Caroline Flack and her twin sister Jody had a heart-warming bond until the ex-Love Island presenter’s untimely death.
Caroline Flack’s lesser-known twin sister, Jody, was left heartbroken after discovering her sister unresponsive five years ago.
Jody, aged 46, had planned to visit Caroline on 15 February 2020, following a challenging Valentine’s Day for the TV star.
However, upon arriving at Caroline’s London flat, Jody found the door locked and could hear the dog barking inside.
Once she gained entry, she tragically discovered that Caroline had taken her own life.
The close relationship between the sisters is touched upon in the new Disney + documentary, Caroline Flack : Search for the Truth, which includes interviews with those closest to the late star, reports OK!.
Early in the series, their mum Christine reveals just how tight-knit Caroline and Jody were during their younger years.
Christine shared: “Carrie and her twin sister, Jo, they’d never grown apart. It was always them two against the world.
“My eldest daughter, Lizzie, was ten when the twins were born. When they’d get up in the night, they’d get in her bed, which was lovely,” she added.
Home videos scattered throughout the two-part series show the pair performing for their family.
However, as adults, they chose different paths. While Caroline embraced the spotlight, Jody opted for a quieter life.
In 2013, Caroline told the Express: “We’re very close – we shared a bed until we were four and we were in the same class at school – but we’re quite different.
“She’s a mum with three beautiful children, so we have completely different lives, but we each enjoy the other’s life vicariously.”
Despite leading separate paths, the sisters regularly showcased their bond across social media platforms.
Caroline made it something of a ritual to post touching birthday tributes to her twin sister.
Her last Instagram message to Jody was shared in 2018, where she promised: “We will always look after each other and not let ANYONE or anything come between us.”
Just a year prior, the former Strictly Come Dancing champion had uploaded another childhood photograph of the pair.
Caroline captioned it: “Happy birthday the good twin! Together since the womb …. such different shaped lives …such different shaped heads … but life wouldn’t be the same without you … I’m really glad you’re my sister … from me and my gums x.”
Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth is streaming now on Disney+
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein has only just come out, but fans have watched the movie over and over to only now realise that Mia Goth is featured twice, continuing her trend of dual roles
View 3 Images
Fans have spotted a dual role(Image: Ken Woroner/Netflix)
Netflix viewers have been left a little confused and seriously impressed after realising Mia Goth secretly plays two characters in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.
The gothic remake, which stars Oscar Isaac as eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the creature he brings to life, dropped on Netflix on Friday (8 November). But it’s Mia’s casting that’s become the biggest talking point online.
Fans were shocked to discover the Pearl and MaXXXine actor appears twice in the film first as Baroness Claire, Frankenstein’s mother, in the opening flashbacks, and later as Lady Elizabeth Harlander, the fiancée of Victor’s brother William (Felix Kammerer).
READ MORE: ‘Spectacular’ BBC historical drama based on book labelled ‘best series ever’ by fansREAD MORE: First British female artist beats Adele’s record with four singles in the Top 10
Fans took the Tiktok to speak on their shock when noticing the actor – twice, one commented “I recognised Mia immediately and then gas lit myself into believing it was a different actor playing Victor’s mum.”
But one fan noticed the similarities in the book, when Victor has a dream where he kisses Elizabeth and she turns into his mother’s dead corpse, noticing how aspects of the novel are woven into the film.
Others said they already knew Mia had two roles, but were still stunned at how unrecognisable she looked.
For more stories like this subscribe to our weekly newsletter, The Weekly Gulp, for a curated roundup of trending stories, poignant interviews, and viral lifestyle picks from The Mirror’s Audience U35 team delivered straight to your inbox.
And this isn’t the first time Mia Goth has pulled off a double act. Horror fans will remember she also played both Maxine Minx and the much older Pearl in Ti West’s X (2022), a role she later expanded in the prequel Pearl. It’s the kind of transformation that’s become her trademark seamlessly flipping between innocence and darkness, youth and age.
However Netflix admits when Mia first joined Frankenstein, she didn’t actually know she’d be playing both women. She originally believed she’d only be portraying Elizabeth, until her early chats with del Toro took an unexpected turn when she explained she recently became a mother.
