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Bhavna Limbachia, a former Coronation Street actress, has opened up about a “tough” time in her life a year after knotting her second husband.

Former Coronation Street actress Bhavna Limbachia has opened up about a tough period in her life, a year after tying the knot with her husband for the second time.

The soap star further celebrated her 2018 nuptials with a Tamil wedding blessing in February 2024, almost six years after marrying Darren Kuppan.

Taking to her Instagram Stories today, Bhavna – who’s best known for her role as the late Rana Habeeb on the ITV soap opera – shared she has experienced “huge losses” over recent months and is “stepping away” from things that no longer serve her mentally.

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The Citizen Khan actress shared a photo of herself, saying, “These have been some of the hardest of my life.” I’ve had to rebuild after experiencing significant loss in many areas thanks to family and professionals.

I’m still healing from wounds that should never have been bears, and I’m making the decision to cut things out for my own well-being or peace. Always select kindness.

Before her character’s demise in March 2019, Preston-born Bhavna first appeared on the cobbled streets of Weatherfield in 2016 as Zeedan Nazir’s romantic partner Rana.

Before leaving the ITV soap, Bhavna received praise from the LGBT+ community for her sensitive portrayal of Rana’s romantic relationship with Kate Connor, played by Faye Brookes, and her portrayal of the street’s first Muslim lesbian character.

Bhavna has previously stated that Corrie was her choice, and she has explained why she believes death is the only appropriate conclusion for the storyline of her character.

Kate and Rana had worked so hard to be friends, and they have endured a lot of tribulation, Bhavna claimed. There was no way for Rana to just change her mind, take a cab, and leave because their love was so pure as two souls.

They must be torn apart, in my opinion, and that’s where they should be right away. If Rana passed away, there was only one way to go. Rana would never, ever leave Kate.

The Citizen Khan star later featured in Sky comedy Brassic’s fourth series, alongside former Corrie colleague Michelle Keegan, and had roles in BBC’s Inside No 9 and Ridley.

Following their July 2018 wedding at Thornton Manor, which featured both British and Indian customs, Bhavna is happily married to actor Darren Kuppan.

Darren previously had a brief appearance on Corrie as a paramedic years before Bhavna became part of the ITV drama’s cast. He’s also featured in Emmerdale episodes, Britannia High, and Johnny Vegas’s comedy series Home from Home.

Bhavna celebrated their engagement on Instagram by posting two stunning wedding photos to her followers.

In light of rumors of a rift, Blake Lively has not yet publicly congratulated Taylor Swift, a billionaire and former BFF, on their engagement announcement.

Blake Lively has failed to congratulate her former BFF, Taylor Swift, on her engagement news despite the singer’s slew of other famous friends sending their well wishes to the Look What You Made Me Do star.

The Bad Blood billionaire, 35, sent the showbiz world into meltdown on Tuesday when she announced that she and Kansas City Chiefs star, Travis Kelce, also 35, were tying the knot after two years of dating.

After posting a snap of her man down on one knee in his own private rose garden, Taylor was inundated with messages of congratulations from her legion of loyal pals. However, Blake is yet to comment on the news after reports the women were no longer besties after the Justin Baldoni drama.

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The tension between the actress, who is married to Ryan Reynolds, and Taylor blew up after the singer’s name got dragged into Blake’s arduous 2024 legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star, Justin.

According to Justin’s laywers, Blake allegedly tried to “coerce” Taylor into saying something offensive about the actor, who Blake accused of sexual harassment, and deleted texts they allegedly exchanged about the 41-year-old. And despite a subpoena that would have allowed Taylor to testify against the defendant, which was later overturned, both women were undoubtedly unwelcome to the drama.

Taylor’s apparent rejection of Blake’s engagement comes as the singer prepares to release a new album, which some fans believe contains a diss track about the actress.

Taylor made the announcement for her upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl, on August 13 with the song “Ruin the Friendship,” which is rumored to be about her relationship with Blake.

Taylor and Blake aren’t speaking, according to a source close to the situation.

However, the pair once had a close relationship and a friendship that first emerged in 2014. Taylor has even named-dropped the children of the famous couple in her music and serves as the godmother to Blake and Ryan’s daughters.

In Taylor’s Reputation song Gorgeous, their daughter James appears in a voice cameo. Additionally, James, Inez, and Betty, who are all three girls, are featured in Taylor’s song Folklore, which shows how close the two women once were to one another.

Some Swifties are, however, persuaded that the pair is having a bad feud, especially now that the track Ruin the Friendship has been revealed.

Taylor is renowned for expressing her emotions through her songs while keeping her eyes open to the truth. The singer, however, essentially dissipates the rumors by revealing on the New Heights podcast with Travis that she was “in Europe for the Eras Tour” before any drama with Blake was made public about the “diss track.”

