OHMYGOSSIP — Paul Sinha went through the “worst week of his life” when he was hospitalised for heart bypass surgery.
‘The Chase’ star, 54, had two heart attacks during the Edinburgh Fringe last August and later had to undergo a heart bypass surgery at St George’s Hospital in London.
Appearing on ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’, he candidly shared with presenters Charlotte Hawkins and Richard Madeley: “It’s been a busy 12 months. It’s been fine. I mean, I had the worst week of my life in December being in hospital for a bypass operation.
“It was an extraordinarily traumatic week for me, not least when I was trying to get some sleep and a patient two beds down had his wife on speakerphone and heard his wife bellowing the following words across the ward: ‘The ironic thing is he’s The Chaser I’ve always hated.’
“To this day that was probably the most traumatic day of my life and in many ways it cheered me up because it was such a ludicrous thing to happen. You’ve got life.”
The stand-up comedian admitted that he has tried to remain positive despite the past year being “tough” for him.
He continued: “It’s been tough but you keep fighting, you keep battling on, not least because you don’t have any other options really.
“People often call you brave. I’m not brave – I’m just pragmatic and positive.”
The star – who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019 – previously revealed that he only cancelled two of his ‘Edinburgh Fringe’ shows after his heart attacks because he was concerned about “financial ruin”.
The funnyman said he would lose around £20,000 in ticket sales if he pulled out of more shows.
Meanwhile, he explained to the Daily Telegraph newspaper: “The reason I want to share my story is that I truly think performers need to think more about taking better and more holistic self-care of themselves.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Anton Du Beke feels “very territorial” about ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The 58-year-old judge first appeared on the BBC Latin and ballroom competition as a professional from the very first series, and he is delighted to still be involved after more than two decades.
He told ‘BBC Breakfast’: I love the show and I feel very territorial about the show as I think it is a brilliant thing.”
He was asked by presenter Sally Nugent if he ever saw “anything that made him uncomfortable”, given the recent scandal around the show regarding allegations of misconduct.
Anton replied: “No, I can only speak for myself of course. The only time we are all together is on Saturday for the live show.
“The rest of the week you are off with your partner. So that’s as much time as you have with everyone, one day.
“I enjoyed my time as a professional dancer enormously. I had the most wonderful relationships with all my partners who I wouldn’t have changed for the world, all of them.
“And I got the great opportunity to spend time with some wonderful ladies that I probably would never crossed paths with otherwise, even in the industry.”
Anton picked out Ann Widdecombe, hailing her as “remarkable” during their time together on the show.
He added: “We had the most brilliant time and I can say that for all my partners.”
The dancer was also asked if ‘Strictly’ had become too competitive over the years, but he insisted the nature of ballroom means that drive has always been there.
He said: “Well it was competitive then. We were all competitive dancers who had all walked off the competitive ballroom into the studio.
“It was enormously competitive then, I mean nobody knew we would be going 20 years later. We were there for ‘Strictly’ to be like, ‘This is what we do, ballroom dancing.’ ”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jamelia didn’t sign up to ‘Celebs Go Dating’ looking for ‘The One’.
The 43-year-old singer has been single for two-and-a-half years but rather than going on the E4 dating show to find her next flame, she was looking forward to “the therapy side” and getting advice from the show’s relationship experts Anna Williamson, Paul C Brunson and Dr Tara.
She told new magazine: “I wasn’t [looking for The One]. I was looking for advice and guidance. It was the therapy side I was more interested in.
“When I first joined the show I was convinced I didn’t want a relationship, but now I do want one because I know myself and what I want so much better.
“I want it all now! I gained so much more than I thought I would.”
The ‘Superstar’ hitmaker was also keen on the idea of getting dates without having to put in “the graft” herself.
She explained: “I was drawn to the fact that it was free therapy and you get to have dates hand-picked for you, so I don’t have to do the graft. I don’t have to go to clubs or swipe right.
“To be honest, it was the right time in my life. I’ve been single for two-and-a-half years and I was ready to date and this came along so I was like, ‘Yeah, actually, I do want to do that.’ ”
Having completed the show, Jamelia feels “so confident now”, and able to tell potential partners exactly what she wants from a relationship.
She added: “Honestly, the woman that walked into this process and the woman that is walking out are two totally different people.
“I feel like this whole experience just empowered me. I feel so confident now when it comes to dating and communicating what I want in a relationship.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kellie Maloney regrets going on ‘Celebrity Big Brothers’ so soon after coming out as transgender.
