OHMYGOSSIP — Jack Parr is to join the cast of ‘Emmerdale.’
The ‘Peaky Blinders’ actor – who starred as Dougie Bill in the final series of the hit gangster series – has reportedly signed up to play the “dramatic” role of Jordan in the Yorkshire-based soap, with his scenes slated to air in the coming weeks.
A source told The Sun Newspaper’s TV Biz Column: “Jordan will arrive in the village in a shocking way and end up pitting neighbour against neighbour. It’s going to be a dramatic storyline and take on a serious issue.”
Jack later seemed to confirm the news by posting a screenshot of the original report to his Twitter page and received a slew of congratulatory messages in response.
Meanwhile, former ‘Emmerdale’ actor Jon-Paul Bell – who stars alongside Jack as Sgt. John Burgin in upcoming thriller series ‘Masters of the Air’ – made his debut in fellow ITV soap ‘Coronation Street’ on Easter Monday (18.04.22), taking on the role of unethical paralegal Ben Chancellor after being summoned by established character Imran Habeeb to assist in his ongoing custody battle against Abi Franklin.
Jack previously opened up about how his acting career started by accident and was inspired to take up a career in performing when a film was shot near his home and ended up quitting his degree to pursue acting roles.
He said: “I was just about to head to Leeds to do a degree in Sports Science. It was the summer in between college and university so I was enjoying myself and relaxing. Out of nowhere a huge budget movie came and filmed on an estate I lived right next to in the middle of nowhere. The word buzzed around the villages and so me and a couple of mates went down to our local village hall where they were based and asked if they needed extras. They did and assigned us to be German Soldiers for around 5 days. I had an absolute blast, met loads of people, saw how movies worked. I wanted to be back on a movie set so bad I couldn’t handle it. I ended up quitting Sports Science and pursuing a career in acting.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Heartstopper’ star Kit Connor is ” honoured” to be representing bisexuality in his new role.
The 18-year-old actor plays bisexual school boy Nicholas Nelson the upcoming Netflix drama – which is adapted from Alice Oseman’s novel of the same name – and believes “bisexuality has never been explored to this extent.”
Speaking to Metro.co.uk, he said: “I think male bisexuality is even less represented [than female or non-binary]. And I think that’s really special, going into great detail about his journey as a character and his mental struggle.
“It’s not just that confusion of ‘oh, maybe I like a boy? Maybe this isn’t what I thought it was’ and then there’s that layer of ‘oh, do I like boys? Do I like girls? How do I feel?’. There’s just that added layer of mental turmoil and confusion and conflict.
The series follows the story of two lovestruck teenage boys who have to navigate through boarding school as they struggle with their sexuality.
Kit added: “In terms of a story, it creates a really layered complex character and the journey that he goes through. You’ve got sort of similar things going on through shows like ‘Sex Education’, but never really to this extent. It’s a real honour to be able to play Nick because it’s such an under represented kind of character, really.”
Writer Alice was also keen to explore the concept of bisexuality in her work as she claimed that there was “little” representation of the sexual preference in the arts.
She said: “I think even back when I was writing the comics, I was very aware that there was little bisexual representation anywhere, really, I guess.” ’Heartstopper’ celebrates all kinds of different queer experiences, and I like to show a variety of experiences and people who are different. So yeah, it was something that I’ve always been thinking about.”
The first series of ‘Heartstopper’ is set to premiere on Netflix this Friday (22.04.22).

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OHMYGOSSIP — Safiyya Vorajee “took one look” at daughter Azaylia and knew it was her final day.
The 34-year-old influencer welcomed Azaylia back in August 2020 with her reality star ex Ashley Cain, 31, but the tot was diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia at just eight weeks old and – despite two rounds of chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant – passed away in April 2021 at aged eight months.
In an extract from her new book ‘Loving And Losing You obtained by The Sun newspaper’, Safiyya wrote: “It was April 24, 2021, and I took one look at Azaylia and knew that this was the day. She was pale and had a vulnerable look about her. Her breathing had become very slow and shallow. When her breaths finally stopped coming, Ashley and I lay either side of her on the bed, wrapping our arms around her gently. ‘We love you,’ we told her. ‘We love you, Azaylia.”
Safiyya went on to explain that just as their daughter due to “ring the bell” – a symbol in the NHS that a patient has been declared cancer-free – a doctor came to break the news that the leukaemia had returned.
The family launched an appeal to raise funds for pioneering treatment in Singapore and while they vert quickly raised over £1.5 million via a GoFundMe page, the couple were dealt a further blow when the cancer spread and rendered the treatment useless.
She continued: “Within three hours we raised a million pounds. That money meant we were able to arrange for the treatment in Singapore. But while I was organising the trip, we had another devastating blow — Azaylia’s cancer had spiked out of control and the Singapore treatment could no longer help her. A CT and ultrasound scan had shown that Azaylia had tumours in her brain, her kidneys, her liver and her spleen.”
Just two weeks later, Azaylia had passed away from the disease and Safiyya has claimed that since then, she and her footballer ex – who separated less than a year after the tragedy – are now in a “different kind of survival mode” but have used the money that would have gone on the baby’s treatment to set up The Azaylia Foundation to help other families.
She wrote: “We were in a different kind of survival mode now. When I finally pulled myself out of bed, I could barely get showered and dressed. We didn’t know what to do or how to cope, and we stayed in the house together, existing as best we could.”
“Our aim was not only to help individual children reach their life-saving goals, but to invest in cancer research and innovative treatments to revolutionise care and treatment options for children fighting cancer in the UK.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Chris Tarrant spent the first 10 years of TV career drunk.
The 71-year-old TV star landed his breakthrough presenting role on ‘ATV Today’ but confessed in his new memoir ‘It’s Not a Proper Job’ that he started boozing on the first day of work after he was “shown the ropes” by late reporter John Swallow.
