OHMYGOSSIP — Russell Watson thinks Davina McCall could potentially be in recovery from her brain tumour surgery for more than two years.
The 57-year-old tenor was diagnosed with a benign brain tumour just before his 40th birthday and a second one the following year led to a brain haemorrhage but as he sent his love to former ‘Big Brother’ host Davina – who recently underwent an operation to remove a rare type of benign tumour herself – he warned that she could be in recuperation for a considerable amount of time because of the type of surgery she had.
Speaking on ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’, he said: ” I think with situations like that you don’t really have a choice. You have to deal with it. Davina, I’ve worked with her on lots of occasions. She’s one of the loveliest people – the type of person who enters the room and lights it up. All I can say is that I wish her the very, very best. The operation is one thing, but the recovery from that type of operation in particular, which was intracranial I believe, it’ll be a long recovery so I just send my love.”
“Basically, if it’s intracranial they will have to take the top of the skull off and operate from down. My operation was very different, the first one went up through my nose and the second one through the back of the lip.
“What Davina has gone through, I personally feel will be a longer recovery period. It took me about two years.
“The the first tumour that I had was operated on, we thought, successfully but it grew back quickly.”
The ‘Someone LIke You’ singer – who was judged by Davina on ‘The Masked Singer’ in 2022 –
He said: “Then I went to bed one night and didn’t wake up the next morning, I was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery. The rehabilitation from that was what took the longest, not least of all because I was suffering from post-traumatic stress as well. You go to bed one night and you don’t wake up the next morning. Inevitably, after that, you go to bed every night thinking…
“It was a tough time but as I say, and emphasise, the type of operation Davina has had, it’s very serious one. She seemed quite pragmatic. I’ve not seen her, but I saw her on social media about it which is good because she has a positive attitude towards everything. Long may it continue.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Maura Higgins can’t imagine finding love on ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!’
The 33-year-old reality star will make her debut as a late arrival on the ITV1 jungle reality show on Thursday (21.11.24) night’s episode and was thought to be dating ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ contestant Pete Wicks, 36, but has now insisted that she is single a romance is likely to be off the cards.
She said: “It is quite scary going in later. They have all met and got to know each other. It’s never easy being the newbie, but I am not a shy person, so I feel like I will be fine. It will be nice to bring some energy to the camp. I am single at the moment, but honestly no-one is going to fancy me in the jungle. Trust me!”
The former ‘Love Island’ star – who previously competed on ‘Dancing on Ice’ following her rise to fame – has jumped at the chance to brave the Australian outback and is looking forward to getting to know hosts Ant and Dec but is “very nervous” about the experience because she is “scared of everything” that the jungle has to offer.
She said: “”This is the only TV show I have ever wanted to do and it’s a real pinch me moment.
“I am ready to step outside my comfort zone. I hope I do make myself proud and I am both excited but also very nervous, because I am scared of absolutely everything.
“But I have watched this show for years and it will be nice to get to know Ant and Dec, who I have met on the red carpet before.”
‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!’ continues nightly at 9pm on Virgin Media One and Virgin Media Play

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sam Tutty loved getting the chance to star in ‘Hollyoaks’ because he is “very conscious” of money.
The 26-year-old actor had made a name for himself in West End theatre by playing the title role in ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ but was out of work when the COVID-19 lockdowns came in and he “learned a lot” by taking on the role of Timmy Simons in the Channel 4 soap opera, even though he was given some “questionable” material.
Speaking on the ‘Call to Stage’ podcast, he told former ‘Love Island’ star Amber Davies: “It was great. I loved working on ‘Hollyoaks’. Some of the stuff was questionable, what they wanted me to say in terms of pure quality because they just have to get it out, get it out, seven episodes a week.
“So I was a bad guy and I stalked a girl who had a girlfriend. I think I pretended to set up carbon monoxide detectors and then in that had hidden cameras in bathrooms and showers and stuff. And then I got killed off!
