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Vicky Pattison’s dance partner Kai Widdrington has poked fun at her for looking like ‘David Brent from The Office’ when she attempted to do a sultry Samba shake

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Vicky Pattison is trying to swot up on the Samba – after looking “like David Brent” with her first attempts at being sexy for Strictly Come Dancing this week.

Appearing on her own podcast with her pro partner Kai Widdrington, the pair spoke about training this week and on their new dance routine they are learning.

Kai, 30, said: “Vicky gave me a demonstration. And I’d like to say that she was playing up to the cameras, but I don’t think she was. I said ‘give me your best Samba shake’. It was giving David Brent from The Office. I just wanted her to never do that again so we could find the shake.”

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Thankfully things are improving and he added: “She’s actually good. Yeah, I’m not duping her this week. She said to me today, after we did the routine, she was like, I actually like this one, which I never thought I’d hear. She seems to be, like, growing in confidence.”

Vicky, 37, responded saying: “As a woman, I’ve spent the last 30 years of my life trying to make my bits not shake when I move. Like, all my lumps and bumps have been, like, just sucked so nothing’s moving.

“And like, now all of a sudden you’re being told to make them move. Yeah. Like, that’s very unnatural for me, and I like me, things where they belong. I don’t want them shaking all over the shop.”

The samba routine follows last week’s Charleston which Vicky admits was a “disaster” where they managed 25 out of 40 and received some criticism from judges.

But the final performance was much better than things could have been if viewers had seen their final rehearsals.

Vicky explained: “Saturday was just like a disaster from start to finish. You know me little headdress thing, obviously I had a wig as well. Yeah. So they put that on. We were dancing at the dress rehearsal. And obviously there’s a move where my head goes down and comes up, and the head piece just totally detached from the wig and fell over me face.

“And I kept trying to shove it up, and it just kept falling back over my eyes. Kai’s going ‘continue carry on’. And, honestly, I was so stressed out and angry, I tried to stop.”

“And then when I was finished, that is in the official dress rehearsal, Tess goes ‘Oh, you had a bit of stress there with your head piece there’. I said, me f**king wig fell off.”

The full interview with Vicky and Kai is on the latest episode of the Get A Grip Podcast, out now.

Celebrity Traitors is currently airing on BBC and BBC iPlayer and the celeb contestants are trying their best to win £100,000 for their chosen charity

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Ruth Codd had an unconventional rise to fame and several huge acting roles before joining the first series of Celebrity Traitors. The Irish actress is currently starring on the iconic BBC show where she is trying to win £100,000 for her chosen charity.

The star was very vocal during Wednesday night’s episode where she accused Jonathan Ross of being a Traitor – which, as viewers will know, she was right about. However, she thinks her days are numbered on the programme as she said she has put a target on her back as the next celebrity to get “murdered”.

She has become a stand-out contestant on Celebrity Traitors but she didn’t have a conventional rise to fame at first. Ruth is best known for her Netflix role in thrilling series The Midnight Club.

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Despite this being her first professional role, Ruth already had a large following on TikTok beforehand. She managed to gain a huge 670,000 followers before appearing on our TV screens, meaning she already had a collection of fans for a completely different reason other than acting.

Ruth was able to gain her followers during the coronavirus pandemic when she was laid off from her job as a barber. She would use her social media account to post makeup and hair tutorial videos.

It was thought her TikTok videos that Netflix producers discovered Ruth and approached her to be on The Midnight Club. She posted videos as a comedic nun and on disability awareness which kickstarted her acting career.

Ruth has starred as Anya in The Midnight Club and Juno Usher in The Fall of the House of Usher, both on Netflix. She has also appeared in an episode of horror series Creepshow and the second series of ITV comedy The Dry.

In 2024 Ruth finished in third place on E4’s Celebrity Cooking School before starring in her first film, the live adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon. Ruth has her right leg amputated below the knee in 2023 due to complications from a serious foot injury she got while playing football in 2015.

She now uses a prosthetic leg and has learned to walk on it. Speaking to The Irish Examiner, Ruth said: “It never healed correctly so until I was 23, I was on and off crutches, getting loads of operations.

“Because of nerve damage and chronic pain, I chose to get it amputated. It took eight years of my life, constantly going in and out of hospital. For years, I didn’t see it getting any better. I was stuck in a really bad mindset and I was p**sed off at life.”

She added: “When I made the decision to amputate it, things finally started to turn around. It was a relief. I could get on with my life.”

Vernon Kay has gushed over his daughter online as he celebrates her 21st birthday, telling Phoebe she is ‘the best any parent could ask for’ alongside a family portrait

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BBC Radio 2 star Vernon Kay has taken to social media to wish his eldest daughter Phoebe a very happy 21st birthday in a rare family snap with his beautiful wife Tess Daly.

In the photo, all three of them are beaming for the camera while dressed to the nines. Phoebe can be seen wearing a glamorous glittering silver dress, while her mum opted for an off-the-shoulder gold and white number.

