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I’m A Celeb favourite pulls out of show after throwing up and apologises to fans

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I’m A Celebrity’s Seann Walsh was forced to cancel comedy shows after being sick on a ferry journey, with the comedian sharing an honest health update with fans

Comedy favourite Seann Walsh has been forced to pull out of his show tonight after falling ill on the road – and he’s delivered the news to fans with the kind of brutal honesty only he could muster. The comic, who won over a whole new army of supporters during his stint on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, took to Instagram with a grim but strangely relatable update about the state of his health.

“I’m sorry to report I am ill again and therefore will not be appearing in Torquay tonight & Exmouth tomorrow,” he wrote, explaining that things had taken a sudden turn for the worse while travelling. “I threw up on the ferry last night and was parked up at Fleet services today unable to drive home. Not ideal to be honest with you.”

He added: “I think I’m probably going to have to go a bit easier next year. Sorry to anyone coming to see me but the line-up is great and you will still have a fantastic time. It’s a very odd line of work when you have to essentially call in sick to the public.”

This comes after Seann and Michelle Tsiakkas have both spoken out about separate frightening incidents they recently experienced in London.

Comedian Seann , who appeared on Strictly in 2018 , described a disturbing moment when a stranger attempted to get into his car while he was stopped at a red light.

Sharing the experience on Instagram , he wrote: “New in the adventures of living in London: today whilst waiting at the lights in my car, a guy walked up to my car, opened the passenger side door and went to get in.” It comes after Seann, 39, had his phone stolen in london before it travelled across the globe .

Of the latest terrifying ordeal, Seann said: “Luckily, the traffic lights had changed and I could drive off. It’s beginning to feel like I’m living in Grand Theft Auto.”

This happened just weeks after Walsh was mugged. At the time, he posted: “My phone was stolen (yes out of my hand and yes, I live in London) a week or so ago and it is now in China if anyone happens to be passing by,” alongside a screenshot showing his phone’s new location.

Meanwhile, professional dancer Michelle Tsiakkas, who joined the Strictly cast in 2022, also shared a troubling experience of being mugged in the capital.

In a video posted to Instagram, she said: “Hi guys, so I wanted to just make this video to let you know something that happened to me the other day in London.

“Now this was a couple of days ago and I’ve just about mentally recovered from that. It was quite traumatising on the day. It wasted my whole day and made me feel awful, scared, helpless and I don’t want the same to happen to you.”

Tsiakkas explained she had been heading to a dentist appointment near Covent Garden when the incident occurred.

She continued: “It was early morning… I whipped out my phone to check the directions. A man on an electric bike came up from behind, swept past me and grabbed my phone.”

“My heart just sank. I tried to reach for it, which made me fall and graze my knee. I screamed, ‘Give me back my phone,’ but he just rode off. He was wearing a mask and moving too fast to identify or follow.”

Tsiakkas said two women nearby helped her afterward, and she thanked them for their kindness during the distressing moment. Meanwhile, Seann competed on Strictly Come Dancing in 2018 where he was partnered with professional dancer Katya Jones.

The comedian’s time on the show was overshadowed by controversy after he was photographed kissing Katya, who was married at the time, during a night out. Despite the drama, the pair continued in the competition for several more weeks before being eliminated. The scandal remains one of the most talked-about moments in the show’s history.

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Who do you want to win Strictly Come Dancing? Take our poll and have your say

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The nation’s favourite competition has been back lighting up our screens since September, but now it’s all drawing to a close once again, who should lift the Glitterball Trophy?

Strictly Come Dancing is coming to an end once again, but sometimes it feels as if it’s almost too close to call when it comes to choosing a winner.

Having whittled down a star-studded line-up that initially included the likes of Geordie Shore legend Vicky Pattison, rugby player Chris Robshaw, and Lorraine’s resident showbiz guru Ross King amongst a whole host of others. As always, the series has not been without its drama, and both Neighbours star Stefan Dennis, as well as drag queen La Voix in more recent weeks, have had to quit after suffering nasty injuries.

Perhaps the biggest shock of all came when Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman announced they would be stepping down at the end of this series. Rumours are rife about who will replace them, and fans became emotional when it dawned on them that the recent Blackpool special would be their last.

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The quarter final is now upon is and as EastEnders star Balvinder Sopal, who has set a new record after making it through five dance offs, West End actress Amber Davies, Emmerdale’s Lewis Cope, Lioness Karen Carney and YouTuber George Clarke have all shown their stuff once again for Musicals Week, who really deserves to lift the Glitterball Trophy? If you can’t see the poll click here.

