reveals

HELEN Flanagan has revealed her secret to making her bum look bigger as she opened up about her body insecurities after childbirth.

The Coronation Street actress, 35, is a mum-of-three to Matilda, 10, and Delilah, seven, and five-year-old son Charlie.

Taking to Instagram, Helen looked as stunning as ever in a sparkling green gown as she enjoyed a night out.

The TV star revealed: “My friend took this pic of me and I love this dress it’s insane.

“Since I had Charlie my stomach always sticks out a bit if I wear anything tight fitting as he was my third.

“It used to annoy me but I don’t care now it’s quite beautiful how our bodies change as women from carrying babies.”

MUM’S THE WORD

Towie’s Sophie Kasaei reveals heartbreaking battle to become a mum again

PILLOW TALK

Rivals’ sex scenes have made me a daredevil & they’re getting HOTTER, says star

Helen then posted a throwback clip from when Charlie was a baby.

The video showed her standing in front of a mirror in her underwear, as she pinched and pulled at her slender frame.

She captioned the clip: “I found this video the other day on my phone when Charlie was a baby.

“It’s quite sad as I was hard on myself. x”

The TV star also cheekily posted another shot of herself looking sultry on a staircase and captioned the image: “Also, yes I wear shapewear in tight dresses to give me a bigger bum.”

Helen previously told The Sun how she “felt lost” until she became a mum.

She parted ways from her long-term fiancé in 2022 after 13 years together and she has been open about how it isn’t always plain sailing.

She was also forced out of her £1million family home by Scott as they never married and the house near Bolton was solely in his name.

Back in January, a friend of Helen’s said: “Scott pays for the house and all the bills and he’s decided a six-bedroom place is way too big for Helen on her own with the kids.

A FORMER Disney heartthrob has revealed he has secretly got married to a mystery woman.

A decade on from Ross Lynch, 30, finding fame on Austin & Ally, the star has announced he is now a married man.

Ross made the admission after he was spotted wearing a gold wedding band at the premiere of his new film, Hartland.

When questioned about it, and asked if this meant he was married, the actor told People: “Yes, yes I am. I’m not trying to shy away from that by any means, but I am trying to, you know, my wife’s not very fond of celebrity.

“So I am trying to be sensitive towards that and respectful to her. But everything’s going well.”

Although Ross hasn’t disclosed the name of his new wife, Reddit sleuths are convinced she is a woman called “Anna”, who he met around Christmas 2024.

Read more on Disney stars

new career

Disney star reveals she’s working as a nurse after quitting fame

FAMILIAR FACE

Stunning Freya Tidy reveals new man who played Selena Gomez’s love interest

This is because the actor revealed in an interview in January 2025, that he had “been seeing someone for around a month”.

Ross’ last known relationship was with his Chilling Adventures of Sabrina co-star Jaz Sinclair.

The pair dated from 2018 until they split in 2023.

Ross first rose to fame in the early 2010s as Austin Moon on Disney’s popular show Austin & Ally.

Later on, the actor starred as Brady in Disney‘s Teen Beach Movie franchise alongside Maia Mitchell and as Harvey Kinkle in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

Ross also portrayed the role of Jeffrey Dahmer in the 2017 film My Friend Dahmer.

ANDREW Sachs’ granddaughter has branded Russell Brand a “a seriously unwell sex addict” after the fiend was found guilty of rape and sexual assault.

Brand and Jonathan Ross left vulgar voicemails on the Fawlty Towers legend’s phone after sleeping with his granddaughter Georgina Baillie, who was 21 at the time.

The jibes were made during a series of prank calls broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 2008.

In a series of three voicemails left on Sachs’ phone, Brand and Ross made repeated graphic claims about Brand’s sex life with Georgina.

Later in the show, Ross said if people were offended by the prank calls they were “crazy”.

The scandal, which became known as Sachsgate, saw Brand resign from the BBC and Ross suspended from his TV show for three months.

BEHIND BARS

‘Shaken’ rapist Russell Brand in ‘real danger’ in ‘dirty’ Wandsworth prison

‘WORLD’S COLLAPSED’

As Brand’s wife stands by disgraced star, pals reveal her next moves

On Thursday, Brand was found guilty of rape and sex attacks on a string of victims as part of a depraved campaign to sleep with 5,000 women.

Georgina, now 41, told the Daily Mail it’s now “obvious” to her that Brand is a sex addict, adding “that boy is seriously unwell”.

She said she’s “disappointed” with Brand and wants him to “own up and make the amends” after being found guilty.

“I want those victims to get some help. I really do. It’s possible to recover from this, it’s hard having experienced sexual assault myself- though not at the hands of Russell,” she continued.

The 41-year-old provided a statement to be used in mitigation for Brand’s trial, but it was never used.

Speaking about their fling, she said: “He was seeing loads of women, and I knew that. I was never in any doubt whatsoever that I was one of many but I didn’t really care at the time. He had his drug of choice on tap all day. I was just a piece of that, I was only one line out of many.”

Georgina said she was “completely dazzled by celebrity” when she first met Brand, now 51.

Their consensual fling came at a time when she was in the throes of addiction. He was 10 years older than her at the time.

Both Brand and Ross apologised for their actions later in 2008. The corporation was fined £150,000 by the regulator Ofcom over the lewd jokes.

Georgina said previously: “I was really lost back then. After Sachsgate, Russell made millions of pounds doing a stand-up routine about it and that was very hard and painful for me – I was the butt of the joke, I was young and didn’t know how to process it and I turned to drink and drugs.”

“It was a very unnerving time. Not only had my grandparents heard what I had been up to sexually, which anybody would recoil at, but then it was all the ‘boys will be boys’ attitude.

Brand went on to apologise to Georgina in person 11 years after the stunt, and paid for her rehab.

But she lost out on eight years with her granddad as the pair stopped speaking.

Former burlesque performer Georgina made up with her grandfather before he died aged 86 in November 2016.

In a 2015 interview, Georgina said her grandparents had a lot to forgive her for.

She told the Daily Mirror: “I love and miss them so much. I admit I was a nightmare in my early 20s. I’ve tried to repair my relationship with my grandparents. They were understandably angry.”

A BBC spokesman said at the time: “Russell Brand worked for a number of different organisations, of which the BBC was one. As is well known, Russell Brand left the BBC after a serious editorial breach in 2008 – as did the then-controller of Radio 2. 

“The circumstances of the breach were reviewed in detail at the time.

“We hope that demonstrates that the BBC takes issues seriously and is prepared to act. 

“Indeed, the BBC has, over successive years, evolved its approach to how it manages talent and how it deals with complaints or issues raised.

“We have clear expectations around conduct at work, these are set out in employment contracts, the BBC Values, the BBC Code of Conduct and the Anti-Bullying and Harassment Policy.

“We will always listen to people if they come forward with any concerns, on any issue related to any individual working at the BBC, past or present.”

Brand preyed on women between 1999 and 2009 and used his growing fame – from presenting Big Brother’s Big Mouth and Hollywood movies – to target the victims in a range of locations.

On Thursday,  a jury found Brand guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault after deliberating for eight and a half hours.

The 51-year-old is facing years in jail after the court heard he became a “ruthless, calculated and manipulative” predator as he sought to satisfy his “voracious” sexual appetite.

Brand has been accused of raping two more women and could now face further criminal charges, it was revealed after the verdicts.

The court heard that one of the complaints comes from a woman who dated Brand when he was 30 years old and another was a 16-year-old schoolgirl.

Brand, who told his wife Laura Gallacher “I love you” after entering the dock, displayed no emotion as the jury delivered its verdicts, at the end of a trial that lasted nearly four weeks.

He was remanded into custody and will be sentenced on Monday. The judge told Brand he should expect a “significant custodial term”.

IF YOU are heading on the world’s best airline next year, it will have an entirely new cabin.

Singapore Airlines has revealed a massive £1.16billion overhaul of its cabin, with new economy, premium economy, business class and first class seats.

In economy, the seats will be grey and teal with a width of 44.7cm.

On the back of each seat there will be a 33cm 4K OLED screen, which passengers can pair their Bluetooth headphones to.

Under each screen will be storage nooks, a personal device pocket and cup holders.

Passengers in economy won’t miss out on amenity kits usually reserved for upper classes either, as each seat will have a small pouch with a selection of travel essentials.

