Sam Vanderpump, a reality star, will begin testing next month to determine whether he will receive a liver transplant, but the actor has already shared the heartbreaking reality of his condition.
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Sam Vanderpump has shared his ‘terrifying’ health ordeal(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
Sam Vanderpump, 28, claims he “doesn’t want to die.” The reality tv star is currently awaiting confirmation that he qualifies for a liver transplant.
He admitted earlier this year that he “nearly died” from liver and kidney failure. He was born with congenital hepatic fibrosis and polycystic kidney disease, but they did not show up in him until the flu struck him in December.
He now acknowledges that there is no chance for his liver to recover, and he will have his liver evaluated to see if he can receive a transplant. On Monday’s Made in Chelsea episode, he told Ollie Locke, “There is no chance of my liver getting better, and he said I wouldn’t be having this call with you if I thought you could make it through the next four or five years.”
The nephew of Real Housewives icon Lisa Vanderpump has revealed his condition and how he has been dealing with the devastating news in a new interview.
The actor claimed he was “sobbing” as he revealed his condition to his pal Ollie a few days before the emotional episode was filmed. Sam currently has a 50-50 chance of surviving after he reaches the age of 53. Although it was the “scariest thing ever” for him to learn that a woman had a transplant when she was 40 years old, he was comforted when he learned she needed one.
Sam was given antibiotics as doctors battled to save him when he was admitted to a hospital earlier this year because of his sepsis. “I was crying and sweating, and I didn’t know where I was.” It was terrifying in those first few days. You want to pass away. He told the Daily Mail, “It was terrifying.”
His fiancee Alice Yaxley, who is expecting their first child, said: “I never for a second thought he was going to pass away. Sam is a strong, tenacious person. Sam, anyone who has met you knows that you will always be fine because of something. “An energy”
Sam was filming the E4 reality show with his aunt, Lisa, when he received a notification on the NHS phone app, stating he needed a liver transplant. On August 21, he received a message reading: “Dear Samuel Vanderpump, we reviewed your latest CT scan and the findings are keeping well within your known diagnosis… We feel the best way is for us to organise a liver transplant assessment.”
Sam was informed that he needed a transplant through this process. Sam is unsure of when his transplant will be at this time because he acknowledges that other patients are “higher up on the list”.
Sam revealed earlier this year that despite having a terrible battle with sepsis, he was close to passing away due to the failure of his liver and kidneys. Sam openly discussed his terrifying experience while also providing insight into their relationship.
He said, “Over Christmas, we went through a small episode where I got really, really ill together.” bringing up his illness’s sudden onset. He explains that a genetic disorder caused an infection that quickly turned into sepsis. I contracted sepsis due to a genetic condition that caused it to turn out to be quite bad. I had a close call while I was in the hospital; I had already passed away.
Sam’s ordeal began with severe back pain and dehydration, which he initially thought were symptoms of the flu. His condition, however, quickly deteriorated, giving him delirium. Alice took the situation seriously and recognized the severity. My fiancee literally saved my life by calling the ambulance, Sam says.
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Doctors later informed him that if he had been admitted just 24 hours later, it might have been too late, as his liver and kidneys had begun to fail.
With Gstaad’s emphatic victory in the Juvenile Turf, Ireland’s Aidan O’Brien has become the most successful trainer in Breeders’ Cup history.
Gstaad passed his rivals in the one-mile race at Del Mar near San Diego despite a challenging wide post thanks to Christophe Soumillon’s superb timing late push.
O’Brien won the Breeders’ Cup for the first time in 21 years, surpassing the late D Wayne Lukas, and he placed eighth in the Juvenile Turf with a record-extending win.
O’Brien called it “extraordinary,” saying, “Wayne was a special man, unbelievable.”
“Wayne was such a big help to us all the time, and he was even more so when Giant’s Causeway was available. When we were still relatively young, he helped shoe him while he rode his own horse down to the track.
He made no mistake about helping his owners and horses. He had many great dreams, and he was incredibly special.
Donnacha O’Brien celebrated his first Breeders’ Cup victory while O’Brien senior, who has 26 top-level victories this year, held the record for the championship wins.
Oisin Murphy, the champion jockey, rode Balantina to a thunderous surprise victory in the $1 million (£760, 292) Juvenile Fillies Turf, his maiden victory.
