OHMYGOSSIP — Bobby Davro has signed up to appear in a new short film aiming to help raise awareness of eating disorders.
The comedian and former ‘EastEnders’ actor, 65, has agreed to star in ‘A Day With An Eating Disorder’, which is being produced by his friend and film-maker Lynn Crilly, an author and counsellor who specialises in supporting those living with conditions including anorexia and bulimia.
Bobby said: “Lynn Crilly has been a friend of mine for many years, I have and will always support her work in the mental health space, which I feel in today’s world is more important than ever.
“Particularly the influence and negative impact that social media can have on the younger generation.”
Bobby is the latest name to agree to perform for free in the film.
It will also feature ‘This Country’ actor Paul Cooper, who has grappled with emotional eating for many years, actress and reality TV star Jess Impiazzi, who has spoken openly about her battles with mental ill health and the former ‘Hollyoaks’ actress and ‘Celebrity Fit Club’ star Mikyla Dodd.
Ben Jardine – an actor and reality TV personality who appeared in ‘Married at First Sight’ is also taking party, saying he was proud to be “promoting awareness”.
And actor Jordan Okai, who starred in ‘Love is Enough’ and ‘South Beast’, will also appear to help convey the film’s message on mental health.
The film comes 20 years after Lynn’s daughter Samantha was diagnosed with an eating disorder and OCD
Two decades on, Lynn, author of ‘Hope With Eating Disorders’, says the film is desperately needed to provide a voice to those suffering and their carers
Producer Lynn has worked closely with her daughter Samantha, an actress, poet and writer, on the film.
The pair are both ambassadors for Sane, and this is the third film Lynn has produced and follows award-winning products on OCD and anxiety, which are topics she also specialises in treating.
The film – billed as satirical but empathetic – has been co-written by Samantha, the actress and production manager Lillie Bailey and TV presenter and film director Marvin Ambrosius.

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Only Fools and Horses’ actress Sue Holderness feels guilty the classic BBC comedy has ruined the lives of everyone called Marlene and Rodney.
The 75-year-old starred as Marlene – wife of car dealer Boycie, played by the late John Chalis – in the show from 1985 to 2003 and has now said she pities people with their characters’ names as they get constantly taunted with Boycie’s “Marleeene” catchphrase.
Sue was quoted in the Daily Star saying: “It’s surprising how many people say, ‘We’ve got a Boycie and Marlene in our pub. And people come up and say, ‘Look at my husband. He’s Boycie, isn’t he? Do the laugh love, do the laugh.’
“I mean, there are a lot of people who have a Boycie or Marlene in their lives.
“Occasionally, you meet the poor devils christened Marlene. They spend their whole lives having to hear ‘Marleeene’ and it’s affected them.”
Sue added people called Rodney also suffer from being teased by being called Dave – ‘Only Fools’ character Trigger’s constantly mistaken name for Nicholas Lyndhurst’s role on the show as Del Boy’s brother.
She added: “And of course anybody called Rodney is going to be called Dave.”
Sue was left devastated when her ‘Only Fools’ co-star John Challis died in his sleep from cancer in September 2021 aged 79.
Sue recalled seeing John a month before he died, following his long heath fight, saying on ITV at the time: “How lucky was I that John Challis became to be the other husband in my life? We were friends from the word go.
“Just five weeks ago we were having lunch together, and less than four weeks before he died John and I were filming together all day and he was fine.
“He was as much fun as usual, but he got a bit tired towards the end of the day. “So the end came very quickly. I can honestly say I don’t believe he’s gone.
“I think he’s watching us now, and we must talk about our loved ones who are no longer with us.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Natalie Cassidy sometimes feels like “the ugliest person in the room”.
The ‘EastEnders actress – who is engaged to TV cameraman Marc Humphreys – admitted she still suffers from body insecurities and doesn’t think she will ever be confident about her looks.
She told The Sun newspaper: “I can be somewhere and feel a million dollars and not even think about my weight.
“But put me in another situation, with a different group of people, and I’ll feel like the ugliest person in the room.
“And that is me being 100 per cent honest.
“I still don’t have that confidence. I still don’t want to put a swimming costume on.