Read more on travel inspo

GO ON

All the little-known websites for cheap or FREE tickets to gigs, theatre & festivals

SO FLY

Our fave beach hols under 5 hours from UK with Caribbean dupes & £2 bottles of wine

When it comes to premium economy, each seat will have a 101cm pitch and have a leather finish.

It will be able to recline 22.8cm as well.

The headrests will be winged and each seat will also have a footrest for added comfort.

As for tech, there will be 4K screens, multiple USB ports and noise-cancelling headphone connections.

Each seat will have an amenity kit as well with Ink and Water products.

In Business class, seats will have sliding doors and adjustable dividers, making them more like suite-style pods with a grey and yellow theme.

Seats will be able to recline to a lie-flat bed, stretching 182cm.

Tech includes 4K screens, Bluetooth connectivity, multiple charging ports and Starlink wifi.

Amenity kits at each seat will include products by Byredo.

If you are lucky enough to be in a First Class suites, you’d have your own door, with the seat measuring 76.2cm wide and 203.2cm long when lying flat.

And the two centre suites have two seats next to each other that look more like a comfy sofa.

These can then also be reclined to make a 152.4cm wide double bed, which is the largest of any airline bed in the sky.

There will be 4K screens, ambient mood lighting and wireless charging too.

And for when you want to freshen up, there is even a dressing table that slides out from under the screen, complete with a lit-up mirror.

New amenity kits will include products from Sisley and passengers will get cotton pyjamas as well.

Singapore Airlines’ 777-9s will have all four new cabin products and then 41 A350-900 long-haul and A350-900 ULR planes will be retrofitted with the new business class seats.

And the A350-900 ULRs will get first class seats for the first time.

Food on board is also getting upgraded, with more than 100 new appetisers, main courses and desserts across all cabin classes.

There will be new drink options too, including wine and spirits.

The new cabin will be rolled out in the second half of 2027.

Mr Goh Choon Phong, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Airlines, said: “Our customers experience Singapore Airlines as one seamless journey, and this significant investment is designed to deliver greater comfort, choice, and convenience at every stage.

“This launch is not an endpoint, but another step in our continuous pursuit to earn and retain the trust and loyalty of our customers and reinforce our leadership in the airline industry.”

Matt Damon revealed that his wife of more than 20 years, Luciana “Lucy” Barroso, suffered a brain aneurysm.

The revelation came during an interview with GQ, when “The Odyssey” star opened up about a time he felt a tinge of FOMO watching the Oscars from bed with his wife and then-newborn baby.

It was the 79th Academy Awards in 2007 and Martin Scorsese was nominated for best director for “The Departed,” which was also up for best picture. Damon portrays a corrupt police officer in the film.

“Lucy and I were laying in bed watching it and so nervous for Marty,” he told the magazine. “And then when he won, I was jumping up and down in the bedroom and I remember being really excited. And then the next category was best picture, and The Departed won. And I realized in that moment I hadn’t even considered that that could happen. And I turned to Lucy and I was like, ‘S—, we should be there!’ … I totally blew it.”

After the experience, Damon said his wife wouldn’t let him miss out again, even in the wake of serious medical trauma.

In 2024, “Oppenheimer” was up for best picture. In the movie, Damon plays Col. Leslie R. Groves, head of the Manhattan Project. The film won the award, and this time, Barroso had a surprise in store, an Oscar-worthy dress ready to go for the big night even though she’d just had surgery after suffering a brain aneurysm.

“She’s totally fine, thank God,” he said. “But [she] had this brain surgery the week before the Oscars. But it was the first night she felt good enough to get up and had her energy back. And she surprised me and got a dress and we went out to the after-party, because she remembered that the last time it happened, I didn’t do it. And she was like, ‘This time we’re going out.’ And it was pretty f— heroic of her to do that and really meaningful.”

The Argentine-born Barroso and Damon tied the knot back in 2005. They had met two years earlier, and during a 2011 appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Damon said that meeting his wife was a complete stroke of luck.

He was filming “Stuck on You” in 2002, with the Farrelly brothers at the helm. “We were supposed to shoot in Hawaii, and then the movie got moved to Miami . . . and I’d never really hung out in Miami,” he told DeGeneres, adding that in the middle of the shoot a couple of the guys from the crew invited him to grab a beer at a local watering hole. “They kind of dragged me along, and we ended up at a bar where my wife was the bartender, and I literally saw her across a crowded room, literally.

“And eight years and four kids later, that’s my life,” he joked. “I don’t know how else our paths would have crossed if that didn’t happen.”

HOLLY WILLOUGHBY has revealed the secret to her glossy blonde locks – she doesn’t use shampoo.

The glam mum-of-three has one of the most famous barnets on British TV, and the fact that she doesn’t get in a lather over it is something even the most slovenly among us can get on board with.

In fact, Holly reckons skipping the suds helps keep her tresses thick and shiny.

And that’s not the only hack the down-to-earth presenter has in her locker — she’s also got a go-to look up her sleeve for when she’s hungover.

In an exclusive chat, Holly said: “In the summer, I tend not to even shampoo my hair, ’cause I try not to take any of the oils out of it. I just condition it.

“But I’ve had hair fails. When you’re a blonde, you have to be really careful. Chlorine is a b*****d.

‘RUTHLESS’

Russell Brand GUILTY of sex attacks on women in ‘voracious’ bid to bed 5,000

WE LIKEY!

Iconic dating show Take Me Out returns 7 years after axe with VERY glam new host

“My natural colour . . . it’s like a dirty blonde, so once I was brunette then tried to go blonde again and it went green.

“Then I had to put red in it, and obviously I was, like, ‘Just go to the hairdresser’s, you silly cow’. Like, ‘No, no, I can fix this [at home]’. I’ve always been a bit like that, where I will experiment and try things.”

Refreshingly honest Holly even admitted she had hair extensions put in for added volume as she launched her firm Wylde Moon’s new body cream and wash range with Beauty Pie this week.

She revealed: “The first time I had my skin pigmentation lasered off, I was really shocked at what you’re left with.

“Because it goes really brown and then it kind of flakes off for about a week later, so you just look like you’ve been in some horrendous kind of sunburnt situation.

“My beauty sin is I remember, back in the day, wearing brown lip liner and concealer on my lips. Nowadays, if I’m hungover or tired, an [eyeliner] flick and a red lip, always.”

There’s hope for us all . . . 

HOLLY reckons her TV pal Leigh Francis will make a great campmate on I’m A Celebrity — because he’s “not an a**e”.

After The Sun revealed he had signed up for the latest series, Holly told me: “The thing about Leigh is that he’s pretty resilient.

“I know he’s always played a character [Keith Lemon], but I know him as Leigh and  . . . what you see is what you get.

“He won’t be one of those people that has to go in there and try and keep up some sort of facade for ages.

“He will just be him through and through and he’s just a really great guy.

“I think people will see that. He’s not an ae, you know, he’s just a really lovely person.”

Kanye’s kidding around

KANYE WEST had a rare smile on his face as he had an even rarer photo snapped with all four of his children.

The rapper, now known as Ye, posed with his eldest North, who was sporting long blue hair, at his Yeezy Season 01 runway show in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

They were joined by his other daughter Chicago, as well as sons Saint and Psalm.

Meanwhile, their mum Kim Kardashian was in New York, where she was photographed out for dinner with actress Jennifer Lawrence.

BONO has opened up about U2’s last-ever collaboration with Dolly Parton.

The frontman and bandmate Adam Clayton spoke to Chris Evans on his Virgin Radio Breakfast Show and admitted they didn’t know just how ill she was when they recorded new single Torn.

Bono said: “I didn’t even know she was into our band. She was being really sassy and everything you’d love about her.

“Because we’d taken this song in a very different direction, she sends this quite emotional note, having finished the vocal. She says, ‘Just so you know, I’ve always loved your music. I’ve always loved you, and I will always love you.’

“I could feel a puddle about to happen. She’s taking the piss, because that’s her song! . . . And we knew she was ill.

“And I just didn’t know that she was so sick. And she sang this, honestly, like she sang herself somewhere else, for sure.”

New single Torn is out next Friday.

Blazing year for Cara

SHE plays a party promoter in new film Club Kid but Cara Delevingne was dolled up for a far more demure night out than a sweaty rave in this chic blazer dress and scarf.

