The host of the popular BBC programme opened up about her biggest concerns
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Claudia Winkleman has admitted that she was “falling apart” when previously talking about her vision and spinal issues. The TV star has never been shy to share her health struggles and the measures she’s taking to address one particular concern.
The host of The Traitors on BBC1 revealed the action she’s taking to fix “years” of poor posture habits. Previously speaking with Gabby Logan on The Mid.Point podcast, she said: “My body is made entirely of crepe. [I’m] falling apart.”
The 53-year-old continued by explaining that after decades of not “standing up straight”, she’s now enlisted the help of a personal trainer to improve her posture, reports Wales Online. “I’ve got a bad back and I need some form of strength. You know what I mean? I’ve got my core,” the TV favourite said.
“They talked to me about parts of my body. They said, ‘ The problem is you’ve never used your lats’. I was like, ‘ What is that? ‘ Apparently, so my shoulders are up by my neck. I’m always like (demonstrates her posture).
” I don’t like the look of people standing up straight. It feels somehow cocky, so my stance has always been like a turtle. “
The word ‘ lats ‘ refers to the latissimus dorsi muscle, one of the largest muscles in the back. Pilates can help improve major muscle groups, posture, flexibility, strength, balance and body awareness.
Claudia said:” I’ve now got so many backbones. So I go to Pilates and they try and open me up. When they do open me up and I sit or stand like I’m supposed to, like that, I mean, it feels alien. “
During the same podcast, Claudia also provided an update on her ongoing eye condition, myopia. Also referred to as short-sightedness, the NHS describes it as a common condition that makes distant objects look blurred, though it can be corrected with glasses or contact lenses.
Claudia has spoken openly about her own struggles with the condition, revealing that it has led to mishaps such as walking into walls and problems with driving and reading. Despite having two eye operations, the TV star still faces difficulties, especially with reading, but thankfully, she has glasses tailored to her needs.
” Because I was so short-sighted, by them fixing it, I’m not long-sighted, so I can’t really read anymore. I can with glasses, I’ve got 2.5. “
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Fortunately, the presenter’s eyesight troubles haven’t prevented her from enjoying a thriving presenting career. Having been involved with Strictly Come Dancing since 2004 and presenting Channel 4’s The Piano, Claudia has also forged a career on the airwaves with BBC Radio 2 between 2008 and 2024.
TV star Cat Deeley welcomed in the New Year with an upbeat carousel of photographs of video of the ‘fun’ she had in 2025, which was also the year her 12-year marriage to Patrick Kielty ended
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Patrick and Cat split up last year after more than a decade of marriage(Image: PA)
TV presenter Cat Deeley has shared a montage of her year’s highlights, confessing that despite her split from husband Patrick Kielty, she’s had ‘a lot of fun’. The 49-year-old This Morning host kicked off the New Year with a social post showing some of her favourite moments of 2025, some of which included a few other famous faces.
Cat and Patrick, 54, announced the end of their 12-year marriage in a joint statement last summer, but vowed to “continue to be united as loving parents” to their two sons. Rumours about a possible split emerged when Cat was absent from the funeral of Patricks’ mother, held in Ireland in March.
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But as she entered 2026 as a newly-single woman, Cat appeared to be feeling grateful for some the lighter moments she has experienced over the last 12 months, including some girly nights out, summer bike rides, and time on set with her This Morning co-host Ben Shephard.
In one shot, Cat and Ben were testing out red light therapy masks, and in another they enjoyed a giggle with McFly stars Harry Judd and Danny Jones, who won I’m A Celebrity in 2024.
In another scene, she was enjoying a glass of rosé with her mum Janet while on holiday, enjoying the warmer climes in a frilly black swimsuit.
The “Goodbye 2025” montage also included a clip of the This Morning crew, including Alison Hammond, on stage at last summer’s NTAs, and another of a beaming Cat with Modern Family actor Jesse Tyler.
Her children – sons Milo and James – featured too, with Cat reliving the moment she got rapper and author MC GRammar to address and sign a copy of his Rap Kid book to the youngsters. James’s 7th birthday cake – a tribute to Minecraft – was also included, as was what appeared to be a trip to a farm to enjoy some adorable piglets.
She also captioned the post: “A lot of fun, A big bunch of friends and a whole lot more to come in 2026! #happynewyears”.
Cat and Patrick, who first met in 2002 when they worked together on the BBC show Fame Academy, are believed to have divorced under-the-radar around a year ago, but only made it public last summer.