“In that moment, I saw Guillermo’s eyes light up,” Mia says. “He said to me that he hadn’t completely figured out who Elizabeth would be. I wonder if, in that moment, he started to put Elizabeth and Claire together for the first time,”
“As much as Claire is Victor’s mother, I also think there’s an incredibly maternal side to Elizabeth,” she added
The actor’s contrasting roles are marked by colour with Claire seen in deep reds, while Elizabeth’s wardrobe leans into shades of green.
Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth follows the former Love Island presenter’s mum Christine as she explores the events surrounding her daughter’s final months
View 2 Images
Caroline Flack pictured in 2019
A documentary examining the heartbreaking story of Caroline Flack has launched to five-star reviews. Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth follows Caroline’s mother, Christine, as she uncovers the truth about the former Love Island presenter’s final months.
Over two episodes, it sees her uncover shocking new details, ask difficult questions, and expose the misrepresentations, pressures and failures from institutions and decision makers that shaped her daughter’s final days. After being arrested in 2019, Caroline was caught up in a media and online storm, eventually ending in tragedy as she took her own life in February 2020.
With access to powerful testimony from Caroline’s friends and those who knew her best, the docuseries tells the story she was never able to share and gives an unprecedented look at what really happened. Both episodes of Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth are streaming exclusively on Disney+.
Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth earned a wave of positive reviews after its launch on Monday, November 10, with critics branding it ‘thorough’, ‘forensic’ and ‘harrowing’. In its five-star review, The Guardian said: “Search for the Truth is neither exploitative nor cheap.
It’s clear that Christine wasn’t merely parachuted in to front the series: rather, the episodes offer a window into the work she has been doing since her daughter’s death. Christine is steely, strong and resolute. She wants justice, she says, and ‘will do anything to clear Caroline’s name’.
Get Disney+ from £5.99
This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more
from £5.99
Get Disney+ here
“The result is a two-parter that feels thorough and forensic, an antidote to the true-crime gravy train that usually steams through cases like this one.”
TechRadar called it ‘the most harrowing watch of the year’, adding: “If the two-parter doesn’t hammer home a duty of care we all have to Caroline, Christine and anybody else who will find themselves under such intense public scrutiny in the future, I don’t know what will.”
Vogue said: “Before watching, I wondered whether we really needed a retelling of Flack’s tragic demise. I was wrong. What had been missing all along, I now realise, was her voice.
“This documentary series isn’t just justified, but essential in handing some power back to a woman who was stripped of her voice, and to whose story we should listen closely.”
Article continues below
Meanwhile, the London Evening Standard called it ‘a repellent true crime framing of a tragedy’. Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth follows the 2021 documentary Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death and hails from the same production team of Dov Freedman, Charlie Russell and Jessie Versluys for Curious Films.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo performed together in a television special, Wicked: One Wonderful Night, ahead of the release of the second and final part of the two-part film adaptation, Wicked: For Good
View Image
Ariane Grande fans noticed one thing about her voice in the new clip (file)(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Wicked stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo recently delighted fans in a television special ahead of the release of the second instalment of the film adaptation of the beloved stage show, Wicked. The one-time concert-style event offered fans an insight into the cast’s experiences as the two-part film saga comes to a close.
The sequel, titled Wicked: For Good, will be released on November 21 and sees Ariana and Cynthia reprise their Academy-award nominated roles as Glinda and Elphaba, respectively. Wicked: One Wonderful Night serves as an accompaniment to the new film, with live vocal performances from the film’s cast featuring a variety of songs from the two films and more.
A snippet of the lead stars performing a duet of Happy Days are Here Again and Get Happy, originally sang by legends Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand on The Judy Garland Show in 1963, was shared on social media, prompting everyone to say the same thing about Ariana’s voice.
The popstar and actress originally shot to fame playing Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon show, Victorious, in 2010 which offered her a platform that served as a launchpad for her successful music career.
She’s known and loved for her impressive vocal range, which has been showcased in different ways through her role as Glinda in the Wicked films.
Some fans may have been surprised to see the popstar step into a role made famous on Broadway but Ariana first got her start treading the boards, with a part in the Broadway musical 13 back in 2008.
When NBC shared a clip of her and her co-star’s performance on TikTok, fans were keen to share their thoughts.
One person said: “Ariana’s vocal never been this powerful and clear”.
