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I’m A Celebrity’s Shona McGarty and Aitch reunite at wrap party after denying romance

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EastEnders star Shona McGarty’s sister shared snaps of her cuddling up with rapper Aitch at the I’m A Celebrity wrap party, though both stars insist they’re just friends

Shona McGarty’s sibling has posted a photograph of the actress and rapper Aitch embracing at the I’m A Celebrity afterparty following speculation about their jungle connection.

Shona’s sister Camilla has already endorsed Aitch – though both celebrities have dismissed romantic suggestions. Following her jungle exit, Shona revealed she felt protective towards Aitch due to his openness, but firmly rejected any romantic speculation, describing their bond as familial.

She explained: “We’ve had a similar sort of upbringing – I just felt like an older sister and I wanted to protect him.” Nevertheless, their jungle bond developed after the Manchester-based musician confessed he harbours a “soft spot” for Shona.

The Mancunian artist, whose real name is Harrison Armstrong, hinted at potential jungle romance during a conversation with fellow campmate AngryGinge.

Aitch revealed: “I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for Shona, me.” His mate and co-star Angry Ginge responded: “I think she’s really nice, if that’s what you mean, yeah..” Aitch confirmed: “Yeah, that’s what I mean.” The pair were frequently spotted being playful together, with presenters Ant and Dec even suggesting that Shona and Aitch had “found love.”

In one photograph posted by Shona’s sister Camilla yesterday evening, the EastEnders actress looked radiant in a stunning floor-length floral dress whilst standing beside Aitch.

He wrapped his arm around her as they both grinned at the camera. Another charming moment captured Shona enjoying a dance with Aitch’s sister, Hattie. Camilla has already welcomed Aitch into the family fold.

Following Ruby Wax’s suggestion to the Mirror that Aitch wasn’t Shona’s “type”, another former campmate, this time, Vogue Williams, has aired her opinion.

Speaking on her podcast about whether it was real or a ‘fromance’, Vogue said: “I’m trying to be very politically correct in talking about them because I do think that they got on very well. But I don’t know if it’s anything romantic, because I don’t know if either of them are in that situation to get into anything romantic.

“I’m not suggesting anything. I’m sure that they will talk when they come out, but there was nothing, like, romantic about them in there.” Vogue’s comments echo those of fellow former campmate Ruby Wax who claims that Shona confided in her. She said: “He’s not her type at all. She said she likes hunky, bigger men so that she feels female, so he wasn’t on the list at all.”

Despite this Ruby said she had high hopes of the two getting together, she explained: “I wanted her to marry him. I thought we could have children and we’d live in the forest forever.

“But she said that’s not her type. I thought we would have the next generation living in the forest, but no go. I just saw the two youngest people, and they both sing. Why not? I was doing mating rituals. But then she wasn’t interested. He wasn’t either. No, I think he just liked her. She’s into big guys.”

Whilst one jungle relationship has been ruled out, another has been strengthened with Vogue and her husband Spencer Matthews extolling their love and support for each other.

The pair have been unable to be together as Vogue has been in the jungle and Spencer has been completing a triathlon challenge. Whilst they were apart Spencer wrote Vogue a letter that was read out in the jungle, one which made Vogue emotional in front of her campmates.

Meanwhile, following the completion of his seven triathlons, Vogue took to social media to express her support for him. She said: “Waking up here and to the best news that Spenny has completed his seven triathlons in seven continents all in aid for James’ Place, which is such an amazing charity for male suicide prevention.

“I’m so proud of him. I’m so proud of him – it was such a tough thing and he did it. He now has two new World Records so, yeah, I mean he’s difficult to compete with, isn’t he? So proud of him. He must be wrecked. I can’t wait to see him!”

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Truth behind Andrew Marr’s breathless LBC appearance as fans air concern

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Listeners to LBC on Thursday night were concerned for Andrew Marr as he appeared breathless

Listeners to Andrew Marr’s LBC show feared the presenter was seriously ill after listening to him struggle on Thursday night.

In a clip which has been shared widely on social media and heard by more than 140,000 people, Marr appears breathless and anxious, but bravely battles through reading a section about prisons in Alabama.

The audio, at 6.35pm, has led to fears he may have suffered a serious medical issue, with a number of people who heard the clip on X replying “I hope he is OK”.