“I don’t think I’ve ever — no matter what weight I’ve been — thought, ‘I look really good today’, standing naked in front of a mirror.
“I’ve been 7st and 12st and I’ve never thought that.”
Natalie, 41, who has played ‘EastEnders’ favourite Sonia Fowler for 31 years – believes her insecurities were caused by losing money for a weight-loss DVD.
She said: “When I did my DVD, I lost 4st in three months and then I put it all back on again — and more — within less time.
“That was the straw that broke the camel’s back, doing that stupid DVD. I felt really ashamed of myself.
“When I look back, doing that was the start of my issues with food. Because I never thought about it before then. I was a very confident person.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Dame Prue Leith suffered a modelling disaster while trying to emulate Naomi Campbell.
The 84-year-old ‘Great British Bake Off’ star revealed she suffered embarrassment while attempting her best supermodel strut at a charity fashion show, which ended in her knocking over two VIPs’ wine glasses.
She told The Oldie magazine: “I’d once, for a charity do, modelled an Issey Miyake dress, walking between tables of prospective rich donors.
“Attempting one of those stylish turns while sweeping off a cape – Naomi Campbell-style – to drag behind me, I’d managed to send two VIPs’ wine glasses flying.”
However, Prue didn’t let the experience put her off and recently agreed to model a dress made by her friends Vin and Omi from willow bark from the King’s Sandringham estate.
And, the latest modelling stint was even more complicated, “marching through two floors of the Other House hotel in London, through lounges, kitchen, dining room, library, bars and up and down stairs, with the audience, press and photographers lining the rooms”.
Prue went on: “My natural egotism and the lure of something new and different meant sense did not prevail.”
And, unfortunately, Prue’s latest modelling stint was no more successful than the first.
She explained: “I was the last in the line and I got lost all the time. having to rely on the audience to redirect me. I could not keep a straight face and was either panting from the effort or laughing as I lost my way, tripped or made an a** of myself.”
But, despite the chaos, Prue “absolutely loved it”.
She went on: “The buzz was terrific, it was like getting a standing ovation. The audience clapped and whooped like crazy.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Rylan Clark’s racy new show ‘Dating Naked’ features “a lot of sex”.
The reality dating show has a no clothes policy as contestants get to know each other in the nude, while living it up in a luxury Colombian villa where things get steamy.
Branded “‘Love Island’ on steroids”, the show will feature a fully-clothed Rylan, 35, as host and will air on Paramount+.
Nail technician Lauren, a contestant from Herts, told The Sun newspaper: “I did have sex on the show — a lot of us did.
“I mean, this show literally blows the socks off ‘Love Island’.
“I think you get to know people better being naked all the time.
“There’s no judgement.”
Personal trainer Dan from Woking said: “I thought everyone would just want to jump on people but for most there was a real bond.
“There was a lot of sex in the villa but it wasn’t casual, there were feelings involved.”
Social media executive Emily from Stockport added: “It shows what can happen when you strip back to basics, on everything, not just clothes.
“It actually builds better connections in friendships as well as romantically.”
‘Dating Naked’ – which first aired in the US for three series before being cancelled – has a prize of £50,000
The UK version will air on Paramount+ from 23 August.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Saoirse-Monica Jackson has resigned herself to being typecast as a schoolgirl.
The 31-year-old actress shot to fame playing neurotic teen pupil Erin Quinn in Channel 4 hit ‘Derry Girls’, and even though it has led to her being offered similar parts she says she’s grateful for it as she couldn’t land parts playing characters in their thirties before being given her breakout role.
She told Cosmopolitan UK’s digital edition: “I couldn’t get seen for parts my own age.
“So much is happening for me in real time, but in my work, I’m in the school playground.”
Saoirse added actress Dame Joanna Lumley, 78, gave her top advice as they filmed a travel show in Derry that reassured her about her career.
She went on: “Joanna said, ‘You have to get to a point of acceptance where to some people, you will always be a perpetual schoolgirl. And it will be okay, my darling, because it’ll give you a ticket to the world’.”
Saoirse is now starring in Netflix plague comedy-drama ‘The Decameron’, added about her fame: “I can walk into a bar in New York and people sit me down to chat. I’ve had conversations on the phone with people’s mums when they stop me in the street.
