OHMYGOSSIP — Peter Kay is angry with late paedophile presenter Jimmy Savile for destroying the legacy of his music video for ‘(Is This The Way To) Amarillo’.
The stand-up comic teamed up with singer Tony Christie in 2005 to release a version of the 1971 track – which had featured in Kay’s Channel 4 sitcom ‘Phoenix Nights’ in 2002 – to raise money for charity Comic Relief.
The video featured Kay and a host of other beloved British celebrities miming along to the lyrics and walking and dancing, these included ‘Coronation Street’ actor William Roache, his late ‘Corrie’ co-star Anne Kirkbride, late ‘Bullseye’ host Jim Bowen, Sir Cliff Richard, talk show host Sir Michael Parkinson, late comedy great Ronnie Corbett and more.
In one segment, Kay is seen dancing along with ‘Still Open All Hours’ actress Sally Lindsay and former ‘Top of the Pops’ and ‘Jim’ll Fix host’ Savile – who, after his death in 2011 aged 84, was exposed to have been a predatory paedophile who was responsible for assaulting hundreds of children.
Kay, 49, is fuming that a song and video that is so fondly remembered and raised so much money for charity will forever be associated with a paedophile.
Speaking on stage at a show on his ‘It’s Better Late Than Never’ comedy tour, he said: “Very popular at kids parties.
“Number one for seven weeks, biggest-selling song of that year and now thanks to Jimmy Savile it’s on YouTube with a paedophile warning.
“Thanks for that Jimmy… dirty s***house.
“I can’t believe that. He was in the video.”
Since 2012, a version of the video has been aired that does not feature Savile.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Amanda Holden is to host a new show about the history of sex.
In a risqué career move, the ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judge will be exploring sexual taboos in her saucy new show for Sky History, that’s set to air next year.
Amanda will investigate the porn industry and dig deep into history as she unveils Cleopatra’s love of orgies and promiscuity in Roman society – suggesting that the Romans were more sexually liberated than the modern world.
The 51-year-old blonde beauty will also explore how Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe “redefined raunchiness” in the cinema, sex within religion and sex in the Regency era.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “The documentary is packed with facts, information and educational moments but of course Amanda brings her own style to it.
“She got hands on for filming, including dressing up as some of the sex icons such as Marilyn and bringing to life key moments with re-enactments.
“We’re calling it ‘Horrible Histories’ but for grown-ups.
“This generation thinks it’s at the forefront of sexual exploration but we really know nothing compared to the Romans or even the Regency period.
“Amanda is really passionate about the project.”
Speaking at the 27th National Television Awards earlier in October, Amanda teased she was working on a taboo project that was “slightly controversial”.
She said: “I’ve just started filming a brand new series for Sky, which is going to be a lot of fun and it may be slightly controversial.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jacqueline Jossa was “quite scared” to return to ‘EastEnders’ for Dot Cotton’s funeral.
The 30-year-old actress quit the BBC One soap back in 2018 to focus on motherhood, but she will be reprising her role as Lauren Branning as she says her final goodbye to Dot.
June Brown, played the Walford launderette worker in two stints over 31 years, died in April 2022 aged 95, and now her iconic character is getting a farewell on-screen.
‘EastEnders’ will air a memorial special on Monday night (12.12.22) in memory of June and her alter ego.
Jossa has done so little acting in recent years she was worried that when she stepped back on set she would not remember what she was supposed to do in front of the cameras.
She told the Daily Star’s Hot TV column: “I was quite scared. I was like, ‘I can’t remember how to act, I don’t know what I’m doing.’
“I was really nervous. I just felt a bit rusty. I didn’t know whether people were going to see me as Lauren again.
“But then I walked in and saw people like Scott Maslen and Natalie Cassidy and people behind the cameras and straight away I was at home. It was the same people all friendly faces. It was genuinely like being back at home.”
A number of Walford’s classic characters will be making a comeback to Albert Square to pay their respects.
Stars such as Lord Michael Cashman (Colin Russell), Gary Hailes (Barry Clark), Linda Davidson (Mary ‘the punk’ Smith) and more are returning for Dot’s farewell.
Lauren, who shot to fame playing Dot’s step-granddaughter in 2010, was emotional over June’s death and said it was like watching her real grandma die.
She added: “June is part of the furniture. She is like family, she is your nan. When you watch this episode, it’s like you are watching your grandma die. The whole Britain will feel that when they watch it.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Craig David has branded Leigh Francis’ caricatures of him and other black celebrities on ‘Bo’ Selecta’ as “racist”.