The 71-year-old boxing promoter – who was known as Frank Maloney prior to undertaking gender reassignment – transition a decade ago, and appeared on ‘CBB’ the same year, and she wishes the opportunity had come later.
Speaking to new magazine, she said: “I look back on that and wish I hadn’t done it.
“Yes, it did help people understand what I went through, but I wish I could have gone on the show a year later, or even now, and people would’ve seen the real me.
“Instead, they saw someone emotionally unstable, a person still trying to find their way in the world. I’ve had people say I was great in it, but I felt I left myself down.”
Kellie – who has shared her life story in new documentary ‘Knock Out Blonde: The Kellie Maloney Story’ – played down the idea of appearing on another reality show, although she won’t rule out the “right offer”.
She added: “I don’t think television needs me any more! But, if the right offer came up, and I thought it would help educate people, then maybe.
“I like to help people understand that trans people are just the same as anybody else.”
Kellie revealed she has learned “to be a happier person” since her transition.
She explained: “I’ve learnt to be a lot more considerate, and to try to understand the world better.
“Before, I just wanted success, I wanted everything. I’ve realised material stuff can’t buy you happiness and peace of mind, which I now have.”
Kellie admitted she “never realised how ruthless or arrogant” she was as Frank, insisting she was “not a very nice person” as she navigated the world of boxing.
But she said: “I think that toughness helped me through my transitioning, and helped me ignore the haters and the online abuse.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jeff Brazier’s experience of losing his dad helped his family to cope with Jade Goody’s death.
The 45-year-old TV star was just nine years old when his dad, Stephen Faldo, passed away, and he believes that experience helped him and his sons – Bobby, 21, and Freddie, 19 – to cope with Jade’s death.
Jeff said on ‘Celebrity Race Across The World’: “My experience in childhood probably really lent into how I’ve parented Bobby and Freddy.
“My mum, probably against everyone’s opinions decided to have me even though she was only 15-years-old so I’m forever grateful for that.
“I didn’t ever have the company of my biological dad, he died when I was nine. I always obviously regret never meeting him, so when it came to me being a dad I was always going to make sure that they had the experience of me that I would have liked to have had from him.”
Jeff recently admitted that he “doubled down” on his parental responsibilities after Jade passed away.
The reality TV star died from cervical cancer in March 2009, aged 27, and Jeff subsequently put even more focus on his parenting.
Jeff – who was in a relationship with Jade between 2002 and 2004 – said on ‘Celebrity Race Across The World’: “I think when the boys lost their mum I really doubled down on putting all of my time, effort, attention, focus on my children.
“I needed to be there, helping them to navigate whatever the future was going to look like for them given their loss. And I’m still playing that role.
“But yeah the more Fred does for himself, I know that he can start to push on in life.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Dan Edgar is “very much done” with Amber Turner.
The 33-year-old reality star was in a long-term relationship with his ‘The Only Way is Essex’ co-star Amber Turner, 31, from 2019 until 2023 but admitted that now, other than caring for their dog Oliver, everything is over and done with between them even though they have had to film the E4 series together.
He told OK! Magazine: “Yeah, no matter how much time goes by it is never nice to be away [during filming in Cyprus] with your ex. But there’s nowhere else to go with it. We are very much done. We still have the tie of the dog but we don’t really talk any more – we were never going to rekindle. Too much has happened and we both went our separate ways.”
Meanwhile, Dan had a brief relationship with his fellow ‘TOWIE’ co-star Ella Rae Wise, 24, earlier this year but he has now revealed that they are “trying to get back where [they] were” even though he initially thought she wasn’t taking things “seriously” with him during their filming breaks.
He said: “I haven’t seen her for a couple of months. We started seeing each other after filming and then she went away and I went away. We never settled on where it was going or what it was. We were both jokey but reserved, there was maybe not as much communication as there should have been between us.
“There were things that I got in my head, which should have been spoken about – I got the idea that she wasn’t being that serious about it. We didn’t speak about that properly. We had some time apart but we still spoke.
“I am not speaking to anyone [else] and she isn’t. When we are filming, we’re around each other a lot, but the break in filming changes things a bit. But we spoke a lot during the break. We are seeing if we can get back to where we were – I get on really well with her and Freddie [Bentley].”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ricky Gervais has been tipped as a superstar signing for the new celebrity version of ‘The Traitors’.