But the Mirror can reveal Marr is absolutely fine aside from suffering from a heavy cold.

A source who works with Marr told the Mirror: “Andrew has had a stinking cold all week. He finished the show and is fine and will be back on air on Monday.”

Marr was due to be off air today anyway, as Tonight with Andrew Marr is on LBC Monday – Thursday from 6-7pm.

The three day weekend will hopefully give him time to rest up and sound more like his usual self next week.

Concerns from fans for former BBC veteran Marr were genuine and also reflect the fact he suffered a stroke in 2013.

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In November 2021 he announced he was leaving the BBC to “get his voice back” and host a more opinion led show. He had joined the broadcaster as political editor in 2000 and presented a Sunday morning programme from 2005-2021. Born in Glasgow, Marr, 53, began his career in journalism on The Scotsman newspaper in 1981, later moving to London to become its political correspondent.

He was part of the team which launched The Independent in 1986, later becoming its editor. He joined the BBC as political editor, in May 2000.

Princess Beatrice celebrates daughter’s christening but shamed Andrew and Fergie skip bash

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Princess Beatrice has been seen heading to the pub with friends to celebrate her daughter Athena’s christening – but her parents disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson were absent

Princess Beatrice celebrated her daughter’s christening with a trip to the pub – but her disgraced parents were nowhere to be seen. Beatrice and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi had their youngest daughter Athena baptised at the Chapel Royal in St James’ Palace this morning in front of close family and friends.

Her parents shamed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and ex-wife Sarah Ferguson left exile to attend their first major royal event since they were stripped of their titles. The former prince arrived at St James’s Palace in London in a green Range Rover this morning, quickly entering via a side gate away from waiting media.

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Meanwhile, Fergie arrived separately, crouching forwards in the back of a Mercedes people carrier with blacked out windows. The christening appeared to feature just immediate family, and no senior royals were present. Beatrice’s sister Princess Eugenie, her husband Jack Brooksbank and their two sons August and Ernest were spotted arriving.

Also joining them was the singer James Blunt and his wife, Sofia Wellesley, who were seen arriving on foot at the venue. After the service, Beatrice was seen arriving at a pub with her husband, sister Eugenie and a group of pals including Princess Nina of Greece to celebrate her daughter’s big day.

Beatrice could be seen carrying a large bag in a red dress with a long navy coat, while husband Edo held a large white box. Eugenie was seen making her way into the pub as was singer-songwriter Blunt. But Andrew and Fergie did not join them.

The King officially stripped his disgraced brother Andrew of both his HRH style and his prince title because of his “serious lapses of judgment” over his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Fergie, who is also embroiled in the scandal, lost her Duchess of York courtesy title too.

Athena is Andrew and Fergie’s fourth grandchild and is the second daughter of Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. She was born several weeks early in January, with her middle name Elizabeth paying tribute to her late great-grandmother, the Queen.

The couple also has an older daughter called Sienna, while Edo has a son, Christopher Woolf, from a previous relationship. The christening marks the first royal event attended by Andrew and Fergie since the funeral of the Duchess of Kent at Westminster Cathedral in September.

Weeks later, the King officially stripped his disgraced brother of his HRH style and his prince title, and removed his dukedom from the Roll of the Peerage over Andrew’s “serious lapses” of judgment.

The move followed the publication of a posthumous memoir by Andrew’s accuser, Virginia Giuffre, and the US government’s release of documents from Epstein’s estate.

It emerged that Andrew had emailed Epstein in 2011 saying “we’re in this together”, three months after he claimed he had broken all contact with the paedophile. Andrew denies all wrongdoing.

As well as being stripped of his titles, he has also been forced to give up his sprawling Royal Lodge mansion and will move to a much smaller property on the King’s private Sandringham estate in the New Year.

Fergie also got caught up in the Epstein scandal after it emerged that she sent the paedophile financier an email calling him a “supreme friend” – despite previously publicly condemning him.

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In September, it was revealed that she apologised to the sex offender in April 2011 after publicly disowning him in the media. Her spokesman alleged that she had sent the email as the disgraced financier had threatened to sue her for defamation

It led to the former Duchess being dropped as patron by numerous charities, including the Teenage Cancer Trust and the British Heart Foundation.

