Vicky Pattison has broken her silence on Instagram with an emotional statement following her Strictly elimination and absence from appearing on It Takes Two on Monday
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Vicky and Kai performed their Jive to Sound of the Underground by Girls Aloud before they were eliminated(Image: BBC)
Vicky Pattison has broken her silence on Instagram with an emotional statement following skipping It Takes Two on Monday evening. It comes as Vicky and her partner Kai Widdrington were revealed to be in the dance-off along with Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon at the weekend.
Vicky and Kai performed their Jive to Sound of the Underground by Girls Aloud before they were eliminated. On Monday evening, Vicky took to social media where she shared a carousel of images of her time on the show, along with the caption: “Where do I even begin???”.
“I have had an incredible couple of months and I’m so Grateful to everyone at @bbcstrictly for the most amazing experience!!! I am going to miss my beautiful strictly family so much.. and I can’t wait to watch them all smash it this weekend in Blackpool!!! I love you all!!.”
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Vicky said she was ‘struggling’ to put into words how she is feeling and how much the process meant to her as she added: “It has been one of the best things I’ve ever done in my life and I don’t think I’ll ever top it! To my @kaiwidd I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart- the absolute BEST partner a girl could ask for.. and even more than that, a friend”.
While the eliminated celebs normally appear on It Takes Two on the Monday following their exit, Vicky explained that she will be on the show a few days later instead.
Vicky wrote: “We’ll be on It Takes Two on Wednesday to chat about our gorgeous journey, so sorry to anyone expecting to see us tonight… I’ve been celebrating my birthday in style. But we’ll see you then and we’re so excited… although I will definitely cry”.
She concluded the post with: “Final Thankyou to you guys, for your support and kindness.. I am so grateful to you all! You made a little girls dreams come true and I loved my time spent on that dance floor!”.
A source also confirmed to The Mirror that Vicky’s absence was due to her celebrating her birthday and that she had permission fro the BBC to appear on the show on Wednesday instead.
They said: “Vicky had it pre-agreed that she was going to celebrate her birthday with some friends and family. She has hardly seen them the last few months cos of training so it was a wonderful celebration, but nothing too crazy.
“The BBC gave her permission to have the time around her birthday off, and so she will be appearing on It Takes Two on Wednesday.”
Over the weekend, the former Loose Women star shared a video clip from her birthday party – which she hosted as her elimination scenes went to air. The post includes a message from a friend that reads, ‘You are so special, never change. Love you.”
An emotional Vicky could be seen blowing out her birthday candles in front of a room her pals.
Tom Cruise feels “vindicated” by Nicole Kidman’s devastating divorce from Keith Urban.
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Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were one of the hottest couples in Hollywood(Image: The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)
Tom Cruise has broken his silence on his ex-wife Nicole Kidman’s shock split with Keith Urban.
The 63-year-old movie star, who was married to Nicole for 11 years from 1990–2001, has reportedly said Nicole’s split with Keith is ‘karma’ for the way she treated him after their own breakup. The Mission Impossible star is said to have been following news of ex Nicole’s divorce ‘closely.’
“When Tom and Nicole split, she received all the sympathy and he received all the blame.” An insider told International Business Times that he had been depicted as the bad guy, which had endured for years.
The way Nicole handled their breakup really stung Tom. While he remained silent and took the hits, she appeared on TV, made digs about his height, and painted herself as the victim.
The actor felt “proven right” now that Nicole has divorced her second husband, they continued. When Nicole was depicted as this obedient saintly figure who had swooped in on a white horse and saved her from the hellish memory of their marriage, they said, “it annoyed him.”
He is closely following the divorce news because he is aware of how hurtful she is. He also acknowledges that he is allowing himself a little pat on the back and letting people know that this is karma acting in a certain way. Bottom line: He had assumed that they were a hyped couple with little in common at first; he has since been proven to be correct.
The Mirror has contacted Tom Cruise’s representative for comment.