The former ‘Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?’ host explained how his new boss had taken him to the local pub as soon as he started first thing in the morning.
Chris wrote: “On the day I began, I met a lovely guy called John Swallow. His idea of showing me the ropes was to go to The Crown pub.
“It was just after half 10 and my new boss was pouring pints down my neck.
“This became the normal pattern for most of the next 10 years. We would take what we always referred to as the ‘livener’, then start our day.
“We would almost certainly have a couple more at lunchtime and then there was the Green Room – open during transmission.”
Back in 2018, the ‘Tiswas’ presenter was slapped with a 12-month driving ban and fined £6,000 after he was caught drink driving following a lunchtime pub visit.
The TV presenter admitted to getting behind the wheel of his Mercedes after drinking at the Bladebone Inn to drive to his home in Berkshire just over a mile away.
It was reported that he has been there since 12:30pm downing brandy and port to a point that he could no longer walk straight and stumbled on his way out.
Reflecting on his actions at the time, he told The Mirror back in 2019: “I was silly and I have learned my lesson.
“It’s the small things I miss. I can’t just pop down the shops, and we are right in the sticks.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Big Brother’ is set for a return next year.
Five years after Channel 5 axed the reality TV show, ITV2 is set to bring it back in autumn 2023.
A source told The Sun’s Bizarre TV column: “ITV is the home of big appointment telly. They know better than anyone how to put on big live events.
“They think putting it on ITV2 will open it up to a new audience and legion of younger fans.
“They are really keen on getting the deal done on ‘Big Brother’, and hope to have something firm to announce soon.
“The talks are still at an early, and delicate, stage and the next few weeks will be key.
“It needs the full treatment and they’re confident they are the ones who can return it to its legendary former glory.
“It has millions of fans and is one of the most iconic TV shows of its generation.”
ITV bosses are considering broadcasting the show in the autumn, after the summer season of ‘Love Island’ has aired.
Rylan Clark, 33, is said to be in contention to host the revamped show.
‘Big Brother’ first ran from 2000 to 2010 on Channel 4, before Channel 5 relaunched it in 2011.
Former hosts include Davina McCall, Brian Dowling and Emma Willis.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Holly Willoughby says she could not cope if her marriage broke down.
The 41-year-old TV presenter has been happily married to TV producer Dan Baldwin since 2007 and says he and their three children are her world.
She told The Daily Mail’s Weekend magazine: “If my career tanked tomorrow I know I’d be fine.
“But if something happened with my marriage or my family, that would be the end of my world.”
Holly and Dan recently enjoyed two and a half weeks in northern Italy away from their children, as they worked together on ‘Freeze The Fear’, which Holly hosted and Dan worked on as an executive producer.
She explained: “That was pretty special. Dan and I met through work, we’re in the same business, and apart from loving him I have a lot of respect for him and we work really well together.
“Then we had this time without the kids. We’d sit on the balcony of our hotel room drinking Aperol Spritz and eating pizza.
“It was the longest I’ve ever gone without seeing my children because even when I filmed ‘I’m A Celebrity’ they all flew to Australia after a week to be with me.”
However, Holly admitted not seeing her children for weeks was tough.
She explained: “I was working a week in Italy then flying to London on a Saturday night to film ‘Dancing On Ice’ on a Sunday. I couldn’t go home because of Covid regulations, I had to stick to just two places of filming.
“So Saturday nights, on my own, I cried a lot. Never in front of the kids, but we did a lot of Zooms.
“My mum was with the kids. They were having a wonderful time.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Amanda Holden will never tone down her racy outfits.
The 51-year-old ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judge vowed to be wilder than ever after turning 50 and revealed she splashed out on sexy outfits such as thigh-high boots and latex dresses to celebrate her milestone birthday last year.
She told The Sun newspaper: “When I hit 50 I invested in a pair of thigh-high boots and I thought, ‘This is how I’m going to live the second half of my life’.
“On my birthday I also did a photoshoot where I was half naked on top of a birthday cake.
“I was never going to suddenly get out the twinset and pearls, unless I wore the twinset and pearls with a miniskirt and those thigh boots.”
And she doesn’t care if other don’t approve of her daring outfits.
She said: “I would never listen to anybody who’s going to try to tell me how to behave or how I should dress.
“I’d say bog off to any man or woman — or they — that say that about me.
“And I don’t know anyone who is not enjoying a ‘full marriage’ within my group of friends, let’s just say that. I don’t get it — I feel very sad for people who think like that, because life should be enjoyable.
“I feel like I’m grabbing life by the balls more than I ever did before.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sarah Jayne Dunn has no plans to return to acting.
The 40-year-old actress was forced to leave Channel 4 soap ‘Hollyoaks’ last year after she refused to quit adult subscription website OnlyFans and Sarah Jayne won’t return to acting unless she receives an “extremely serious” financial offer.
A source told MailOnline: “She’s earning a lot of money from it, she’s earning enough so that she doesn’t have to do any other work. If an opportunity came up like another acting job or something like that, she doesn’t have to do it.
“It would have to be an amazing opportunity that she’d love to do or financially, it would have to be extremely serious because she doesn’t need the income from that stuff any more.
“When she launched OnlyFans, she went into the top 2% pretty much straight away, and she’s maintained that throughout. The interest in her is still just as high as it was when she launched.”
However, Sarah Jayne hasn’t ruled out taking part in a reality TV show such as ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The insider said: “She can basically pick and choose what she does. If something came in, for example her favourite TV show ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, of course she’ll do that because she loves the show.
“But if it was other stuff, it’s not really worth it, it’s not going to be enough for her financially for her to not do OnlyFans. She doesn’t need to do anything else really.”

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