“I was pleased in a way because by my last few episodes I had learned a lot.
“It was a crash course in acting in front of a camera. I met some of the most hilarious people on that show and it paid during a time when I wasn’t getting paid. I wasn’t on furlough, self-employed. My tax was coming in. I’m very conscious of money.
“I realised that I can learn lines impossibly quick now because of that. Really, really good skill.”
Sam – who has since starred in ‘Two Strangers Carry A Cake Across New York – won an Olivier Award for his star turn in ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ but recalled having to seek employment benefits afterwards because his “ego got in the way” of him accepting certain kinds of work.
He said: “I got the Olivier, I was very happy. My life didn’t change at all. Jobs didn’t come in, more jobs didn’t come in. If anything, jobs that I really didn’t want came in more and jobs that I wanted more came in less. Nothing changed. My life didn’t get better, it didn’t get worse. I finished ‘Evan’, a year after that I walked into the Job Centre because I had no money. So I wanna put that out there.
“A lot of that was my own decisions. I was lazy. I didn’t find a normal job, or a resting job. I could’ve done anything but my ego got in the way of it. I turned down jobs that I really didn’t want to do because I would rather not work but then that came to me having to go into a Job Centre.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jessy Potts “doesn’t really pay attention” to Joey Essex anymore.
The 25-year-old reality star appeared on ‘Love Island’ earlier this year with ‘TOWIE’ legend Joey, 34, but they split soon afterwards and she has now insisted that she is focusing on her career instead.
She told The Sun: “I don’t really pay attention to what Joey is doing. I’m on to bigger and better things.
“We ended amicably, but he’s not ready to settle down.
“I’d like to continue with my modelling. But I’d also like to get into presenting too, I think that could be fun.”
The former couple called time on their relationship just weeks after they got together, and former ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!’ contestant Joey explained shortly afterwards that they had decided to just be “friends” instead.
He said: “Unfortunately, we have decided to call an end to the relationship but I hope we can continue to be friends.
“I truly wish Jessy the very best with whatever she does in the future.”
Jessy admitted she is “grateful” to everyone who supported her and Joey’s romance, but it “wasn’t to be”.
She added: “I appreciate the ‘Love Island’ experience I had with Joey, we tried to make it work but it wasn’t to be.
“I’m so grateful to everyone who supported us and look forward to all of the exciting opportunities ahead.”
Joey also insisted that they weren’t on the show to “win it” and had just wanted to spend time with each other in front of the cameras.
He told OK! magazine: “We took our time, had fun and enjoyed each other’s company.
“We weren’t jumping to make decisions because the next bombshell was coming, or because it was Casa Amor, we did things our way.
“We played it correctly. We weren’t in it to win it. We just wanted to be together.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Reverend Richard Coles will have to “self-censor” during his time on ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!’
The 62-year-old star will make his first appearance as a late arrival on Thursday’s (21.11.24) episode of the ITV1 reality show and admitted that he has so many stories from his life and career that he will want to share but will have to be “very careful” how he words things.
He said: “I expect I will share stories. I will have to be very careful and self- censor as I go along, but I imagine that it will be very difficult after a while.”
But the writer also insisted that he will just have to “be himself” in the Australian outback when he joins others such as TikTok star GK Barry, ‘Loose Women’ panellist Jane Moore and ‘Coronation Street’ actor Alan Halsall.
He said: “You can’t keep up a façade and I will just be myself. I enjoy meeting other people and I was a vicar for a long time, so I am used to being with groups of people and finding a way to make it work. I am a nosey person as well and so I am interested in finding out how they think and how their life is. This is going to be fun and it’s suddenly got very real now.”
However, the radio presenter isn’t too confident that he will win the series.
He said: “I think that is highly unlikely. The combination of snoring and then being totally incompetent getting the stars, will mean I will probably be thrown out by my campmates!
“But this will be a great reset and it will be interesting. I am sure I will confront some fears along the way and it will also be good to learn new things about myself. It’s exciting.”
‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!’ continues nightly at 9pm on Virgin Media One and Virgin Media Play

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OHMYGOSSIP — Paul Merton couldn’t have imagined the success of ‘Have I Got News For You’ after filming a “dreadful” pilot.
The 67-year-old comedian has been a team captain on the BBC comedy panel show since it began in 1990 alongside Ian Hislop but recalled during the first recording of the show more than 30 years ago that nobody was particularly enthusiastic about it to begin with.
Speaking on ITV’s ‘Lorraine’, he said: “The pilot was pretty dreadful to be honest! It was on a very hot sunny summer’s day. it was a Sunday Nobody wanted to be there in this tiny studio in Wandsworth, nobody knew what the show was because it hadn’t been made before. It was kind of a bit ordinary. From that point, it grew. Ian’s contribution is…is it massive or minimal? I can’t make my mind up!
“Ian covers the serious stuff very well, and he’s very funny at what he does – if you like that sort of thing. And I get the quirky story about the rabbit who plays the harpsichord or whatever it is.
The show has featured a number of celebrity guest stars over the years to answer questions based on the week’s top stories and news as they dissect current affairs in a comedic manner but Paul noted that nowadays some who come on may be a little too enthusiastic because they think it will get them a return invite.
He said: “You want people to contribute as well but you want people to be not talking the whole time as well. People think ‘Oh if I talk an awful lot, they’ll have me back’ but that’s not always the case.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Tulisa has been celibate for three years because she’s “proper guarded”.
The ‘I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!’ star made the revelation during a chat with her campmates on the ITV reality show and admitted she doesn’t date very often and needs to have a strong emotional connection with someone before she will consider getting intimate with them.
When talk turned to dating apps, Tulisa confessed: “I’ve only done [celebrity dating app] Raya. I’m not really a dater, even though I’ve been on there, I’ve never gone on an actual date with anyone on there … I’m proper guarded.”
Tulisa went on to reveal she thinks of herself as “demisexual” – needing a strong emotional bond with a partner prior to intimacy – and hasn’t had sex in more than three years.
She added: “I feel like I’m demisexual, I need to have a really close emotional bond with someone … I need actual depth. I’m a slow, slow burner, I’ve been celibate for over three years.
“I’m not an overly sexualised person. For me, it’s all about the connection and the emotions that I feel with someone and then wanting to express them in that way.”
She then added that meeting someone new makes her feel “physically sick”, joking: “This is my temple, you cannot enter!”
The 36-year-old N-Dubz star previously opened up about her love life during an appearance on’The Zeze Millz Show’, explaining: “I don’t date, I court. I have been celibate for the past two years so no sex before monogamy.
“So basically you are courting because you like to build friendships before you start dating, you just don’t s*** them and you get to know them.”
Tulisa – who has previously dated her N-Dubz bandmate Fazer, and has been romantically linked to Cher’s music producer nephew David King, and actor Jody Latham – also revealed she has been “building” friendships during her search for love.
She added: “I have got friendships that I am building.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Cillian Murphy has led tributes to late ‘Peaky Blinders’ costume designer Stephanie Collie.
The award-winning BBC period crime drama’s cast and crew are mourning the loss of the key member of the team, who created the iconic look of the Peaky Blinders, after she passed away on October 26, at the age of 60, six months after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Cillian, who portrayed the lead character Thomas Shelby – known for his signature Baker Boy cap, tweed waistcoats and pocket watch – wrote: “Stephanie was a ferocious talent. She invented the Peaky Blinders look and silhouette that has become iconic across the world.
“We will all miss her. RIP.”
A statement on the programme’s official social media channels read: “We were so saddened to learn of the passing of costume designer Stephanie Collie.
“Stephanie’s incredible work in our first series was key to creating the iconic look of the Peaky Blinders, and has gone on to inspire so many people around the world. Our love and thoughts are with her family.”