Before their unexpected split in 2001, Tom and Nicole were one of the 90s’ It couples. Nicole reportedly left after refusing to convert Conor and Isabella, who Cruise had found enthralling, to Scientology.
Tom and Katie Holmes, who wed in 2006, have a 19-year-old daughter named Suri. They divorced in 2012, but they separated in 2012. Katie and Suri are now separating Tom from him.
After 19 years of marriage in October, Nicole Kidman, the Oscar winner, divorced Keith Urban on Tuesday. Nicole cited “marital difficulties and irreconcilable differences” as the cause of the breakup in documents filed in Nashville.
Nicole was “blindsided” by Keith’s desire to split, and she was later spotted still enjoying wearing her wedding ring a few days before getting divorced.
An insider claimed that Nicole’s sister Antonia and the rest of the Kidman family had rushed to her side after the divorce was revealed after the actress’s attorney was informed that she “didn’t want” the divorce.
Nicole was the one who filed for divorce, the source claimed, and that she had been trying to make things work until recently. They told People, “She didn’t want this,” and they were correct. She has been “fighting to save the marriage,” she said. Despite reports, Nicole attempted to save the marriage in vain because Keith was already “done.”
Details of the couple’s custody agreement were revealed in the court filings. Keith will have only 59 days while Nicole will have 306 of their daughters. Faith, age 15, and Faith, age 17, are the parents’ daughters.
According to the document, Keith only has his daughters for Father’s Day and Thanksgiving, which total is less than two months.
The pair should encourage their daughters to have positive relationships with both their parents, according to the agreement that prohibits them from “speak negatively” of one another.
According to sources in the US, Keith has already moved on. According to one, “Kieffer is with another woman, and all the signs point to that.” Let’s just say that Nicole is shocked by it even though she doesn’t dispute that.
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Although Nicole’s identity is still unknown, sources claim Keith’s new girlfriend is “younger” than Nicole.
A song Keith wrote for Nicole was also the subject of a clip that was later re-aired. Keith sings The Fighter in the video, but he changed the lyrics from “Baby, I’ll be your fighter” to “Maggie, I’ll be your guitar player.”
Jane McDonald has revealed that four years after the death of her fiancé Ed Rothe, she’s still facing the heartache of grief but isn’t on the lookout for love at the moment
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Singing icon Jane McDonald has opened up about her life, as well as the heartbreaking death of her fiancé, Ed Rothe(Image: MATT CROCKETT)
Jane McDonald has not given up on living since the death of her fiancé, Eddie ‘Ed’ Rothe, four years ago.
She exclusively tells the Mirror and OK! Magazine that although part of her will never process the loss of her fiancé, she’s not closed off to the idea of falling in love again. “I’ll never say never, because you just don’t know what’s around the corner, do you?” she says. “But if it never happens, then fine. I had a great partner who I feel very blessed that I had in my life. And I’m fine. I’ve got a great group of friends who I go out with and that’s enough, really.”
The Yorkshire-born singer and TV presenter first dated Eddie, drummer of Liverpool rock band The Searchers, as a teenager before they rekindled their relationship in 2008. But their love story was cut tragically short in 2021 when Eddie died aged 67 after a battle with lung cancer.
Jane copes with the “awful” grief by trying to fill her life with pockets of joy. She says, “I don’t deal with it. You can’t. There’s no such thing as dealing with it. It’s hard, it’s every day for me. But what I’ve learned to do now is fill my life with as much joy as I can bring in, to sit alongside it.
“I do that for him, as well. He would be mortified if I were just sat at home, miserable. He’d be the first to say, ‘What you doing sitting there? Get out there, Jane, do your thing.'”
Part of that joy comes from her career, and on her nerly announced album, Living The Dream, the title track of the same name is related to being on the road. “I fill my life with what I love to do,” she says.