This is truly exceptional. Donnacha, 27, described it as “fabulous” after working as a winning Breeders’ Cup trainer alongside his father and brother.
In Novi Sad, in northern Serbia, tens of thousands of people gather to pay tribute to the victims of a tragedy that claimed 16 lives a year ago.
Since Serbia’s second-largest city’s railway station’s collapse on November 1, 2024, which became a symbol of enshrined corruption, regular student protests have erupted.
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Protesters initially demanded a fair investigation, but soon after that, they began demanding early elections.
Since Friday, students have been arriving in Novi Sad by car, bicycle, or foot, calling for the “largest commemorative gathering” on Saturday and others.
Thousands of people marched from Belgrade, stopping at about 340 kilometers (210 miles) south of the capital, and then moved on to Novi Pazar, which is located about 340 kilometers (210 miles) south. They had 16 days to complete the march.
Novi Sad residents greeted the marchers, waving flags and blowing whistles, many of whom were clearly moved.
At the Novi Sad railway station’s entrance, flowers are arranged next to the victims’ names [Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters]
I’m trying to get justice, I say.
One of the victims was Dijana Hrka’s 27-year-old son.
She told Al Jazeera, “I want to know who killed my child so that I can have a little peace, so that I don’t keep going through hell.”
Hrka continued, “I’m seeking justice. No other mother would want to experience what I’m going through.
The prime minister resigned, his government fell, and a new one was formed as a result of the protests over the station’s collapse. However, nationalist leader Aleksandar Vucic has remained in office without fail.
Vucic frequently referred to demonstrators as being part of a foreign-funded coup, while SNS supporters pushed conspiracy theories, claiming that the train station roof collapse was an intentional attack.
Vucic apologized for saying things he now regrets in a rare gesture made during a televised public address on Friday.
“This applies to both protesters and students, as well as to others with whom I disagreed. Vucic apologized and demanded dialogue.
16 minutes of silence will be observed for 16 victims during the commemorative rally at the Novi Sad railway station on Saturday at 11:52 a.m. (10:52 GMT), the day the tragedy occurred.
Goran Vesic, a former construction minister, and thirteen others were charged in a criminal case involving the collapse.
A European Union-backed investigation into possible misuse of EU funds in the project is now being conducted in a separate anticorruption investigation.
Corruption is “sky high.”
The Belgrade Saint Sava church, home to the victims’ families, will host a mass for the victims on Saturday, according to the government’s decree that Saturday is a day of national mourning.
The EU delegation in Serbia issued a statement, “On this sad anniversary, we appeal to everyone to act with restraint, de-escalate tensions, and avoid violence.”
Serbian political analyst Aleksandar Popov claimed that “sky-high” corruption is a pressing issue that needs to be addressed.
He said, “We’re not talking about tens of millions of euros, but hundreds of millions of euros that have been spun through significant infrastructure projects, perhaps billions of euros.”
He continued, “This government and the president have taken control of all important state institutions, including the judiciary.”
How to create your own, organic identity is one of the first questions posed when creating a new football club.
For many, it takes years to develop. However, for Major League Soccer’s newest club, San Diego Football Club, there was a simple answer.
It was already present.
The Right to Dream football network, which was founded in Ghana as an academy before acquiring FC Nordsjaelland from Denmark and expanding into Egypt after being acquired by the Mansour Group, is what gave the team its culture.
The ever-expanding system of clubs and coaching schools was followed by San Diego, who would become the next one to join.
Head coach Mikey Varas stated to the boys at the beginning that while we might be an expansion team in the MLS, we have a lot of rich history with Right to Dream and it is our responsibility to carry on that legacy.
Every first-team coach’s job is about winning, but how we win and who we win with matter, Varas said, and I believe I was hired because we fully share that vision.
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With a record-breaking tally of points, wins, and away wins for an expansion team, Varas led the Californian side to the top of the Western Conference during his first season as a men’s head coach.
And he did it all while adopting a Barcelona style that was influenced by Pep Guardiola and Tito Vilanova.
Varas once said, “I adore football. Football is the best thing to do in life, in my opinion. The next best thing to do is to work in football if that’s not possible. And if that’s not enough, I believe having a strong football fan is the next best step.
And I am aware that there are many different ways to play football, and I respect each of them because they are of great value and allow you to win any way.