Huge Hollywood stars have also paid tribute to Stephanie.
Samuel L. Jackson, who worked with the costumier on the 2021 film ‘Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’, wrote: “Stephanie was fuel for my characters. A wonderfully joyous and collaborative part of my process.
“I’ll miss her, is an understatement.”
Marvel star Ryan Reynolds remembered Stephanie for her “wry wit and acerbic observational humour”.
He penned: “Deeply saddened to hear of Stephanie Collie’s passing.
“She was an accomplished and talented designer — but the world has also lost two precious natural resources: her wry wit and acerbic observational humour.
“My condolences to her family, colleagues and all who knew her. Rest well, Stephanie.”
The designer also worked on blockbusters including 1998’s ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ and 2004’s ‘Layer Cake’, and more recently, Amazon Prime’s comedy drama ‘My Lady Jane’.
Stephanie’s passing from cancer comes just five months after her husband, director of photography Hubert Taczanowski, died from the disease in June.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Maura Higgins is “not good” before joining ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!’
The ‘Love Island’ alumnus is set to enter the Australian camp soon with Reverend Richard Coles, but she has admitted to have done the “opposite” of preparing herself for jungle life as she went on a booze binge in Las Vegas before jetting off Down Under.
Maura, 33, told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “Honestly, I’m not good… I feel like I’m in ‘The Hangover’. I’ve even got the shakes.
“I have no clue what time it is, I don’t know where I am. I’ve done the opposite of preparing myself [for the jungle].”
Her appearance will mark the second time a contestant from the hit ITV dating show took part – with Olivia Attwood appearing in the 2022 series but had to drop out after 48 hours due to concerns she had anaemia, as well as low sodium and potassium levels.
Even though her mom Sharon was left “baffled” when the brunette beauty told her she was doing the show and fears she might “just die” if spiders crawl on her head, Maura is determined to do people proud.
She added: “I don’t want to let people down because everyone’s been DMing me saying: ‘Oh my God. I hope you’re doing the show.’
“I don’t want to back out of the trials and be the biggest wimp in the camp.”
Meanwhile, Richard told the outlet that he has eaten “5,000 calories on a cruise” and has evaded “nature documentaries” to prepare himself.
The 62-year-old musician and Church of England priest said: “I would like to say that I’ve been lowering my calorie intake to prepare for that, but that’s not worked out so far.
“I’ve been trying not to look at nature programs about the horrors of Australia.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘You Bet!’ is returning to ITV next month.
The broadcaster’s upcoming reboot of the iconic challenge show – which will be hosted by ‘Dancing On Ice’ duo Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern – will be back for two specials, with the first coming in the next couple of weeks.
ITV has confirmed the first episode will air on Saturday, December 7.
The show – which was based on German programme ‘Wetten Das?’ – features members of the public trying to use their own unique abilities as they face outrageous challenges in the bid to win a huge cash prize.
A celebrity panel and studio audience get to guess if each contestant will complete their task, and the panel will get points for correct predictions.
The celebrity with the highest score will get £10,000 for a charity of their choosing, and the lowest scoring star will face a forfeit.
The audience will also get to weigh in by voting for their favourite challengers, who will win the same amount.
The show originally ran from 1988 to 1997, with Sir Bruce Forsyth, Matthew Kelly and Darren Day appearing as presenters over its run.
As well as Holly and Stephen fronting the reboot, the celebrity panel will be helmed by Rob Beckett, with the likes of Harry Redknapp, Olly Murs, Judi Love, Alison Hammond, Rosie Ramsey and Mary Earps all appearing across the two specials.
Holly previously said: “[I am] so excited to be part of this iconic game show with the fabulous Stephen Mulhern.”
And her co-host added: “I loved ‘You Bet!’ as a kid, so I’m very excited to be hosting this with the wonderful Holly Willoughby.
“From the big and spectacular to the unique and unexpected, I can’t wait to see what extraordinary skills the challengers have up their sleeves.”

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