OHMYGOSSIP — Sir David Jason has joked people can call him “The Guv’nor”, after he took on the nickname from the late Ronnie Barker.
The 82-year-old actor used to refer to his ‘Open All Hours’ co-star Ronnie – who died in 2005 aged 76 – as “The Guv’nor” during their times on the BBC sitcom, but the “Guv’norship” was passed onto him when Ronnie retired.
He said: “Ronnie B was the head of the team and because he was such a nice man, and so creative, and very funny and stimulating in his own right, he passed that on to the rest of the cast.
“He loved showbiz, he loved acting, and he loved giving pleasure to people, and he passed that on to me, if you like.
“It was me that used to call Ronnie The Guv’nor and then when Ronnie retired he decided that he would hand over The Guv’norship, as he called it, to me. I was his apprentice – so if you ever see me you can either call me Sir David or just The Guv’nor, I don’t mind.”
David is best known for starring in ‘Only Fools and Horses’, ‘A Touch of Frost’ and ‘Open All Hours’, but he nearly didn’t appear in the latter because he initially felt he was “too old” to portray Granville, the nephew and errand boy of Ronnie’s shopkeeper alter-ego Arkwright.
According to the Daily Mirror newspaper, David says on new documentary ‘Open all Hours: 50 Years of Laughter’: “I thought I was too old to play it. Meaning that if Granville was delivering groceries at that age, would he be not as bright, maybe? That was the thing that held me back.
“But when I explained this to the director and to Ronnie B, they both understood, and said, ‘It will work. It will be alright.’ Those fears were put to rest and I just – well, we just all loved it.”
‘Open all Hours: 50 Years of Laughter’ is on Channel 5, on Saturday (04.02.23), at 8.50pm and then any time on My 5.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Peter Crouch, Stephen Mulhern and Lee Mack are to join ‘The Masked Singer’ as guest judges.
The former England striker made a guest judge appearance on ‘The Masked Dancer’ last year, and the star clearly impressed as he is to appear on ‘The Masked Singer’ on Saturday (04.02.23).
Peter, Stephen and Lee will join regular panellists Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, Rita Ora and Mo Gilligan for the quarter-finals.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column: “The Masked Singer remains a huge Saturday night show for ITV, with over five million viewers last weekend.
“They’ve thrown the budget at a raft of star panellists as they cruise towards the big finale next month.”
It comes as comedian Katherine Ryan was the latest star to be unmasked on the show.
She was unveiled as Pigeon last weekend, and after removing the mask she said: “I can only do sort of an Essex accent because I watch so much ITV. I love reality TV. I love The GC! I love Cheryl and I used to do a bit of roast comedy in my act about her so I feel like it’s beautiful karma that I went off on her song.
“I have a month left. I feel like I have a baby’s foot in my lung at most times and it is actually harder than I thought. But you can’t tell my daughter anything because she would spill it to the whole school so she’ll be finding out along with everyone else!”
Judges Davina, Rita, Jonathan, and Mo opted to save Jacket Potato from the bottom two and sent them through to the next round.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Dom Joly has confirmed a ‘Trigger Happy TV’ spin-off is in the works.
The 55-year-old comedian says the new format has the “same sense of humour” as the original Channel 4 show – which ran from 2000 to 2003, before a brief reboot from 2016 to 2017 – and has the same people behind it, and he is “really excited” about the programme.
He said: “I spent a lot of time on ‘Trigger Happy’ honing my skills annoying members of the public so now I’m going to take those skills and maybe take on something else.
“I did a small reboot for Channel 4 before but there were two things I really wanted to do: one was a movie and the other was to try and get a completely new spin on ‘Trigger Happy’.
“So it’s the same sort of comedy, same sense of humour and the same people behind it but doing it for a completely different purpose and I think we’ve come up with a completely new format so it’s really exciting.”
Dom admitted he is still waiting for the “green light”, but he is hopefully it will be “really cool”.
One of the most memorable characters from ‘Trigger Happy’ saw Dom portray “Big Mobile Guy”, who went around shouting into a huge novelty mobile phone, but the star isn’t a huge fan of the character.
He added to The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column: “I kind of don’t really like the mobile character much.
“The rest of ‘Trigger Happy’ was about surrealism and weirdness and it was quite dark whereas Big Mobile Guy was just a bit in your face.
“Back in 2017 we made it a big smartphone and I was live vlogging food and, you know, using it for Tinder.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Casey O’Gorman wants to become the “cheekiest boy” in the ‘Love Island’ villa.