Content cannot be displayed without consent
Another agreed: “I’ve never heard Ariana’s tone sounding this full and powerful, she is constantly better, it’s like she cannot stop upgrading”.
While a third added: “Oh she’s using her full voice, love her down”.
A fourth chimed: “Her voice sounds the healthiest it’s ever sounded,” while another agreed: “Nice to hear Ari belting”.
Someone else also added: “They need to lock in and make a Christmas album…”
Others were keen to point out the song had been featured on the hit musical comedy drama series Glee, sung by Lea Michele’s character Rachel Berry and Chris Colfer’s Kurt Hummel.
One fan of the show said: “Kurt and Rachel would be SCREAMING”.
Another quipped: “the torch has been passed (from Rachel Berry and Kurt)”.
And a third simply commented: “Omg yes Kurt and Rachel”.
Someone else observed: “So interesting how Glee is how people know this song and not from Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland”.
Article continues below
The Wicked musical, by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, is a loose adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which was based on the 1900 book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum and the 1939 film adaptation, which starred Judy Garland.
Bonnie Blue’s former husband has finally moved on after the breakdown of their marriage, and despite still being friends, it appears he had eyes for another pal of hers
Daniel Bird Assistant Celebrity and Entertainment Editor
View 4 Images
Emma revealed that the couple are in a relationship(Image: @emma.gillman/Instagram)
Bonnie Blue’s ex-husband has found love with her close pal.
Before becoming the notorious OnlyFans creator Bonnie Blue, Tia Billinger was parried to privately educated rugby star, Ollie Davidson. The pair tied the knot in 2022 before splitting up with Bonnie going on to create adult videos online with one seeing her sleep with 1,000 men in 12 hours,
The pair had met years before as teenagers at a party. But their relationship soon started to break down, but Bonnie insists that this was not due to her adult career and stated that they simply “grew apart”.
Now, Ollie has found love again – this time, with a former close friend of Bonnie’s. He’s dating her former publicist, Emma Gillman, who shared the news on social media over the weekend. Emma, the founder of a sex positive media company, announced that she and Davidson were together in a happy Instagram post.
It’s claimed that Emma and Bonnie’s working relationship started to deteriorate when the latter began dating Davidson. Taking to Instagram, Emma shared a string of snaps of herself and Ollie on a loved-up getaway. Captioning her post, she penned: “Plot twist,” alongside a pink heart emoji.
Her post was soon flooded with gushing comments, with one Instagram user writing: “Do you need a publicist? That’s a big plot twist! Congrats lovely.” “Fabulous plot twist,” said a second. Meanwhile, a third went on to type: “Couple goals!”
Speaking about their relationship, Gillman told the Daily Mail Australia: “I understand there could be interest in it, but we’re just two people enjoying each other’s company. Two people enjoying each other’s company.”
It’s claimed that she’s now planning on moving to the United Kingdom, in order to be closer to Ollie. Bonnie and Ollie announced their split in July this year, after three years of marriage and being together for a decade. They first met at a New Year’s Eve party as teens before tying the knot in an “intimate” wedding, before moving to the Gold Coast together.
While Bonnie previously stated her now ex-husband was supportive of her career choice, his mother, Gill Davidson, said that while he was supportive at the start, Bonnie’s antics were “embarrassing”.
During an interview last week, Bonnie was asked about the breakdown of her marriage, telling Australia’s A Current Affair: “It had nothing to do with the job, we just grew apart. And I think most people in marriages stay with their partner just because they’ve been with them a long time.”
Article continues below
But was she sad about their split and growing apart? No. Bonnie said: “No, I got with him when I was 14. I’ve grown a lot as a person. I’ve changed a lot and I really know what I enjoy in life now and what makes me happy – and that isn’t the same person that brought me happiness when I was 14.”
The Mirror has approached Bonnie and Emma for comment.
The EastEnders star had a string of personal tragedies and eventually lost all of his fortune
View 4 Images
(Image: Getty Images)
He was one of Britain’s most cherished soap actors but despite his fame as one of the most recognisable faces on television, this star lost everything.
Beneath the trademark trilby and mischievous smile of EastEnders ‘ loveable rogue Frank Butcher, Mike Reid’s real life was considerably more chaotic than his on-screen persona.