Their full statement read: “We have taken the decision to end our marriage and are now separated. There is no other party involved.
“We will continue to be united as loving parents to our children and would therefore kindly ask for our family privacy to be respected. There will be no further comment.”
His wife and daughters are heartbroken as his family navigates grief and daily difficulties as his 70-year-old family navigates frontotemporal dementia in a separate home with 24/7 care.
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Bruce Willis and his family are still dealing with his agonizing dementia diagnosis.
As his family battles the agonizing truth of his diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, Bruce Willis is residing in a separate, one-story home with round-the-clock caregivers.
The Hollywood star, now 70, was diagnosed with the condition in February 2023, and has largely withdrawn from public life as his health declines. In recent months, his loved ones have shared rare but emotional insights into how the disease is affecting both Willis and his children.
On December 30 he celebrated his 18th anniversary with wife Emma Hemin Willis, who is 23 years his junior. Marking the occasion, the model and author said: “18 years ago, he became my boyfriend. With one kiss on the top of my head, time stood still. She included a throwback photo of herself and her “Perfect Stranger” co-star on Instagram. “I’m so lucky to know this kind of love.”
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His eldest daughter, Rumer Willis, recently spoke candidly during an Instagram Q&A, revealing that her father does not always recognise her since his diagnosis.
“People always ask me this question and I think it’s a hard one to answer,’ she said tearfully. “The truth is that anybody with FTD is not doing great, but he’s doing okay in terms of somebody who is dealing with frontotemporal dementia.” Rumer explained that the usual ways people measure wellbeing no longer apply. She added: “The only way that I feel like I can answer that in a way that was like “he’s doing great” is like, those parameters don’t really work anymore in my mind.”
She claimed that despite the confusion caused by the illness, she still finds comfort in the moments she spend with him. I’m so happy that he can feel the love I’ve shown him and that I can get it back when I go over there and give him a hug, regardless of whether he recognizes me or not. He can feel the love I’m expressing, and that’s really nice because I still see a spark in him.
She added that she enjoys spending time with her daughter Louetta and spending time with the actor as a family. Williams was married to Demi Moore from 1987 to 2000, but he now lives with Rumer, Scout, 34, and Tallulah, Tallulah, 31. He later wed Emma Heming Willis in 2009, and the couple have two daughters named Evelyn and Mabel.
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Emma has spoken openly about the impact of Willis’ illness on their younger children. “I think they’re doing well, all things considered, but it’s hard,” she told Vogue Australia. She added: “They grieve, they miss their dad so much. He’s missing important milestones, that’s tough for them – but kids are resilient, [although] I used to hate hearing that because people didn’t understand what we were walking through. I don’t know if my kids will ever bounce back, but they’re learning and so am I.”
Emma has also evoked her grief. She said, “I’ve had to learn to walk alongside the grief,” in a heartbreaking confession. It stays with me forever. I’m going to be sad, and I’m going to experience all of those feelings and emotions, but I’m also not going to allow it to just be that.
Willis was recently seen walking along the beachfront in Los Angeles while holding his caregiver’s hand in a rare public outing. The Die Hard star occasionally appeared sluggish, reaching for a railing for support, but he smiled while taking a stroll. The incident occurred one day after Moore had attended a New York charity event in his honor. Gillis was not present, and he has largely remained a distant relative since receiving his diagnosis.
Emma has previously confirmed that a full-time care team has moved into a separate one-story home. She claimed that the family needed to make the decision when she spoke about it. According to her, “It was one of the toughest decisions I ever had to make.” However, it was the right choice for him, for our girls, and for me among the sadness and discomfort. I may return to being his wife in the end. And that’s a gift in itself.”
She explained that Willis has also gained more independence and made frequented friends and family visits easier.
“It’s made a difference for more friends and family to experience him without having to leave it at home, without hovering, or having to deal with my anxiety about managing the guest and their expectations, and then having to watch their reactions – their dejection,” said one of the authors.
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Areas of the brain that are related to behavior, personality, and language are affected by frontotemporal dementia. Memory loss is not always the first sign, in contrast to Alzheimer’s disease. Emmemma has described the strain of caring for others, forcing her to make changes.
She claimed that Willis’ neurologist warned her that about 30% of caregivers pass away before the people they are caring for, according to a statement on the HealSquad podcast. She remarked, “I really needed that to wake up. Everyone is being handled and doing this, and we are making appointments. We are making a lot of progress. Caregivers must be aware that you must care for yourself, that it is self-preserving, and that it is not selfish.