The ‘7 Days’ singer has for many years claimed that Leigh’s Channel 4 sketch series – which aired between 2002 and 2009 – and his surreal depiction of him as a musician who had a pet falcon named Kes, a reference to the 1969 British drama film of the same name, was responsible for derailing his pop career because people stopped taking him seriously.
Craig has now spoken out against the show and its creator once again saying his use of blackface to mock real people like him, Spice Girls star Mel B and chat show host Trisha Goddard was blatant “racism”.
Appearing on the ‘How To Fail’ podcast, he said: “It was just cheap shots all the time. And there were many people being ridiculed.
“I spoke about Trisha Goddard and Mel B. It wasn’t just the fact there is three black people on that show and they were being ridiculed, it was racism however you look at that. You put a rubber mask on and you run it like that, you are being racist.”
Craig, 41, is critical of all the sketches on the show, because Leigh’s entire premise was to mock real people with “cheap shots”, citing his taunting of former England captain David Beckham over the “sound of his voice” as another example.
The ‘Fill Me In’ hitmaker added: “David Beckham… let’s not forget, there was a time he was being ridiculed about the sound of his voice and he was trying to find his voice and talk, and all my man did was literally just, ‘I’m going to trigger you and go to what I know will get you.’
“These weren’t hypothetical characters, they were real people with lives and feelings, and it was cheap shots, that was the premise of the show.”
Leigh – who now appears on TV as his comedy alter ego Keith Lemon – made a sincere and emotional apology to Craig, Mel B and Trisha back in June 2020 for the way he caricatured black celebrities and that same year he made an agreement with Channel 4 to take the show down from their All 4 streaming platform after deeming those sketches inappropriate for a modern audience.
However, the 49-year-old comic did recently speak out against Craig’s constant complaints, insisting he thought they had moved on after calling a truce at mutual friend Fearne Cotton’s wedding back in 2014 and that if the singer stopped talking about it then people would forget about the caricature.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column, he said: “It’s ages ago, isn’t it? It is, 20 years ago. I wish he wasn’t upset. I bumped into him at Fearne’s wedding and we hugged it out and everything was all nice.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ head judge Shirley Ballas has been offered counselling to help her cope with the merciless trolling she is subjected to.
The 62-year-old ballroom expert has been the target of relentless online abuse which has shattered her confidence and left her mental health in tatters.
Since joining the panel in 2017, the abuse has gotten so “out of control” she’s been offered counselling by the BBC to help her cope.
Ballas is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper as saying: “The trolling is out of control and the show has offered me help. I can have counselling if I want.
“I have a good support system around me at the BBC. They take care of their people.”
Shirley had to consult a professional over her low moods and anxiety brought on by incessant hated after being vilified online.
She added: “They say I have rather large ears and a glass eye and bingo wings and that I’m too heavy and too old. I can’t keep up.
“I try my best not to respond but the other day they criticised my son.”
Shirley previously spoke to OK! magazine about the daily abuse she encounters and revealed it took it’s emotional toll to a point she declined starring in panto.
She said: “I’ve enjoyed the series but I’m not going to stand here and lie to you – it took its emotional toll.
“That’s why I’m not going to do panto. I’ll take some time off as soon as the show’s finished until about 4 January and collect myself and see what I want to do with myself next year. It’s been quite difficult this year.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Chris Kamara’s apraxia has left him “weak” and struggling to carry out simple tasks.
The former football player was left devastated after being diagnosed with apraxia of speech last year.
Once a charismatic Sky Sports News personality, Kammy now struggles to talk due to the motor speech disorder that impedes the ability to speak and has resigned from his post as a result.
The brain condition has also affected his physical abilities and sometimes his body is so weak that he struggles to carryout everyday tasks like shopping.
Speaking in new ITV documentary ‘Chris Kamara: Lost For Words’, he revealed: “The part of my brain that’s packed in affects my muscles. I’m so weak now. Coordination is not very good. Balance is not very good.
“Everybody talks about the speech side of it, but there’s also other factors to go with it. I can’t carry shopping.”
Despite his debilitating disorder, a resilient Kammy perseveres with weekly coordination exercises in hopes of improving his condition.
He added: “These are a way for me to get stronger.”
The 64-year-old TV personality – who played for Portsmouth, Leeds and Stoke during his on-field career – admits that some days he has no issues with being able to communicate, but he doesn’t get any warning of when he will have a bad day when his words won’t come out.
He shared: “Sometimes I think, it’s fine today, no problem. Then I go downstairs and talk to Anne and the message from the brain to the mouth won’t come out right. So it would be another day of anguish, thinking what should I do? Should I go to work today, or should I not?”
