OHMYGOSSIP — Natalie Imbruglia has won ‘The Masked Singer’.
The 47-year-old star – who sang Taylor Swift’s hit ‘Blank Space’ and One Direction’s ‘Story of My Life’ – saw off competition from Mushroom and Robobunny to claim victory in the final of the ITV show.
Speaking after being unmasked, Natalie said: “I just loved being Panda! I stayed in an American accent the whole time to hide it!
“I really thought Rita [Ora] and Davina [McCall] would guess as they know me! I got to make friends with a Mushroom and Robobunny. It’s just been great.”
Before she was unmasked, the judges speculated that Panda might have been ‘High School Musical’ star Vanessa Hudgens.
Earlier in the show, Mushroom was unmasked as Charlotte Church.
The 35-year-old singer subsequently took to social media to discuss her time on ‘The Masked Singer’, admitting she “loved” competing in the series.
Charlotte wrote on Twitter: “I absolutely loved being your Mushroom, what a joy to be a part of something so focused on singing, which I love! Congrats to the darling Panda and everyone else who took part! [mushroom emojis] (sic)”
Meanwhile, Westlife’s Mark Feehily was unmasked as Robobunny.
The ‘Swear It Again’ hitmaker – who finished third in the final – admitted that his time on the show had been a “challenge”. However, he also claimed that it’s given him new confidence.
The series finale saw the return of contestants from the first two series, including Joss Stone, who won the ‘Masked Singer’ crown in 2021.
Joss, 34, actually joined the usual judging panel – which includes Jonathan Ross, Mo Gilligan, Rita Ora and Davina McCall – for the final, and they were shocked when Natalie revealed her identity to the audience.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kate Garraway says she and husband Derek Draper have found “a new way to be in love”.
Two years after contracting COVID-19, Derek still requires 24-hour care at home and Kate says the trust he puts in her to manage his illness has led to their relationship taking on a deeper meaning.
She told The Mail on Sunday’s You magazine: “I’m not sure that we’ve ever fallen out of love, but I think a new path is emerging, a new way to be in love.
“He puts huge trust in me. He just says: ‘Whatever you think.’ Which is wonderful, but I do get quite tearful about it. I think: ‘God, I hope I’m worthy of that trust.’ But I’ve got his back. That is a relationship in itself, isn’t it? How many times do couples have doubts about each other? That’s a positive thing to come out of this, to have that certainty of each other. He and I are very close.
“I don’t think things will ever be the same again, because I don’t think we as a family and he as a human being could go through something like that and not be impacted by it. Months in a coma and then this. It’s going to change him, even if it’s only emotionally. We’ve all been through so much. I’m not the same.”
Although Kate, 54, and their children Darcey, 15 and Billy, 12, have found it difficult to cope with Derek’s illness, she admitted that nothing compares to how Derek is struggling.
She explained: “If it is gruelling for me, it’s even more so for him, I’m sure, because he’s living with it. As much as it impacts on the children and myself, being in his body must be so much worse.”
In the documentary ‘Finding Derek’, which Kate previously made about his illness, Derek admitted to feeling suicidal and Kate revealed: “I still sense that in him. But now I think he believes he can get better, but until we know how, it’s challenging.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Anton Du Beke’s contract as a ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ judge is set to be renewed.
The professional dancer has been a huge hit with viewers after joining the judging panel as a replacement for Bruno Tonioli when the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions made it difficult for Bruno to fly between the UK and the US, where he is a judge on ‘Dancing With The Stars’.
And Anton, 55, is set to be rewarded with a new contract.
A source told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: “We have been told Anton’s contract as a judge is going to be renewed. The bosses were really happy with his performance.
“It also hasn’t escaped their notice his salary is considerably lower than Bruno’s.”
It has also been claimed that Bruno – who is working on the ‘Strictly’ live tour – will not return to the show, despite support from fellow judges including Craig Revel Horwood.
The insider added: “Bruno has been an integral part of ‘Strictly’ for more than a decade, and there is a huge amount of affection for him from those on the show.
“This decision will ruffle some feathers, not least with Craig, who has been a very, very vocal advocate for welcoming Bruno back. But the bosses’ attitude is, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’.”
Bruno, 66, previously joked that Anton “needed the money” from the show but admitted he was unsure about his own future on ‘Strictly’.
He said: “Good for him. He needs the money. If they want me, I’ll be back. But they may say, ‘Anton was great, we don’t need you’.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Gemma Collins was afraid to tell her parents about self-harming as a teen.
The 41-year-old reality TV star – who will share her story in the upcoming Channel 4 documentary ‘Gemma Collins: Self Harm And Me’ – admitted she was terrified to open up about her issues because she feared she would be “locked in a mental asylum” for the rest of her life.
Gemma told the Sunday Mirror newspaper: “Pressure would build up and that was the way that I would deal with it. I felt relief when I self-harmed. It was a coping mechanism for me if I felt stressed.