Blake’s representatives have been contacted by The Mirror to comment on this story.

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Taylor Swift made her podcast debut on his show, Travis Kelce revealed, revealing that his future wife had left a few Easter eggs while she was on New Heights.

NFL star Travis Kelce has broken his silence following his long-awaited engagement to Taylor Swift being revealed to the world.

Speaking on his New Heights podcast with brother Jason Kelce, the newly engaged sports star admitted he risks annoying Swifties as he continues to listen to her new album ahead of its release in October.

The 35-year-old let slip how Taylor felt after making her podcast debut on his show earlier this month, and revealed his fiancée dropped a few Easter eggs during her chat with him and Jason – seemingly confirming a fan theory about the theme of The Life Of A Showgirl.

Taylor and Travis confirmed their engagement last night in a joint Instagram post showing the Kansas City Chiefs tight end proposing. The announcement showed the pair embracing in a garden and read: “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”

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Jason screamed “Congratulations Taylor and Travis” in the most recent New Heights episode, which was titled A Swift Debrief, Travis’ Preseason Prep and Starting Shedeur, before the pre-recorded episode started to play.

Taylor made the announcement on the Travis ‘ New Heights podcast that her 12th studio album, The Life Of A Showgirl, would be available on October 3. As a guest on the program, the singer revealed a copy of the new album, “The Life Of A Showgirl.” While I was on the Eras tour in Europe, I was working on it.

Taylor’s cameo, in which Jason and Travis discussed the reaction to her hush-horror career news and revealed some details about The Life of a Showgirl, was their first TV debut.

“I’m going to go ahead and keep poking the bear at all the Swifties,” the song says. Although she acknowledged that it will be much more pop beats, her references and melodies are still so poetic. Hearing a man is so entertaining. I’ve been dancing the entire house.

Jason, it’s music. When Travis’ sibling inquired about the vibe of Taylor’s new album and how it should be consumed, he said, “You can listen to it any time of the day.” “It’s good stuff”.

Travis explained how Taylor felt after recording the podcast, and that he and Travis, who will be the podcast’s producer, “went away completely thrilled and excited and happy that she came on here and had her first podcast experience with me and you, man.”

Jason then inquired about Taylor’s reaction after grilling his sibling. She left, “Travis admitted,” “she was having so much fun. She flew around.” She had to let everyone know about the album, drop a few Easter eggs, and see if anyone had gotten on board.

There are Easter eggs, then! “Jason exclaimed in awe of Travis.” What is Pinocchio doing in your absence? Jason continued to look.

Is it still present? “Travis retorted,” It will be visible there. Little Pinocchio in a Jiminy Cricket. In Pinocchio, Jiminy the Cricket is who? What does it stand for? They’re not Disney films, are they? Disney figures Before the subject was abruptly changed, Jason mused.

Swifties were already persuaded that The Life of a Showgirl would make use of fairy tales like Peter Pan and Pinocchio and serve as a musical moral fable prior to Travis and Jason’s telling comments.

“There were so many clues on the podcast and album announcement that The Life of a Showgirl will incorporate the story of Pinocchio,” one fan mused on Reddit earlier this month.

“The Pinocchio figurine in the background; the cricket reference; the song title on the album called Wood; her taking care to point out that her boyfriend was dressed in blue (which I think signals that he will kind of fill the role of Pinocchio’s blue fairy in the story she will tell on the album). And what is that story? I think The Life of a Showgirl will be a kind of moral fable about what it means (and the lessons you need to learn) to become truly human (like Pinocchio wanting to become a ‘real’ boy).”

After he failed to meet her when she performed at Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Chiefs, the sports star announced on his New Heights podcast two years ago that he wanted to date her.

Taylor has regularly attended Chiefs games to see her fiancé, and she was booed by the heavily Philadelphia Eagles fan base when the two teams played at the Super Bowl in New Orleans in February.

Taylor revealed her 12th studio album, The Life Of A Showgirl, which she discussed on Kelce’s New Heights podcast, to the news of their engagement.

Jo Whiley’s husband has been devastated by the tragic accident that resulted in the death of their family’s cat, Jo becoming emotional as she recalls the tragedy.

Jo Whiley’s husband has been left devastated after accidentally killing their family cat. The 60-year-old radio presenter’s spouse, music executive Steve Morton, is heartbroken after “slowly” driving his car over their pet cat.

14-year-old Simba was on their driveway and Steve had not realised she had moved back near the vehicle after he had initially moved her to park the vehicle. Jo was emotional as she told her fellow Radio 2 host Zoe Ball.

