Archive December 27, 2025

Mathew Horne, the actor from Gavin and Stacey, has revealed how devastated he was when a former girlfriend was diagnosed with cancer and ultimately passed away.

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Gavin and Stacey star Mathew Horne has spoken out about how his former girlfriend died after being diagnosed with leukaemia. The actor is known for his role as Gavin Shipman in the hit BBC comedy drama and has opened up about how he dealt with the tragedy in what he referred to as a “very, very sad time”

In a heartbreakingly honest conversation with broadcaster Gyles Brandreth, 77, Mathew, 47, described his ex as an “amazing girl.”

Appearing on the Boxing Day episode of Gyles’ Rosebud podcast, Mathew explained how he went through a “very difficult” time when the unnamed woman was diagnosed with the disease.

He told the This Morning presenter: “She was a very very dear friend. It wasn’t like a sort of lustful passionate union like it was with the school relationship. It was quite an interesting one. We were really close friends and everybody thought that we should be together, and eventually we did.”

The woman’s death after her diagnosis was then explained by him. He declared, “She sadly passed away. She passed away in January 2004 after being diagnosed with leukaemia in 2003.

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He continued, “Very sad. At the time she passed, we weren’t strictly together. Although we had been separated for about a year, there was still a connection, it is obvious. It was a very challenging time.

Leukaemia, a type of blood cancer, affects bone marrow cells by attacking the immune system. The body produces too many abnormal white blood cells, which hinders the body’s ability to defend itself from infection.

Mathew and his wife Celina Bassili, who he married in 2021, rekindled their romance. In her native country of Norway, the couple tied the knot in a heartfelt ceremony.

They were seen posing in an adorable image from the ceremony where they embraced at the Oslo based mansion where they got hitched, with the couple sharing the picture with their fans on Instagram.

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Mathew previously popped the question to Casualty actress Evelyn Hoskins in 2018, with the duo enjoying a short engagement. However, just one year later he was seen kissing Celina after they had worked together on the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special in 2019.

In Wales, the two were spotted together outside a Burger King. During the same podcast, he mentioned his wife and said, “It became very obvious that she was the one.” About a year before my mother passed away, I met her.

Celina remained by my side throughout what was a truly terrible time until I lost my mother. My love for her grew and grew as our relationship progressed. I just knew from that moment on that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her.

As he reflected on his early years of football career, Jamie Redknapp explained how dating pop star Louise Redknapp caused backlash.

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Jamie Redknapp said dating Louise Redknapp contributed to him “getting a lot of stick” at the height of his football career. In 1991, the sportsman signed for Liverpool FC and made his debut in a UEFA Cup match that year aged just 18.

Due to their youth and prominent lifestyles, Jamie, 52, and a number of his teammates were nicknamed the “Spice Boys” during their 11 years at the club.

As part of this period, Liverpool won the Football League Cup (also known as the Coca-Cola Cup) in 1995 and it was around this time that Jamie met Louise, who was a member of Eternal.

After many doubted his abilities, the father-of-two said in his reflective years that he was determined to show that he had “the mental strength” to succeed.

When the public learned that Jamie was dating singer Louise, Jamie gained even more attention.

He stated in a statement on the Making A Scene podcast that: “We won the Coca-Cola final, which was the lead cup at the time. We were called The Spice Boys because of our young team.

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Avoiding naming his now ex-wife, he went on to explain to hosts David Walliams and Matt Lucas: “We got a lot of stick because I was dating a popstar, David James was modelling for Armani, John Barnes was just John Barnes, Jason McAteer [was there].”

For the past 20 years, Jamie and Louise have two sons, Beau, 17 and Charley, 21.

The singer reportedly cited “unreasonable behavior” in the singer’s divorce proceedings at the time of their split in 2017.

After a few years, the pair has since developed new relationships.

Jamie became in love with Swedish model Frida Andersson for the first time. Raphael, the couple’s son, is now four years old, and she was expecting him in 2021.

She had four children with American hedge fund manager Jonathan Lourie before becoming a wife.

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Speaking recently on The Romesh Ranganathan Show, the football pundit made a rare admission about moving on from Louise and the impact it had on their children.

He said, “I have to be honest when I tell my eldest son that Frida was pregnant, that it didn’t go well with Charley.

If I’m being honest, when I told him that Frida was pregnant, he said, “I went to pick him up at school and told him that.”

He added: “I got it, I totally understood it because his world had been turned upside down — you’re married, everything feels straightforward, and then you meet someone else and you get married again.”

In 2023, Louise started dating businessman Drew Michael. The mother-of-two regularly updates her on social media about their relationship, including last year’s Glastonbury Festival together.

Marilyn Granas, a legend in Hollywood, passed away at the age of 98. Along with Temple, she had previously appeared in blockbusters like Bright Eyes, Curly Top, and The Little Colonel.

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Marilyn Granas, the original body double for Shirley Temple as Shirley Temple’s child star, passed away at the age of 98. Her family has revealed that the Beverly Hills resident had passed away in October.

Her nephew, a historian of film, Arthur Grant, gave an update on her dementia. Grace was a part of numerous acclaimed Hollywood productions, including The Little Colonel, Curly Top, and Bright Eyes.

Granas stood just feet away as Temple and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson delivered their iconic staircase sequence during the latter’s production. Granas remained secret about her involvement in Temple’s life for years, worried that it would overshadow her other accomplishments.

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She continued, “I made a new life and made the decision not to be Shirley Temple’s stand-in.”

However, she revealed that her relationship with Shirley was “best friend” in an interview from her 40s. We had a wonderful time together. We created a variety of games, and we were always forced to play “house” in all these wonderful locations when the sets weren’t being used.

Granas expressed her sympathy for Temple’s unusual upbringing in a 2016 interview with Closer, saying that her childhood was “unnatural.” She was denied access to a public school. She didn’t have many friends or be able to ride bikes or do kid things.

It was just the two of us on the set, they said. We never engaged in any other child play.

Granas later transitioned to a position as a casting director for NBC, where she participated in the 1955 Television Academy’s “Miss Cinderemmy” beauty contest. She played a crucial role in William Morris’ casting department before launching her own Beverly Hills-based agency over the course of more than three decades in the field of casting.

Fans of her work took to social media to express their condolences after the news of her death was revealed. One user wrote on Twitter/X: “#RIP Marilyn Granas, Shirley Temple’s replacement in “Bright Eyes” and other movies.