Amber and Nikita: The Love Island star, who served as a last-minute replacement for fellow reality queen Dani Dyer, has built an impressive career as a West End actress since she won the ITV2 dating show in 2017, and as such, has faced criticism for having a wealth of prior experience but has constantly reassured fans that it is all a completely different discipline. Naturally, she was right at home during Musicals Week right at home doing the Charleston to Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ The Boat from Guys And Dolls but has Amber, who will be heading up a national tour of Legally Blonde next year, done enough to win over the public?

Balvinder and Julian: The EastEnders actress has broken a record once held by pop star Jamelia having survived five dance offs during her rocky time on the show so far. On Saturday, the soap star and her professional dancer did the Viennese Waltz to Never Enough from The Greatest Showman and it remains to be seen whether she will be in the dance off yet again.

George and Alexis: This week, the TikTok star and his professional partner did Argentine Tango, all set to The Point Of No Return from Andrew Lloyd Webber classic The Phantom Of The Opera. It’s been quite the ride for the social media influencer so far, but was tonight’s performance enough to get him one dance step closer to victory?

Karen and Carlos: The Lioness did the Rumba to The Rhythm Of Life from Sweet Charity with her professional partner, and won praise from the judges. If the sports star, who recently revealed her secret connection to a previous Strictly champion, does manage to lift the Glitterball Trophy, she will become the first footballer in the history of the show to do so.

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Lewis and Katya: Prior to finding wider fame on Emmerdale, Lewis actually started his career as a child in the West End production of Billy Elliot: The Musical, starring as the titular character’s best friend Michael. This week, he and Katya, who were awarded the first 40 of the series in what was called the ‘best routine in the history of the show, performed the Salsa to Dance At The Gym from Stephen Sondheim’s West Side Story with the hopes of making it through.

Prince Harry’s Christmas ‘olive branch’ from King Charles – ‘it’s a realistic option’

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Experts predict what’s in store for the royal family this Christmas amid the ongoing trouble with Prince Harry and King Charles, and why it could be a time for them to come together

The most wonderful time of the year is officially upon us – and few families embrace the spirit of Christmas quite like the British royals. “Certain aspects of the royal Christmas are a fundamental part of our lives, and have been for generations,” says royal correspondent Richard Palmer. “The King’s speech, the big gathering at Sandringham and the family’s walk to church on Christmas Day all fill the news schedule, providing a sense of tradition and an important message about their values and the way they lead the nation.”

As usual, King Charles and Queen Camilla will host this year’s festivities on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, continuing a custom set by the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. With the timescale set in stone, the festivities commence with a Christmas Eve tea, followed by the exchange of light-hearted gifts and then a formal dinner. On Christmas morning the family attend a service at St Mary Magdalene Church on the estate, and after tucking into roast turkey and all the trimmings they gather around the TV to watch the monarch’s broadcast at 3pm, before the revelry continues into the evening.

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Sandringham will certainly be a hive of activity, with the King and Queen set to be joined by the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children, Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, seven, as well as the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh with Lady Louise Windsor and James, Earl of Wessex. Anne, Princess Royal and her husband Sir Timothy Laurence are also expected to join the celebrations, along with Zara and Mike Tindall and their three children, plus Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie and their families.

“It’s a major thing because there are only two occasions in the year when the whole family gets together for any length of time – during the summer at Balmoral, and then at Christmas at Sandringham,” says royal commentator and author Katie Nicholl.

“For the King, Christmas Day is also the one day of the year when he doesn’t read the government papers in his red box. It’s a religious day and the only day he can fully switch off, just as his mother used to.”

Last year, some 45 guests attended the three-day Sandringham shenanigans, said to be the family’s largest ever festive get-together. Invites were extended to Camilla’s family – including her son Tom Parker Bowles and his two children, and her daughter Laura Lopes and her family. Camilla’s sister Annabel Elliot, who is one of her personal aides, was also part of the fun.

“Until the change of monarch, Camilla used to leave straight after lunch on Christmas Day to go and see her family,” says Richard. “But as we saw last year, Tom and Laura and their families now join everyone at Sandringham. It’s all quite modern, and one of the great successes of the royal family through the ages has been its ability to change with the times, but to portray a sense of continuity at the same time.”

In 2023, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and Sarah Ferguson were also invited. “These days it really is a huge, bumper Christmas,” says Katie. “Having them along showed how Charles was trying to keep Andrew far from public life, while not ostracising him from the family.” But the pair were not present in 2024 due to Andrew’s controversial alleged links to a Chinese businessman, and they have reportedly been “disinvited” this year over further fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and the stripping of all Andrew’s royal titles.

“As Andrew continues to find himself caught up in various furores, I think the King is of the view that it’s better to keep him out of the spotlight at Christmas,” says Richard. “With the eyes of the media on them, it’s probably better for all concerned.”

