OHMYGOSSIP — Retired England footballer Karen Carney says Sky Sports commitment to the Barclays Women’s Super League will help the game “continue to grow and grow and grow”.
The 35-year-old former Birmingham City midfielder is part of the sports broadcaster’s punditry team and on the back of The Lionesses’ UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 win interest in the WSL has never been greater.
Karen insists the more women’s games that are shown the bigger the sport will become and she says Sky Sports are doing so many positive things to help the game grow.
Speaking at the ‘FIFA 23′ Women’s Football Summit, she said: “I think Sky having the WSL has been huge, they’ve gone after it, they’ve made it part of their portfolio of football and that’s epic and I’m sure it will continue to grow, they’ve only had it one year. It will continue to grow and grow and grow.”
Karen – who represented England at four FIFA Women’s World Cups in 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019 and at four UEFA Women’s Championships in 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 – says “exposure is key” to building on The Lionesses’ trophy success.
And the television expert the insists the inclusion of the Women’s Super League and the French Division 1 Féminine on new EA Sports video game ‘FIFA 23’ – which features Chelsea women’s player Sam Kerr on the front cover alongside Paris Saint Germain striker Kylian Mbappé – is a massive step forward for the women’s game.
She explained: “Exposure is key. Even if you don’t watch football but you play the ‘FIFA’ game you’re still educating yourself on the players, they’re still in your living room, and it’s still football, they’ve got a rating, you know who they play for, you know their positions, you know their strengths, you know their weaknesses, it’s an educational piece as much as a game.
“For me, that improves the profile of the players and the sport. That’s what we want. For 10 million people to have it in the first week to play is incredible. It will only get bigger.”
As well as breakdown WSL games, Karen is also a regular pundit on the Premier League games broadcast by Sky Sports and she has been delighted with the response from all football fans to the inclusion of female pundits for men’s matches.
Karen – who will be part of the ITV punditry team for the forthcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – said: “I’ve not seen any kick back. It’s been really good, I’ve really enjoyed it.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Fleur East is “praying” her dance partner Vito Coppola has to wear “a really bad wig” this weekend.
The ‘Sax’ hitmaker wants her 31-year-old dance partner to sport the “long hair” previously sported by Abba’s Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson as they gear up to perform a jive to the super group’s hit ‘Waterloo’ – which Abba won the ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ with in 1973 – on the BBC Latin and ballroom competition on Saturday night (22.10.22).
While presenting her Hits Radio Breakfast Show with Vito as a guest, the 34-year-old singer said: “This might be my favourite thing about this weekend. The thing is the original Abba collective have all got long hair, including the guys, but Vito doesn’t. Which means they may have to put a wig on him. I am praying they put a really bad wig on him, but we haven’t seen anything yet.”
The pair scored 38 points out of 40 last week for their Argentine Tango, and Vito believes they should at least be replicating that.
He said: “Thirty-eight is the minimum we should achieve this week I think, or 39 or 40 – no pressure of course! It’s a new number and a new challenge. The jive is a lot of fun, a lot of knee hops and kicking and pointing toes. I think Fleur’s muscles are almost destroyed. But we will be bringing the Eurovision atmosphere to Strictly – and you have to see the outfits and you need to look out for the hair.”
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OHMYGOSSIP — Helen Skelton has admitted she struggles with mum guilt, but insists it is important to have some “me time” away from her kids now and again.
The ‘Countryfile’ presenter – who has moved back in her with parents since splitting from her husband, 32-year-old rugby player Richie Myler – has spoken about life as a single mother, but says she tries not to feel bad about having some time away from the former couple’s kids Ernie, seven, Louis, five, and nine-month-old Elsie.
She said: “To me, one of the biggest, most liberating things it to put your phone away.
“Put your phone on a shelf, put your phone in a drawer, get yourself an alarm clock because it’s so easy to get sucked into work emails and extra tasks. Clearly, if you are a conscientious person, you always think you can do a bit more and do a bit extra. But box it off, your working day finishes at a certain point.
“I’ve said it before, feel free to delegate. You know there are other working mums out there, who might want to do extra, who might want to do some ironing, who might want to do some cleaning. If you can’t fit that into your day, feel free to delegate some things out.