Vernon, 51, rose to the occasion with a white shirt, smart black trousers and a matching black bowtie. The image highlighted just how much Phoebe looks like her famous mother.

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The presenter’s post also included a series of snaps of himself with Phoebe as a baby and teenager. Vernon, 51, captioned the post saying: “HAPPY BIRTHDAY @phoebekay 21 Today!! The celebrations are gonna be epic!! You’re the best any parent could ask for.”

Followers flocked to the comments to congratulate the dad, with one writing: “You are not old enough to have a daughter of that age! But congratulations to you, Tess and most of all Phoebe!”

Another chimed in: “Oh the genes! Sending positive happy birthday vibes to your lovely daughter.” Meanwhile, a third added: “Aaah beautiful photos, stunning family, have a very special day all of you.”

The birthday celebrations coincide with an exciting weekend for Vernon, who is set to be honoured with the prestigious Variety Club Silver Heart Award 2025 for Outstanding Contribution to Radio on Sunday night.

The award recognises his two decades of work at the BBC, including his popular weekday mid-morning show on Radio 2, which he took over from Ken Bruce in 2023.

Vernon’s radio journey began on Radio 1 in 2004, where he hosted his own show until 2012. He then moved to commercial station Radio X in 2015 before returning to the BBC in 2021.

Despite his extensive experience on the radio, Vernon has had to tread carefully in recent weeks after inadvertently spoiling a major moment on Dress the Nation.

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While on air, he admitted: “I’m going to avoid Traitors, I’m going to avoid it because people watch it on catch-up don’t they? So I’m not going to talk about it on the radio.”

The presenter explained that viewers can be very particular about spoilers: “I gave away the winner of Dress the Nation on Sunday, [I] congratulated the winner, oh my gosh, I got a tonne of grief.”

Away from work, Vernon seems to be enjoying his family life with his wife Tess and their daughters. The couple met in the early 2000s while Tess was hosting SMTV Live and Vernon was working on Channel 4’s T4.

They got married in 2003 and went on to have two daughters, Phoebe and Amber. Tess cheekily described their early romance as “pretty explosive” in a chat with Fabulous magazine.

Six years ago, Vernon secretly organised a vow renewal in the South of France, and surprised Tess with multiple wardrobe choices and a heartfelt card to commemorate their second wedding day.

Miriam Margolyes has declared that her role as Professor Sprout in Harry Potter was ‘not a career highlight’ just a year after telling adult fans of the films to ‘grow up’

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Miriam Margolyes has disclosed that appearing in Harry Potter was “not a career highlight” – just one year after telling grown-up fans of the magical franchise to “grow up”.

The seasoned actress, 84, portrayed Professor Pomona Sprout in the film series, but she doesn’t regard it with the same reverence as some of her other work.

Miriam, who secured a BAFTA for her performance in Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence, delivered her latest Potter criticism during a chat on Ireland AM.

Host Elaine Crowley enquired: “I suppose when you look at your career over the years, I know you’re a mad fan of Dickens. You think he’s perhaps overlooked in terms of Shakespeare. Your career from Harry Potter to everything else to Doctor Who you’ve done it all, been there for it all, but do you have any particular role that was a highlight for you?”

After a moment’s hesitation, Miriam responded: “Yes, there are certain things… I mean Harry Potter is not for me a highlight.

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“That was a delightful experience because I was working with Maggie Smith whom I adored and she was lovely to me. She is not always lovely to everybody but she was lovely to me.

“Oh yes, if she didn’t like you, you knew it, you know. But she was great, she was fabulous”.

Downton Abbey legend Maggie passed away last year at the age of 89 and she memorably played Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter.

Miriam, known for her role in Romeo + Juliet, has shared some of her career highlights, including her latest film with Stephen Fry, A Friend of Dorothy.

The film tells the tale of a “lonely widow’s quiet life is upended when a teenage boy accidentally kicks his football into her garden”.

She described the film as “really quite good” and delved into her character’s emotional journey, dealing with “deep pain in her heart” after having a disabled child completely altered her nature.

The telly star was in Ireland promoting her new memoir, The Little Book of Miriam.

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Despite downplaying the significance of Harry Potter in her illustrious career, it’s not the first time she’s ruffled the feathers of wizarding fans.

Last year, she told Potter fans they “should be over that by now”, adding to New Zealand broadcaster TZNZ: “It was 25 years ago, and I think it’s for children.

“I do Cameos and people say they are doing a Harry Potter-themed wedding, and I think, ‘Oh gosh what is their first night of fun going to be?'”

She also spoke about Cameo, a platform where fans can pay celebrities to create personalised videos, during her appearance on The Late Late Show with Patrick Kielty last weekend.

Miriam revealed she has “never earned so much in my life” thanks to the site, exclaiming: “How lucky am I?”