Also unlikely to be part of proceedings are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their two children Archie and Lilibet. Although Harry met with his father Charles for the first time in more than a year in September, sources believe their rift is not fully resolved, and there is still a gaping gulf between him and William.

“A Skype call is probably a more realistic option,” Richard tells us. “It’s too soon for Harry and Meghan to attend an event like the royal Christmas when there’s so much still to sort out.” Katie agrees that the Sussexes still face a long road back, saying, “The initial step of reconciliation between Harry and his father will hopefully lead to something meaningful in future, but I’m not sure everyone’s as willing to welcome Harry in from the cold just yet.”

After challenging days for the royals in recent times, this festive period will undoubtedly carry a renewed sense of hope and gratitude. “The difficulties of the past 18 months, marked by the ill-health of both King Charles and the Princess of Wales, will make it an even more poignant and special time,” says Katie. “We’ve heard Kate talk so movingly about the importance of love and family during her cancer recovery, which gives these occasions extra significance.”

For the King, Christmas will round off another year of continued cancer treatment. “It’s difficult to know if or when that treatment will end, but I know those closest to him worry that he works too hard,” says Richard. “It will be good for him to have a rest, because for the rest of the year he’s known to be a workaholic and is usually at his desk until late at night.”

For the past few weeks, the King will no doubt have been working on his Christmas Day address – watched by up to 10 million each year. “Like the late Queen before him, Charles always insists on writing his speech himself,” says Katie.

“So far, he has consistently hit the right note, making sure no one is forgotten. He uses it as a way of connecting with the public and shining a spotlight on those who are vulnerable, and who have faced significant challenges over the previous 12 months.” More than three years after the death of his mother, the late Queen’s absence will still be felt by the family.

“She always adored Christmas,” adds Katie. “And I think as much as the King puts his own stamp on it, she’s never going to be far from everybody’s mind. The loss of her is felt at many points during the year, but Christmas is the time when she is particularly missed and remembered.”

Thankfully, the growing younger generation of royals are on hand to help lighten the mood, and as Katie points out, “Having the children around is one of the highlights. It’s always a time of much excitement, and Charles and Camilla love doing things with the little ones like finishing decorating the trees. The Wales children also have the bonus of celebrating Christmas twice – once with the King and Queen and then with Granny and Grandpa Middleton.”

As the all-important day draws closer, this special edition of OK ! unpacks all the traditions of the royal Yuletide. We explore what goes on at Sandringham, as well as the work that goes into sprucing up the royal residences. We also revisit Kate’s carol concerts, the family’s encounters with Santa, and check out customs enjoyed by other monarchies across Europe.

Here’s to it inspiring some wonderfully merry moments of your own!

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This Morning Dr Scott Miller’s divorce statement in full – everything you need to know

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This Morning Dr Scott Miller’s divorce statement in full – everything you need to know – The Mirror

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The star revealed they had been going through a tough time as they admitted their gratitude for one key figure in their life that had shown them ‘unconditional love’

Everything you need to know about Scott Miller’s divorce

  • ITV’s This Morning resident vet, Dr. Scott Miller, has announced he is now single. He shared the news in a candid post on Instagram, which included the hashtag “divorce.” Dr. Miller is 48 years old.
  • The post suggested he has been navigating a “tough period” recently. He expressed gratitude for his children, supportive friends, health, and especially his dog, Mango, for helping him through it.
  • Dr. Miller credited his dog, Mango, as a source of unconditional support during this difficult time. He described his rescued pet as a “constant companion” whose love helped him “weather the storm.”
  • He was previously married to Zo Christien, and together they share four children. Their children are named Summer, Quinn, Jackson, and Riley.
  • Scott concluded his message by expressing hope for the future. He stated he was “Looking forward to the future” and wished “clear skies and happiness ahead” to all.
  • His full statement said: “Looking forward to the future. It’s been a tough period, but I’m so grateful for my kids, my amazing and supportive friends, my health…and my dog. Mango has been my constant companion and his unconditional love has helped me weather the storm. Hopefully clear skies and happiness ahead. Love, kindness and healing to all. Dr S and Mango
  • Fans responded quickly to his post with supportive and positive messages. Many followers expressed sympathy for the difficult time he was enduring and wished him future happiness.
  • Separately, the celebrity vet spoke last year about a significant personal diagnosis. Dr. Miller revealed he had been diagnosed with autism after noticing similar tell-tale signs in two of his children.
  • READ THE FULL STORY: This Morning star Dr Scott Miller announces divorce after ‘tough period’
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I’m A Celeb Tom Read Wilson’s first reality TV show 10yrs ago with another jungle star

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I’m A Celebrity star Tom Read Wilson’s career path could have been very different after fans unearthed old footage of the Celebs Go Dating star on another TV programme

Fans of I’m A Celebrity were shocked to discover Tom Read Wilson’s previous reality TV appearance almost a decade before his spell in the jungle. The Celebs Go Dating star described himself as an “oddity” but a “nice surprise” as he appeared on singing contest The Voice in 2016.