Chris’ wife of 40 years, Anne – who he wed in 1982 and has two sons. Ben, 35, and Jack, 34 – has seen her husband struggle with the new health challenges in his life.
She said: “Chris used to do everything at 100 miles an hour, so he is a different person. He just has to get used to the new person that he is.”
Chris wants to continue to share his story and do everything he can to improve his condition because he knows his celebrity status can shed light on all forms of speech impediments.
He said: “I’m in a lot better place now than I was. I didn’t accept what was going on in my body. It’s a long process. It’s going the right way.
“I will continue now because I know while I’m out there and what I’m doing will be helping someone with a speech condition think, ‘If he can do it, I can do it.'”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Will Mellor is the eleventh celebrity to depart ‘Strictly Come Dancing 2022’.
He was voted off on Monday night’s (12.12.22) semi-final results episode of the BBC One show, which saw
the remaining couples take to the ballroom floor in the hope of impressing judges, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Shirley Ballas, as well as the voting public.
Actor Will’s exit came after he faced singer Fleur East in the dance off, in which both couples again performed their favourite routine of the night.
Fleur and her dance partner Vito Coppola performed their Charleston to ‘Tu Vuo’ Fa L’Americano’ by Fiorello, while Will and his professional partner Nancy Xu danced their Couples’ Choice to a 1990s Manchester inspired medley.
Judge Craig chose to save Fleur and Vito, saying: “This has been really difficult tonight for me and I’ve done a lot of these darling! I found it so hard because both couples are extraordinary and I want to see both couples in the final but that can’t be so. For me, tonight the most impressive couple that I would like to save and send through to the final are Fleur and Vito.”
His fellow panellist Motsi made the same choice, adding: “This season has been challenging, it has been very close, every single show, and tonight it has not been any different. It is proof of your quality, it is proof of your championship, you can be proud of yourself, I have decided because of micro details that I am going to save Fleur and Vito.”
Anton opted to save Will and Nancy, saying: “Well, based on this dance in the dance off and this dance only, I think it is really important to say that, because these couples both danced terrifically and I marked them the same on Sunday night. And now I am looking for real detail, how do I separate them? I’m really searching for something, its such fine detail. Due to an error in a dismount from a lift, I am going to have to save Will and Nancy.”
With two votes to Fleur and Vito, and one to Will and Nancy it left head judge Shirley with the casting vote.
Announcing she was saving Fleur and Vito, she said: “First of all, the British public has spoken and with respect I take that on board. My fellow judges have decided that they don’t agree, so I have made lots of notes here, both couples were outstanding and not only today but through the series. I have loved both of them, this is by far, even for me Craig, the most difficult decision I feel I have had to make. Based on micro details, I have decided to save Fleur and Vito.”
When host Tess Daly asked Will if he had any final words, he said: “I have to thank you all for giving me this chance to put a smile on my mums face, she deserves it. I’ll take whatever I have learnt from this show forward in whatever I do because it shows you can achieve more than you think.
“I didn’t think I’d be able to get anywhere near this and I am so proud of what we have achieved but also everybody who has voted for me, who has supported me, the messages I’ve had from my local community and children. Thank you all so much, we really, really appreciated every bit.”
When asked if she had any words for her partner, Nancy said: “I want to thank everyone who works on the show, it’s an incredible show, I’ve had such an amazing journey. The support from the whole team is just phenomenal. I’m proud of the partnership, we’ve had such an amazing journey together. I really wish I could make more memories with you and your family.”
Will added: “Anyone watching this show, the people that work on this show, the crew, the make up team, the wardrobe team, the judges, the contestants, this is an unbelievable journey. If you get the chance to get on this floor then do it, it’s unbelievable this place.”
Lewis Capaldi also performed his latest single ‘Pointless’ on Monday’s show, which also featured a routine from its professional dancers, Giovanni Pernice and Katya Jones.
The remaining four couples will take to the dancefloor next week for the final time for this year as they bid to lift the Glitterball Trophy.
Will and Nancy also joined presenter Rylan Clark for their first exclusive televised interview live on ‘Strictly It Takes Two’ from 9pm tonight (12.12.22) on BBC Two.
‘Strictly Come Dancing: The Final’ will air live on Saturday 17 December at 7.15pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Lucy Fallon is expecting a baby boy.
The former ‘Coronation Street’ actress admitted she and her footballer boyfriend Ryan Ledson, 25, “weren’t bothered either way” about whether they were having a son or a daughter.
She said: “We found out the gender at 16 weeks. Obviously we weren’t bothered either way, but Ryan was so convinced we were having a girl.”
Lucy recently had a baby shower at the Shankly Hotel in Liverpool, and she loved partying well into the night at the bash.