“But I just couldn’t talk about it. When you do it for the first time you don’t know why but you hope ‘I never do that again’ and you hope those feelings never come back that make me want to do it.
“I hid it so well. I didn’t do it every day or every week – it was every couple of months.
“When I was growing up you didn’t talk about your problems or aired your dirty laundry in public.
“So when I started self-harming I couldn’t tell anyone because I was thinking I’m going to get locked up, not going to see my family or friends and I’m going to be in a mental asylum my whole life.”
Speaking previously about the documentary, Lee Murray, Channel 4’s Commissioning Editor, said: “Gemma Collins has taken the brave decision to open up about her own experience with self-harm.
“As an instantly recognisable and relatable figure we applaud her courage in revealing her own struggles, and hope this film and her insight will spark vitally important conversations around young people and self-harm”.
The mental health charity Mind added: “Our research at Mind has also shown that when people in the public eye speak about their mental health, it encourages others to do the same – as many as one in five people have spoken to a loved one as a direct result of seeing a celebrity speak out.
“This demonstrates how vital it is that people in the public eye continue to speak honestly about their mental health experiences, including coping mechanisms like self-harm.
“Mind is working with Channel 4 to ensure the issues covered are handled sensitively and portrayed accurately.
“We hope that this storyline will help to build a greater understanding of why some young people use self-harm as a way to deal with poor mental health, and that it will encourage viewers who are struggling to get the support they need.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Roman Kemp and Maura Higgins were “all over each other” at a BRIT awards bash.
The 29-year-old Capital FM breakfast show host and the 31-year-old reality TV star were spotted flirting at Tom Grennan’s BRIT Awards afterparty last week.
A source told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: “Everyone was talking about how Maura and Roman were flirting and all over each other during the bash.
“They were dancing together and laughing a lot, they seemed to be glued to each other’s sides all night.
“Maura has been unlucky in love lately, but hanging out with Roman seemed to put a smile back on her face.”
However, a spokesperson for Roman said: “Roman and Maura are friends.”
Meanwhile, Maura’s ex Giovanni Pernice, 31, was spotted kissing TV star Emily Atack, 32, at a separate BRITS bash.
An onlooker said: “Gio and Emily were snogging the faces off each other. Their hands were everywhere and they were absolutely loving it.
“He had been following her around the club and joined her on Maya Jama’s private table. Before long he had his arms draped over her on the dance floor where they kissed — and then held hands outside in the smoking area.
“There were also loads of raunchy performers on stage which they watched while cosying up together. It was more than flirty.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Liberty Poole is the latest star to be eliminated from ‘Dancing on Ice’.
The 22-year-old former ‘Love Island’ contestant and her professional partner Joe Johnson lost the dreaded skate off against Olympian Kye Whyte and his partner Tippy Packard during Sunday’s (13.02.22) episode.
Liberty took a tumble during her routine – which was inspired by rollercoasters as they are one of her favourite things – after a lift went wrong and the judges decided to send her home.
Ashley Banjo said: “That was tough. It was really close, I’m gonna go with the performance I enjoyed slightly more, and that was Kye and Tippy.”
Jayne Torvill added: “It’s so close at this stage of the competition, but the performance I enjoyed most is Kye and Tippy.”
Her fellow skater Christopher Dean said: “Tonight I went with power and passion, and that’s Kye and Tippy.”
Liberty did find support from judge Oti Mabuse, who said: “I want for both of you to do well. I’m going to go with the performance I believe was stronger, and that’s Liberty and Joe.”
Despite her exit, Liberty told hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby that she had “enjoyed every second” of her time on the ITV show and paid tribute to her mother for her support.
She said: “Even though we had that fall tonight, I’ve enjoyed every second and I want to thank everyone behind the scenes and my mum for being in the audience every week. She is my rock.”
‘Dancing on Ice’ continues on ITV from 6pm next Sunday (20.02.22).

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OHMYGOSSIP — Frankie Essex is pregnant with twins.
The ‘Only Way is Essex’ star admitted it was a huge “shock” when she and partner Luke Love discovered she was carrying two babies but she was in “tears of happiness” when she found out.
She told new! magazine: ““I was just so shocked. How we found out was really lovely.
“The lady scanning me was focusing on one baby and was then like, ‘What else do we have here then?’ and I was so shocked and asked, ‘Are we having twins?’ I burst out crying, tears of happiness. It was just so beautiful. It was lovely.
We had an early scan as we were so excited. There are no twins in the family and we conceived naturally. They’re not identical.
“It was such a shock, but it’s a blessing and we are so over the moon. It’s amazing. As soon as we told the family, I asked if twins run on either side and as far as we all know, they don’t.”
When she found out she was pregnant, the 34-year-old star hadn’t planned to find out the sex of her baby, but she and Luke will now as she doesn’t want any more “surprises”.