Cara, wore the ensemble to the Los Angeles premiere of the film, which won’t hit screens here until January.

It tells the story of party animal Peter – played by Jordan Firstman who she gave a kiss to on the red carpet – whose life is turned upside down when he is forced to care for a ten-year-old son, who he didn’t know he’d had.

It’s been a busy year for Cara, who released her debut album Not Normal in September following a lengthy summer tour.

And she’s recently been back on set for the upcoming erotic thriller Non Compos Mentis, in which her character finds herself in a love triangle with two men played by Liam Hemsworth and Sam Worthington.

She’s a lucky lady.

KATHERINE’S READY FOR FESTIVE FUN

CHRISTMAS has come early with a flurry of new festive songs out today, led by Katherine Jenkins who has recorded a seasonal rendition of Heaven Is A Place On Earth.

The Welsh mezzo-soprano’s cover of the Belinda Carlisle hit is the soundtrack to this year’s Marks & Spencer Christmas advert, and she appears in the clip as a singer at a fete.

Olivia Rodrigo has dropped her track Take Me Home (4 Christmas) and NECTAR WOODE has released her festive ballad, Only Want You.

Away from the jingle bells, Slayyyter has released her song Hey Boyyy and Poland’s 2026 Eurovision entrant Alicja has returned with the appropriately titled She’s Back.

For something rockier, check out Cage The Elephant’s Make It Easy, from their newly announced album Dying In Reverse, which will be out on February 5.

LEWIS CAPALDI has confirmed his performance at Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball with Barclaycard will be the last time his fans can see him before he takes a lengthy break.

Speaking ahead of the event, taking place at London’s O2 Arena on the first weekend in December, Lewis said: “I need to go away and make new music so it feels like a nice fitting tip of the cap.

“It feels fitting that it’s at Jingle Bell Ball. I’m very excited.”

OZZFEST TO KEEP OZZY’S LEGACY ALIVE

OZZY OSBOURNE’s Back To The Beginning concert was one of the highlights of last summer, and the late rocker’s legacy will continue to live on with the return of Ozzfest.

The hard rock festival was first held two decades ago – and next year, it will be brought back for a one-day extravaganza at The National Bowl in Milton Keynes on July 10.

The line-up will be announced in the coming months but if Back To The Beginning is anything to go by, it’ll have some belters on board.

It had been hoped the event could take place at Villa Park in Ozzy’s hometown of Birmingham, but construction work prevented it.

The rocker’s widow Sharon said: “Ozzy was the first to launch his own traveling metal festival, and Ozzfest will always remain an important part of Ozzy’s legacy.”

LITTLE MESS, JES

A FEUD appears to have broken out between Jesy Nelson and the father of her twin daughters Zion Foster.

Fans of the couple, who split in January, noticed Zion sharing a reel on his Instagram account from a man who posted a video about “Dad’s who don’t get access to their kids”.

It comes just weeks after former Little Mix singer Jesy appeared to take a swipe at the R&B artist by liking a comment online which said: “How deadbeats be convincing new women they’re a good dad.”

The pair, whose twins Ocean and Story were born with genetic muscle-weakening condition SMA Type 1 in May last year, had previously been on good terms but pals told me it’s turned “very messy”.

A friend added: “It’s a very sad situation. Jesy and Zion have very opposing views on who is at fault and they cannot see eye to eye at all. Those close to them want them to come together and focus on their children.”

Yesterday Zion released a new song, which he said would be the “first and last time” he would say his piece.

On the track he raps that he is “hurt to the core”, before adding: “The real truth ain’t going to hit the surface, cause I aint going to put my babies through that.

“Got the receipts in my phone and notepad, why would I save myself and put my girls through that pain as well.”

I think it’d do Jesy and Zion well to step away from social media and sort out their issues behind closed doors.

SOUTHAMPTON Airport is set to undergo a massive expansion and it is good news for travellers.

The airport has announced plans to expand its passenger terminal by 800 square metres, to handle nearly three times as many passengers per flight.

The expanded terminal would allow the airport to host larger aircrafts, capable of carrying around 200 passengers.

Planes at the airport currently, have around 70 seats.

The bigger planes would include Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s and could lead to new routes from the airport in the future.

Currently, inside the terminal up to 200 passengers may need to wait in a pre-controlled boarding area while other passengers get off the plane.

Read more on travel inspo

SO FLY

Our fave beach hols under 5 hours from UK with Caribbean dupes & £2 bottles of wine

ALL IN

I found the best value all inclusive London hotel… just £55pp with free food & booze

The expansion would also help with this, creating more space for passengers to move around.

The extension would be built in the area next to the existing terminal building.

Previously plans suggested that a passenger walkway would also be added to the airport, as well as a new domestic baggage reclaim.

The airport already underwent a runway expansion of 164 metres in 2023.

The airport currently serves between 800,000 to 900,000 passengers a year and heads to 15 destinations including Paris, Mallorca and Barcelona.

Airlines that operate from the airport include Aer Lingus, Easyjet, KLM and Loganair.

LOVE Island star Charleen Murphy has revealed that a man who was jailed for violently attacking her has targeted her again in a terrifying ordeal.

The Irish influencer, 28, told fans she had been forced to return to court last week after the man who assaulted her in 2023 began contacting her again following his release from prison.

Sharing a heartbreaking statement on TikTok, Charleen revealed the man had made violent threats against her, including threats to her life, resulting in an entirely new criminal case.

She explained: “Last week I was back in court dealing with something that has been an incredibly difficult part of my life.”

Recalling the original attack, Charleen said she had been sitting in a restaurant with a friend when the man, who had previously messaged her online despite never meeting her, tracked her down using a location she had shared on social media.

She revealed: “He punched me in the back of head which forced my head into a glass that was on my table, the glass smashed and then left me with a laceration to my head that required stitches.”

‘didn’t work out’

Tommy Fury’s December boxing return OFF with star eyeing 2027 return

IMMINENT ARRIVA

Strictly’s Neil Jones reveals due date for second baby with Chyna amid feud

The man was subsequently handed a prison sentence, but Charleen said her nightmare began all over again when he was released and started contacting and threatening her.

She explained: “After being released from prison, that same person began contacting and violently threatening me again, including threats to my life. This resulted in the start of an entirely new criminal case and another court process.”

Opening up about the emotional toll, she said: “It’s hard to put into words what it feels like to have something you’ve spent years trying to heal from brought back into your life.”

She added that she was now facing the same person who had attacked her in the first place.

Charleen revealed the man has now entered a guilty plea in the new case, although sentencing has yet to take place.

She added: “I’ve spent so much time trying to carry on as normal while dealing with this privately, and I think there’s something quite freeing about no longer keeping such a significant part of my life separate from everything else I share on here.”

The social media star previously opened up about the lasting trauma of the original attack, revealing she struggled to sit with her back to the door in restaurants and had sought therapy.

Speaking on Mark Moriarty’s Roasted podcast last year, she admitted: “I have a certain seat I like to sit in the restaurant. I like to see all corners of the room and the door. I don’t like having my back to anything.”

Charleen entered the Love Island villa as a Casa Amor bombshell this summer, but her stint was cut short after just nine days when Kavan Murphy chose to reunite with Jasmine Muller, leaving her dumped from the villa.

ANGRY Ginge left fans ‘sobbing’ upon announcing his exit from content creator group the Bov Boys – after teasing a ‘massive’ venture.

The group formed in July 2025 and also includes Tays, Heinz Baines, NYKChazza and Jakey Davies.

Taking to Instagram via Bov Boys’ account, the former I’m A Celebrity winner, 24, revealed his decision to depart the collective.

He penned: “Well hello there. I know this isn’t the news you were expecting, however, it’s the news that is here.

“Before I go any further, I just want to say THANK YOU! Thank you for all the love for the BOV Boys these last 12-18 months.

“Without you, the memories, support and love wouldn’t have been the same.”

show sleuths

I’m A Celeb fans convinced Angry Ginge & Lisa Riley bagged hosting gig on show

BIG NEWS

Angry Ginge’s YouTuber pal Tays joins Big Brother line-up in twist

Ginge went on describe the group as his “brothers for life” and shared his love for them.

He added: “But in life, you never know where your story ends, and for me and BOV, the story ends here.

“It’s been an amazing time, with memories I will take to my grave, from Benidorm to our first ever recording in London.