“I’m grateful for my fans, for the love they give me.” Reflecting on losing Ed, she adds, “They never leave us, that’s in the song. I feel like you’re walking beside me. I’m still talking to you, that’s in How Can I Move On. Every day, I feel like you’re there.
“I totally believe that although a loved one who dies is not there in body, their spirit lives on. That gives me huge comfort to be able to move on and do other things.” Another thing Jane finds joy in is her friendship with Sue Ravey, a long-time pal since their early singing days, who now lives with her in Wakefield. The pair have entertained fans as armchair experts on Celebrity Gogglebox, as well as on travel show Cruising With Jane McDonald. In fact, asked to do the former, Jane gave the bosses an ultimatum.
She reveals: “When I was asked to do Gogglebox, I said, ‘Only if I can do it with my friend.’ And I’m really pleased we did – it showed Sue in all her glory. We do talk about literally everything. She’s a good egg, she makes me laugh, she’s totally bonkers and she tells it how it is. Sue’s a good friend.”
In recent years, one area of Jane’s career that has brought her huge satisfaction is becoming an icon in the LGBTQ+ community, even though she’s not entirely sure why it happened.
“Everybody is welcome at my shows. I just think, ‘Come and have a good time.’ I’m not judgmental in any shape or form and maybe that’s it. I’m also very ‘camp’, so I’ve been told. But this following that I have is hugely important to me. I’m thrilled to be honoured and accepted into the community.”
So much so that Jane will be headlining the Gay Icon slot at Mighty Hoopla festival next year. This will mark her first-ever festival performance on Sunday, May 31. She said: “Did somebody ask for a gay icon? Well, it’s me, I’m here, darlings. Yes, I’m going to be at the Mighty Hoopla in the Icon slot. Big band, big vocals, in fact, it’s going to be bloody lovely.
Another unexpected career high was when she went viral on TikTok last year for her brilliantly tongue-in-cheek cover of 2015 hit Cake By The Ocean BY DNCE, the American dance-rock band fronted by Joe Jonas, of the Jonas Brothers. So could she ever see herself performing with the famous siblings?
“Oh yes, I’ll do a duet with the Jonas Brothers, my God, count me in for that,” she says, laughing. “I have no idea why that worked. I’m very grateful. It’s been a long time coming, but I’m a TikToker now.”
And what of Loose Women, on which Jane appeared as a regular panellist from 2004 to 2014 before leaving to focus on her music career – could we see her back on the show?
“I haven’t got time,” she admits. But she lights up as she reminisces about her years on the famously lively panel. “It’s an era of my life that I’ll never forget. We were like Sex in the City at that point. I’m glad to have been there at that moment in time, but nowadays I’m either on a ship, in a studio or on a plane. I’m never in Wakefield.”
She’s certainly throwing herself into work, with the recording of her country-leaning 11th studio album taking place in Nashville. “Then Channel 5 found out I was doing it, so we’re making a two-part series about it as well,” she reveals. “It’s really taken on a life of its own.” The programme will air in 2026, and the Living The Dream album will be released next Spring.
Many fans were moved to tears during Jane’s last tour, and she says there will be more emotional moments when they hear the new album, especially the song she wrote – for the first time – with her late partner in mind.
“Beautiful Soul is… how I’m going to sing that, I don’t know. It’s about him not being here any more. I’m supposed to be able to move on but it’s taking me a bit longer,” she says, getting emotional. “It’s about how he can’t compare to the stars; he outshines them. It’s a very, very personal album. And I’ve finally been able to write about my love for Ed.”
Her 2026 tour will feature songs from the new album, as well as the many songs Jane’s fans already love. “I’ve got my dream singers now, and it’s a different league. The production is joyous,” she says. “Yes, it will be emotional, but the joy you’ll feel at the end will be incredible.”
To this end, she’ll be including her Disco Medley on the setlist. which she performed during Live at the Palladium in 2010. “There are still things everybody can sing along to,” she assures us. “There’ll still be some fan favourites in there.”