“It’s the best craic. It is a f****** privilege.”
Despite ‘Derry Girls’ being a springboard to bigger things for stars including Saoirse and Nicola Coughlan, 37, who went on to star in ‘Bridgerton’, its creator Lisa McGee has said the TV business is still filled with a “incredibly depressing” disparity between male and females employed in the industry.
The 43-year-old writer spoke out after the publication of a report which analyses the gender disparity of those working behind the scenes at broadcasters.
She told The Irish Times about the findings: “The schemes and programmes created to address this very issue seem to, at best, merely paper over the cracks or, if I were to be cynical, were not created with the intention of creating real change.
“There’s a real sense of exhaustion out there among my fellow writers.
“People are asking why men are still writing female stories when that certainly doesn’t go both ways – male writers dominate most genres.”
Lisa – who won an Emmy this year for her work on Channel 4’s ‘Derry Girls’ – added women in television would be “disappointed by the fall” their representation within the business – but not “shocked”.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Roberta Taylor has been hailed as “subversive, fun, warm and witty”.
The actress, best known for playing Irene Raymond in ‘EastEnders’ from 1997 to 2000 and tough Inspector Gina Gold on ITV’s ‘The Bill’ – died on 6 July aged 76 from an “infection caused by a fall two months prior, agitating her underlying health problems with pneumonia”, according to an obituary published in The Guardian.
Her agent Roxane Vacca said in a tribute: “She was a hugely talented actress with a fierce intelligence, great humanity and unflinching integrity.
“Her subversive streak brought originality to every part she played.
“To her many friends she was wonderful company. Fun, warm, witty, loyal. She was an exceptional woman.”
Her agent’s tribute was one of many paid by friends and fans, including actor Nicholas Pegg, who said she was a “mighty raconteur, a demon at Scrabble and a dear friend”.
Roberta is survived by her veteran TV actor husband Peter Guinness, 73, whose film credits include ‘Alien 3’, as well as her son Elliott, a granddaughter and two stepbrothers.
Her final appearance on the small screen was in the BBC’s private eye comedy ‘Shakespeare and Hathaway’.
Roberta’s career spanned decades and she started on ‘EastEnders’ in 1997 as the head of the Hills family.
After three years, she decided to leave the soap.
She told the Daily Mirror about her move: “I was always thinking, ‘When can I learn my lines?’
“I gave over much of my life to the show and if I was to carry on at such a pace I’d have to continue to put my life on hold.”
Roberta’s other major TV roles in ‘Silent Witness’ and ‘Inspector Morse’.
After splitting from her first husband Victor Taylor – with whom she had her son – in 1975, she got hitched to her second spouse Peter in 1996.
Fans have filled social media with their devastation she is gone.
Before going into acting, Roberta trained to be a dental nurse while training at drama school.
Her TV career took off after she starred in a string of plays Oscar Wilde’s ‘An Ideal Husband’.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Dani Dyer is engaged to footballer Jarrod Bowen after three years together.
The ‘Love Island’ star shared the happy news on Instagram revealing the West Ham star popped the question during a sun-soaked holiday. Dani posted a picture of the happy couple posing together on a boat which showed her flashing the new diamond sparkler on her left hand.
She captioned the snap: “Us forever” and added an emoji of a diamond ring.
Dani and Jarrod started dating back in 2021 and they are parents to twin daughters Summer and Star – who were born last year – while the reality star is also mum to son Santiago, three, from a previous relationship.
The engagement news comes after The Sun newspaper previously reported Jarrod spoke to Dani’s actor dad Danny Dyer about his marriage plans last year and the whole family has been eagerly waiting for an announcement.
A source told the publication: “Everyone’s saying they’ll be engaged any day now. They’re a proper family – they’ve just moved into a new house together and both sides of the family love them as a couple. It’s Dani’s dream to be married now she’s a mum of three – Jarrod has really stepped up as a dad to Santi and they’re so happy together.”
“All their friends are expecting an engagement announcement any day soon – she’d say yes in a flash. It’s something they’ve talked about a lot.”