“Although this is the END for me and BOV, the love and the friendships go on!”

Ginge further clarified he would still be appearing with Bov Boys on live streams.

He admitted it hadn’t “been an easy decision”, but said “the boys will smash it without me.”

Ginge concluded: “I’m wishing them nothing but the best of luck.

“Thank you for everything, but remember, this isn’t goodbye, it’s a see you later!”

One follower penned: “Not going to be the same without you!!”

Another added: “I’m sobbing, good luck Ginge.”

A third wrote: “Come on now let’s not be silly.”

A fourth chimed in: “This better be some joke.”

It comes after fans were convinced Ginge and his former I’m A Celebrity co-star Lisa Riley had bagged a gig together.

Both of them took to social media with cryptic teases, with Mandy Dingle star Lisa hinting at something “massive.”

Prior to this year’s Big Brother, the group spent the weekend on a 24 hour live-stream in the famous house.

One of them, Michael “Tays” Taylor, stayed on for an additional week as a “mole” in the house.

Last year, Tays and fellow Bov Boys member Jakey addressed Ginge leaving the group should he win I’m A Celeb – which he did.

On Good Morning Britain, Ed Balls asked the pair: “If he wins is he still going to be a Bov Boy?

“Or do you think he might decide to leave it behind and go on to bigger things?”

Jakey replied: “Oh I really hope not.”

IT’S Monday lunchtime on London’s Old Bond Street and I’ve been invited to Dolce & Gabbana to hang out with the legend that is Sir Rod Stewart.

As the doors swing open, he walks in with two pairs of trousers under his arm and chirps in his trademark ­Cockney twang, “They’re too long in the leg”, before adding: “And a bottle of perfume for the lady, please.”

With me looking like a ropey Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman, Rod escorts me upstairs and a beautifully gift-wrapped, £280 ­perfume bottle is handed to me en-route.

Turning his attention to a £3,800 silver sequinned jacket, Rod laments: “It’s lovely, but it’s far too heavy for the stage.”

Then, he ushers me to a posh sofa to discuss his last hoorah.

The Final Encore will mark Rod’s retirement from touring after six decades on the road.

BITTER BERRY

Inside Halle Berry’s toxic war with actor ex after claims she attacked son, 13

‘3RD WHEEL’

Brooklyn deletes pic of Damien Hurley with arm round Nicola after fans mock him

Two extra dates have been added to the almost sold-out UK run thanks to the phenomenal demand for tickets.

Set lists are still being finalised, but fans can expect a spectacular trip down memory lane, with hits from Rod’s incredible back catalogue of 11 No1 albums — which include 25 Top Ten hits.

“At 81, it’s quite remarkable,” he says of the ticket sales for his farewell tour.

“I can’t jump around like I used to when I was 32. But I think the audience knows that, vocally, I’m better now than I’ve ever been.

“A few of the big voices have gone. Paul McCartney’s has gone a bit. I treat my voice like the crown jewels. Pavarotti said, ‘I’m a prisoner of my voice’, and you are. You wake up, you say, ‘Oh, I’ve got an itch. I’m f***ed. I’ve got to cancel’. I’m totally paranoid about runny noses now. “Now, when I go out, I wear white gloves like Michael Jackson. He did it to stop him catching colds and flu.”

Rod puts his remarkable good health down to a strict exercise regime which sees him training like an athlete — and getting lots of sleep.

“When you’re in your 20s and 30s, you don’t even warm up,” Rod laughs.

“You drink whatever you want, do the drugs, get on the stage.

“In the old days, we used to get p***d as farts with [band] FACES. Now, when I go on, I’m absolutely sober, then I’ll have a rum and Coke after the third song or so.

“Plus, I have an hour’s workout before I go on — stretching, cycling, stationary bike, massaging, warming up the voice, just getting yourself in the zone.

“It is like being an athlete.”

Of his regime at home, Rod adds: “Three times a week, I cycle for a mile, lots of uphill stuff, and I do a load of swimming.

“Frank Sinatra told me about that. He said, ‘If you just do underwater swimming as much as you can, holding your breath till you want to burst, because then your lungs will get bigger. And they’ll get used to you holding your breath and singing’.”

Rod’s pipes, I can attest, are back on top form after a scary ­incident this summer in Utah.

At an amphitheatre 4,300ft above sea level, Rod needed oxygen after almost fainting on stage.

Keen to reassure his fans he’s now fine, the Maggie May singer explains: “I had a bout of illness, which was bad luck. I’d just had bronchitis at the same time as I was playing above altitude. I was in a right state.

“The geezer who worked for me didn’t tell me. I said, ‘Are we above sea level?’. He said, ‘Nah, of course we’re not’.

“So, I ran out and did three fast songs. All of a sudden, I was like, I couldn’t breathe. I got through the show, but it was painful.

“If I’m performing above altitude, you go out and do a mid-tempo one and a slow one, then do a fast one. Not three off the bounce, jumping about.”

Rod, with his electric blonde hair and bronzed skin, could pass for a man 20 years younger.

A decade after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, he is still all-clear from the disease.

Grinning, he says of his health tests: “My PSA levels are at 0.02. You’ve got to keep an eye on it.”

But cackling, he adds of the old-style check for prostate problems: “Finger up the bum, no harm done. That’s what most men don’t like. The old finger up the bum. But just get on with it.”

Like any good musician, Rod has his vices and cannot resist a drink . . . even if his wife Penny Lancaster warns him off it.

“I wish I could curb my drinking, but I love wine with an evening meal,”

Rod explains. “I’ve got a great chef and I can’t drink water with a good meal.

“Penny says, ‘You must cut back, darling’. I only have a couple of glasses. But then, sometimes, I’ll get on the apple martinis and I can really knock those back.

“I have these conversations with my kids. I stress to them that I can have a drink, you know, because it’s show business, I drink whenever I want. Not that I drink a lot. But, you know, one of my sons goes out and gets all pd on a Sunday night and he’s got to go to school the next morning.”

Laughing, he adds: “I’ve let the cat out of the bag there, haven’t I? There’s only one going to school.”

The Final Encore will kick off its UK leg in Glasgow on April 29 at the OVO Hydro, after Rod turned down a farewell gig at his beloved Celtic Park in the city.

“It would have been just, like, 90 minutes and I’d say goodbye,” he explains. “I thought, ‘If I can have it for three nights, I can really get into it and indulge myself in it’.”

By next summer, Rod’s touring days will be over — but he says that, inspired by artists such as Adele, he is planning smaller, residency-style shows in future.

“I made the album [Swing Fever in 2024] with Jools Holland, which got to No1 and, when I do my last show, that’s what I’m going to do. I’ve talked to Jools.

“I don’t know if he wants to do it with me, because I think he’s afraid of losing his identity. If he doesn’t, I’ll form my own big band. I’d like to do the London Palladium for a few nights, then maybe the Albert Hall.”

Rod’s fans also have a top-secret documentary to look forward to next year, after the star confessed he’s just done a tell-all interview with his old foe, Sir Elton John.

The pair, who are now good pals, traded comedy barbs over the years, with Rod admitting to me he was miles better at football than Elton when they trained together at Watford FC.

“I nearly signed for Brentford,” Rod says proudly. “I only finished playing when I was 68.

“But Elton, I was miles better than him when we trained together. The documentary we’ve done should be out at the ­beginning of the year. At the end . . . he kissed me on the lips. And we caught it on film.”

Rod added of Elton’s kids Zachary, 15, and Elijah, 13: “His boys are wonderful. I don’t know whether they were putting it on for me, but they came in from school and went, ‘Daddy, Daddy, oh, Mr Stewart, we are so glad to meet you, Mr ­Stewart’. They are so well spoken.”

Looking back at his six-decade career, Rod knows it won’t be easy to retire from touring.

He says: “Carly Simon found it stressful going on stage. I don’t. I am absolutely raring to go out there. I absolutely love it.”

Stepping back will, however, give Rod more time to focus on Penny and his one other true love — his model train set.

Covering 156 square metres and featuring a 275-metre track that runs through a city landscape, it has kept Rod busy for decades.

“I want to open it to the public and give the money to charity,” he explains.

“I think I’ll be able to get permission. I would like to share it with the world.”

Politics is another keen passion of Rod’s, although he admits he’s more likely to keep his views to himself these days for fear of being misunderstood.