Jimmy Carr reveals heartbreak behind changed appearance with ‘little of real face left’

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Jimmy Carr has opened up about the heartbreaking reason behind why he has had botox and undertaken a strict diet, and described his cosmetic procedures as ‘addictive’

Jimmy Carr has shared the real reason he gets botox and keeps to a strict diet. The comedian recently opened up about his struggles with body image, which he links to the death of his mother almost 25 years ago.

Jimmy’s mother, Nora, died aged 57 in 2001, after being diagnosed with pancreatitis. The stand-up comedian and TV presenter has said that he tries to stay as healthy as possible to avoid dying young like his mother.

On The Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth podcast, he told Gyles: “My mother didn’t look after herself, was maybe a little bit overweight. She was unhealthy and then she got sick and then she died. And that’s not lost on me in terms of, I’m very particular about trying to keep myself trim.”

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He admitted to having a “strange relationship” with food, but insisted he does not have an “eating disorder”. “I have something like – I don’t think I have an eating disorder – but I certainly have a strange relationship with food,” he said.

Jimmy added that he’s not just a fan of “tweakments” such as botox and veneers, but has found them to be “addictive”. He also told Virgin Radio: “I’ve had a little bit done, like a little bit of filler here and there, a little bit of Botox, a little bit. I had a hair transplant. That was kind of fun to do.”

Fans have noticed that Jimmy’s appearance, particularly his face has changed over the years. Jimmy himself has joked about his altered looks. He has previously said that “very little” of his original face still exists.

Back in 2021, he told the Happy Hallow Jeans podcast that being on TV had made him more critical of his looks. “It’s the illusion of being on TV – you see yourself in full make up looking your best and lit well, then you look in the mirror and go, ‘Oof, that’s disappointing’.”

Also on Gyles Brandreth’s podcast, Jimmy added that his mother’s death was the “catalyst” behind becoming estranged from his father. He also credited puberty with their “falling out”.

“[Her death] was the catalyst, I think, although, in maybe a more reflective tone, we talk a lot about the teenage transition and those teenage years that we go through in puberty,” he started.

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Later, he continued: “And I think maybe around that age was when everything changed for me. My belief in God went. Everything changed around those years. And part of that was we had a falling out. And that’s fine.”

Mary Portas gets emotional as she shares her brother is the father of her son

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Retail expert Mary Portas opened up about her brother being a sperm donor for her son Horatio in an emotional interview on Jamie Laing’s podcast

Mary Portas has opened up about her family arrangement and revealed that her brother Lawrence is the biological father of her son. The retail guru fought back tears as she spoke to Jamie Laing on his Great Company podcast.

Mary, 65, humorously clarified that her brother didn’t sleep with her now ex-wife Melanie Rickey, but expressed her desire to “have a bloodline” when Mel suggested starting a family.

“So, Mel decided she wanted a child, and I was very clear that I wanted to have a bloodline,” said Mary, who is also mum to twins Mylo and Verity from her first marriage to Graham Portas.

“I wanted, if I was going to have another child, I wanted to make sure that it was related in some way and biologically related to my other kids.”

She explained that due to the “particular bond” she shares with her younger brother Lawrence, and knowing he “didn’t particularly want to have children”, she asked him to be her sperm donor.

“He looked after me,” she said. “It was a real symbiosis. And Lawrence turned up to the old donor place and said, ‘Done it, sis!'”.

Mary also mentioned that her son Horatio, who was carried by Mel and born in 2012, is the spitting image of her side of the family. “Lawrence lives abroad now, but he rings us regularly and they talk about football,” she added. “God, it’s so boring!”

Mary became emotional as she recalled the moment Lawrence held Horatio for the first time. “The most beautiful time is when, you know… he came into the world and I rang Lawrence and Lawrence turned up and picked him up,” she said. “And it was like, it was his gift to me. God, I get emotional. It was his gift. And it was the greatest gift.”

“Why the greatest gift?” Jamie asked. “Oh my God, you know, like because of the years that we helped each other,” she said. “You know, I was always his big sis,and then he was able to give me this gift.

“Social media users were quick to share their thoughts on Mary’s unique family situation. One commenter posted: “That is still quite a weird family setup. Is it his uncle or his dad?”

“I consider myself open minded but that is very strange,” another pondered. “I’m confused and can’t get my head around this,” a third admitted.

