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The One Direction star died at the age of 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina, following his death Simon Cowell faced criticism for his TV talent shows

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Simon Cowell has dismissed any feelings of “guilt” over the tragic death of One Direction’s Liam Payne.

The pop star, who was just 31, tragically lost his life last year after a fall from a hotel balcony in Argentina. In the aftermath, Cowell faced criticism for his TV talent shows, but he has defended himself in an interview with the Daily Mail.

Simon shared: “Not guilty. When I eventually met with his parents a few months afterwards, obviously we talked about this. Both his mum and dad said to me that music was Liam’s passion. His proudest moment was getting through The X Factor the second time.

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“The fact he came back said a lot about him. So I don’t know what the answer to that question is.

“I don’t feel guilt, because you can’t guess somebody’s destiny. You just can’t. All I know is he was immensely proud about what he’d achieved. It meant a lot to him. He really wanted to be well-known and successful. And I think being in the band was the best thing for him.”

Cowell also revealed the heart-wrenching moment he discovered the news of Liam’s passing while working on Britain’s Got Talent.

The 66 year old star remembered: “I was in Blackpool filming Britain’s Got Talent. Somebody who works with me came into my room. As soon as I saw her face, I could see she was upset. Nothing has affected me like that since I lost my mum and dad. I remember how that felt and this was not far off.

“I couldn’t believe it. All I remember was saying, ‘I’ve got to speak to his parents.’ I managed to speak to them, thank God. Immediately.”

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Cowell shared: “(It was) just horrific. I put myself in their position. They were in pieces. I was in pieces. I just said, ‘Look, we’ve just got to be there for each other.'”. Simon revealed that he sought solace in a “private place”, away from his fiancée Lauren Silverman and their 11 year old son Eric, after Liam’s tragic demise.

He expressed: “I’ve got to just go away somewhere on my own for a few days. A private place. Like a retreat, where I was able to switch off. I just sort of meditated and thought about things, because I was so upset. Then you have to come back to your life again.”

The One Direction star died at the age of 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina, following his death Simon Cowell faced criticism for his TV talent shows

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Simon Cowell has dismissed any feelings of “guilt” over the tragic death of One Direction’s Liam Payne.

The pop star, who was just 31, tragically lost his life last year after a fall from a hotel balcony in Argentina. In the aftermath, Cowell faced criticism for his TV talent shows, but he has defended himself in an interview with the Daily Mail.

Simon shared: “Not guilty. When I eventually met with his parents a few months afterwards, obviously we talked about this. Both his mum and dad said to me that music was Liam’s passion. His proudest moment was getting through The X Factor the second time.

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READ MORE: Mum dies after plunging from 10th-floor with three-year-old twins in her arms

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“The fact he came back said a lot about him. So I don’t know what the answer to that question is.

“I don’t feel guilt, because you can’t guess somebody’s destiny. You just can’t. All I know is he was immensely proud about what he’d achieved. It meant a lot to him. He really wanted to be well-known and successful. And I think being in the band was the best thing for him.”

Cowell also revealed the heart-wrenching moment he discovered the news of Liam’s passing while working on Britain’s Got Talent.

The 66 year old star remembered: “I was in Blackpool filming Britain’s Got Talent. Somebody who works with me came into my room. As soon as I saw her face, I could see she was upset. Nothing has affected me like that since I lost my mum and dad. I remember how that felt and this was not far off.

“I couldn’t believe it. All I remember was saying, ‘I’ve got to speak to his parents.’ I managed to speak to them, thank God. Immediately.”

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Cowell shared: “(It was) just horrific. I put myself in their position. They were in pieces. I was in pieces. I just said, ‘Look, we’ve just got to be there for each other.'”. Simon revealed that he sought solace in a “private place”, away from his fiancée Lauren Silverman and their 11 year old son Eric, after Liam’s tragic demise.

He expressed: “I’ve got to just go away somewhere on my own for a few days. A private place. Like a retreat, where I was able to switch off. I just sort of meditated and thought about things, because I was so upset. Then you have to come back to your life again.”

Strictly Come Dancing pro Dianne Buswell has shared a cheeky video of her pranking partner Joe Sugg to test if he’s ready for the arrival of their baby boy

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Strictly Come Dancing’s Diane Buswell has shared a hilarious video to her Instagram pranking her partner Joe Sugg. Fans were left ‘howling’ and ‘in stitches’ as Diane tested Joe on whether he is ready for their baby.

In September, Dianne and Joe shared their baby news in a sweet video posted to Instagram . In it, they painted a picture and then turned the paper around to show the couple as stick people, along with a stick baby in the middle. They captioned the post: “Our little baby boy, we cannot wait to meet you.”

Dianne fell head over heels for YouTuber Joe Sugg when they were paired on the 2017 series of the BBC One competition, and since then, their love story has continued to blossom.