She said on the Dig It podcast that she felt like she had to be “absolutely honest about what’s happening in my life.” Sorry, I should have done it, but I don’t believe I can.

It’s really difficult to talk about, but I should because I believe it’s actually a common one, and, God, it’s. However, after we returned from vacation, the kids are all out for various things.

She recalled that Steve called me in a state of total panic after visiting my parents and me. And he had left, and he had run our cat over, which sounds ridiculous. And it’s incredibly depressing.

Additionally, Jo has a golden retriever named Boosh, a Sproodle dog named Brodie, and a cat named Gingin. She acknowledged that the tragic loss her family experienced left her devastated.

It’s really bad, I tell you. So we now have three pets, compared to what was once a family of four. Our cat, Simba, was the family’s elderly lady. And I believe we’ve already discussed her and discussed her. She claimed that she was the Bengal.

We did, in fact, in fact. She was there the other day. She was our Bengal when she was about 14 years old. And she was constantly extremely hungry and extremely loud. She always had a very fierce presence, so that’s why.

Ironically, he drove into the driveway and she was lying because it was so hot outside when I ordered so much cat food that arrived yesterday morning. The gravel has only recently been used for lazing between the animals.

She was lying there, too. And he reportedly drove in very slowly, he claimed. And he drove the car in, and she didn’t, and he moved her out of the way, physically moved her, and assumed she had gone. Simply put, we are unable to ascertain what actually happened. And he is completely devastated.

Simba was very close to Steve and would sit on his lap, with Jo joking that the cat was his “girlfriend”. She said: “Because in those evenings when he’s at home, and I’m at work, and he’s always said, ‘Oh, she’s my girlfriend.’ She wouldn’t sit on anyone else’s lap, she’d just go to him. So he’s in a world of pain.”

She is grateful that Jo and Steve weren’t at home when the tragic incident occurred, having raised four children, India and Coco, and Jude and Cassius.

“Thank God for the incident,” the family said yesterday, “because none of the children were at home. She remarked that he had to deal with that with our wonderful friend, the veterinary surgeon, who intervened and helped her.

“The worst thing in the world is that we just had to wait and just tell the kids,” the children said. Knowing you’ve got to tell her to make everything come to a head, knowing that she’s had an amazing day with her friends, knowing she needs to work out the words, and doing that knowing you’ve got to go pick up Coco, she’s had an amazing day. Cas, who is so animal-loving, follows. So far, it has been horrid.

On their podcast, The Therapy Crouch, model Abbey Clancy and former England striker Peter Crouch frequently share marriage-related news.

Abbey Clancy said “we’re done” to Peter Crouch as she shared an insight into the couple’s home life. Model Abbey and former England footballer Peter have been together for over two decades now.

Sophia Ruby, Liberty Rose, Johnny, and Jack are the couple’s four children. On their podcast, The Therapy Crouch, they frequently discuss the joys and sorrows of married life.

On a recent episode Abbey and Peter both revealed their frustration with the school summer holidays. Peter, 44, said: “I can’t wait for this f*****g summer to be over.”

Abbey, 39, responded, “Oh no, kids, we’re done with the kids,” It’s very long, really.

Abbey revealed that Jack, their son, wants to own a pet lizard. While the model hoped that the children would “forget about” it, husband Peter feared that wouldn’t be the case.

Due to the “reno” she was planning, she continued, saying that the family’s Surrey home wouldn’t have room for any new pets. She said, “There were a few things, she said she wanted to change a few cupboards, and I said, “Ok, that sounds fine,” and it’s now completely redecorated.

Abbey stated that she wanted the “perfect” family home. She responded, “I just think we should just do it once and do it perfect, do it great,” and that’s not even close.

Peter acknowledged that Abbey keeps giving him the “ultimatum” to move into a new home or redecorate. Abbey stated that she wants the family’s home to be updated for the age of the children.

Former Liverpool forward Peter and Abbey met in a bar in 2005. Recalling how they met during an interview on Good Morning Britain, Abbey said: “When we first met, he begged me for my number and then I went to the loo or the bar, and when I came back, he was talking to another girl. I was like, ‘How dare you?’”

Abbey asked for her number back, but Peter continued to say that he was “just talking” to the other girl. He continued, “You can’t give someone your number and then take it back,” as I previously said.

Their relationship blossomed despite the initial setback, and the couple tied the knot on June 30, 2011. The family, in the opinion of OK!, reside in a “magical” mansion with a huge garden and its own cinema room.

Abbey frequently posts pictures of the sprawling mansion on her social media accounts. Fans have spotted Peter enjoying the property’s outdoor swimming pool and wooden play area as well as his large, wooden desk with football trophy.