One subject we speak passionately about, however, is the plight of the people of Ukraine — who Rod has publicly supported since Russia invaded in 2022.

“I just hope it’s not too late for Ukraine,” he says.

“They’re going into winter now, and this could be the turning point. It’s scary.

“They’re bombing the fuel and water supplies. Putin is a b*****d.”

Another topic of contention is US president Donald Trump, who Rod has no time for.

“I stand by what I told Kind Charles,” he says.

“I said, ‘Trump’s a pig’. I could tell the King wanted to laugh.”

Rod will, undoubtedly, use his Final Encore shows to urge fans to champion all that’s good in the world — despite still coming to terms with his own global impact.

“I haven’t twisted anybody’s arm or threatened to kill them if they don’t give me money,” he tells me.

“I’ve earned it off my own back.

“I want to thank my public for this. They’ve given me the most glorious, unimaginable lifestyle.

“When I was at school, I never dreamed that when I started singing, it would end up like this.

“Me, performing on stage at 81.

“It’s been the best life and I am so grateful.”

POPSTAR Katie Melua has revealed she has given birth to her second child.

The Nine Million Bicycles singer, 41, told fans she was set to become a mum again in the summer, and now her little one has arrived.

The star shared a sweet snap of herself holding her newborn and confirmed it was a baby boy named Max.

She penned: “New arrival… Max is here! So lucky to be mum to two beautiful boys. Sandro’s been the best big brother so far. Long may it last.”

Fans of the singer were quick to rush to congratulate her, with one saying: “Ah that’s gorgeous news! Congratulations!”

While another added: “Such lovely news congratulations on the birth of Max.”

SO CUTE

Katie Melua gives birth to first baby and reveals cute photo and adorable name

OH BABY

Katie Melua pregnant with first child at 37 and shows off baby bump

A third said: “What lovely, lovely news.”

Katie is already a mum to son Sandro, three, who was born in December 2022.

It is not known who Sandro’s dad is – or her current partner’s identity – as the singer is known to keep quiet about much of her private life.

In 2012, Katie confirmed that she was engaged to World Superbike racer James Toseland.

They married in September that year at Kew Gardens in London, but got divorced eight years later.

Since then, she has refrained from sharing her new relationship online or publicly.

LOTTIE Tomlinson was seen wiping away tears as she opened up about losing her mum, and how her brother Louis really “stepped up” in a fatherly role.

The two siblings “grew closer” after their beloved mother Johannah Deakin’s death in 2016, aged 43.

Lottie was just 18-years-old when her mother died from leukaemia.

Speaking to her brother’s girlfriend Zara McDermott on her Feel Good Formula podcast with Boots, mum-of-two Lottie, who shares her kids with Lewis Burton, said: “‘It’s really hard having your own kids without your mum.”

Beginning to well up, she said: “(I’m) Not gonna get upset. Literally said to myself, ‘Don’t cry’.

“But yeah, I think my sisters have been a big one, we’ve all sort of come together and tried to look after each other and it makes me feel closer to her in a way because obviously I know how much being a mum meant to her.

hospital dash

Lottie Tomlinson rushed to hospital for emergency surgery after falling ill

FILLER FALLOUT

Lottie Tomlinson reveals fillers caused her face to ‘blow up’ in pregnancy

“And it means so much to us, I think, because of how she brought us up with being so maternal and I think that’s why we all are how we are because of her but yeah, it’s hard.”

Speaking about how her big brother Louis really stepped up, she added how he took her on tour with him, and supported her.

“I appreciate now that he even let me come on the tour,” Lottie said.

“But it was actually really nice in the end because he sort of stepped into a real fatherly role on that tour, and he didn’t let me get away with anything.

“I think it gave us a really strong bond that you sort of can’t explain because we went through that together.

“We’re so close now, and I think it is because of those few years. Me being there with him, I think in the end he liked having me there for the support.

“And he was sort of fathering me a bit, but I was almost mothering him a bit as well. So I would pull him up on stuff if he was acting a certain way and it sort of worked both ways, which was nice.”

Lottie’s late mother Johannah had seven children, including Louis and Lottie.

But just three years after their mum’s death, the siblings lost sister Félicité Tomlinson, following an accidental overdose, after she took a fatal concoction of anti-anxiety medication, cocaine and painkillers.

FROM festive discos to free Santa meets – there are lots of reasons to book a Butlin’s break this Christmas.

And the holiday park has just announced two new shows this year as well.

Santa himself will be in his festive grotto at all three Butlin’s resorts as the Father Christmas Express Delivery returns for 2026 – and it’s included in the price.

During the 30-minute experience, families will take a magical journey in a lift to Santa’s grotto where they’ll write their Christmas Day wish list.

Of course, children will get to meet, chat and have a photo with Father Christmas too.

New for this year at all three resorts are two festive shows, the first being a live band playing classic Christmas tunes with a rock twist.

CAMP OUT

The 10 BEST UK campsites for autumn and winter with saunas and lodges from £8pp

HAPPY HOLLY-DAYS

The 8 UK holiday parks opening for Christmas this year with £6.62pp stays

The second will be the Robbie Williams tribute show Rock DJ who will play his biggest hits.

Across the parks will also be two weekly pantomime performances of Jack and the Beanstalk.

Also included in all breaks are festive arts and crafts sessions, Christmas-themed pool parties, discos, Christmas film showings and character photoshoots.

Not to mention all the usual perks too like access to the Splash Waterworld pools, the rides at the fairground, SKYPARK playgrounds in Minehead and Skegness, and the Skyline Gang Soft Play centre in Bognor Regis.

The year-round Butlin’s entertainment will continue like Peppa Pig-Nic Celebration featuring Evie Pig and Animals and Mythical Beasts.   

Four-night Christmas Festive Wonderland breaks start from £39 which works out to just £10 per person.

These Festive Wonderland Breaks can be booked between November 23 and December 30.

For those who fancy a break over December 25, there’s an option to book the Christmas Day Breaks.

These can be booked between December 23 and December 27 and start from £184 or £46pp.

It doesn’t stop there either with New Year Breaks available to book too.

These will take place between December 30 to January 2 with prices from £313 or £79pp.

Mike Godolphin, Entertainment Director at Butlin’s, said: “As we wrap up an incredible year of celebrating our 90th birthday, we’re ending it on a festive high.

“The most wonderful time of the year is made extra special at Butlin’s, with non-stop festive shows and activities, all included in the price of breaks. 

“While most families will be heading to the sofas after their Christmas lunch, our guests can whizz down the slides at Splash Waterworld. Where else can you swap your Christmas jumper for a swimsuit on Christmas Day?

“There’s no better place for a well-earned festive getaway, and we can’t wait to welcome thousands of guests across our three resorts.” 

For those who want to guarantee no extra costs, Butlin’s also offers all-inclusive packages.

Dining plans with unlimited breakfast and dinner start from £25.95 per adult, per day, £15.50 per child (6-14), per day and £7.25 per child (2-5), per day.

All Inclusive drinks packages with a range of unlimited Costa Coffee, alcoholic and soft drinks start from £25.95 per adult, per day, £10.50 per child (6-14), per day and free for under 5’s.

Wondering if it’s worth the cost? One Travel Writer tested out the drinks package to see what she could get in one day from Prosecco to beer and Costa Coffee.

JOANNE McNally has revealed the regimental methods used to remove banished players from The Celebrity Traitors castle.

Asked by Vogue Williams on their podcast My Therapist Ghosted Me, Joanne explained precisely what happens once they are asked to leave the round table.

“When you leave, what happens? You just left and go home?” asked Vogue.

“So you get off the podium, they rush you out the side door and you’re bundled into a van like Whitney Houston in the Bodyguard,” Joanne explained. “You have a little backpack there, it’s like an emergency backpack in the castle at all times so that if it’s the night that you do go you have your essentials.

“And then you’re taken to a different hotel.”

Joanne – who was banished on the penultimate episode of the second season of The Celebrity Traitors, after the other players wrongfully accused her of conspiring against the Faithful – explained that she was then sent back to the castle the next day.

TOP THREE

Maya Jama reveals which Celeb Traitors stars she would have picked to be Traitors

‘IT’S GIVING LOBOTOMY’

Celebrity Traitors’ Joe Lycett reveals secret email with bosses

“You actually have a full day’s work to do in the castle because you have to do all your B-shots and there was a video of me in the bath, so it’s all that stuff and your final interviews.