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Meryl Williams, winner of the TV series Traitors, revealed how she used her prize money, which totaled a total of £100,000, to get cosmetic surgery.
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Traitors winner Meryl Williams revealed how she spent a portion of her prize money on a forehead reduction surgery and boob job to address some of her ‘biggest insecurities’. The 28-year-old reality star, who was born with a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia, rose to fame on the first series of the hit BBC show, and shared the £101,000 prize pot with fellow winners Aaron Evans and Hannah Byczkowski.
Meryl, who had her first breast reduction as a teenager, revealed last year that cruel bullies frequently targeted her because of how unkind she looked physically. The former call center agent claimed in a particularly offensive scene that four teenagers began yelling insults at her and forced her to hide in a train toilet.
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They boarded the train, and I sit next to them, and they have since said I need a step ladder to get off the train because I’m a midget and they have watched dwarf throwing,” she said in a social media video. They have taken photos and videos of me, they claim. They laughed at me because they claimed I had sausage fingers. They have said, “Excuse me,” and then they laughed at me as I looked up and stuck their tongues out at me.
She then urged people to “be nicer and kinder” to anyone who is “different or has a disability,” and said she typically avoided long trains in the event that she encountered abuse.
The young Scot, who underwent corrective spinal surgery in 2011, revealed a few months later that she had spent some of her money on forehead reduction surgery and that she had lost some of her followers. I wanted it for years, and it solved one of my biggest insecurities, my forehead.
Her posts included images of her forehead and face before the procedure as well as some “after” shots of her new profile. Before going into more detail, she explained that Dr. Greg Bran from the GBA London clinic stitched everything back together using a knife and a pin.
Meryl stated to The Sun that she wanted to “finally feel comfortable and proportionate in my own body” and that she wanted to feel “not a child and I want to feel sexy.”
Meryl revealed she signed up for the Claudia Winkelman-fronted show to raise awareness and alter the perceptions of her condition following her Traitors win.
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“The whole reason why I wanted to go on the show was to raise awareness, a lot of people don’t think that I can do the same things they can,” “So I thought, if I go on and I do the same challenges that they all do, we all have a level playing field,” she said on Good Morning Britain in 2023. “A lot of the challenges people would ask if I got extra time and stuff and I didn’t. Even when I go out people think “Oh they can’t do this and they can’t do that” so I just wanted to show that I can do the exact same as everyone else.”
She also revealed that she planned to have her breasts enlarged and boosted again at the age of 16, but that she still embraced and “loved her body” as a result of her breast reduction. It will only help my confidence, she continued, “t I don’t feel like it will make a big difference to how I look physically.”
Intimate of Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston’s car-crash romance, and why they ended it because their careers were so lucrative and they both had to move on.
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Taylor and Tom were first spotted out together in June 2016 (Image: Broadimage/REX/Shutterstock)
Tom Hiddleston and Taylor Swift were for three brief months one of the hottest couples in showbiz.
Although their individual careers have grown rapidly over the years, there was a time when their romantic paths crossed paths before their tumultuous relationship abruptly ended.
Taylor and Tom were first spotted out together in June 2016 after she had called time on her 15 month relationship with DJ Calvin Harris. The new pair were spotted looking very cosy during their time together and even met each other’s parents.
Although it is believed that the couple had split in an amicable way by that September, they were no longer together. Soon after Taylor’s seven-year union with Joe Alwyn.
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Taylor reportedly broke up with Avengers hunk Tom because of his desire for attention, but soon more allegations surfaced that Tom was the one who called it off, with claims that he is “a commitment-phobe who gets bored easily,” according to The Sun.
Their relationship was the talk of the town (and the world) when they were spotted out together and fans were sent into a frenzy when Tom was spotted out on the fourth of July wearing a tank top which read “I ♥ T.S”, cementing his love for the singer to the world. The photos from Blake Lively holiday party quickly went viral, with many blasting Tom for the ‘cringe’ display.
Tom later revealed their relationship and the iconic tank top to GQ US, where he described Taylor as “generous” and “amazing.” Taylor is an amazing woman, he told the magazine. We had the best time, of course, and she is generous, kind, and lovely.