She added to OK! magazine: “I was the first one up and I was there until the end.
“I went upstairs at 10.30pm to put PJs on, but came back for more dancing until 1.30am.”
The 27-year-old star – who suffered a miscarriage in March – said: “I was a bit shocked because of what we went through and I didn’t think it would happen that soon.
“But we’re made up and it felt like the next stage for us. It felt like it was meant to be.”
Lucy – who is due to give birth in February – thinks her heart-breaking loss has actually strengthened her relationship with Ryan.
She said: “That changed things and it made us realise that was definitely what we wanted.
“Situations like that can really test your relationship and when you go through something that’s really horrible you see how the other person deals with stuff and how they support you and how you support them. It just made us closer and stronger.
“Last time we assumed everything would be fine so we told Ryan’s parents and my parents, so this time we made sure everything was OK before we told anyone else, although I did tell my mum straight away.
“We didn’t want to get excited too quickly and get our hopes up. After we had our 12-week scan was when we started to actually talk about it and tell people and be excited about it.
“This time we’ve experienced all the nice things we couldn’t do last time. But I still feel worried and I don’t think you stop worrying.
“People say you get past 12 weeks and you feel better, but I think it’s something I’m always going to worry about.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Adam Woodyatt made a shock return to ‘EastEnders’ on Monday night (12.12.22).
The 54-year-old star’s character Ian Beale hadn’t been seen since he departed Albert Square in January 2021, but in a surprise scene during Dot Branning’s funeral episode – following the passing of actress June Brown this year aged 95 – Ian appeared on the outskirts of the churchyard, ensuring his former neighbours didn’t see him.
He got teary and said: “Goodbye, Dot,” as he looked on, before ringing someone he called “love” and said he was heading “home”.
‘EastEnders’ boss Chris Clenshaw admitted Adam agreed to the brief return because he wanted to “be there” for his late co-star June.
He said: “I called Adam, told him our plans, and I said, ‘Ian has to be there,’ and he agreed. It was kind of as simple as that. Ian would not miss it.
“Obviously, he didn’t make it into the church, but he said his own private goodbye to Dot.
“So, yeah, that’s how it came about. It was just that Adam wanted to be there for June and he knew that Ian should be there for Dot.”
Following the cameo, Adam is now expected to make a longer return to Walford.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Ian’s comeback storyline is in the works.
“Fans of the show don’t know who Ian was talking to yet but it won’t be long until all is revealed.
“While the plotline is top secret, it’s a given that viewers will not be disappointed by what they see when Ian does return.”
Adam is currently starring as Alfred Doolittle in a stage production of ‘My Fair Lady’.
Since departing Albert Square, he has gone on to appear on ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ and also star in theatre production ‘Looking Good Dead’.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Matt Hancock has been tipped to land his own TV show.
ITV Studios’ Managing Director Kevin Lygo thinks the former Health Secretary – who recently announced he is standing down as an MP, following a stint on ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ – could end up on the BBC.
Asked about the possibility of Matt fronting a series, Kevin said: “He might. I think the BBC is the place for Matt Hancock.”
Kevin has told how most of this year’s ‘I’m A Celebrity’ campmates had been cast when the idea of MP Matt taking place was put forward, and he admitted there wasn’t “enormous soul searching” about whether he should take part or not.
He is quoted by The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column as saying: “Most people were cast and ready to go when he was put forward.
“I think most of us thought, ‘That’s a fascinating idea. does he really want to go in?’
“So we decided after some debate – but not enormous soul searching – that, yes, he would be a great addition to the programme.”
Last week, Matt – who finished third on the ITV jungle-based series – said he is standing down as an MP because he wants to “engage with the public in new ways” outside Parliament.
The MP – who was suspended by the Conservative Party after it was revealed he had signed up for the programme – wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: “It has been an honour to serve in Parliament and represent the people of West Suffolk.
“I will play my part in the debate about the future of our country and engage with the public in new ways.
“There was a time when I thought the only way to influence the public debate was in Parliament, but I’ve realised there’s far more to it than that.
“For my part, I want to do things differently. I have discovered a whole new world of possibilities which I am excited to explore – new ways for me to communicate with people of all ages and from all backgrounds.
“It has been an honour to serve in parliament and represent the people of West Suffolk. I will play my part in the debate about the future of our country and engage with the public in new ways.”
Matt – who has been the MP for West Suffolk since 2010, but was widely criticised for leaving his constituents to take part in ‘I’m A Celebrity’ – quit as Health Secretary after he came under fire when he was caught kissing his former aide, and now-girlfriend, Gina Coladangelo, during the COVID pandemic, breaking his own social distancing guidance in the process.

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