“I always wondered why in the castle if you needed to go to the bathroom or anything it’s this big kind of production.

“It’s because they have to make sure the castle is clear and there’s not people who’ve been banished the night before because they were in the castle doing all their extra last bits of work.

“So they were making sure no one crossed paths. It’s such a huge production and they run it so military!”

Meanwhile, co-star James Acaster has revealed the moment he “should have walked out” of the show before filming was halted.

The comedian left viewers shocked in the penultimate episode when he changed the whole game by outing himself as a Traitor in a tense round table – after Michael Sheen pointed the finger at him and Maya Jama.

James’ shock admission that he was a Celebrity Traitor on the show left him so distraught filming was halted.

Welfare staff checked on the comic before the Round Table vote but he crumbled as Faithful Michael Sheen finally ­rumbled him — forcing producers to step in.

Now, James has revealed that he had considered quitting the castle even earlier in the series, when the celebs took part in a mission that forced them to be buried alive in coffins.

James shared that he was “really scared” during the coffin mission and should have gotten out then.

He told Far Out Magazine: “I was lying there thinking, actually, I think I’m really scared of this. As soon as the soil was heaped on top, Bella did say, ‘Imagine if they can’t get us out.”

During the mission, Jerry Hall decided to quit the mission, and James said: “She didn’t like it. She didn’t like, well, none of us liked it. 

“I respect Jerry the most because Jerry just went, ‘I’m not doing this.’ Like, are you kidding me? And the rest of us were just like, ‘We want to win Traitors in our coffins, idiots.’

“We should have just done what – as soon as I heard Jerry got out, I should have said to Bella, ‘I’m getting out, forget it.’ If it’s a free-for-all now, we should all get out. They can’t stop us all. We could all do it.”

ACTING icon John Goodman says his dramatic weight loss hasn’t involved jabs, but that they would have been helpful in shedding the pounds.

The Hollywood star – known for sitcom Roseanne and movies The Big Lebowski and this year’s Tom Cruise flop Digger – has revealed his relationship with food had become “dangerous”, leading him to lose weight.

John, 74, has lost over 14 stone over the years, giving up booze, “forcing himself” to go to the gym, and undergoing stomach surgery.

Speaking to The Sunday Times’ Culture magazine, he spoke about his battle with alcohol, and how he treated food in the same way as he did booze.

“I was eating alcoholically – it was just something to up the ante.

“It was dangerous; my joints were shot from the weight I was carrying.”

IN RUINS

Devastating pics show LA celeb homes burned to ground including John Goodman’s

LOOKING ROSE-Y

John Goodman, 71, looks unrecognisable after Roseanne star sheds 200lbs

Asked whether he used weight loss jabs at all during his health journey – which started in 2007 after entering rehab, having started to drink behind-the-scenes on his acting projects – he admitted: “No, because it’s got to be co-ordinated with other things.

“But it would have been a godsend; they cut down on the addiction part and I understand it works for drinking as well.”

By 2023, he had dropped over 14 stone, but admitted: “I have to force myself [to the gym]. If it was just me, I’d skip it.”

John’s weight led to his need for two knee replacements, tipping the scales at 28.5 stone at his heaviest.

John’s size went hand-in-hand with his character on the sitcom Roseanne, in which he starred as Dan Conner, the husband of the titular character played by Rosanne Barr.

The show told the story of a working-class American family, with both Dan and Roseanne known for enjoying fast food and spending copious amounts of time on the couch.

The sitcom ran initially for nine seasons, from 1988 through 1997, before being rebooted in 2018 for one season (before writers killed off Rosanne’s character amid a real-life controversy, and continuing the show without her, rebranded as The Conners).

But between the show’s initial end, and the 2018 revival, John came to realise how his weight issues were causing problems in all areas of his life.

“It was 30 years of a disease that was taking its toll on everyone around me and it had got to the point where, every time I did it, it was becoming more and more debilitating.

“It was life or death… it was time to stop.”

He shed the first 100lb by 2010, totally ditching sugar and working out six days a week with Mackie Shilstone, known as tennis star Serena Williams‘ trainer.

The PT also placed John on a Mediterranean diet, and he was tasked with taking between 10,000 to 12,000 steps per day, using a treadmill, an elliptical trainer and walking his dogs.

Portions were reduced and slowly he was eased into low-intensity workouts, as well as boxing.

John was in London in September for the premiere of Digger, Tom Cruise’s latest film, in which he played the President of the United States opposite Tom’s oil magnate, Digger Rockwell.

MAYA Jama has revealed who of her co-stars from The Celebrity Traitors she would select to be her fellow Traitor if she was in charge of choosing.

The TV star, who was paired with Richard E Grant, Hannah Fry, James Acaster and King Kenny as Traitors across the recent season, kept herself in the mix, as well as just one of the others.

The third may shock fans.

Speaking to Elle, she said: “If I could go right back to the beginning and pick my own three traitors, I would pick me.

“I think Richard I would keep and just delete the fact that he told everyone he was a Traitor.

“And Miranda I think would have been great if she was chosen from day one.”

‘IT’S GIVING LOBOTOMY’

Celebrity Traitors’ Joe Lycett reveals secret email with bosses

OH MAYA

King Kenny parties with Maya Jama at Halloween bash after secret stays over emerge

Some might be surprised to hear she’d choose Miranda Hart over King Kenny, who she grew close to on the show.

Kenny was spotted partying the night away at her Halloween bash with a host of other celebrities – hours after being spotted leaving her £1.5m flat.

The Sun exclusively revealed that Maya let her fellow traitor Kenny stay at her £1.5 million North London flat for two nights — including the tense finale on Friday night.

After wrapping up with his fellow contestants, Kenny was spotted arriving back at Maya’s pad in time to watch the show air on BBC1 at 8pm.

Pictures shared by both celebs on the same day appeared to show the same curtains in the background, believed to be in Maya’s home.

But despite Maya hosting Kenny at her home, a source close to Maya said that romance is “not on the cards”.

The source said: “Maya and Kenny are just friends. There is nothing romantic between them.

“Kenny has been firmly on the sofa this week and the pair find it hilarious that their relationship could be anything else.

“They’ve seen fans of the show talking about them online and find it really funny, but romance has not and is not on the cards.

“Maya has a group of friends staying with her at the moment and Kenny has also been coming to hang out with them.

“They’ve all been watching the Traitors final together, as well as getting their costumes ready for the Halloween party tonight.

“They are genuinely really good friends and built a stronger bond through being on Traitors together.

“Maya is single and enjoying spending time with her friends as well as working right now.”

Maya has been single since splitting from Portugal and Man City footballer Ruben Dias earlier this year after 18 months together.

Influencer and reality TV star Princess Andre shares all about her famous family, dating and making a name for herself

11:55, 31 Oct 2026Updated 13:02, 31 Oct 2026

Her reality show, The Princess Diaries , is one of ITVX’s biggest hits, with the third series clocking up a staggering four million streams since its July release. Now, having conquered TV, Princess Andre has her sights on beauty with the launch of her own make-up range, By Princess, out this month.

Despite being the daughter of two of the UK’s best-known stars, Peter Andre and Katie Price, the 19-year-old says she is determined to carve out a career in her own right. And it looks like she’s succeeding.

“It used to be, ‘Oh my God, you’re Peter Andre and Katie Price’s child,’” says the star, who has more than a million Instagram followers. “Now it’s like, ‘Oh my God, you’re Princess.’ It’s really nice. Obviously, my parents brought me up in the industry, but now I’m building my own lovely fanbase and I’m getting my own community.”

Living her life in the glare of the spotlight is nothing out of the ordinary for the ambitious teen. Since she was a baby, Princess has grown up being photographed and filmed.

She was born on 29 June 2007, just over three years after her parents met in the Australian I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! jungle. During the couple’s turbulent four-year marriage, the pair were rarely out of the spotlight, starring in a succession of reality shows and appearing on countless magazine covers.

So for Princess it’s very much a case of “been there, done that”, and when we ask about recent snaps of her and Love Island hunk Harrison Solomon at a Halloween event – and the whispers that they’re dating – she doesn’t flinch.