Jane is also returning to another lifelong passion – cruising, where her glittering career first began. She recently finished her own headline voyage, Cruise With Jane McDonald, visiting Norway and Denmark, and has already announced a second cruise for next October.
“People were up till three, four in the morning and then up for breakfast at eight. It was incredible,” she says, smiling. “It was just a joy. I can’t wait for next year to do it all again.”
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That said, Jane has “no idea” how she’s going to slot everything in next year, explaining that her calendar is already so busy she can no longer accept any more work. “There’s a lot happening,” she tells us. “I can’t say any more than that for now, but watch this space, people!”
Jane’s album Living The Dream is available to pre-order now via jane-mcdonald.com, giving fans exclusive access to the tour pre-sale, which goes on general sale at 10am Friday November 28.
Following the dog attack in west London, Tom Parker Bowles, the son of Queen Camilla and the stepson of King Charles, fought to save his Jack Russell named Maud.
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Queen Consort Camilla’s son, Tom Parker Bowles, has detailed the encounter(Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Tom Parker Bowles — Queen Camilla’s son and King Charles’ stepson — bravely fought to save his dog after a 10stone mastiff attacked her, he has revealed.
When the large canine spotted Maud, a small Jack Russell, during a walk, the food writer, 50, said “all hell broke loose.” The mastiff slammed into Maud as they left their walker. The mastiff “was screaming with terror within seconds,” Tom said. “My tiny, less-than-one-stone terrier was slammed against me. Then the agonizingly painful cry began. My memory is currently somewhat cloudy.
However, Tom claimed that during the encounter in Kensington, west London earlier this month, “pure instinct took over” and that he “launched myself on to the dog.” If the attacker could raise its head and crush her like a furry Twiglet, the gallant father of two said, “I knew Maud would be finished.” I frantically attempted to break the dog’s jaws, which were entangling her soft, white belly in a vice-like manner.
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Crowds gathered as chaos ensued, and one man reportedly whacked the dog with his walking stick. The mastiff loosened its grip after around 30 seconds, a period which felt like hours to Tom. The food critic, one of two children to Queen Camilla, freed Maud, but she suffered gory injuries.
The pooch, who herself weighs less than one stone, needed two operations though she may bear psychological scars as well as those from her injuries. Tom alerted the police but doesn’t want the dog responsible put down. Writing for the Daily Mail, he said: “I don’t want the dog who attacked Maud put down, nor do I want to press charges. Emergency vet care is not cheap, but I’m lucky that Maud is covered by Petplan – which, so far, has been incredibly efficient. It’s not every day one says that about an insurance company. What I do want, though, is these big, powerful and often beautiful dogs to be muzzled when out in public. Is that too much to ask?
I’m not opposed to knee-jerk laws that ban particular breeds or have them destroyed, as they may be. I’d rather the owner bear the cost.
Earlier this year, police forces said they had recorded an huge spike in the number of dog attacks on people across the UK – and interactive maps showed which areas had seen the most incidents. The largest increase in the number of dog attacks was recorded by Cleveland Police, where they went up by a massive 163% between 2019 and 2024.
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Tom’s experience has left the writer fearful of what could happen if large dogs attack a small child, which has been the case in recent years. The Mirror told how one girl — Amelia Bird — had 30 horrific wounds after she was attacked by a pack of dogs belonging to one man in Carrington, Greater Manchester last year.
Actor Liev Schreiber was rushed to a New York hospital yesterday after suddenly experiencing an intense headache.
The Golden Globe nominee was concerned enough to call his doctor, who advised him to head to the hospital for urgent evaluation. Liev, who was in crime drama Ray Donovan for seven years, underwent a full series of medical tests as doctors attempted to determine what had caused the alarming symptoms.
Early assessments indicate the 58-year-old performer remains fully conscious and responsive in the hospital. It said he is able to speak clearly, walk without difficulty, and move all of his limbs normally, and so doctors are confident he did not experience a stroke or major neurological impairment.