Grim footage from the White House shows President Donald Trump once again speaking dismissively to a female reporter, refusing to answer her questions while referring to her condescendingly as ‘darling’

President Donald Trump has left social media users repulsed following a patronising exchange with a female reporter, which saw him deflect her questions with an irrelevant response many have deemed misogynistic.

Addressing President Trump at the White House, the journalist asked: “As China defends its presence in Latin America, what role do you see for the US?” Cutting her off with a smirk, the 79-year-old turned to his Vice President, JD Vance and said: “I just like to watch her talk.”

In a dismissive tone some have described as “disgusting” and “demeaning”, President Trump told the media professional: “Good job. Thank you, darling.” Notably, he did not bother to answer her question. Footage shows Trump’s team laughing along as he attempts to humiliate the reporter, simply for doing her job.

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A video of the sexist incident has since gone viral, with a number of people pointing out that, had such condescending language been used in any other workplace, disciplinary action would likely be taken.

Commenting beneath the video, which was shared on social media platform X, one person wrote: “He treats all women as objects that only exist for his amusement. Self-respecting women don’t want anything to do with him.” Another tweeted: “Has any other leader of the free world countries ever consistently spoken to female reporters so rudely, disrespected them or even told them to shut up? The answer is a definite no.”

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This follows another recent incident aboard Air Force One, where Trump spoke down to reporter Dasha Burns of Politico, after she questioned him on the topic of tariffs in China. Refusing to engage with her questions, Trump told Burns, “Let’s get somebody else to ask some questions, you mind? Because Politico is fake news.”

Unfortunately, Trump’s disrespectful treatment of women in the media is nothing new. Back in August 2015, when the businessman turned politician was making his first bid for the Oval Office, then Fox News reporter Megyn Kelly called Trump out at the Republican Party presidential debate, for having referred to women as “fat pigs”, “slobs”, and “dogs”.

Trump responded with a cruel joke about comedian Rosie O’Donnell, to which Ms Kelly replied: “Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president?” This marked the beginning of Trump’s targeting of Kelly, who he described as having “zero respect for” during an interview with Fox News.

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POTUS even appeared to make a sexist reference to menstruation during a separate interview with CNN, in which he said of Kelly, “There was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever.” Such remarks set the tone for a presidency in which even the slightest criticisms by members of the press have been deemed “fake news” by the reality TV-trained politician and his often fanatic followers. And female journalists have been subjected to particularly grim treatment.

On this particular subject, Elisa Lees Munoz, the Executive Director of the International Women’s Media Foundation, previously told The Independent: “We know that he does not discriminate on gender with regards to his criticism and his attacks, but we have particularly noticed the way that he attacks female journalists and it is a very gendered attack, which really demonstrates some misogynistic tendencies that we see online and in the streets every day.”

Reflecting on the purpose of these often very personal attacks, Ms Munoz explained: “It is really designed to shut them up, to try to get them to stop working, to belittle, to humiliate.”

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The Victoria’s Secret runway show, which took place in New York on Wednesday (October 15), saw Jude Law’s daughter, Iris Law, make her debut at the event as she strutted her stuff in an edgy look

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Many people were excited to watch the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show this week as it came back for its second year after a six-year hiatus.

The runway show, which took place in New York on Wednesday (October 15), saw a return to its classic ‘glamorous and sensual’ style as the brand are reportedly focused on ramping up sales. Several stars hits the stage for the runway in New York, including Jasmine Tookes who made history by opening the show while nine months pregnant. She was seen wearing a baby‑bump–accentuating ensemble, which was streamed live on Amazon Prime Video, as she cradled her stomach.

Bella Hadid also captured attention as she hit the runway after being hospitalised last month due to health complications.

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However, Jude Law’s daughter – Iris Law – really used the show as an opportunity to put her mark on the fashion industry.

The 24-year-old, who is also Sadie Frost’s daughter, has walked in several high-profile fashion shows throughout her career. She made her runway debut at the Miu Miu autumn/winter 2020 show during Paris Fashion Week, alongside models like Kaia Gerber and Storm Reid.

Since then, Iris, who was born in the US, has appeared on the runways of several other prestigious brands such as in the Roberto Cavalli during the autumn/winter 2022 show in Milan.

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She also took part in the Versace runway at Milan Fashion Week in September 2023, wearing a purple floral dress over bikini bottoms with sky-high orange wedges

As well as this, she has fronted campaigns for top brands such as Burberry, Versace, and David Yurman.

Wednesday’s show saw Iris make her debut at a Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show though, as she was seen wearing a sporty, edgy look featuring black-and-white boy shorts with silver trim, a cropped tee reading “Naughty-ish,” a beanie showcasing her platinum blonde pixie cut, as well as athletic socks, high-top trainers, and wrist sweatbands.

Iris was also seen posing backstage in VS underwear and the brand’s iconic pink striped dressing gown.

Taking to her Instagram page, she also shared some behind-the-scenes shots as she sported the infamous VS angel wings while in a lift. She also showed herself working out, getting herself a sweet treat and posing in Victoria’s Secret lingerie.