He made the right claim about the tank top, saying, “I slipped and hurt my back, and it was a public holiday. And I asked, “Does anyone have a T-shirt?,” to protect the graze from the sun. One of her friends responded, “I’ve got this. And it made us all laugh. It was a joke, I believe. among “friends”
He continued, “I just, I was surprised. Just how much attention it received was surprising. The tank top became this thing’s emblem.
Tom continued, “A relationship in the limelight always requires work,” even though he did not explain the cause of their split. It takes effort to have a relationship in the spotlight. Additionally, the spotlight is not the only thing. Everything else is included.
Tom said, “I only know the woman I met, so there is no bad blood (pun intended) between the two.” She is incredible.
Taylor Swift’s brief 2016 romance with Tom Hiddleston is reportedly the subject of several songs, most of which are from the Reputation era. Fans have speculated that her frantic romance with Tom inspired songs like Getaway Car, Gorgeous, Cruel Summer, and Illicit Affairs.
Taylor has written songs about some of the most popular bachelors in the world, including American heartthrob Taylor Lautner and British actor Joe Alwyn, among others. Following a proposal after two years of dating, Taylor and NFL legend Travis Kelce are now engaged.
While Tom and his partner Zawe Ashton have been expecting their first child, Tom has been engaged to her since May 2022.
Tom is now set to be back on our screens as of today as the follow-up series to the acclaimed 2016 BBC spy drama The Night Manager is set to premiere on BBC One and iPlayer on January 1, 2026.
The original plan was to be a stand-alone adaptation of John le Carré’s book, but BBC One and Amazon Prime Video authorized the second and third seasons of the program.
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The original series saw a former British soldier and the night manager of a luxury hotel, Jonathan Pine (played by Tom Hiddleston) being hired by an intelligence officer to infiltrate the inner circle of a secretive arms dealer without blowing his cover.
With the help of his estate, Season 2 builds on his characters and doesn’t directly take inspiration from a John le Carré novel. It’s a rare long-gap continuation in television that comes nearly ten years after the first.
After rejecting Adam’s mother and a number of other friends and family members, Adam Peaty and Holly Ramsay reportedly spared no expense when it came to entertaining the remaining 200 guests at the wedding.
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Adam Peaty and Holly Ramsay’s drama-filled wedding ‘to feature in Gordon’s show’(Image: PA)
Gordon Ramsay’s team have denied claims that Bride and groom Holly Ramsay and Adam Peaty’s wedding, which has been the talk of the town thanks to the newlyweds’ family fallout, will feature in Gordon Ramsay’s upcoming Netflix series.
Gordon’s daughter Holly, 26, and Olympic swimmer Adam, 31, tied the knot in a lavish ceremony in Bath Abbey on the Saturday just after Christmas – and invited 200 guests to watch them exchange vows, although many of Adam’s family didn’t attend due to an ongoing feud, including his heartbroken mum Caroline who shared a cryptic comment yesterday.
For more than a year, cameras have followed Hell’s Kitchen star Gordon, 59, to capture intimate moments for the documentary series, but the Mirror is aware that the series’ filming has already begun. However, it’s been claimed that Holly and Adam tied the knot while the cameras were there right away, during which Holly’s father, Gordon, reportedly made digs at Adam’s family, and delivered a speech.
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A source told The Sun that “some of the day was filmed.” Which family members are absent will be very obvious.
“I would imagine that the family feud will come up at some point – it would be weird to just ignore it.” But, when contacted by the Mirror, Gordon’s representative denied the claim and insisted filming had already wrapped months before Adam and Holly’s nuptials.
It comes after allegations that the couple reportedly spent no money on lavish presents for their wedding guests despite the fact that they were still invited.
The celebrity couple splashed the money on expensive presents for each of the 200 guests to reportedly express gratitude to those 200 who did not remain on the invitee list.
According to reports, Adam and Holly reportedly spent over $40,000 on the presents, which are said to include a commemorative T-shirt, an engraved bottle of tequila, which is said to cost £190 per pop, and an engraving.
According to The Sun, the couple allegedly “felt indebted” to guests as a result of their bitter dispute with Adam and his family. According to a source, “Holly and Adam were incredibly kind to their guests, lavishing them all with a bottle of tequila with their own initials.”
“At the same time, guests were given a cute t-shirt that depicts the couple beginning their life together while they are driving in a car.
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The source claimed that the wedding had been “wishful memento for everyone” and that the T-shirt had the date of the wedding on it, “because they really pushed the boat out” because “they wanted the wedding to be perfect no matter the turbulence,” and it was exactly that.