Asked if she knows the sex of the twins, she said: “We haven’t [found out] yet but we are going to. I didn’t want to, but as soon as we found out we were having twins we both agreed that we’d find out. I would have wanted it to be a surprise, but I think I’ve already had the biggest surprise.”
Frankie has had one baby name picked out for years, so it’s proving difficult to select another as she wants the twins’ monikers to “match”.
She said: “I’ve always had a name in mind, ever since I was younger. When I first met Luke, I told him it. We’ve had to think of names, as it’s so hard to think of two matching names. So we’ve got options.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Russell T Davies dreaded getting ‘It’s A Sin’ wrong.
The 58-year-old screenwriter created the acclaimed TV drama series – which focuses on a group of gay men during the HIV crisis in the UK – and admitted he would have been “mortified” if he “upset” people with the “wrong tone” for the sensitive story.
Speaking to Radio Times magazine, he said: “It had been looming in my head for years, almost with a sense of dread.
“Because if I got it wrong, I would have gone to the grave mortified. It doesn’t matter if I get ‘Doctor Who’ wrong. It doesn’t matter if I get ‘Years and Years’ wrong. it doesn’t matter if I get ‘Jeremy Thorpe’ wrong. Who cares? Move on, next drama. If I’d got this wrong – and by wrong I mean if I’d upset people, or just struck the wrong tone, or let down the people we’d lost – that would have been an awful thing. It’s very unusual to approach a project with that heaviness, that sense of dread.”
The 2021 show – which won Best New Drama at the National Television Awards – was rejected by rival broadcasters BBC and ITV, and became the most-watched show on Channel 4, which Russell admits was “thrilling” because it hadn’t been expected.
He added: “The night before transmission, Alex Mahon – who’s the head of Channel 4 – sent me a lovely e-mail saying, ‘It doesn’t matter how many viewers we get tomorrow, we’re really proud of it,’ which was like a kiss of death. I thought, ‘Oh my God, they’re actually expecting zero viewers, right at the very top.’ so the fact that those numbers were so high was thrilling.
“I mean, you only do these things for viewers, you’re just lying if you say you don’t. You do them so that millions of people will come and watch. I mean ‘Cucumber’ [Davies’ 2015 Channel 4 drama exploring 21st century gay life] was getting audiences of about 1 million. Some episodes got less. So I was kind of resigned to that in my head.”
Olly Alexander – who played a leading role in the critically-acclaimed show – described making ‘It’s a Sin’ as “one of the greatest experiences” of his life.
The Years Years star – who plays Ritchie Tozer in the series – said recently: “It was one of the greatest experiences of my life. It’s created a conversation that I’m amazed to be a part of. A global conversation.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Davina McCall has people trying to “trick” her into revealing the identities of ‘The Masked Singer’ contestants.
The 54-year-old presenter is one of the judges on the ITV programme and she insisted it would “ruin” the programme for viewers if they knew which celebrities were hidden behind the elaborate costumes so she won’t give anyone any clues, even though she is constantly asked.
She said: “I could talk about ‘The Masked Singer’ all day long!
“For the past few months my most used emoji is the one with the two hands up in the air and the shrugging shoulders.
“Non-stop, people ask me, friends ask me. I was in Tesco today and someone tried to trick me into saying something.
“They go, ‘Of course Panda is so and so’ and I go, ‘You’re not going to do it that easily. I’m not even going to give you a hint you might be right!’ If you find out before the show and you didn’t just guess it, it ruins it. That is the joy of the show.
“We’re like Official Secrets Act-trained — we’ve signed, like, an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) and legally we can’t discuss it.”
Davina admitted she is “amazed” people are still clueless as to who the three stars appearing in tonight’s (12.02.22) final are, but admitted producers have made it harder to guess this year.
She told The Sun newspaper: “It’s a very a grand finale. They are performing a couple of songs each. And more VTs for everybody to try and guess. It always amazes me that even now, people are still guessing.
“There was someone on Twitter who, weeks and weeks and weeks ago, after the first two shows, guessed virtually everyone correctly. The clues this time have been really hard.
“We all got quite good last season so they ramped it up and they know how to send us off on a wild goose chase.”
And if she wasn’t a judge on the show, Davina would be watching at home, trying desperately to figure out the contestants’ identities.
She said: “I can’t think of a show that has made you want to sit down with tiny kids as a family as much as this. A small child is not going to know who Michelle Williams is, though we all do. But they don’t care. They’re just excited to see it’s a lady.
“There’s something joyous about needing accessories to watch a TV programme! The number of people who tell me they’re sat there with a notebook and pen, like me.
“Those are my people. I’m a nerd! If we were filming this at the same time as screening it, I’d be sitting watching the TV with a notebook and pen every week. But we can’t do that or we’d all be on Google and it would be cheating.”

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