We experience this kind of exciting football deep within our hearts and DNA, which makes playing this game even more special.
A group of 30 strangers bonded under the influence of this style, which made them superior to Western Conference giants like the Seattle Sounders, the Vancouver Whitecaps, and both Los Angeles clubs.
However, the fresh start for staff and players seemed advantageous despite everyone having to form relationships with team-mates during the pre-season, frequently through card games and the odd trip to watch the San Diego Padres play for Major League Baseball.
Anders Dreyer, a midfielder, said: “It was nice to enter a dressing room where everyone wanted to be.
“Sometimes you come to a club with history, and there is stuff left over from the previous season,” says one player who wants to leave.
However, there was a group of players who would only desire to travel with us.
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One of the players who was aware of Right to Dream was Danish midfielder Dreyer, who had previously played for Anderlecht and faced Nordsjlland there.
His involvement with the San Diego team in his native country influenced his decision to join the MLS club despite having no idea what it was like to play there.
I’ve always played Nordsjaelland, and I’ve always thought, “That would be nice to play like this.” And I adore playing that kind of game.
“The Right to Dream approach to the way we play just makes it easier to perform and to join the team and show your self.”
Because having a certain style makes everyone on the team more successful because they are aware of what they must do when they have a chance, in my opinion.
Dreyer appears to be one of the players in this model who has most accomplished. Lionel Messi is the only midfielder at Inter Miami with more goals this year than Lionel Messi’s 39.
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It is this opportunity to write brand new history that has appealed to so many of San Diego Football Club’s staff and players, in a city that is one of the most passionate about football in the whole country.
San Diego Loyal, a USL team that disbanded in 2023, and the NWSL team San Diego Waves, both of which were in the Californian city, have given the area a sense of community.
We have everyone arriving in a parking lot before games, people are bringing beer, and we kind of throw this party, according to Steve Cabrera, chairman of Frontera SD, a San Diego supporters’ group.
“That’s when people see that, and they then see that it transfers to the game where we’re all as one, singing and chanting for the club, and bringing energy to the club.”
The fan base will grow as the team pushes the boundaries and aims to surpass Chicago Fire as the only expansion team to win the MLS Cup.
However, Right to Dream and San Diego are long-term hopefuls and want to make a long-term commitment to MLS’s elite.
According to Varas, “it’s crucial that we develop a sustainable project.”
We take a deep dive into the jaw-dropping list of lust-worthy places Taylor Swift and her fiancé Travis Kelce get to call home and their property portfolio is beyond incredible
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Taylor has built up an incredible property portfolio with homes in a number of different cities(Image: taylorswift13/Twitter)
She may have grown up on a humble Christmas tree farm, but today Taylor has a mind-boggling property portfolio worth an estimated £120m. From a palatial New England seaside retreat to swish homes in Los Angeles and New York, she has no shortage of pads for hosting friends, family and, of course, fiancé Travis.
But not to be left behind, the NFL maestro also owns several houses across the US, and as PR expert Lynn Carratt says, “Between them they’ve got all bases covered, so they can get away from everything together, or they can be right in the middle of things if they want. In that, we take a look at the lust-worthy lineup of places Taylor and Travis get to call home, way, they’re able to use their properties to control how much – or how little – the public sees of them.”
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As well as already having an eye-wateringly valuable set of homes between them, the pair were reportedly spotted hunting for a new abode in Cleveland, Ohio, where Travis grew up. According to sources, they recently checked out a six-bedroom mansion set in over 60 acres, which is kitted out with its own recording studio. It also has a pool, a huge patio for outdoor entertaining and a wine cellar. Whether or not they snap up the £14m property remains to be seen, but here we check out their other impressive digs…
TRIBECA, NYC
In 2014, Taylor bought two penthouses – one of which was owned by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson – and converted them into one enormous duplex. Located in a building on Franklin Street, the property now has a total of 10 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms spanning more than 8,000 square feet.
Worth around $50million, the apartment has a billiards room and a grand staircase, while Taylor’s Insta shots have shown rustic, cosy décor with lots of exposed wood. One of her most prized decorations is a photo of her opera singer grandmother, Marjorie Finlay, who inspired the track Marjorie on her 2020 Evermore album.