“It’s not true… the rumours are really funny,” she laughs. “Me and Harrison are part of the same management, so we were at an event together with lots of other people. We get on really well, but there’s no romance there.” So is she dating anyone?

“No, and do you know what? I’m really busy working so I don’t have time for a boyfriend at the moment,” she says. “In the future, I’d love to have a partner, but it’s not my main interest right now.”

This will be music to the ears of her notoriously protective dad Peter, who once joked that he’d like her to become “a nun”.

Princess says, “My dad is protective, but at the same time he knows I’m an adult. We have a great relationship and so much fun together.”

She is close to both her parents and, as she tells us, “They have very different personalities, but I love them both.”

Princess and her brother Junior, 21, recently moved viewers when they shared their upset over their mum’s past when appearing on her Sky docuseries, Katie Price: Nothing To Hide . Blinking back tears, Princess told how she would hug a scented blanket, sobbing, when her mum wasn’t there, while Junior said Katie simply “wasn’t being a mum” during that time.

Thankfully, things have since changed for the better.

“Me and Mum get on so well – she’s a different person now,” Princess assures us. “I think people hold on to the past quite a lot and I’m really proud of how she is trying to turn her life around. I genuinely have a good relationship with both my parents.”

Princess and Katie share a love of horses and enjoy spending quality time together at the stables.

“I’ve ridden since I was three years old,” Princess says. “Some of my earliest memories are of my mum putting me on a horse, and in the summer we love to ride. We’ll spend a few hours together at the stables.”

Princess also has a close relationship with Junior, with whom she’s currently starring in the hit BBC travel challenge show, Celebrity Race Across The World.

Touchingly, she describes him as her “best friend”, but chatting to her today, it sounds like shared past trauma may be partly responsible for helping strengthen their bond.

In 2018, the siblings were caught up in a terrifying carjacking incident in South Africa while filming their mum’s reality show, My Crazy Life . The attackers were never caught, and local police said they were lucky to escape. Unsurprisingly, the incident had a lasting effect on them both.

“I did have some counselling around that time,” says Princess. “Even now there are certain things I avoid. I don’t like being alone anywhere, ever, and I don’t like driving at night, or getting out of my car at night. And there’s something that you’ll see on Race Across The World . I had a moment of panic.”

She adds, “I feel like counselling has helped, but I’m a person who likes to keep things to myself, so I don’t like talking to people about how I feel. I also feel like, growing up, you learn to deal with things and how to cope.”

One of the things that makes Princess feel safe is being surrounded by her brothers and sisters – and the noise and familiar chaos that comes with that. She lives with dad Peter, 53, stepmum Emily, 37, and three of her seven siblings – Amelia, 12, Theo, nine, and Arabella, two.

“Because I’ve always grown up in a busy household where there’s constantly people around, it makes me feel safer when it’s not just silence,” she explains. Coming from such a big family, Princess also has her sights set on a large brood. “I either want two or four kids,” she says. “And lots of animals. I like good chaos. I sleep better when there’s noise going on.”

Of her siblings, she’s particularly taken with Peter and Emily’s youngest daughter, Arabella.

“I adore her so much,” she beams. “She is the cutest little thing, like a doll. It’s weird for me, because the age gap is like 18 years. It’s like having my own child, but I don’t actually have to help with changing nappies.”

With Princess’s profile soaring, the brand deals are flooding in. She’s already worked with some big names and now she’s gearing up to launch her very own beauty brand, By Princess.

So now she’s earning her own income, how does she spend her money?

“Quite a lot of Louis Vuitton, that I save up for,” she laughs. “But I also wear high street – I like mixing it up. But I think Junior and my dad have knocked some sense into me, as my main focus now is saving up for a house, rather than splurging on things I don’t actually need. I have looked at flats in London, but to be honest, I don’t see myself living in the UK permanently when I’m older. I picture my life abroad – somewhere hot.”

Her beauty venture is already generating a buzz on social media and Princess is understandably proud to have created her own independent brand.

“It has taken over two years to build,” she reveals. “When it first came around, I was quite unsure, because I thought, ‘This is scary, to have my own products.’ I was only 17 when I made the decision, but I was also really excited because it’s always been my dream to have my own make-up brand. I designed the products with an amazing team behind me and we made sure they are suitable for all skin tones and colours.

“It was also so important to me that the range is affordable – which is why every product is £12 – not tested on animals, and makes people feel good about enhancing their natural features through make-up, rather than changing themselves.To have a lovely community of fans, and my own make-up brand launching in Boots stores across the country, is a dream come true. I can’t wait for everyone to see it. I’m also excited to do some signings too when it’s launched, so I can meet my fans face to face.”

With her own TV show and now a beauty brand set to launch, what’s next?

“I want to properly get into brand ambassadorship,” Princes says. “I like fashion and make-up and I really want to go travelling, too.”

How about a pop career, like her dad?

“Weirdly, I do see myself in the music industry, but I just don’t have time right now,” she shrugs. It seems whatever she decides to do, Princess is doing a great job of shaking off the “nepo baby” tag and is now being seen by the public as a talent in her own right.

She says, “There are a lot of comparisons, always, but now I’m standing on my own two feet.” By Princess is launching on boots.com and in selected stores from 17 November. byprincess.co.uk

PETER Andre has revealed he refused to let his adult son Junior share a bedroom with girlfriend Jasmine at the family home — and even banned them from closing the door.

The Mysterious Girl singer admitted he enforced the strict rules when Junior, now 21, first started dating Jasmine, despite his son already being around 18 or 19.

Speaking on his new podcast, At Home With The Andres, alongside wife Dr Emily Andre, Peter explained that he wanted to set an example for his younger children.

He said: “Junior, even now he’s with his partner, yeah, that’s different. He’s with Jasmine and they’re really happy. They live together, it’s different.”

The dad-of-five continued: “When they come over together, they stay together. But when they got together, with Jasmine, it was like, no, you’re not sharing a room. And he’s an adult, he’s like 19 or 18, and I’m like, no, no, you guys can sit up there and watch TV, doors open. They must’ve thought we were…”

Emily backed her husband, saying: “I actually think a lot of parents would relate to that.”

INSIDE MAN

Katie Price’s ex Lee Andrews claims he ‘dined with royals and murderers’ in jail

PRICELESS

Gogglebox star is unrecognisable dressed as Katie Price for Halloween

Explaining his reasoning, Peter added: “And it was because I didn’t want Millie and Theo to be thinking that it’s just normal for someone to just have someone in their room with the door shut. And then what happens if that relationship doesn’t work out?”

He continued: “Well then the next person, and then where does it stop? So I’m glad that we put those rules in.”

Emily agreed, saying: “As a parent, you can only do what feels like the right thing at the time.”

She added: “I do think that was the right thing at the time, especially with the younger kids in the house. But, you know, everyone’s got different rules, but I think a lot of parents will relate to that. Definitely.”

The couple’s new podcast offers listeners a glimpse behind the scenes of their family life, with the pair discussing everything from parenting dilemmas to marriage and their very different careers.

Peter and Emily tied the knot in 2015 and share children Amelia, Theo and Arabella, while the singer is also dad to Junior and Princess from his previous marriage to Katie Price.

A MUCH-LOVED Italian holiday destination is set to charge visitors £25 just to enter the city.

Venice is looking to raise its tourist entry fee to €30 (£25.13) as well as increasing the time frame for when it applies.

Venice’s budget and taxation councillor Michele Zuin told Reuters that the current €5 (£4.19) to €10 (£8.38) fee is no longer deterring excessive visitor numbers.

As a result, there are now proposals to raise the fee in 2027.

The proposed new fee of €30 (£25.13) would cost more than some flight tickets to Venice from the UK.

For example, one-way flights in November and December cost as little as £13 per person.

Read more on travel inspo

CHEAP BREAKS

UK’s best 100 cheap stays – our pick of the top hotels, holiday parks and pubs

BOOK IT

20 ultra cheap girly hols – UK trips, city breaks & all inclusive stays from £59

And a return would only cost you a couple of quid more than the proposed fee, with £27 return flights in December from the UK.

Michele Zuin told regional news: “The current €5-10 charge is affordable for virtually everyone; ​the risk is that it no longer has the deterrent ​effect that this measure is supposed to have.”

There are even talks of the fee going up to €50 (£41.89) in the future.