Jared plays for Danny’s favourite football club and the former ‘EastEnders’ star previously gave his seal of approval to the relationship on his podcast, joking to his daughter: ‘I’m probably more in love with your boyfriend than you are”.
He then added: “West Ham are my one true love. I think I love West Ham more than anything else on this planet.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Will Bayley has claimed there was “no duty of care” when he injured himself on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The 36-year-old Paralympian – who was born with arthrogryposis which affects all four of his limbs – competed on the 2019 edition of the BBC Latin and ballroom show but had to pull out when he injured his ankle after trying to perfect a risky move in rehearsals and claimed that the incident has left a lasting impact.
He told The Sun newspaper: “Now feels like the right time to speak up. I hope what I went through never happens to anyone else.
“I think the show thought they were being inclusive by casting me, but I actually felt pressured.
“I have got a serious disability and I don’t think anyone was really looking out for me when I injured myself, leaving me with injuries that still affect me to this day.
“No one has ever contacted me from the BBC or said sorry.
“There was no duty of care — I should have been taken to hospital as soon as I had the accident, but all they cared about was trying to get me to dance.”
Will – who was paired with Janette Manrara during his time on the show – recalled having to jump off a table as part of a routine but claimed that his partner had branded him as “rubbish” and pushed himself to do the stunt as a result even though it left him in the “most horrific pain” he has ever experienced.
He said: ” There was a table for me to jump off was brought out and I said, ‘I’m not sure I can land safely’.
“Everyone assured me I would be fine. I didn’t want to do the jump, and my coach said before, ‘He can’t do jumps’.
“We practiced a few times and I was really careful. But then Janette said my jump was ‘rubbish’ and I needed to smile more and go for it and show a bit of passion.
“I was really determined, so I went for it and smiled at the camera. When I landed I just had the most horrific pain. I still have flashbacks now.
“I was lying on the floor thinking my whole career was over. I heard my leg crack, I couldn’t breathe.”
Will recalled his knee “popping out of its socket” as he landed but is sure that BBC bosses “didn’t want” him to undergo treatment at the hospital so they could ensure he would still perform on the show as he admitted that he lives with the repercussions every day.
He added: “”I felt like ‘Strictly’ didn’t want me to go to hospital at the time. They knew then I definitely wouldn’t be able to dance.
“I had straps on my knees that were trying to hold it in place to see if I could try to dance, but my knee was falling out of the socket.
“They even asked me to try to do some moves. I did one step of dance. I didn’t go to hospital until two days later, where they finally scanned my leg and told me I needed to pull out.
“I’ll never get over that injury — you have it for life. I’ve already got a limiting disability but this on top of it. I wake up in the morning and it hurts.”
The news follows the confirmation fellow professional dancers Giovanni Pernice and Graziano Di Prima will not be returning to the programme amid allegations about his treatment of his celebrity dance partners

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OHMYGOSSIP — Vanessa Bauer has admitted that the training regime used on ‘Dancing on Ice’ is “different” to that of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The 28-year-old skater serves as a professional on ITV1’s rival to the BBC Latin and ballroom competition – which recently announced that it would be introducing chaperones in a bid to tighten its duty of care protocols amid a major misconduct row – and admitted that even though rehearsals are “intense”, there is an extra element of safety needed on her show so there are always several people present.
She told The Sun newspaper’s TVBiz column: “Their training regime is different to Dancing on Ice. But yeah, training is intense.
“All our sessions are recorded and we also have coaches on the side that are helping with spotting our lifts.
“We have to have an added safety factor, so most of the time there are people around on the ice rink anyway.”
Graziano Di Prima has been axed by bosses of ‘Strictly’ in the last week amid reports of alleged misconduct relating to how he treated his 2023 partner Zara McDermott, and fellow professional dancer Giovanni Pernice will also not be returning to the programme amid allegations about his treatment of his celebrity dance partners.
Despite the controversy surrounding ‘Strictly’ at the present time, Vanessa admitted earlier this month that she would like to swap the rink for the dancefloor and become a contestant.
She said: “I would love to do ‘Strictly’. I think it’s time for a Dancing on Ice pro to be a celebrity on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
“We’ve had enough ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ pros being a celebrity on ‘Dancing on Ice’ and I think it’s time to switch the world.”

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