But in 2023, the property had a brush with disaster after a fire broke out in the white marble kitchen. Taylor was writing the song Us with Gracie Abrams at the time, and when they heard a thud in the early hours they assumed it was one of the star’s three cats.
It was in fact a candle falling over, and a video shared by Gracie showed Taylor putting out the fire while joking, “What do I do about this? I think we’re going to die… Our purses are ruined, and our shoes, and the whole room I think.” Clearly a fan of ultra-trendy Tribeca, Taylor also bought a three-storey townhouse next door in 2017, which has four bedrooms, a home cinema, gym, a glass-enclosed rooftop atrium and even its own bar. Not too shabby!
WATCH HILL, RHODE ISLAND
Taylor reportedly splurged $17million in cash on a spectacular Colonial-style mansion known as High Watch in 2013. It was once owned by a socialite called Rebekah Harkness, who inspired Taylor’s 2020 song The Last Great American Dynasty.
Overlooking the beach and comprising 12,000 square feet, it has eight bedrooms, a large pool, over five acres of grounds and a music studio. As the setting for several of her star-studded Independence Day parties, dubbed ‘Taymerica’, the pad has played host to everyone from Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne, Selena Gomez and Karlie Kloss to Bradley Cooper, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.
At one of her legendary bashes in July 2016, actor Tom Hiddleston – Taylor’s boyfriend at the time – was famously pictured wearing a T-shirt adorned with the words ‘I heart T.S.’ Recent reports suggest the property could serve as a venue for Taylor and Travis’s nuptials, and Annie Zaleski, author of Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs, says, “It would be an amazing place for a wedding. It’s such a beautiful space, and you can imagine all the photos with the ocean in the background. Immediately you know they would be gorgeous.”
Further fanning the flames of speculation, the house is currently being renovated – apparently to the tune of $1.7 million. The upgrade, due for completion by the end of this year, will include a new bedroom suite, extra bathrooms and a modified kitchen.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
One of her earliest property purchases in 2009, Taylor paid around $2million for a multi-level penthouse on Nashville’s Music Row, so-called HQ of America’s country music scene. She then spent 18 months renovating the three-bedroom pad, which she once said was “Tim Burton-Alice in Wonderland-pirate ship-Peter Pan” inspired.
It features floor-to-ceiling windows with views across the city and out to the Great Smoky Mountains beyond. Social media snaps and her Miss Americana documentary have provided a glimpse into the condo’s unusual décor, including colourful wallpaper, a six-foot rabbit, chandeliers and even a koi pond in the living room. It also has a human-sized birdcage lined with pillows and blankets which Taylor has called the “most comfortable place in the world.”
Another quirky artefact was said to be a framed photo of the infamous moment Kanye West crashed her Best Female Video acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. She is said to have written on the photo in gold ink, “Life is full of little interruptions.” The walls are adorned with pictures of friends and family too, and Taylor once said, “I need to have pictures of people I love everywhere.” In her bedroom, she apparently picked “everything white and fluffy,” with vintage mirrors and tiered white curtains at the windows.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Taylor’s most impressive home may be the Goldwyn estate in Beverly Hills, which she purchased in 2015 for $25 million. Since then, she has painstakingly renovated and restored the property to its original 1930s condition in honour of its namesake, the director and producer Samuel Goldwyn.
Located in the hills behind the Beverly Hills Hotel, the estate includes a main 10,982 square-foot mansion with six bedrooms, several guest apartments and staff accommodation, plus a library, cinema room and gym. Outside, there is a swimming pool and tennis court, and two acres of gardens which provide the perfect chillout spot whenever she and Travis are in town.
In 2017, Beverly Hills City Council approved Taylor’s request to designate the estate an historic city landmark, meaning it cannot be radically altered even if she decides to move on. But somewhat alarmingly, when actress Zoë Kravitz and her mum Lisa Bonet temporarily stayed there during the LA wildfires, they were forced to take out one of Taylor’s bathrooms after losing a pet snake in its interior.
“We’re ripping up the tiles, we’re scratching the walls,” Zoë said. “We completely destroyed Taylor’s bathroom. And there was just this moment where I was like, ‘Either we destroy her bathroom, or I have to tell her there’s a snake somewhere in her house.’” Thankfully, Taylor was said to have seen the funny side of the debacle.