The fee was originally introduced back in 2024 for day trippers entering the city.

Visitors would be able to pay less if they booked in advance and there are a number of exemptions including for children under the age of 14-years-old.

This year, the fee was in place between April 3 and July 26, between 8:30am and 4pm each day.

The new fee would need to be agreed on by the government before being introduced.

The fee was originally introduced to battle overtourism in the city.

The fee and when it applies for 2027 will be announced before the end of the year.

Celebrity Traitors finalist Nick Mohammed has shared how isolating it was to film the show amid monitored phone calls with his children and limited downtime

A year on from being hoodwinked by Alan Carr in the Celebrity Traitors final, Nick Mohammed is revealing what it was really like to film the BBC game show.

Speaking with Jessie and Lennie Ware on their Table Manners podcast, the actor described the isolation of filming, sharing that he was only permitted to have one call with his children a day and that those chats had to be monitored.

Nick, 46, said: “I was allowed once a day to FaceTime them, but only with the producers listening into the phone calls.” He added that this was “because if anything gets out, the game was over”.

“So that was the most difficult thing, and not being able to tell them exactly when I would be going because I didn’t know, and I could be back in 48 hours. I could be gone in three weeks, which turned out I was.”

To see more of the stories you love from The Mirror and to find them easily in Google then make us your preferred source. Free and easy-to-do, just click on the link here to find more from The Mirror at the top of your feed.

He continued to say that the celebs “downtime” was limited: “You didn’t get that much downtime, really. […] It looks in the programme like you get in those cars and go off, but it’s a more elaborate way out of the castle because they don’t want you to see who’s going in what direction. You’re actually in a holding area and dismissed at random, so you have no way of knowing whether someone’s been dismissed early and what that might mean.”

The Ted Lasso star was a Faithful on the show and made it all the way to the final. Though fellow Faithful Joe Marler was suspicious of Traitor Alan, Nick and David Olusoga both thought it was Joe who was the final Traitor and voted him off. As such, Alan won the game, stealing the prize pot for his chosen charity. Alan’s win won a BAFTA for most Memorable Moment.

Nick shared that he almost felt as though it had “never happened”. He explained: “It’s such a strange thing because we filmed it over April and May of last year, and then it didn’t come out till October of that year. So there is a good sort of four or five months where you can’t talk about it. You can’t give anything away, and you are not doing press for it because everything’s embargoed. So to a degree, it almost feels like it never happened. […] And you’ve got no access to the outside world, or you don’t have your phone on you, or anything like that during it.”

This year’s cohort have faced similar conditions concerning contact with the outside world. In a recent interview with The Times, current Traitor James Acaster shared that he was told off by the production team after a conversation with his partner. He said: “You can’t have an authentic conversation because you can’t tell them anything that’s happening.

“At one point my partner said, ‘Have you caught the sun?’ I was saying, ‘Oh yeah, we were outside for one of the missions.’ I was told I couldn’t even tell her that.”

He added that it was “just a game” and that the production team should remember that. His words were criticised by Richard Osman and Marina Hyde on their podcast. The former Pointless star said: “When James says it’s just a game and the production team would do well to remember that, the thing is it’s not just a game, it’s a television show about a game.

“And I am absolutely certain that they would have overstepped lines which the talent would rather they hadn’t overstepped because their job is incredibly difficult and you need to keep things as tight as you possibly can.”

Marina agreed: “You can’t call your family because you’ve been told in the rubric of the show before you go on it and before you sign the contract that that’s part of the game….You’ve got to toughen up.

“You’re being paid 40 grand for like 10 days work or something and you’re doing it for disadvantaged people so try and remember your chosen charity and just push it down.”

Like this story? For more of the latest showbiz news and gossip, follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Threads.

Shaun Wright-Phillips has revealed the moment it dawned him on that he could be about to leave Strictly Come Dancing after a tense dance-off that took place over the weekend

Shaun Wright-Phillips has revealed the moment it dawned him on that he knew he was about to leave Strictly Come Dancing.

The footballer, 45, and his professional partner Alexis Warr became the latest couple eliminated from the BBC Saturday night favourite following their Jive that was set to Stevie Wonder hit Faith.

It was the second time in the series that the couple had found themselves in the dance off, but, in his first interview since exiting the programme, Shaun has admitted he knew it was coming.

Speaking to Ellie Taylor on Monday’s edition of It Takes Two, when asked how it felt when he was told he was in the bottom two again, he said: “I kind of knew. In my head I kind of knew so mentally I was already preparing myself from that moment.

“As soon as we got into that room in the back, I was visualising straight away. We were running the steps where I made the mistakes and once again I was doing them fine so that confused me to the point where I knew them but I still made the mistake.”

It was then that Alexis chipped in to show that she still has nothing but support for her former dance partner. She said: “That happens. I think… I want him to give himself grace for that because that’s sometimes just what happens on the floor and with everything.

“Sometimes things don’t always make sense but even when he did mess up, he kept pushing and he ended strong. He always kept pushing. He’s a fighter, from day one until now. He just has that fight in him, that spirit.”

On Sunday evening, viewers watched as Shaun and Alexis failed to turn things around in the dance off with Jaime Winstone and her partner Carlos Gu, who finished in the bottom two after the public vote despite scoring 25 for their dance on Saturday’s episode of the BBC dancing show.

Shaun said: “I don’t think I can put into words how my time has been, from the pros, judges, staff behind the cameras, everyone who’s helped me along the way, it’s been the most amazing journey I’ve had. And thank you for giving me the chance to be on the Strictly Ballroom floor and actually learn how to dance.”

To see more of the stories you love from The Mirror and to find them easily in Google, make us your preferred source. Free and easy to do, just click on the link here to find more from The Mirror at the top of your feed.

Alexis, commented: “The resilience that this man has is so admirable, and I just want to say thank you so much. You have made this season such a joy for me, and it’s been so lovely to just get to know you and get to see you completely handle something different.

“And I’m so proud of how you just danced that dance-off. And that, that’s what we talk about, that’s the grit that you did. And I am so proud of you, and you should be so beyond happy with yourself. And also, the gentleman that this man is, I feel so honoured to have had him as my partner, so a friend for life!

Addressing Alexis, Shaun said: “Thank you, I couldn’t ask for a better partner, a better human being, you knew how to deal with my mood swings, you put me in my box, you got me back on the dancefloor, you knew how to work with me, I wish I could’ve taken you further.”

When asked if he’ll continue dancing, he responded: “Oh hell yeah,” before saying he would return each week to support his co-stars.

Like this story? For more of the latest showbiz news and gossip, follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads

ALEXA Chung has confirmed her engagement to actor Tom Sturridge – who popped the question with a ‘haunted’ Tudor ring.

Model and TV personality Alexa, 42, began dating The Sandman star Tom, 40, in 2022.

The Sun first revealed the pair’s engagement in 2024, with Alexa said to be “over the moon.”

However, she has now opened up about her iconic ring following growing speculation of the couple preparing to wed.

Alexa told More Or Less magazine: “My engagement ring is a Tudor…

“Tom knows how much I adore vintage and antiques, and he got me a beautiful Tudor ring. It’s like a table-cut diamond.”

FASHION icon

All we know about Alexa Chung’s parents

SUN SAVERS

Three ways to get celebs’ looks for less and still be as stylish as Alexa Chung

Alexa added: “When I went to the National Portrait Gallery and looked at images of Anne Boleyn and all the other people who perished at the hands of Henry VIII, a lot of them had these rings on.”

Meanwhile, the star also revealed her hairstylist, Alexandri, was startled by the jewellery and said:”‘Oh my god, I think your ring is haunted.”

Alexa explained: “He took it off my finger and started making wishes around it and blowing on it.

“So I hope that my ring isn’t haunted. Or do I? Because that’s iconic.”

A source previously told The Sun of the engagement: “Alexa has confirmed to her friends that she is indeed engaged to Tom and she is over the moon.

“She is in a great place and seems completely head over heels for him. They’re a great match.

“They have been hard at work planning a wedding with all of their close pals there.

“It won’t be a massive over-the-top affair but a smaller, classier and cooler bash.”

Before Tom, Alexa previously dated Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner from 2007 to 2011, as well as fashion photographer from 2003 to 2006.

Tom was formerly in a relationship with Sienna Miller for four years, with the pair welcoming a daughter in 2012.