Peter Crouch has admitted he is “useless” at one thing in his relationship with Abbey Clancy as he conceded he made his wife “cry” when she was “pregnant and emotional”
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Peter Crouch offered an insight into his relationship with Abbey Clancy(Image: Getty Images)
Peter Crouch, the former England footballer, has confessed that he once made his wife Abbey Clancy “cry” due to his poor gift-giving skills.
The 44 year old sportsman has been wedded to the 39 year old ex-model since 2011, after first crossing paths in 2006 following his transfer to Liverpool. The pair are parents to four children.
Despite their long-standing relationship, Crouch confessed that he’s still “useless at buying presents”, especially with Christmas on the horizon. He once upset his wife by choosing the wrong present.
In a chat with The Times, he revealed: “I am useless at buying presents. I got Abbey an expensive handbag and it was completely the wrong colour.
“She was pregnant and emotional at the time and told me that I didn’t know her. She actually cried. I’m notoriously bad,” reports Wales Online.
“I once bought her the same jacket every Christmas for three years. I’m working with Debenhams now, so I’ve got no excuse.”
The father of four also shared his fondness for The Celebrity Traitors.
The inaugural series of the celebrity edition of the popular programme concluded earlier this month, with TV host Alan Carr emerging as the victor.
However, Crouch is uncertain about whether he would ever participate in the BBC show. He stated: ” I absolutely love The Celebrity Traitors, but I don’t know if I could go on it. I’d be a traitor – being a traitor is the one.”
This comes after Abbey expressed frustration at her husband, saying “he’s got the cheek” as she criticised one of Crouch’s habits.
The couple regularly discuss the ups and downs of their relationship on their podcast, The Therapy Crouch. During a recent episode, Abbey expressed concerns she might be experiencing Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).
This led husband Peter to propose that the 39 year old mother-of-four should “save up and go on a nice holiday”. He said: “I don’t want to spend money on anything, but holidays I do.”
Peter continued, claiming there’s “nothing he really likes to spend money on”. However, the couple’s podcast producer Ross jokingly interjected that he splashes out on Abbey.
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This prompted Abbey to fire back with a pointed remark about Peter’s extensive wardrobe. She said: “Did I tell you he’s got like 50 polo necks from Tom Sweeney, and that’s just on one rail. When I was cleaning out his wardrobe and they’ve all got the tags on.
“He’s got five of the same jumper in the same colour and he’s got the cheek to say, ‘I don’t spend anything’. I reckon there’s about £10 million of clothes in that wardrobe.”
Former Love Island star Amber Davies is currently taking part in this year’s Strictly Come Dancing and is hoping that she makes it through to the final
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Amber is partnered with Nikita on Strictly(Image: PA)
Strictly Come Dancing’s Amber Davies has finally revealed the truth behind her close friendship with Nikita Kuzmin. The West End star has been impressing the judges week after week and is certainly in with a chance of getting to the final.
Viewers have noticed that she and professional partner Nikita have formed a close friendship over the weeks and now Amber has opened up about their relationship.
Amber was a last-minute addition to the show after Dani Dyer was forced to pull out due to injury. However, she has made up for it as Amber has been towards the top of the leaderboard every week.
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Amber has previously said how happy she is to have paired up with Nikita and has said that he is a “dream” to work with. She got a call on the Friday before the launch show so the pair only had 24 hours to rehearse their first routine.
Speaking to The Sun, Amber has delved into what makes their friendship so special. She said: “Nikita is a dream to work with. What was unique to us as a couple was that we had to skip a million steps.
“I met him on the Friday, and we were dancing live on the show on the Saturday night in front of millions. I had to trust him immediately. But I instantly knew I was in safe hands. He believes in me more than I believe in myself.
“He tells me: ‘I absolutely know I can push you and you can do this.’ I’ve gained so much knowledge from him.” Last week saw Nikita and Amber impress the judges and the public once again.
They managed to score an impressive 38 points out of a possible 40 for their dazzling disco-infused salsa to You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) by Sylvester.
This put them in second place on the leaderboard for the week. The pair have been hit by Strictly curse rumours over the last couple of months but both of them have denied this.
Nikita has been in a relationship with girlfriend Lauren Jaine, 24, since 2023 while Amber has been with fellow West End star boyfriend Ben since they met on the set of Back to the Future: The Musical in 2022.