“The thing that I am hanging on to, that I encourage everybody to do, including myself, was tell other people when you are carving out that me time for yourself, that’s your little backyard of protecting yourself – and lists, lists are good, write down what you need to do and it’s out of your brain.”
Helen believes mums “don’t help each other enough”, and admits she is quite happy to invite her kids’ friends around to play with them, because she knows the favour will be returned on another occasion.
Speaking on ‘Lorraine’, she added: “It’s a trade-off. My friends will then have my kids over for tea or flip flop taking the boys to football, so that you are helping someone else, you’ll feel better about that but you are getting yourself that window of opportunity to do something for you.
“I don’t think mums help each other enough. It’s not a competition, it takes a village and we are all in this together.”
It was recently revealed Helen’s ex Richie is expecting a baby with his new girlfriend, Stephanie Thirkill.

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Strictly Come Dancing’s Jayde Adams has revealed she “laughs with trolls” who mock her weight.
The 37-year-old comedian refuses to let the hurtful comments upset her and she has engaged with her detractors in order to show resilience.
Speaking on BBC Sounds Woman’s Hour with Krupa Padhy, Jayde said: “I knew it was going to happen to me because every time I’m on TV someone comments on my weight, I just knew it was going to happen.
“I could do one of two things, I could ignore it, or I could tackle it. I found it funny, I could show people who follow me some resilience.
“Someone wrote, ‘this is Jayde Adam’s rocking up to Strictly’, with a picture of the Michelin Man, and I laughed!
“I don’t want people to say stuff like that but these people want to have a reaction. The most useful thing to do it to not get at them, it’s to show resilience because it’s never going to stop.”
Meanwhile, Jayde previously called her ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ partnership with Karen Hauer a “sisterhood”.
The comedian revealed the partnership brings back memories of dancing with her late sister, who died of a brain tumour in 2011.
She said: “I think my partnership with Karen is more about sisterhood. And if you’re in the dance world, which I was as a child, the sort of all-girl and all-male partnerships is quite commonplace.
“Obviously it’s a new thing in these dance shows, the one that’s in Australia and the one that’s in America, but I think the world is changing and to me it just doesn’t seem like anything that is abnormal to me. It seems like a completely natural thing.
“When I danced with my sister, I was the base and I used to lift her all the time and actually the last time I danced was actually with my sister… so this felt really natural for me.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Gemma Owen and Luca Bish are “closer than ever” and don’t feel the need to prove their romance is solid.
The ‘Love Island’ runners up have yet to move in together but friends insist their romance is going from strength to strength.
A source told The Mirror: “There is lots of talk and rumours about a showmance amongst this year’s contestants but it certainly isn’t Luca and Gemma that everyone is talking about.
“Luca and Gemma are closer than ever, they don’t feel the need to ham it up on social media every day.
“Both have lots going on but they’re staying together most nights and when they do have to be apart, they are constantly on the phone with each other.”
Luca, 23, and Gemma. 19, are currently navigating a long-distance romance but Gemma revealed their families have hit it off.
She recently told MailOnline: “Luca fits in quite well and he gets on with my siblings, my mum and my dad as well.
“His family are lovely too – I get on with all of them really well and have a good relationship with his sister.
“I have really enjoyed spending time in Brighton with them when I can and the same when he comes to Cheshire.
“In terms of my relationship and Luca – it’s all going really well. Luckily, we’re able to spend time together so the relationship is going really well and it’s all positive.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Josephine Melville has died backstage after appearing in a play.
The 61-year-old actress – who is best known for playing the role of Tessa Parker on BBC soap opera ‘EastEnders’ in the 1980s – was starring as Aunt Maggie in a production of ‘Nine Night’ at the Nottingham Playhouse but died shortly after a performance on Friday (20.10.22) night, it has been announced.
Without revealing a cause of death, Nottingham Playhouse said in a statement posted to Twitter: “We are deeply saddened to announce that last night the actor Josephine Melville passed away backstage at Nottingham Playhouse following the performance of the play ‘Nine Night’, in which she was performing. Our thoughts and deep condolences are with her family and loved ones. Josephine received immediate assistance from Nottingham Playhouse first aiders and a medically qualified member of the ‘Nine Night’ audience. The subsequent very swift arrival of paramedics meant she was quickly and expertly treated but sadly she passed away at the scene.”