The 26-year-old recruitment consultant from Tring is set to make his debut on the hit ITV reality dating series as a bombshell arrival on Wednesday’s (01.02.23) episode and has entered the show in an attempt to fulfil a lifelong wish to be married with kids by the age of 30.
He said: “I feel like now is the time to settle down and find a girlfriend. I’ve always said I want to be married with kids by the time I’m 30. I’m 26, so we are getting there! I’ll be the cheekiest boy in Villa. I can definitely see myself kissing a lot of the girls in there! So I guess, lots of entertainment and lots of drama!”
Casey went on to explain that he came out of a “serious relationship” a year ago and has “had a lot of fun” since the split but is hoping to find the one in the South African villa as he admitted he has got his eye on “so many” of the female Islanders.
He said: “I came out of a serious relationship a year ago and I haven’t really been looking for anything for the last year but after lots of fun, I’ve realised that now I want to settle down and find something real. There’s honestly so many I have my eye on. I’m cheeky, naughty, outgoing, and ambitious. They’d say I’m very driven at everything I do, I always aim to be the best and come first at pretty much everything. They’d also say I’ve got a big heart, I’m very lovable.”
‘Love Island’ airs tonight at 9pm on Virgin Media Two and Virgin Media Player.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jordan Odofin has promised to bring “swagger” to ‘Love Island.’
The 28-year-old Senior HR Advisor – who hails from London – is set to enter the South African villa as a bombshell arrival during Wednesday’s (01.02.23) episode of the hit reality dating show and thinks the other boys should be “worried” about him because everyone is “up for grabs.”
He said: “I’m looking to find a genuine connection with someone. Firstly, I’ve been busy and focused on my career and there’ve been lots of distractions with dating apps and meeting people on nights out. It feels like the right time for me to settle down. I’m going to bring my London swagger, not many of the boys in the Villa are from London. I’m 6’5 so I’m tall and I’ve got a good physique. I’ve got a good dress sense – and apparently, I’m easy on the eye, too! I think the other boys in the Villa should be worried about me because everyone’s up for grabs!”
Jordan went on to add that he is currently single out of choice and can be “picky” when it comes to looking for love but admitted that he needs to find a girl who can “put [him] in his place.”
He added: “I’m single by choice. I’m very picky in terms of what I like, if someone does something that I think is an ‘ick’ then I’ll be off. I want to go into the Villa and build a genuine connection with no distractions. I need a girl that can put me in my place, therefore I’ve got my eye on all the strong women in the Villa!”
‘Love Island’ airs tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX and on Virgin Media Two and Virgin Media Player.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Zara Lackenby-Brown has been dumped from the ‘Love Island’ villa.
The fiery Londoner has been sent home after Tom Clare opted to couple up with Ellie Spence – who he shared a secret kiss with – leaving the 25-year-old bombshell the last woman standing following the recoupling.
The property developer initially thought she and Tom had “potential”, but ultimately she’s glad they’d cooled things off.
Reflecting afterwards, she said: “I went in with an open mind. Tom isn’t my usual type at all so that was new to me but, I was being open minded as I knew the experience was all about pushing myself out of my comfort zone.
“I did think there could be potential with Tom. He’d told me he’d been in a long-term relationship, so I already knew he was capable of being committed. The age difference was a bit of a barrier for me – girls mature faster than guys.
“I genuinely think me and Tom calling it a day was the best thing that we could have done because we weren’t ever actually on the same page. Like a flame, we burned quick, and it was just more physical attraction. The fact we weren’t each other’s types intrigued us to try and make a go of it, but ultimately it didn’t work out.”
When it comes to the rest of the contestants, Zara thinks Will Young and Australian-based Jessie Wynter, and Tanya Manhenga and Shaq Muhammad can go the distance.
Asked which couples she thinks will last, she said: “Jessie and Will. If either of them are prepared to travel, or move, their energies really do match up, they really get along with each other. I do genuinely think that Tanya and Shaq will last, too.”
‘Love Island’ next airs on Thursday (02.02.23) at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX and can be seen in Ireland on Virgin Media Two and Virgin Media Player.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman have signed a new two-year ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ deal.
The co-hosts have put pen to paper on a new contract to keep fronting the BBC Latin and ballroom – which they have presented together since 2014 – and it is said bosses “couldn’t contemplate” the pair not being at the helm of the programme.