The West End star – who is about to take on the role of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde The Musical – shared a post to Instagram thanking her boyfriend for all of his support.
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Amber gushed: “I couldn’t do any of this without you by my side @benj0yce. Thank you for going above and beyond every single day, picking me up when I’m down and being the loudest cheerleader when we celebrate.”
Loved up Amber continued: “Always dinner on the table after rehearsals & extra plasters ready when my feet need them. I am genuinely the luckiest girl in the world and I don’t tell you enough how thankful I am, I have won in life with you. I love you with all my heart.”
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! newcomer Aitch left fans ‘disappointed’ just months before he jetted off to the Australian jungle
Manchester-born rapper Aitch is gearing up to join the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! jungle tomorrow, alongside a slew of other well-known faces.
The 25-year-old artist, whose real name is Harrison Armstrong, has already landed in Australia in preparation for the new series.
However, before jetting off to the land down under, the musician found himself in a bit of a pickle on social media.
During his stint on the 90s Baby Show podcast back in August, the Gen Z star divulged a private tale about his ex-girlfriend Lola Thompson, reports OK!.
The pair made their relationship public in January 2023, but called it quits 10 months later.
Aitch recounted a holiday in Bali where Australian influencer Lola had an unfortunate incident with ‘Bali belly’, leading to her soiling the bed.
As he put it, he was attempting to initiate a sexual act with his then-partner when he was hit by an unpleasant odour.
He went on to claim that her side of the bed was smeared with faeces. The story was shared as a joke but quickly cast a shadow over the rapper.
Although Aitch didn’t mention the woman by name, his fans were quick to deduce that it was Lola, given they had been seen together in Bali.
Just a few days after the story started making rounds on social media, Lola took to TikTok to share her version of events, alleging that Aitch had greatly exaggerated the incident.
“I feel like the way that he’s described it is completely inaccurate. And honestly I find it so vulgar and disgusting and so disrespectful the way that he’s speaking about me, that I’m not just going to not say anything,” she expressed.
Lola went on to explain her ordeal with ‘Bali belly’, which led to her vomiting and suffering from diarrhoea in the middle of the night.
She vehemently denied Aitch’s claims that they were about to get intimate when he discovered her soiled clothes.
She clarified: “I had done this in my sleep […] and it was a little bit in my pants, it didn’t go on the bed. It didn’t go on him. It didn’t go f****** everywhere like he said it did.
“It just was literally in my pants and he wasn’t being all like ‘Ew get away from me’ he literally was hugging me, telling me he loved me.”
The social media sensation revealed that Aitch actually took care of her during that time.
Lola added: “I was his partner for a bit. And then the fact that he’s going online and speaking about me in such a vulgar, disgusting way that’s not even accurate is just bizarre to me!”
The songwriter faced severe criticism for sharing such a personal story with millions of people, especially considering his ex is also a public figure.
One TikTok user expressed their disappointment: “Disappointed, I thought he was a nice guy.”
Another commented: “Well shame on him, imagine how she must feel when she’s gonna hear about this!”.
One viewer commented: “No longer an Aitch fan. This is sooo mean,” whilst another added: “Actually lost a bit of respect for Aitch in putting this out there like this.”
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Yet others defended the rapper, pointing out he never identified Lola by name. They maintained he shouldn’t be blamed for internet detectives working out who she was.
Adam Peaty has opened up on the special connection he has with fiance Holly Ramsay after it emerged that he has fallen out with his family who have been absent from wedding prep celebrations
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Adam Peaty opens up about close bond with fiance Holly Ramsay(Image: Getty Images)
Despite the ongoing feud between his family and the Ramsay clan ahead of his marriage to Holly, Adam Peaty has revealed that he asked his fiancée to join him on tour as she gives him much-needed ‘balance’. The couple are due to tie the knot in a lavish ceremony held at Bath Abbey on Christmas Day.
And while the run-up to the big day should consist of both families finalising details of the wedding, things could not be worse.
But in an attempt to focus on the special bond he shares with Holly, he revealed that he asked her to join him on tour as she gives him the ‘balance’ that he craves.
The Olympic swimmer opened up on the World Aquatics’ YouTube series, which followed him ahead of the 2025 Swimming World Cup.