‘Bridgerton’ star Adjoa Andoh said she was “so shocked” at the sudden passing of her fellow actor paid tribute to her as a “wonderful actress” with “amazing comic timing” as she sent her condolences to the family of the tragic star.
She tweeted: “Ach … I’m so shocked. A wonderful actress. Amazing comic timing. Part of a community of artists who understood the power of black stories. All blessings condolences to the family. Full of light, rest in your power Jo!”
Meanwhile, former ‘Coronation Street’ actress Andrea Davy – who was appearing in the play as Trudy alongside Josephine – claimed that the ‘Nine Night’ family is “lost” now that her co-star has passed.
She said: “Such a pleasure and honour to work with you Josephine. RIP. Our #NineNight family is lost without you. One Love Aunty Maggie! Trudy!” (sic)

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OHMYGOSSIP — Molly-Mae Hague has “cried every single day” during the early stages of her pregnancy.
The 23-year-old influencer is currently expecting a baby girl with boyfriend Tommy Fury but admitted that during the first seven weeks of her pregnancy, her emotions were running “very high” and she felt “very sad” even though all of her dreams are coming true.
She said: “I had extreme emotions up to seven weeks, so from finding out to about seven or eight weeks, I was so so so emotional, I cried literally every single day. Emotions were very high and I felt sad a lot which was very weird because all our dreams had come true, I had fallen pregnant. I was so so happy but I couldn’t feel that happiness yet. Up until eight weeks, I felt quite sad, which I didn’t expect.”
The former ‘Love Island’ star went on to add that she would often lie awake at night after suffering “really bad nightmares” and has experienced “intense hunger” since becoming pregnant.
Speaking in a new video posted to YouTube, she added: “I have also written down her insomnia during my first trimester, I had really bad night sleeps. I would just be lying there wide awake in bed, I also had really bad nightmares, really vivid dreams. My main symptom throughout my whole pregnancy has been hunger, especially through my first trimester, the hunger was unlike anything I have ever, ever, experienced. I knew that pregnant women ‘eat for two’ and you experience hunger, but I didn’t realise it was a clinical, medical thing. Sometimes I have been in the car with Tommy and been like ‘if you don’t pull over to a service station right now and help me get some food, I am going to collapse on the floor’. That was the levels it was, it was unbelievable.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Bruno Tonioli has been revealed as the Pearly King on ‘The Masked Dancer.’
The 66-year-old choreographer – who is best known for having served as a judge on BBC Latin and ballroom show ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ for several years – was the latest celebrity unmasked on the ITV show,and joked that he had made a “terrible mistake” in signing up for the show because he thought he had been asked to do ‘The Masked Singer’.
When host Joel Dommett told Bruno he had been “astonishingly good” on the show, Bruno quipped: “Why did I not win then? Maybe because I stopped dancing in 1983! In fact, it was a terrible mistake. I thought ‘Oh yeah, I love ‘The Masked Singer’, I love that. I’ll do that, then I saw it said dancer and thought ‘You’ve gotta be kidding me!’ You should always lead your contracts!”
The Italian-born star had feigned a cockney accent early on in his run on the show, prompting rumours that ‘EastEnders’ actor Danny Dyer was in the costume but explained that it was too hard to keep up.
Guest judge John Bishop – who was filling in for Jonathan Ross due to illness – said: “What I love about this, is that people have gone up to Danny Dyer and said ‘Is it you?'”
Bruno said: “It was hard week ‘aving to talk like that, mate!”
Bruno – whose identity was correctly guessed by judges Oti Mabuse, Peter Crouch, and Dawn French – added that he chose the name ‘Pearly King’ because it was so “different” and closed out his time on the show by dancing one final time to ‘abdefu’ by Gayle.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Heather Morris has won ‘The Masked Dancer.’
The 35-year-old actress is best known for playing the role of cheerleader Brittany S. Pierce on the Fox series ‘Glee’ but sought off competition from the likes of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ star Bruno Tonioli and Broadway star Adam Garcia while masquerading as Scissors to become the 2022 champion of the ITV series.
