OHMYGOSSIP — Chloe Madeley had to have an emergency Caesarean section during childbirth.
The 35-year-old star – who is the daughter of former ‘This Morning’ presenters Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan – welcomed baby girl Bodhi with her husband James Haskell, 37, at the end of August but the pair admitted that the birth “didn’t go to plan” at all.
She said: “Like many women can relate to, my birth did not go to plan whatsoever. I really didn’t want to be induced but I always maintained throughout my pregnancy that whatever needs to happen would happen – all I cared about was my baby. They said the contractions would be no different but it happens faster and quicker with the drip, which means you don’t have a moment to catch your breath in between, so they advised me to have the epidural
The former ‘Dancing on Ice’ contestant went on to explain that her daughter’s “heart rate had plummeted” and the obstetrician insisted on performing a C-section when her labour had “struggled to progress” despite the epidural.
She added: “I was in and out all night, I would say every time they tried to up the hormone drip to try to push me into transitional labour, to the point where I’d have to push, her heart rate plummeted and all the alarms started going off, and all the midwives ran in.
“I felt really protected by the midwives but it was really scary. Then at 8am the obstetrician came in and said. ‘I’m so sorry, it hasn’t worked, we’re going to have to do an emergency C-section and we should do it now’ because at that point her heart rate had gone from sporadically dropping and picking back up to just progressively dropping, and she said, ‘I’m not comfortable and I want to get her out’.”
Former rugby union player James – who tied the knot with Chloe in 2018 – admitted that he wanted to remain strong for the same of his wife his wife.
He said: “I didn’t know how much longer Chloe was going to be able to deal with it, or our baby. So when she went into theatre it was some relief, because whilst it was an emergency it was under control. My job was to support Chloe and I just held her head during surgery and tried to keep things light.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jaime Winstone has a collection of 75 Barbie dolls.
The 37-year-old actress – who is the daughter of esteemed actor Ray Winstone and his wife Elaine – was asked what she likes to collect and admitted she is a big fan of the iconic Mattel doll and can’t resist picking another one up for her “gang” whenever she is in a charity shop.
She said: “[I collect] Barbies… I love my Barbies and I love dolls. If I go into a charity shop and there’s a Barbie there in a look, I’m like, ugh, she’d look so good in my gang. I have about 75.”
Meanwhile, the ‘Four Lives’ actress has recently taken on the role of legendary ‘EastEnders’ matriarch Peggy Mitchell – famously played by the late Dame Barbara Windsor for over two decades – in a special flashback episode of the BBC One soap and explained she is “so grateful” to have met Barbara while preparing to take on the title role in BBC biopic ‘Babs’ back in 2017.
Jaime told Evening Standard newspaper: “I’ve just finished playing Peggy Mitchell for an ‘EastEnders’ one-off Seventies period drama special, which is super exciting. There’s so much interest in why Peggy was like Peggy and we get that from this episode. I’m very grateful to have spent time with Barbara Windsor in real life. One day she said, ‘Oh you know, you’re more me than me. Don’t worry babe. Do it. This is also your job.’ I miss her, God bless and ultimate respect.”
Jaime previously admitted that while she had been able to take on many comedy roles made famous by the ‘Carry On’ actress – who died in December 2020 at the age of 83 following a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease – she had to “strip away” many elements in order to portray the “tough” but “vulnerable” Peggy.
She said: “I’ve played so many parts in Barbara’s life but not Peggy Mitchell and it had been niggling at me. I had to strip all the ‘Carry On’ stuff away – like the wiggle, the giggle – and implement all the stuff Peggy grew from. It took a long time. Peggy is different, she’s tough, she’s vulnerable but nobody’s seen her at this point in her life.
“Just seeing [Peggy’s sons] Phil and Grant as young men, then Peggy, then Eric, who we’ve heard so much about. I love the parallels with Thatcher on TV and what’s going on now. It pulled my heartstrings.”
The flashback episode of ‘EastEnders’ aired on BBC One on September 5 and is available on BBC iPlayer.

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Thomas and Friends’ is introducing the show’s first autistic character.
The hugely popular children’s TV series – which is produced by Mattel – is set to introduce a new engine called Bruno, who has been developed in collaboration with he Autism Self Advocacy Network (US), and autistic writers and figures.
The character will be voiced in new episodes by nine-year-old actor Elliott Garcia, who is also autistic.
He said: “He can flap his ladders to tell you if he’s upset or if he’s really excited, so he can use his items to show you how he’s feeling.
“His ear defenders, I do relate to, because if there’s a really loud noise, I can’t cope. I can get quite worried about things, I have to think of new strategies, same as Bruno.
“When I won the role of Bruno, I imagined that it was a dream, but it wasn’t! I felt really excited and happy.
“It’s great that they are representing autistic characters because I watch the ‘Thomas Friends’ series and for there to be an autistic character makes me feel very happy and excited.”
