Huge Hollywood star, 45, ‘finally proposes to girlfriend of 20 YEARS’ as she wears enormous diamond ring
I USED to fancy the pants off of Charlie Hunnam.
But after seeing him turn into creepy serial killer Ed Gein in the latest instalment of Ryan Murphy’s Monster series on Netflix, I have cooled a little.
Luckily for Charlie, his girlfriend Morgana McNelis was spotted with a huge diamond on her ring finger, so it looks like she said yes top being his wife.
She was seen wearing the enormous rock during a day out this week.
A photographer friend of mine in the US said: “Charlie and Morgana have been together for almost 20 years so it’s about time he popped the question.
“She had this huge diamond on her ring finger, so it seems like Charlie has asked her to be his wife.
“This is the first time she’s ever been seen wearing it too, so maybe that Netflix pay cheque came in handy.”
Charlie previously admitted Morgana had been pushing him towards the aisle, despite the actor feeling “indifferent” about getting married.
He said: “She does not feel the same. She’s very eager.
“I’ll do it because it’s important to her but I don’t have any great romantic feelings towards it.”
After feeling the heat from social media, Charlie later clarified his comments and said: “That really hurt my girlfriend’s feelings and I really regretted saying that.
“I actually didn’t mean it at all, it was, frankly, just stupid s**t I said in the heat of the moment.
“I’m, like, so romantic, and the reality is I sort of consider myself married. I’ve been with my girlfriend for 14 years.
“I suppose what I was trying to articulate is the official government sanction of it doesn’t mean anything to me, but the romance of it means an enormous amount.”
After that hoohaa, I wouldn’t be surprised if Charlie went all out with his proposal.
Ellie’s beau strips for vid
ELLIE GOULDING has roped in a favour close to home for her new video – by enlisting her real-life boyfriend to play the love interest.
She will drop the visuals to Destiny at 3pm today and my exclusive first look shows her with muscly actor Beau Minniear, who I told you she was dating in July.
It features a series of steamy scenes, including Ellie hugging the topless hunk, straddling him with a camera in hand, and, in one of the quirkiest parts, snogging with veils over their faces.
Now I’m excited for the next album.
The Right Direction
ZAYN MALIK has officially rejoined One Direction.
He quit the group in 2015 and was terminated as a director of the band’s company PPM Music Limited in 2016.
In a peculiar twist, paperwork filed at Companies House reveals he has been re-listed as an “active director” alongside Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson.
There’s been a thawing of relations since bandmate Liam Payne died.
Gaga lithium breakdown
LADY GAGA had a psychotic episode after shooting A Star Is Born, which is why she cancelled much of the European leg of her 2018 Joanne tour.
She told Rolling Stone magazine: “I did A Star Is Born on lithium.”
On breaking down afterwards, she said: “There was one day that my sister said to me, ‘I don’t see my sister any more’.
“And I cancelled the tour. There was one day I went to the hospital for psychiatric care.
“I needed to take a break. I couldn’t do anything. I completely crashed, it was really scary.
“There was a time where I didn’t think I could get better . . . I feel really lucky to be alive. I know that might sound dramatic, but we know how this can go.”
Thankfully Gaga, who said she is on “some, but not as many” antipsychotics now, is in a much better place.
And she’s got a surprise career away from music, having co-founded a skin-health research firm in the US alongside her fiancé Michael Polansky.
It’s called Outer Biosciences and 20 employees.
Meanwhile, the couple are more eager than ever to tie the knot.
Michael said: “We’re talking about it all the time. We have these breaks, and they’re tempting.
“It’s like, ‘OK, can we get married that weekend?’ We don’t want a really big wedding, but we want to enjoy it.”
Sara sis surprise
IT’S the final day of Sara Cox’s epic Radio 2 Great Northern Marathon for Children In Need – and she has absolutely smashed it.
Through tears and triumph, the teatime presenter proved that with great support, physical resilience and pure grit you can achieve so much.
She will today complete the 135 miles, heading past my old University digs in Headingley, Leeds, for the final mission of getting Pudsey Bear to the Yorkshire town of Pudsey.
Sara was yesterday given an extra boost as her sister Dot turned up to give her a cuddle, with Sara telling me: “That was a lovely surprise.”
And she got another when her mum Jackie rang her, saying: “We’re tracking you from India.”
Sara said: “It’s been amazing and painful. My shins are so sore.”
Speaking to me ahead of the final day, Sara paid tribute to the thousands of people who have turned out for her along the route.
Some have driven miles to catch a glimpse of her.
Sara told me: “The people coming out in the villages made me skip along a little bit faster. It’s been tough finishing in the dark because miles in the dark just seem to go so slowly.
“It has been brutal and tough but I’ve been given such a boost from people. It’s been amazing.”
Sara was this morning starting to push her fundraising to over £3million. I expect donations to go through the roof as she appears live on BBC One’s Children In Need tonight.
If you can, join me in donating at donate.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/sara.