Following her win, she told host Joel Dommett: “I can’t believe I won! Oh my gosh! All those guesses made me think ‘Wow! I could be so many people!’ I was a dancer for Beyonce and I did the ‘Single Ladies’ tour, that’s why I did ‘Single Ladies’ particularly because I was one of two backup dancers. I taught the ‘Glee’ dance and that’s how I got the job because I had to teach the actors ‘Single Ladies.’ The bowl of cereal was Cheerios because of I cheerio cheerleader on ‘Glee.’
Prior to the revelation, guest judge Dawn French had hoped it was Heather Morris because she is such a “huge fan”, whilst Peter Crouch incorrectly guessed it was Pussycat Dolls star Kimberly Wyatt and Davina McCall had thought it was either her bandmate Ashley Roberts or actress Cameron Diaz.
Heather – who has been married to Taylor Hubbell since 2015 and has Elijah, nine, and Owen, six, with him – went on to add that it was her children who inspired her to take part in the show in the first place because they are all “huge fans” of the ITV franchise.
She added: “I have had the best time. This has made my heart so full. I feel like a little kid again dancing on stage. My kids at home, I have two boys at home and we are huge ‘Masked’ fans. My oldest – during the pandemic – would make masks himself. He made a Hippo mask out of cardboard so when I got the call for this I just said ‘Of course, I’m going to do this, my kids will be in awe of me!'”
Heather then closed out the series with an unmasked performance of her dance choreographed to Aretha Franklin’s hit ‘R.E.S.P.E.C.T’

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kym Marsh had a “dodgy confidence day” ahead of closing out week five of ‘Strictly Come Dancing.’
The former ‘Coronation Street’ actress, 46, is currently taking part in the BBC ballroom competition alongside professional partner Graziano Di Prima and admitted she wanted to “come out fighting” after landing in the bottom two last week.
Speaking immediately after the performance on Saturday (22.10.22), she told host Claudia Winkleman: “I felt pretty confident going in. I’ve had a dodgy day when it comes to confidence levels today but the team and everybody here has just picked me up so I can’t thank you all enough for that. It’s really lovely to have everyone’s support. We honestly can’t thank anyone enough and being in the dance-off last week was horrible but we wanted to come out fighting.”
The dancing pair eventually received a total of 27 for their Quickstep to Sweet hit ‘Ballroom Blitz’ TV themes week – which was done as part of the 100 Years of the BBC celebrations- with Motsi Mabuse describing the number as a “ray of sunshine.”
She said: “It felt like a ray of sunshine lighting everything up again. You both look beautiful. There was some places where I felt like the posture was a bit loose and then I could see the uncertainty in your eyes. But there’s no need for that, you know you’ve improved and you know that you work hard.”
Head Judge Shirley Ballas thanked the pair for the “memory” of recreating the classic dance programme as they danced to theme tune of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ predecessor ‘Come Dancing’ – which first aired 1949 on the BBC – but remarked that it “wasn’t their best dance” and eventually scored them a six.
She said: “Thank you for the memory, I was 17 when I first went on ‘Come Dancing.’ so that was lovely and I had a dress like that so I had a trip down memory lane, it was beautiful. I think stamina lacked a bit today. You will often get away with a foot error, you will not get away with a collapsed frame. Grazia – you were encouraging but it wasn’t your best dance today.”
Elsewhere, former ‘Blue Peter’ presenter Helen Skelton and her partner Gorka Marquez took joint first place on the leaderboard by dancing the Charleston to the theme tune to the flagship children’s TV show with a score of 35, along with ‘Countryfile’ star Hamza Yassin
and his partner Jowita Przystał, who impressed with their Quickstep to ‘On Top of the World.’
Ellie Taylor and Johannes Radebe danced the Tango to the theme tune of long-running BBC medical drama ‘Casualty’ and scored a total of 29, and filled out the lower end of the leader board fellow comedienne Jayde Adams and Karen Hauer, who danced the Charleston to ‘The Ballad of Barry and Freda (Let’s Do It)’, by late BBC comedy legend Victoria Wood.
Footballer Tony Adams and partner Katya Jones crashed into last place on the leaderboard, having only managed to score 19 points for their performance of the Cha Cha to the theme from 1980s BBC sports classic ‘Grandstand.’

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