He said: “If I’m racing in trials or I’m racing in another meet, she will just be there in the audience. I’ll be in a different hotel room or etc. I said to myself when we start this season that I wanted her there because it gives me balance, but also not time away from home for three weeks. And as someone going through their fourth Olympics, you need balance.”
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Caroline Peaty, recalled the moment her relationship with her son broke down. She explained that after Adam announced his engagement, they threw a party but did not invite extended members of his side of the family. And so Caroline sent Holly a text explaining her concerns, which reportedly infuriated Adam.
This, according to his side of the family, kick-started a chain of events that led to neither Caroline nor other members of the family being invited to Holly’s hen party, held at Soho Farmhouse. Instead, the guest list focused on Holly’s mum and close friends, including Victoria Beckham.
Speaking about when they first met, Holly told the documentary series: “So when Adam and I first met, he wasn’t swimming. After the Olympics, in his head, he was done.
He was retired. So he took from the Olympics to January off and got back in the water this January.” And addressing her close-knit family, Holly is one of six. She has a sister, Megan, her twin brother, Jack, Matilda, Oscar, six and Jesse.
Holly said: “I have five siblings, so the house is constantly chaotic – which is a bit like being on tour. There’s definitely a few quirks to being with a swimmer…
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“Always have to have snacks on hand, if I don’t have snacks then he always gets very hangry so if we’re going out, even on the way to dinner, I need to bring snacks with me.”
Caroline hoped that her chat with the Mail would instigate contact with her son ahead of his wedding day.
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Model Kelly Brook is set to enter the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! jungle this weekend alongside plenty of other famous faces
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Kelly Brook is heading into the jungle this Sunday (Image: ITV)
Kelly Brook’s latest TV challenge is commencing this weekend as she is due to appear on the latest series of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! She’s no stranger to TV, but there may be an awkward encounter as it has been revealed that she doesn’t quite see eye to eye with presenters Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly.
The model is said to have held a grudge against the hosting pair from more than a decade ago. It has been claimed that Kelly thinks that Ant and Dec pushed for her to get the sack from Britain’s Got Talent back in 2009.
The ins and outs of the situation are unknown, but Kelly must be ready to put this behind her as she’s due to enter the jungle this weekend. I’m A Celeb is set to start Sunday night at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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The reunion between Kelly and Ant and Dec could be an awkward one as it is the first time they have come face to face since she was axed as a BGT judge after six days.
The Daily Mail reported that a source told them: “Kelly might be all smiles, but underneath she is a tough, tough woman who doesn’t take well to being crossed.
“She doesn’t forget. It is going to make for great television. She thinks Ant and Dec sneered at her for being a Page 3 girl, they didn’t think she had any talent.
“She’s a down-to-earth working-class girl done good, and she hates snobby behaviour. Woe betide Ant and Dec. She’s already been telling journalists she can’t wait to see them again.”
Ant and Dec have tried to clear the air with Kelly in the past. In their 2010 autobiography, Dec spoke about the feud, saying he didn’t understand why Kelly was hired as a fourth judge with Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan due to it usually being three.
She was let go from the show within a week as the format of four judges was seen as too complicated. However, it then went back to four judges.
Dec wrote in the memoir, Ooh! What A Lovely Pair: “Kelly looked nervous, so I told her it was going to be great fun and to just relax.
“She nodded, then looked at me and said, ‘And what do you do on the show?’ I looked at Simon, who was sat next to me, he turned to Kelly and said, ‘Kelly, you have seen the show, haven’t you?’ To which she replied, ‘Yeah… well, bits.’
“I don’t want to sound like an egomaniac, but the last person who said, ‘And what do you do?’ was the Queen.” Kelly then replied to the book as she said that the sacking had impacted her future job opportunities.
Kelly said: “There was nothing I could do in this country after Britain’s Got Talent. The people at ITV were telling me that I had upset Ant and Dec and that was it. I would love to have stayed on the show.”
As the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, faces new criticism and the royal family feud rumbles on, a royal expert tells the Mirror the ‘heartbreak in their marriage’ brings the couple closer
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Meghan and Harry’s ‘heartbreak’ in marriage as ‘bitterness’ rears its head(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are never too far away from a fresh backlash, controversy or outrage – but sources say the turmoil that shadows them is a glue that binds their marriage together. The latest wave of public criticism hit 44-year-old Meghan last week after she opted not to wear a poppy to two major events on Remembrance Day weekend, including Kris Jenner’s star-studded birthday bash.