FOREST HILLS, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
In 2011, Taylor purchased an historic mansion within the gated Northumberland Estate in Nashville’s exclusive Forest Hills neighbourhood. It cost $2.5million, but Taylor generously gave the house to her parents Andrea and Scott, who moved with her to Nashville when she was 14 and trying to grow her music career.
Set in six acres, the property comprises a main house of 5,600 square feet with four bedrooms, as well as an additional guest house and outdoor pool. The main residence is known for classic Southern features such as stately columns and vaulted ceilings, while there are also marble fireplaces and herringbone wood floors.
LEAWOOD, KANSAS
Travis’s main home is a stunning, 17,000 square-foot mansion in an upscale area of Kansas called Leawood, located around 20 minutes from the Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium. Famously, its lush gardens, winding paths and romantic gazebo provided the backdrop for his proposal to Taylor in August.
Inside the opulent property there are six bedrooms, a cinema room, gym and sauna, plus a wine cellar and bar, while there are three acres of grounds featuring a large pool and hot tub, a tennis and pickleball court and a miniature golf course.
Travis has reportedly also been adding the ultimate ‘mancave’ to the house, carving out a 396 square-foot underground den which will house an indoor golf simulator. He bought the secluded gated property in Tomahawk Creek Estates for $6million in October 2023, when his newly-official status with Taylor meant the pair needed more privacy than his previous pad in Briarcliff West, Kansas City home could offer.
It’s unclear whether Travis has now sold that property, but it was similarly impressive, with seven bedrooms, a pool and gym. Elsewhere, Travis and his family also own an apartment in Orlando, Florida, where his mum Donna spends most of her time. Situated in palm tree-lined Baldwin Park, it’s a more modest affair, with two bedrooms, a wrap-around balcony and shared pool.
A famous farmer and host of Channel 5’s Our Yorkshire Farm, Amanda Owen, recently shared a funny anecdote about her daughter Annas.
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Amanda Owen has revealed how she jokingly threatened her daughter with “adoption”(Image: @yorkshireshepherdess/Instagram)
Amanda Owen has revealed how she jokingly threatened her daughter with “adoption” after being snubbed over one of her literary projects. Amanda, a celebrity farmer best known for her appearances on shows such as Channel 5’s Our Yorkshire Farm, resides at the remote 2,000-acre Ravenseat Farm in Swaledale, Yorkshire.
Amanda, whose popular @yorkshireshepherdess Instagram account boasts an impressive following of more than 500,000 people, is also a mum of nine children, Raven, Reuben, Miles, Edith, Violet, Sidney, Annas, Clementine, and Nancy with ex-husband Clive.
Speaking to James Fisher on the Country Life podcast, Amanda recently opened up about her writing career, which includes The Yorkshire Shepherdess trilogy and her recent foray into children’s books, Christmas Tales from the Farm.
It prompted her to share an anecdote about her daughter, Annas, and her amusing response when asked whether she’d read her mum’s book, but it seems that’s how Amanda wants “it to be”.
Amanda responded, “Well, your kids must love the fact that you’ve written a book.” Have you read the book, Annas, I asked you to say that yesterday. ‘, and she went, ‘ Nah’.
“And I said, “Why?” She said, “Well, I’m in it, I kinda know it,” and she went. And that’s how I want it to be, too. I simply stated that I would adopt you if you didn’t pass any of the questions on the back of the quiz.
In related news, Amanda admitted back in August that she worries about her children as she shared details about a certain “extreme” activity they enjoy at their sprawling rural home.
She revealed that some of them had engaged in “extreme hide and seek” as per their description. She went on to say that their home has “even got a cave,” and that there are places to climb as well.
Amanda remarked that their family is “blessed” because they have so much space to enjoy, but she still worries about them, saying it’s “absolutely joy” to be able to give her children that freedom.
She told the Darlington and Stockton Times: “Yeah, course I do. You want to keep your child safe, of course. But danger comes in many forms, whether it’s vehicles, fast-flowing rivers, things with teeth and hooves, or even through a small screen.
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“I wouldn’t teach or support it, but you can’t live your life being risk-averse, but who knows where the danger is coming from?” Simply put, you must understand how to live your life and also understand how to live it.
We must be “fearless” in life, Amanda continued, saying that we must be someone who “steps forward” rather than “shies away”.
