightful experience it had been. She took great pride in this job, as she always did with every job.
“I find it brings me great comfort to watch her onscreen.”
The six-part series will see Kris Marshall reprise his role as DI Humphrey Goodman, who he played in ‘Death in Paradise’ from 2014 to 2017, and he will appear alongside several guest stars, including ‘Sex Education’ actress Samantha Spiro and former ‘EastEnders’ stars Davood Ghadami and Annette Badland.
Other guest stars include Samantha’s ‘Sex Education’ co-star Chris Jenks, as well as Jamie Bamber, Phil Daniels, Jade Harrison, Monsterrat Lombard, Yasmine Akram, Rufus Jones, and Dan Mersh.
They will star opposite series regulars Sally Bretton (Martha Lloyd), Zahra Ahmadi (DS Esther Williams), Dylan Llewellyn (PC Kelby Hartford), Felicity Montagu (office support Margo Martins) and Barbara Flynn (Anne Lloyd).
‘Beyond Paradise’ will follow Humphrey and his fiancée Martha after their nail-biting will-they-won’t-they romance reached its emotional finale in Saint Marie in 2017.
The pair will arrive in the fictional Devonshire town of Shipton Abbott, Martha’s hometown near the beautiful Devonshire coast, after they left London.
‘Beyond Paradise’ launches on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK on Friday (24.02.23), when it will also be available on BritBox International outside of the UK and Ireland.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Helen George, Olly Rix and Zephryn Taitte will return for the next series of ‘Call The Midwife’.
The trio – who play Trixie, Matthew and Cyril respectively – will join their co-star Judy Parfitt, who plays Sister Monica Joan, in a new season of the BBC One drama, which follows midwives in London’s East End.
According to the Daily Mirror newspaper, series 13 will see a whole host of familiar faces on the show – which is based on the book ‘Call The Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s’ by Jennifer Worth – amid fears that Trixie and Matthew might depart the East End following their wedding in the season 12 finale this Sunday (26.02.23).
Helen – who plays the bubbly midwife – recently spoke about the “long day” on set filming their nuptials.
The 38-year-old actress said: “It was a long day. We did go over our schedule by about an hour and a half. But it was also a beautiful day. There was a real sense of occasion. And it was lovely that all the cast got to be together.
“I think it’s natural for any woman to want to get it completely right – it’s an important day in anyone’s life.
“Something did go wrong on the day of filming, too. We’d been given pizzas, because everyone was starving. And poor Meghan [Cusack, who plays Nancy Corrigan] got grease all over her bridesmaid’s dress. That was a drama.”
There were also fears that Sister Monica could be in grave danger after she was diagnosed with hepatitis.
A source told the publication: “There are a lot of answers coming along in the final episode.
“Trixie and Matthew’s wedding plans don’t run smoothly, Sister Monica Joan gets a glint in her eye and Cyril has an important job to carry out.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Chuckle Brothers star Paul was going to be a professional football player until his dream was ended by injury.
The star, whose real name is Paul Elliott, forged a career in showbusiness with his brother Barry – who died in 2018 aged 73, after being diagnosed with bone cancer – after he got injured while playing football as a teenager in Yorkshire.
The 75-year-old children’s entertainer told BBC Radio: “I got injured playing for Rotherham boys, the whole leg, it damaged the lymphatic tissues.
“They don’t know how I did it and I just couldn’t run. I was 14.”
Paul admitted he would have forgone his TV career if he could have played the beautiful gave for a living.
He said: “Without a breath of thought, definitely. I just loved the game, I absolutely loved the game.”
Recently, the CBBC legend shared his intention to deliver the Great British public something to “laugh about” as they need “good comedy more than ever”.
Paul said: “There has not been much to laugh about. We’ve had COVID, the cost of everything and even a war.”
The ‘ChuckleVision’ star listed some of his dream gigs, such as taking to the decks at the legendary Glastonbury Festival.
Paul said: “I’m still cracking gags and doing my DJ sets. I want to play at Glastonbury. I’ve no plans to retire. Making people laugh is the best feeling in the world.
“When you are on stage and hear the laughter you think, ‘I’ve done that, I’ve created it’.”
Paul also labelled the return of John Cleese’s classic 70s sitcom ‘Fawlty Towers’ “great news”.
He said: “It’s great news John Cleese is bringing ‘Fawlty Towers’ back. It was fantastic. I think good comedy is needed more now than ever.”

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