The comedian-turned-actor climbed from the East End comedy club scene to achieve national fame, yet a series of devastating personal losses and catastrophic financial problems ultimately destroyed him.
When he passed away in 2007, at only 67-years-old, Reid had been stripped of his wealth and, as he himself put it, “everything that mattered.”
Born in Hackney, East London in 1940, Reid came from humble beginnings and left education at an early age.
Prior to his breakthrough in entertainment, he lived a varied life that allegedly involved minor criminal activity and, most notably, associations with East End gangland personalities including the Kray twins.
His initial career saw him working as a stuntman on productions including The Dirty Dozen and the James Bond parody Casino Royale throughout the 1960s, before transitioning into comedy.
His razor-sharp wit and rapid-fire comic timing quickly won over crowds on the stand-up scene.
By the start of the 1970s, he’d become a recognisable face nationwide, appearing on ITV’s The Comedians. During the programme’s peak popularity, it delivered him widespread recognition and established his reputation as a straight-talking entertainer with his unmistakable cockney persona.
In 1987, Reid secured the part that would come to define his entire career – Frank Butcher in EastEnders. Brought in initially as a part-time role, Frank became a regular the following year after buying the Queen Vic from Den Watts.
With his signature trilby hat, flamboyant outfits, and rapid-fire speech, Butcher swiftly emerged as one of the show’s most iconic characters.
Reid’s real-life persona frequently merged with his television counterpart.
He confessed that portraying Frank’s mental breakdown storyline during the mid-1990s proved so draining that he experienced anxiety himself and left the programme for over a year.
Nevertheless, he made several comebacks, with Frank’s stormy relationships with Pat (Pam St Clement) and Peggy ( Barbara Windsor ) ranking amongst the soap’s highest-rated moments.
Outside EastEnders, Reid pursued his acting career, featuring in Guy Ritchie’s Snatch as diamond merchant Doug “The Head” and in numerous lower-budget productions.
He also kept his ties to the cabaret scene, where his background in stand-up comedy remained integral to his performances.
Whilst Reid’s professional life delivered fame and financial security, his personal circumstances were scarred by a series of devastating events. In 1990, his youngest son Mark, who had been struggling with serious mental health problems for years, fatally shot a friend.
He subsequently set fire to himself and died from his wounds. “It is my true and honest belief that Mark had gone to scare his mate by firing at the wall beside him but instead shot him point-blank in the heart,” Reid wrote in his autobiography T’riffic.
“The shooting might have been intentional but the end result wasn’t. I know Mark was clear-headed enough to ring his mum then go back to Ian to try to staunch the blood with towels. It was no good because the poor lad must have been dead before he hit the ground.
“As time went on after Ian’s death, it appeared Mark got it into his head that he’d caused so much suffering to others, he should inflict as much as possible on himself.”
He said: “Mark killed himself in the most horrible way you could imagine.”
Months later, Reid’s granddaughter – Mark’s daughter – tragically died from cot death.
Years earlier, his first child had passed away just five days after birth.
Reid spoke openly about how these devastating losses affected him, acknowledging that the anguish never truly disappears: “People must see me on TV or in cabaret laughing, singing, cracking gags and imagine that time has healed the pain and the scars. If only they knew. My son is locked away inside – not forgotten, just hidden away in what part we keep our private grief. Otherwise I couldn’t function.”
Reid’s finances also collapsed. A disastrous investment in Spain destroyed a substantial portion of his fortune, plunging not only him but also members of his wider family into financial hardship. Despite medical advice, Reid was a heavy smoker throughout most of his life.
In July 2007, whilst living in Marbella, Spain, he tragically passed away at the age of 67 due to a suspected heart attack. This occurred just weeks after he had been given an all-clear following a comprehensive medical examination.
Despite a long-standing career in the entertainment industry, which encompassed prime-time television roles and profitable comedy tours, he sadly passed away in 2007 with minimal funds remaining.
Article continues below
Reid’s funeral was held at Little Easton Parish Church in Essex and saw over 250 attendees, including numerous former EastEnders colleagues such as Pam St Clement, Barbara Windsor, June Brown, and Sid Owen. Fans were also invited to pay their respects, reflecting the public’s affection for him.