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Taking to Instagram, Diane posted a reel of herself cuddling up to Joe but to test his daddy instincts, she spat out milk on his jumper to get his reaction on whether he is ready for when their baby does the same to him.

Captioning the video, Diane put: “Some will say it’s mean others will say it’s character building ….. just prepping him for all those little milk burps Do we think he passed the test? @Joe_sugg”.

Joe humoured Diane and laughed it off but fans were already in stitches at his reaction and Diane’s prank.

The comments poured in, with one fan admitting: “I don’t know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t that I flinched more than he did!” Another observed, “you trying not to laugh has me HOWLING”, while a third teased that Joe had spotted the camera mid-prank: “joe spotting the camera he lowkey knew you were up to something”. A fourth chimed in with reassurance: “We’ve all been there with babies He definitely passed the test!”

The pair revealed that they’ve already picked the name for their unborn baby boy. The pair announced earlier this year that Dianne is pregnant with their first child – making her the first pregnant dancer on Strictly Come Dancing .

In a recent video, the Aussie dancer shared that announcing her pregnancy made her the “most nervous” she’d ever been. The couple, who have been together since they met on the hit BBC show in 2018, now regularly post videos to YouTube about their lives.

In a video posted on 27 October, they shared that they were the most nervous to share the news with their families, and that sharing it with their fans caused less anxiety. Answering fans questions, Dianne opened up about telling her parents. She said: “It was the most nervous I’d ever been. I was so nervous to tell people, I don’t know why. I almost put it off.”

Joe agreed that telling family was nerve-wracking. “I think it was because it was such a big life moment,” he said. Talking to the camera, he continued: “I was way more nervous to tell friends and family than I was to tell you lot.” Dianne added that her father thought they were joking and that Joe cried every time they told someone new.

The couple also shared in the video that they’ve already picked out a name for the baby boy, with Joe saying: “The name that we’ve come up with, we’re not going to share it. We can’t really give any clues to it other than I don’t really see this name really anywhere.

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“I know some people who have it as their surname but it’s also the sort of name that can be shortened. I’d say it’s quite a unique name but it’s not unique as in-,” he said, with Dianne adding: “Apple or pear. It’s kind of like Joe, isn’t it? Cute when you’re little, you can call yourself Joseph when you’re older.”

Joe continued: “Or it could be a good sportsperson name. I’ve purposefully not said it out lout at all whereas Diane keeps calling him by that name. I do feel like between now and our due date, which is another thing I don’t think we’re going to share, I worry that we might end up revealing it by accident. From now on, he’s called Derek.”

Dianne had continued to be a pro dancer on the show and was partnered with fellow Aussie Stefan Dennis this year, but unfortunately, Stefan had to pull out of the show following an injury, marking the end for Dianne’s Strictly journey this series as well. Though she continues to be seen dancing in pro numbers during the results show, those dances were filmed prior to the series beginning.

It was a wild show on Saturday night’s Strictly Come Dancing – but things could be about to get even more dramatic.

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Strictly Come Dancing was full of drama on Saturday night, with a Perfect 40 score (well done Amber Davies), a star in tears (poor Balvinder Sopal), a singing Paddington and even Neil Jones taking abuse from the stage despite being sat not-so-quietly in the audience.

Well, the drama is set to continue tomorrow night if the latest spoiler to leak out of the BBC hit is accurate. As has been the case for many years now, a well-known account has posted the couples it says enter the dance off and who it is that ultimately gets axed. As ever the information is unverified by the BBC but it has already got fans very hot and bothered.

One said simply: “My jaw just hit the floor.” Another branded the drama set to unfold on Sunday night “wild” while another insisted they were “absolutely gutted”. A third called the verdict: “A bit of a shocker.”

As ever here at the Mirror we don’t want to ruin the fun so we won’t reveal who it is goes until it’s announced on BBC One on Strictly Come Dancing: The Results with Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly, which starts at 7.45pm.

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As the show ended last night the field seemed wide open, with one fan writing: “I have absolutely NO IDEA who will be in that bottom two tonight. There are reasons why it could be any of them.”

Another added that they felt the leaderboard may have ended up delivering a close race intentionally: “Tonight I feel the judges were told to, bar any massive mistakes, score the couples the same so whoever is in the dance off, it’s the public’s ‘fault’,” they said.

The leaderboard at the end of Saturday’s show put Amber and Nikita top with 40, followed by George and Alexis with 35, Balvinder and Julian also with 35, Lewis and Katya with 35 and Karen and Carlos bottom on 34.

As many have pointed out, any couple could wind up in the dance off from that sort of scoring. With three couples ranking second, three couples have four points already so Amber being at the top of the leaderboard does not make her safe if she is at the bottom of the public vote.

It was a strong week for many couples with Amber – who “lives, sleeps and breathes musicals” – dominating Musicals Week with her top score. But it was also a good week for Balvinder, who picked up her biggest score yet.