In ‘Thomas and Friends: All Engines Go’, Bruno is a pun-making, joyful brake car who is good at his job and uses his strong brakes to keep heavy cargo steady.
He also rolls in reverse, giving him a unique perspective on the world.
Elliott added: “Bruno is a Brake Car, and he is a new friend for Thomas and his friends, and he’s also autistic, like me. He is funny, smart, and he’s a very relaxed character.
“He can get really overwhelmed, he can get worried, and he uses comedy to get past situations. Bruno loves schedules and timetables and when everything goes to plan.”
Tom Purser, Head of Guidance, Volunteering Campaigns at the National Autistic Society, added: “It’s important that everyone sees autistic characters on our screens because there are 160,000 school-age autistic children in the UK and they want to see their stories told, but it’s also important that non-autistic children get insight and understanding into what it can be like to be autistic.
“What Elliot brings to this role is his joy and enthusiasm, his autistic experiences and he just brings the character to life.”
Bruno will be seen on ‘Thomas and Friends: All Engines Go!’ on Channel 5 Milkshake! from 21st September at 7.00am.
Brake Car Bruno is available now and will also be included in a range of products available later in the year.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Danny Dyer feared he would die if he didn’t seek help after his marriage hit the rocks.
The 45-year-old actor begged ‘EastEnders’ bosses to give him a break in 2017 so he could take time out to get his life back on track amid difficulties in his relationship with Joanne Mas.
He recalled: “I turned around to the bosses of ‘EastEnders’ and I said, ‘Listen, I’ve gotta go somewhere. I’m going to die’.
“They was like, ‘Oh, OK. Uh, right’. And so I sorted it myself and I paid for it myself…
“I knew I had to f****** sort myself out because I’d been — sorry about me language — I’d been a **** up to this point in the sense of what I was doing, what I was doing away from her, some of the situations I would find myself in.”
“I look back and go, ‘F****** hell man, I was weak’.
“I was wounded. I was vulnerable because I was, but of course I couldn’t play vulnerable because I’m playing Danny Dyer, whatever that is.”
Danny – who has children Dani, 26, Sunnie, 15, and Arty, eight, with his wife – admitted he was taking anti-anxiety medication to cope at the time.
Speaking to Jaime Winstone on her podcast ‘Greatest Night Ever’, he added: “So I’m a bad boy, f*****, you know, whatever. And I quite like playing it, but you know, the amount of f****** Diazepam I was on at the time, I was just munching.”
The ‘Football Factory’ star admitted fame had never “suited” him and he eventually lost sight of himself.
He said: “Fame never suited me. I was always f****** gonna be going down the wrong path. So I lost the plot for many years and I was a f****** lunatic.
“I became a sort of a cartoon character. I created it, don’t get me wrong. I got wrapped up in that and I sort of lost who I was, really.
“I was doing s*** loads of f****** drugs. I was searching for some-thing. There was a hole in me and I couldn’t work out what the f*** it was.”
And when he sought help, Danny wanted a facility that would leave his ego “broken down” so he could take back control of his own life.
He said: “OK, this is it, you’re gonna lose all this. You’re gonna be a shadow of the man that you are, you are gonna f*** everything up. You’re gonna have no relationship with your kids.
“This was my moment where I went, ‘Right’. I was just trying to f****** drag me a** over the line.
“I didn’t want fresh linen. I didn’t want a Priory-type gaff.
“I’m not knocking the Priory. I understand it. I needed to be down on a floor, scrubbing khazis and just broken down completely, because what I’ve recognised is ego.
“We need an ego. It’s very important to us, right? Because it keeps us alive. It keeps us sharp . . . you need your ego.
“But sometimes your ego starts to make decisions for you and you’ve gotta know when it’s you making decisions or your f***ing ego.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Phillip Schofield has “no plans” to leave ‘This Morning’.
The 60-year-old star was chosen to front the long-running daytime show as a replacement for John Leslie back in 2002 and after celebrating 20 years on the show on Monday (06.05.22), admitted he would like to spend at least another decade on the famous sofa.
He said: “The 20 years have gone by in a blink. It’s only when you see those [early] pictures that you realise how much time has gone by.I hope I’ll still be presenting ‘This Morning’ in 10 years’ time. I have no plans to leave that sofa!”
The former children’s presenter initially shared the sofa with Fern Britton until she was replaced by Holly Willoughby in 2009 and went on to admit that he will always be “grateful” to Fern for taking him under her wing during the early days
He told The Daily Mirror newspaper: “I’ll always be so grateful that Fern was so caring and looked after me so beautifully ‘This Morning’ is the best show to present – but no matter how much experience you have, it takes time to get used to it. It has its own way of doing things and its own language. Like being in a new school, it takes time to find your coat peg.”