A TV insider told The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column: “Beeb chiefs absolutely love Tess and Claudia and wouldn’t dream of ever losing them.
“They are especially proud of the fact that they have two women hosting a show on a Saturday and Sunday on prime time BBC1. It is an enviable position to be in.
“Strictly’s leading ladies may command a high price, but the Beeb view them as great value for money given how popular they are with viewers.
“In the nine years they’ve been fronting the show, Tess and Claudia have become synonymous with the programme and bosses couldn’t contemplate them not being its presenters.
“Which is why execs are so keen to sign them up for another two years and ensure they don’t get poached by a rival broadcaster for their big shows.”
In September, Tess’ husband, fellow TV presenter Vernon Kay, said she will never quit the show, and wants to keep hosting the series until she is in her 80s, like former co-host Sir Bruce Forsyth.
Bruce stepped down when he was 86 and passed away aged in 2017 aged 89.
Vernon said: “‘Strictly’ was probably one of the first shows to embrace two women as the main anchors of a huge Saturday night entertainment show.
“We’ve seen Ant and Dec for decades double-heading a show and I don’t think two women had done that before on such a large scale.
“As far as prime-time entertainment shows go, Claudia and Tess really broke the mould.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Danny Dyer felt his ‘EastEnders’ character had “lost his way” as his stint on the soap came to an end.
The 45-year-old star bowed out of the BBC One show in December when his character Mick Carter went missing at sea in a dramatic Christmas Day (25.12.22) episode, and the star has now admitted he grew tired of people “constantly” telling him they didn’t watch the programme anymore.
He said: “I felt my character had lost his way. I didn’t quite know who I was playing anymore, it was a really odd thing.
“All I got for the past couple of years was, ‘You still in that ‘EastEnders’? I don’t watch it anymore.’ Constantly, that was the thing.
“When I first came in there was like seven or eight million people watching it, of course because of streaming services and all that stuff a lot less people do watch it. It was more that people didn’t watch it anymore, ‘You still in that?’ it was all that sort of dialogue.
“It was a lot of people, a lot of young people, young people don’t watch it.”
While Mick is now missing and assumed dead, Danny admits his time on the show is not necessarily over, and hinted he could come back in three years “smothered in seaweed”.
And the star admitted he could even return like Neighbours’ Harold Bishop, when the character headed back to Erinsborough in 1996 after being assumed dead after he was washed away.
Speaking to iFL TV, Danny added: “I had a good reaction from all that [his final scenes]. I was very surprised by the amount of love I got from it, really. I didn’t quite know how that was going to go down.
“I do remember Harold Bishop, a few people have mentioned that to me because he died and then he came back, he washed up funnily enough, lost his memory.
“Who knows? They’ve kept it open, I could turn up in three years smothered in seaweed.
“I went to Canvey, I thought I’d go and get a caravan on Canvey Island.”
Danny also admitted he is “very grateful” for ‘EastEnders’, describing it as a “good gig”, but admitted it is “time to move on”.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Bruno Tonioli made a ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ faux pas when he pressed his Golden Buzzer for a second time.
The ITV show’s new judge – who has replaced David Walliams on the panel – is said to have not realised he was only allowed to press the buzzer, which gives wannabes a direct passage from the auditions to the live finals, once during the series.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “It was madness. The buzzer worked but there was no glitter in the cannon above the stage as it had already been used up.
“A producer raced over to try to tell Bruno he couldn’t do that.”
After Bruno’s ‘BGT’ mishap, head judge Simon Cowell was said to have entered discussions with the show’s producers about whether or not to let the act through.
The source added: “Then there were discussions with the top execs and Simon, who had his head in his hands.
“Then Bruno said he’d never actually watched before!
“Apparently it was because he didn’t want to be influenced by other shows’ judging styles.
“But he’s the big money new signing! Fortunately, the audience love him and just laugh at his blundering.”
What’s more, the former ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ judge is said to be “up and down like a yo-yo” from his seat during the auditions at the London Palladium, keeping the camera operators on their toes.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “Bruno is a little firecracker and constantly jumping up and down. The crowd loves it, Simon loves it … but the camera operators, less so.
“It’s an undertaking keeping up with him. He is up and down like a yo-yo.”
Bruno, 67, recently admitted he was “so excited” to be joining the panel.
He said in a statement: “Here we are, ‘Britain’s Got Talent’. I am so excited. It’s my first show, I have no idea what’s going to happen, but I’m sure it’s going to be brilliant.”

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