The hit BBC show is returning with an all-star version which is slated to start filming in early 2025 and a new report suggests the comedian is top of producers’ wish list as they aim to bring in big names for the spin-off.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “The Beeb want the crème de la crème of stars for the celeb spin-off, and they ideally have to be incredibly smart, funny, and mischievous – and that’s Ricky in three words.
“Behind the scenes, big names have already expressed their interest in taking part from the moment it was revealed the new version of ‘The Traitors’ was being made.
“So Ricky will be in good company around the Traitors table, but whether he takes part will probably depend on his hugely busy diary.”
A third season of ‘The Traitors’ has been filmed and is due to air in January. A fourth series is also being planned alongside the celebrity version.
Announcing news of the starry spin-off, the BBC’s head of entertainment, Kalpna Patel-Knight said: “‘The Traitors’ has well and truly established itself as an unmissable highlight of the year and the news of a fourth outing, alongside a brand new celebrity version coming to the BBC, will take the series to a whole new level.”
Including celebrities in the format has already been tested on the US version of the show – hosted by Alan Cumming – which has included a slew of American reality stars in the cast as well as Brits such as ‘Love Island’ cast member Ekin-Su Culculoglu and former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Susie Dent still gets a “buzz” when she hears the ‘Countdown’ theme tune.
The 59-year-old linguist has appeared in the Dictionary Corner of the Channel 4 game show for more than 30 years and admitted that whenever the music starts in the studio, she still gets a “rush of adrenaline” all these decades later.
Asked which piece of music changed her life, she told The Guardian: “The ‘Countdown’ theme tune, by composer Alan Hawkshaw, no question. Thirty-plus years since I first heard it for real, it still gives me a buzz and a rush of adrenaline.”
Meanwhile, the TV star joked that her go-to karaoke song would probably be the classic disco track ‘I Will Survive’ by Gloria Gaynor even though she would need to have had a sufficient amount of alcohol first.
She said: “Given enough wine I reckon I could belt out I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor. I’d also love to have a go at Perfect Skin by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, the first band I saw live. I secretly wanted to be the girl in the song: ‘cheekbones like geometry and eyes like sin’.”
Despite having appeared on the Channel 4 teatime game show since 1992, Susie recently admitted that she still gets nervous whenever the clock starts ticking in her letters round and revealed that former presenter Richard Whiteley – who died in 2005 at the age of 61 – liked the famous tune so much that he carried it around as his ringtone.
Speaking on ITV’s ‘Lorraine’, she said: “I still get nervous. When the clock starts ticking, my heart starts racing sometimes! Richard Whiteley, I remember, had it has his ringtone!”
Susie – who has just released her debut novel ‘Guilty By Definition’ – also features on the late night edition of the programme, ‘8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown’ but admitted she was also “pretty nervous” for that version of the show until she got on set.
She added: “The format really works, it’s so brilliant. I was pretty nervous because I wondered what I was actually going to do, but actually we’re just there to have the mickey taken out of us!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Chris Robshaw thought he was going to have to deliver his son at home.
The 36-year-old former rugby union player – who has carved out a career in television since his days in sport and is due to appear on the upcoming series of ‘Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins’ – has been married to singer Camilla, 36, since 2018 and already has three-year-old, Wilding with her but thought when his wife went into labour at home in July with Hunter that he was going to bring his son into the world himself before the ambulance arrived.
He told OK! Magazine: “I thought I was going to have to deliver the baby, but they sent an ambulance instead. It’s been so nice, as this time around I’ve got 10 weeks paternity leave. When we had Wilding I was playing rugby and I went back to work the next day. We’re also lucky that we have both grandparents nearby.”
Chris also noted that he and Camilla are “so much more confident” this time round and is full of admiration for how “supportive” his wife has been with him over the years.
He said: “We’re so much more confident. Before we had Wilding I was so nervous about holding a newborn, but now I’m carrying Hunter around with one arm!
“I think the fact she’s been so supportive of me over the years. And to see her now raise our two boys, how loving, caring and absolutely amazing she is. She challenges me as well, which is good. You need someone who supports you, but also pushes you in
the right direction.”
Meanwhile, West End star Camilla – who was discovered by Take That star Gary Barlow in 2009 and has since appeared in musicals such as ‘Les Miserables’ and also performed with tenor Andrea Bocelli – revealed that the newborn was actually named after supermodel Rachel Hunter because she is a heroine of hers.
She said: “He was actually named after Rachel Hunter. I grew up in New Zealand and she’s a hero there and the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. We just wanted a powerful name.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Julia Bradbury has learned to embrace nature for the sake of her health.