Phillip was joined on ‘This Morning’ by current co-host Holy Willoughby, 41, back in 2009 and went on to pay tribute to his “best friend” and claimed that the pair always know what the other is thinking.
He said: “[Holly and I] are best friends, we know everything about each other and we trust each other on and off-screen. Out humour and minds work in the same way and we intuitively known what the other is thinking or will do.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Peppa Pig’ has introduced the show’s first same-sex couple.
The pre-school cartoon show – which has been on air since 2004 and focuses on a family of anthropomorphic pigs as well as the other animals in their town – has now featured a polar bear named Penny who has two mothers.
In the episode aired on Tuesday (06.09.22), Penny said: “I’m Penny Polar Bear. I live with my mummy and my other mummy. One mummy is a doctor and one mummy cooks spaghetti. I love spaghetti.”
Following the episode, Robbie de Santos from gay charity Stonewall was quick to heap praise on the producers of the Channel 5 cartoon, noting that some parents and children alike will appreciate being “represented” on such an “iconic” programme.
He told The Sun: “It’s fantastic that same-sex families are making an appearance in Peppatown. Many of those who watch the show will have two mums or two dads themselves and it will mean a lot that their experiences are being represented on such an iconic children’s programme.”
News of the new characters comes after a petition was launched which called for a same-sex couple to be introduced and has so far gained 23,892 out of a target of 25,000 signatures.
A description on thepentionsite.com read: ” despite there being six series and over 250 episodes produced so far, none of the families feature same-sex parents.
“Children watching Peppa Pig are at an impressionable age, and excluding same-sex families will teach them that only families with either a single parent or two parents of different sexes are normal. This means that children of same-sex parents may feel alienated by Peppa Pig, and that other children may be more likely to bully them, simply through ignorance.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Dame Kelly Holmes is joining ‘Loose Women.’
The 52-year-old athlete – who won gold medals for sprinting at the Olympics back in 2004 – is “extremely excited” to become a regular panellist on the ITV lunchtime chat show and hopes to bring her own “energy” to the role.
She said: “I am extremely excited about joining ‘Loose Women’. Having met a few of the panelists recently, I know that the shows will be full of energy, smiles, tears, and lots of laughs! I hope I can bring my energy to the show and I will be up for doing any mad experiences that they throw at me.”
The sports star came out as a lesbian back in back in June and – following a tell-all interview on ‘Loose Women’ – charted her experiences in the new documentary ‘Kelly Holmes: Being Me’ and explained that she has “found her voice” since opening up about her sexuality.
She told The Sun newspaper’s TVBiz column: “It will be so different to anything I have done before in my career, but now I have found my authentic voice since the airing of my documentary, I will join in on many conversations that I felt I never could before.”
Kelly will join the likes of long-running panellists such as Janet Street-Porter, Coleen Nolan, and Denise Welch on the show – which is anchored on rotation by Ruth Langsford, Kaye Adams, Christine Lampard, and Charlene White – and editor Sally Shelford is “thrilled” to have a “national treasure” on board.
She said: “We are thrilled and honoured to have Dame Kelly Holmes join the ‘Loose Women’ panel. She is a national treasure and an inspiration to us all. We can’t wait to get her take on the topics of the day. Plus, she has already set us the challenge of taking her out of her comfort zone and putting her sense of adventure to the test.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Gabby Logan’s husband has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
The 49-year-old presenter has been married to retired Scottish rugby union player Kenny, 50, since 2001 , explained that she was “shocked” to learn back in February that her husband was symptom-free and still training right up until the day before he had to go an operation.
She said: “I think that was the shocking thing for both of us, that the day before he went in for his operation, I’m jumping forwards a bit, he’d done a bike session. He had no pain, he had no symptoms. And to go in and have surgery, which is a really invasive surgery and it obviously takes a long time to recover from, you’re going to feel a lot worse after it. But very, very, very lucky.”
The former Wasps player – who has twins Lois and Reuben, 17, with his TV star wife – explained that he went for an ordinary checkup and “literally fell over” when a biopsy revealed he had cancer.
Speaking on ‘The Mid Point with Gabby Logan’, he said: ““I went to get a wellness check. I sat down with the guy and he said ‘Everything’s fine, your hormones are fine, but your PSA [prostate-specific antigen] is high.’ I said, ‘What does that mean?’. He said, ‘It’s to do with your prostate, you should probably get checked’. So I got checked and very quickly within about three or four months I had a biopsy and they said, ‘There’s something there but we’ll just keep an eye on it’.
“It’s hard because when you’re told you’ve got cancer — I literally fell over. I didn’t see it coming, no symptoms whatsoever, I had to go looking for it.”
Kenny was given the choice of radiotherapy or surgery and explained that he is very nearly back to normal after having his prostate removed completely.
He added: “I ended up deciding to take it out. So I’m now three months since the operation, had the prostate out. And I’m probably 95 per cent back to normal, maybe 90% back to normal.”

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