Various newspapers quoted a source claiming the poppies were not as “widely available” in the US as they are in the UK and across the Commonwealth, which led to a barrage of comments pointing out that Harry, 41, had one pinned to his tuxedo at the Baby2Baby Gala the pair attended. But according to royal expert Duncan Larcombe, the Sussexes are now so used to handling criticism that it brings them closer as a couple.
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“There have been times in their marriage where it’s been Meghan and Harry against the world,” he tells us. “A clear theme from when they first met in the very beginning, has been how protective Harry is of Meghan. He’s a very loyal husband – much more so than most, because Meghan gets an awful lot of negative publicity, especially online.
“We’ve seen Harry supporting her in court cases, and also speaking out against those people that have wronged Meghan, which in his mind has included the Princess of Wales, Catherine. There’s also been a lot of heartbreak in their marriage but their similar past experiences and traumas are what holds them together and makes them stronger.”
At the party for Kardashian-Jenner matriarch Kris’s 70th, Harry and Meghan rubbed shoulders with the likes of Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos, singers Beyoncé and Mariah Carey, as well as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan.
Royal watchers took their attendance as another sign the couple see their life and future firmly rooted in Hollywood and not in the royal family. Since first getting together nearly a decade ago, the pair have been embroiled in bitter family feuds and heartbreaking estrangements.
But Duncan tells us that part of the appeal in moving to the States and away from the royals was in sparing Archie, six, and Lilibet, four, from some of their own painful childhood experiences.
“Neither of them had an ideal upbringing by any stretch of the imagination. Both of their parents’ marriages ended in divorce, and of course Harry’s mum, Princess Diana, died shortly after that. There’s trauma and heartbreak there for both of them, and that has bonded them.
“Harry, by his own admission, is a damaged person and he has had struggles. It’s hardly a surprise given his extraordinary upbringing, and his profile of being the ‘partying Prince’. A lot has happened in Harry’s life that Meghan can feel sorry for, and therefore feel like she wants to protect him and look after him too.”
Meghan is sure to empathise with Harry’s bitter fallout with Prince William and King Charles, who turned 77 this week. There may have been glimmers of hope for reconciliation with his father but as yet, according to Duncan, very little movement with older brother William.
As painful as it is for Harry, Duncan suggests he has had an easier time than Meghan in some ways. He tells us, “Meghan has had her dad and half-sister and brother become outspoken critics of her and publicly denounce her. Harry hasn’t had to deal with that, but that’s only because the royals don’t comment on those things, so they’ve maintained a silence.
“It doesn’t mean there’s any less bitterness between Harry and his family, so he and Meghan have that in common and can see where the other is coming from.”
The couple announced their engagement eight years ago this month. At the time, Harry was a busy working royal with a full life in London. Things today couldn’t look more different, with the pair living in a gated community in Montecito, and Netflix deals and Meghan’s As Ever brand replacing busy royal diaries.
Harry has also “isolated himself from the inner circle of friends he used to rely on” as a result of the move to the US, Duncan claims, which has drawn him even closer to Meghan. “Those friends might not have always been a good influence on him, but they were a big part of his life, especially given he didn’t have a mother,” he says.
Part of the move was a desire to live with less scrutiny, Duncan believes, although this now seems unlikely. Believing this could spell trouble for them in future, he tells us, “One of the biggest difficulties they’ll face as a couple is if they go through a bad patch at any point. They wanted to leave the UK to get away from the microscope, but in many ways they’re more high profile and facing greater examination by the media and the public than they ever were in the UK.”
February 2026 will also mark two years since it was announced that King Charles was being treated for cancer. His ongoing treatment – and the fact he is approaching his eighties – has also raised questions about whether Harry’s hope of still being welcomed back into the UK has an expiry date.
“When William becomes King, there could be a real risk that Harry will be blanked by the royal court and be completely out on his own,” Duncan claims. “In Harry’s mind he’s a victim, but he has a big part to play in that possible scenario.
“With seismic changes in the family coming at some point, William will play a greater and greater role, and where does that leave Harry? He will absolutely need Meghan by his side.”