The 54-year-old presenter – who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021 – has described walking as her “therapy” and is concerned that people these days do not spend as much time outside as they should.
Speaking on ITV’s ‘Lorraine’, she told stand-in host Ranvir Singh: “I’ve always said that walking is my therapist, it’s my best friend and it’s my outdoor journey. We human beings have evolved to be in nature. I think one of the biggest health mistakes we make in our lives every day is that we don’t spend enough time outside. I’m not a natural morning person, genetically I’m a night owl but I have switched myself. I get out of my windowsill or go into the garden and I get daylight into my eyes. Just to kick-start the hormones. I calm myself and get ready for the day ahead, I look at the trees, take it all in, and accept and love Mother Nature as part of me.”
The former ‘Countryfile’ host also claimed that regular cold showers have helped her feel “amazing” and that most people should embrace “discomfort” within their lives.
She said: “We live in this bubble environment where we’re inside and warm, we put a coat on to take the bins out. You don’t need to, you’re gonna be fine! Have a cold shower, switch the shower from warm to cold. I do that three times a week and I love it, I feel amazing afterward! Discomfort is good and we have fallen into this comfort crisis. The food we eat, packaged, quick, microwave, put it in the oven and it’ll be ready in 20 minutes.
“Cook! Spend the time, do that. It’s not easy, but in the long run, look at what we’re doing to ourselves.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Diane Carson “didn’t expect” ‘The Traitors’ to change her life.
The 63-year-old retired teacher found instant fame when she took part in the hit BBC reality series and even though things are still fairly normal in her Lancashire hometown, she has found it all to be “great fun” when she is approached by fans in the street.
Speaking on ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’, she said: “Certainly when I signed up for it, I did not expect the popularity, the way my life has changed. I was just having fun with it. It’s great fun.
“It depends where I am, certainly where I live, [getting recognsied] doesn’t really happen but if it does, it’s great as well.”
The ‘Celebrity Masterchef’ contestant is now gearing up to tread the boards in a touring production of the new play ‘Mothers of the Brides’ but insisted that even though she has no professional acting experience, she isn’t feeling at all “nervous” and grabbed the opportunity as soon as it came along.
She said: “I’m one of the mothers, so the idea is that the three ladies have all got mothers whose daughters went to school together and they’re all getting married on the same day.
“All these sorts of things happening, which is what happens with weddings.
“I don’t get nervous about things – definitely, it’s a challenge. It might be out of my comfort zone, it’s touring for two-and-a-half months, and I don’t travel lightly. You should see how many cases I took to ‘The Traitors’. You only live once, I’m of an age, it’s been offered so I’m going to have a go.
“I’m very happy to stand in front of hundreds, thousands, of people. I’m not worried, I’m not nervous. I don’t think anybody should be nervous. If you don’t know one person, so what?”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kerry Katona has warned Molly Smith and Tom Clare to not get “carried away” following their ‘Love Island: All Stars’ win.
The 43-year-old star – who was initially married to Westlife singer Brian McFadden from 2002 until 2006 and has Molly, 22, and 21-year-old Lilly-Sue with him and went on to have Heidi, 17, and Max, 15, with second husband Mark Croft as well as DJ, nine, with the late George Kay – is now engaged to fitness instructor Ryan Mahoney but after Molly and Tom announced they have bought their first home together,she has suggested that they should avoid “rushing into” things judy six months on from their victory on the ITV2 show.
Writing in her OK! Magazine column, she said: “‘Love Island: All Stars’’ Molly Smith and Tom Clare have bought their first home together, which is great and congratulations to them. I do think you need to be careful when buying together so early on in your relationship, though.
“Being in a show like ‘Love Island’ is like a bubble rather than real life and you can get carried away. Take it from me, I fall fast and have rushed into everything! Sometimes moving fast works but other times it doesn’t, so I hope it does work out for them. But for me, I’ve been engaged for years now and it’s been really nice just taking things at our own pace.”
But the former ‘Loose Women’ panellist noted that she “cringes” at all romantic reality television and recalled getting drunk before her appearance on ‘Celebs Go Dating’ just to alleviate her nerves.
She said: “When it comes to the dates, it’s nerve-wracking. I remember Pete Wicks got me drunk before my first one to calm my nerves – that was the only time I was boozy though! I’m not one to kiss on camera. Anything romantic on TV makes me cringe so I didn’t do any PDA. It’s funny because I do OnlyFans, but that’s a subscription site – not national TV!”

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