With nines from everyone bar Craig Revel Horwood (grim-faced, he lifted the 8) it was clear how much it all meant to her. She broke down in tears mid-way through Motsi Mabuse’s remarks about the Viennese Waltz she performed to Never Enough from the The Greatest Showman.

Former EastEnders actor Martin Kemp was brutally honest when he was questioned over which celeb campmate filled him with fear when it came to securing meals

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I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here star Martin Kemp has admitted which campmate he didn’t trust to do the Bushtucker Trials and earn food for the camp. The Spandau Ballet star, 64, became the sixth celebrity to be given the boot from the camp this year on Thursday.

Following his exit he made the most of a delicious meal of cheese and onion crisps and pineapple-topped pizza as he appeared on spin-off series Unpacked to chat about his camp experience. Martin, was joined on the couch by last year’s winner, McFly star Danny Jones.

Martin was discussing Angry Ginge’s recent trial which aired on Friday’s show and saw him earn the maximum six stars for camp. He said of the efforts from Ginge: “Oh he’s brilliant at them. You knew when he was going out he was bringing back stars.”

Unpacked host Kemi Rodgers then asked: “So you felt confident in him?” to which he replied: “Oh yeah, without a doubt.”

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She then probed further on the topic as she asked: “Was there anyone you didn’t feel confident about going out [to win food for camp], be honest Mart?”

He looked around uncomfortably before he candidly replied: “Urgh yes, Shona. I thought I would be worried if Shona went out to bring home the bacon. I wasn’t too sure.

“But listen, I wanted everyone to get a go, because it’s not about in the end going out to get the dinner. It’s about knowing they are going to be filled with adrenaline and endorphins which you lack when you’re in there.”

Martin has already opened up about his diet in camp described the effects sugar withdrawal had on him, admitting he was desperate for a bit of Toblerone chocolate while struggling with the bland rice and beans diet.

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Martin told The Sun : “I have missed everything. I didn’t have anything. The thing you think about most is sugar. When I do something like that, I don’t crave carbs, I crave sugar.

“At one point I had a dream that Toblerones were dancing around my head. Toblerones! It must have been in my subconscious, because your body is craving sugar. Even when I came out, it was still there in my mind. It was a funny thing.”

Martin spent 20 days in camp, becoming great friends with his fellow campmates who praised him as a father figure. Following his exit he told show hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly : “I have dreamt about this moment.”

Martin then confirmed his favorite thing about the jungle experience. He said: “The other people, without a doubt.

“Sitting around and talking. I’m not one for making new friends, it’s the first time I’ve done it in years and I’ve loved it. I feel like, coming out now, I’ve done it, done everything I wanted to do, I’ve experienced it and I’ve got some good anecdotes.”

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Jack Osbourne took part in I’m A Celeb and was the joint seventh to leave alongside Emmerdale’s Lisa Riley, exiting during the quarter final, leaving behind just four campmates

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Jack Osbourne has revealed that he broke a big rule on I’m A Celeb. The podcast host was the joint seventh to leave, exiting alongside actress Lisa Riley. After exiting the Jungle, Jack revealed that he had brought a burner phone with him when he flew out to Australia. He then pretended it was his personal phone when his belongings were taken from him, so that he could keep using his actual mobile in the hotel.

I’m A Celeb contestants are not supposed to contact their friends and family whilst waiting to go into the camp, as if they do, they could find out details about the Bushtucker trials and prepare. To enforce this rule, contestants are supposed to have their phones taken from them.

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But Jack, after landing in Australia late following a flight cancellation, was able to circumvent the rule. In an interview with The Sun, he added that he chose to stay in contact with his mum Sharon and wife Aree.

He said: “I had work to do, I was doing a bunch of s***. I was calling Aree, I was calling my mum, I was calling the kids. I gave them a secondary phone when I landed. I was like, yeah, there’s my phone.”

Upon leaving the Jungle, Jack also revealed that his wife is pregnant with their second child together. Aree is 28 weeks pregnant and was able to tell Jack’s father, Ozzy, that she was expecting a child before he died in July this year.

Jack told The Sun that it was “healing” to be expecting a child whilst dealing with the death of his father. “It’s awesome. I think it’s been partly a healthy distraction, partly healing.

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“Probably in that kind of ‘full cycle’ category, in a weird way. It’s very much taken energy out of the grieving side of things and parked in a bit more hopefulness.”

Ozzy Osbourne died in July this year, after suffering a heart attack. He died just weeks after performing his final concert in Birmingham. Before heading out to the Jungle he told food blogger Kelly Rizzo that he had been dealing with his grief by staying busy.

Some fans found Jack’s constant hovering in the kitchen whilst on I’m A Celeb difficult to watch, but others felt this was a symptom of Jack not coping too well. Alison Hammond shared this view, saying on Unpacked that she thought it was “too soon” after Ozzy’s death for Jack to be on the show.