However, some defended the unconventional arrangement. “I would have 100% put this option on the table if my ex and I had got this far,” one person shared. “I wanted to be genetically related to the baby that she would carry from her egg. I think it’s beautiful that her and her brother have that relationship.”

“For all the people saying this is weird or odd, I am donor conceived and in my community this is actually considered to be the most ethical way of having a donor conceived child,” another argued.

“They will always know the donor, they will know how many siblings they have, they will know his medical history and the non genetic mother will have a genetic connection to her own child (as the genetic aunt).

“What a beautiful gift to give to your sister,” a third praised.

The Mary Queen Of Shops star and Melanie Rickey separated after 17 years together and have already sold their shared £5milion north London mansion. Fashion writer Melanie gave birth to the couple’s son Horatio – using Mary’s brother Lawrence’s sperm – six years ago, and the pair converted their civil partnership to a full marriage in 2014.

In a statement explaining their split, the exes insisted there was no third-party involvement. “After 17 years together we have decided to separate. There is no one else involved,” they said. “We have spent the last year consciously managing our separation in as good-heartedly, open, and mature a way as possible to ensure a smooth, amicable evolution for us.

“We remain a family, and are committed co-parents to three wonderful humans (plus Walter the dog!) who are our priority. We remain good friends, and will share much together going forward.”

A friend of the couple added to the Sun at the time: “In the end they decided they were better off as wonderful friends.”

Mary started dating Melanie in 2003. She was previously married to Graham Portas, the father of her two adult children. Their 13-year marriage came to an end that same year. The TV presenter and former government adviser spoke about discovering her true sexuality when falling for her future wife.

“It wasn’t a case of, ‘Ooh, I’ve been thinking about Linda Evangelista.’ So in one way, it was just about Melanie. But there was a sexual attraction. I do love women. What surprised me after was that so many women are fluid in this way. I’d meet them and they’d say, ‘I was married, now I’m with a woman’,” she added.

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8 Taylor Swift revelations in new documentary from tour secret to tearful admission

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8 Taylor Swift revelations in new documentary from tour secret to tearful admission – The Mirror

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Taylor Swift’s new Disney docuseries ‘The End of an Era’ offers behind-the-scenes footage from her Eras Tour, including emotional moments dealing with security threats and personal insights from the popstar

Every major update from the first two episodes of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour docuseries on Disney+.

  • The new six-part Disney+ documentary series, “The End of an Era,” was celebrated at an intimate New York screening attended by Swift’s family and close associates. Swift emotionally described the record-breaking Eras Tour, which the documentary covers, as “a lifetime within my life.”
  • Swift revealed that the Eras Tour was born from two major influences in her career and the world. The tour was partly a response to her back catalogue being sold, which inspired her re-recording project and a desire to “celebrate your past.”
  • The show touches upon the extraordinary public demand for the tour, which notably led to the infamous November 2022 Ticketmaster website collapse during the presale. This chaos, attributed to genuine fans and ticket-grabbing bot attacks, ultimately triggered congressional inquiries and new state consumer protection laws.
  • The documentary also addresses the severe security risks the tour faced, including the August 2024 cancellation of three Vienna concerts following a foiled terror plot. Swift admitted they “dodged a massacre situation” and expressed deep worry that her fans could be targeted in the future.
  • Swift broke down in tears when she discussed the horrific Southport stabbings, where three schoolgirls lost their lives at a dance class inspired by her music. She revealed that she held a private meeting with the victims’ families. The star also compared her need to perform despite the pain to a pilot maintaining a “calm, cool, collected” demeanor.
  • Her fiancé, Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce, is featured as a key source of emotional comfort, lifting her spirits through a telephone call while she was stressed about her London performances. Other collaborators like Ed Sheeran and Florence Welch appear, with Welch commenting that the “person is soft” behind Swift’s “huge” pop star persona.
  • Swift shares her deep fears over the intensity of her fame, telling Ed Sheeran that she feels “hunted” and tracked “like an animal.” She planned a two-month escape after the London dates to a place where she would be completely unreachable.
  • The series highlights the importance of her loyal team, including her long-time bass player and selectively chosen dancers who do not “blend in.” In a powerful testament to her generosity, Swift is shown awarding every single crew member significant bonuses and a personalised handwritten note.
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