But medics continue to monitor Liev, a father of three, closely as he awaits his test results. He had described the headache as “massive”, according to early reports in the US.
Liev is pictured with his wife Taylor Neisen, a former Miss South Dakota (Getty Images)
This isn’t the first time Liev, born in San Francisco, California, has experienced a sudden and medically puzzling episode. He has previously spoken about a frightening incident that occurred while he was performing on Broadway, when he suffered what was later diagnosed as transient global amnesia. The condition, which causes abrupt and temporary memory loss, struck him in the middle of a stage performance. He recalled getting a powerful headache backstage and feeling immediately aware that something was very wrong.
During the episode, he suddenly couldn’t remember the name of a co-star standing right in front of him. When he walked out onstage, he found that he couldn’t remember his lines — or even which play he was performing. The sensation, as he described it later, was as though his entire memory had dropped away at once. An MRI eventually ruled out more dangerous causes such as a stroke or a brain bleed, and he was diagnosed with transient global amnesia. His memory returned fully by the next morning, and doctors explained that the condition, though dramatic, typically resolves on its own without long-term harm.
Doctors are not yet certain whether the severe headache that sent him to the hospital this week is connected in any way to his earlier episode. No conclusions have been made regarding the star’s situation, and testing is still being conducted. However, migraines are thought to be related to transient global amnesia.
Schreiber and Taylor Neisen have a young daughter together, and they are both engaged in private life. He previously dated actress Naomi Watts, and he has two older children, Kai and Sasha. As he goes through a continual evaluation, family members are said to be by his side.
Vogue Williams has reportedly signed up for I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! ten years after husband Spencer Matthews was removed from camp three days into the 2015 contest
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Vogue Williams is preparing for an extended period apart from her husband Spencer Matthews
Spencer Matthews will not be able to fly to Australia to support wife Vogue Williams during her time on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!, it is reported.
The TV personality, 37, is instead in Cape Town, South Africa, where he is gearing up for his third full Ironman triathlon, part of a challenge of seven in seven continents in just 21 days. This would secure Spencer, who was in Made in Chelsea for four years, a Guinness World Record.
The timing, though, is so unfortunate that Spencer won’t even be able to watch Vogue, 40, take on Bush Tucker Trials as she navigates the jungle’s challenges and she won’t know if he completes his “Project Seven”. A source said it was extremely unlikely the couple could avoid the diary clash, as Spencer has just finished his second triathlon — taken in Arizona — and must complete the set within the 21-day deadline.
And Vogue, meanwhile, has been tipped as “one of the most glam signings” I’m a Celebrity has had in years. A source said: “It has been a hard decision to go on the show, because it will mean so much time away from her kids, but she wants to fight her fears and go for it.”
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Spencer himself was in the jungle — for a mere three days in 2015 until he was booted out for taking steroids and failing to tell producers beforehand. In an interview since, he said “vanity” was the reason for his misdemeanour.
Now he can’t even get there to support his wife of seven years. Vogue, the Irish presenter and model, faces the creepy crawlies in the Australian jungle as one of the show’s late arrivals.
A source told the Daily Mail: “The timing isn’t ideal at all, but sometimes these things happen, and Vogue and Spencer’s diaries just clash. Of course, Spencer would want nothing more than to support Vogue in Australia and be there waiting for her when she leaves the jungle but both committed to their own projects, and unfortunately, the schedules overlap.
“They’ll both be missing their children, who will stay in London, continue attending school, and no doubt support their parents from afar – catching Vogue on TV whenever they can.”
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Spencer’s latest extreme challenge has seen him embark on a global mission to complete seven triathlons, each involving swimming, cycling and running, across seven continents in just 21 days.
The father of three, originally from Grantham, Lincolnshire, has already ticked off Europe and Arizona, and is now flying to Cape Town for race number three, all while documenting the journey on his podcast, Untapped.