Taking to the blind auditions stage to sing Accentuate The Positive, Tom, then 28, put in a performance that brought a smile to the judges’ faces. However, he failed to get a chair turn by any of Paloma Faith, Will.i.am, Ricky Wilson or Boy George – who was a jungle star himself in 2022.

It didn’t stop the quartet sharing their views on Tom shocking them. Will joked he thought he was an 85-year-old man, while Paloma sarcastically said she didn’t guess his musical theatre background as she mimicked his well-spoken voice.

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Will was stunned by his actions as Tom called himself a “cultural throwback”. Will explained how his behaviour would have seen him be great friends with Michael Jackson, before Paloma added: “You’re everything that Will.I.Am thought he was going to find when he arrived in Britain.”

Boy George then suggested a new career for the hopeful – reading the Tube announcements. He told him: “I feel like you should read the news or something. Or the Tube, you know the Tube? ‘Next stop,’ can you do it for us?”

After pleasing the group with his joyful persona, Tom said: “I loved it. I felt like I was surfing a crest of a great wave. Regardless of the outcome, I just had so much fun. I couldn’t trade it for anything.”

However, it was far from his only TV appearance, with Tom racking up a number of shows over the years. Tom has also graced screens on shows like Strictly’s It Takes Two, Love Island: Aftersun, The Wheel, Celebrity Mastermind and Celebrity Best Home Cook..

And away from any voiceover potential, Tom’s sister recently revealed how her brother would love to turn his hand to TV presenting. Speaking with guest presenter Ranvir Singh on Lorraine, Tom’s sister Miranda revealed: “He would love to do some more presenting. I think he’d be great at that.

“I’d love it if he had a chat show, because the way he talks to people, he really cares, he really listens, I think he’d be really good at that.” She went on: “It’s amazing.

“I’ve never been this proud in my life, I’m so proud of him. It’s so nice because everyone is seeing that beautiful soul that we get to see every single day, so yeah, I couldn’t be prouder.”

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Addressing his unique voice, Miranda added: “He’s always grown up loving language, like he said, my dad’s an English teacher and he really followed in his footsteps and he’s watched musical theatre throughout… he’s such an old soul, literally since he was two, he’s spoken like that.”

Tom is currently pleasing viewers of I’m A Celebrity after making it to the final four in this year’s series.

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Lee Mack’s comic journey from selling bags of Red Rum’s manure to hosting The 1% Club

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Forget smiling people in Christmas jumpers, Lee Mack’s family album is filled with photos of his mum taking her false teeth out and his dad with a cigarette stuck up his nose – playing for laughs.

So it’s hardly surprising that, at 15 he wanted to be a comic. He says: “At 15, I said in my head, ‘I want to be a comedian,’ but I didn’t know what that meant. It was always the thing I did with my mates. I would make my mates laugh.”

Now 57, for five nights, starting on Monday, Lee will be hosting The 1% Club Rollover. Described as ‘event TV,” this spin-off from the usual ITV quiz show sees the prize pot growing to a life-changing £500K.

Although Lee would never win it – he says his memory is so bad that he can never remember the answers. A great fan of the show, he says: “At the pilot I didn’t get any laughs, as everyone was intrigued by the questions.

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“I thought ‘this is a good format as my jokes are brilliant!’ The questions are researched to within an inch of their lives.”

Endlessly funny, Lee’s life has been a balancing act between comedy and tragedy. He started out as an aspiring jockey, working with Ginger McCain, who trained Grand National winner Red Rum – the first horse Lee ever rode. But, in his inimitable style, he developed a lucrative sideline selling Red Rum’s manure for 50p a bag – declaring it was “good for rhubarb!”

Away from the comedy, he speaks movingly of his brother Darren McKillop’s death in 2014, after taking an overdose of anti-depressants, aged just 47. Speaking on Gyles Brandreth’s Rosebud podcast, he says: “I don’t really like to talk about this. He did take his own life, but it was alcohol connected.”

Of the ‘misadventure’ inquest verdict, he says: “I think that’s a fair assessment of the situation.” According to Lee, his brother and his parents – who were publicans – all died through alcohol abuse. No longer drinking himself, he adds: “When you’re in a pub, you see everything. I saw the parties, I saw the fights in pubs, I saw my dad in very violent situations having to throw people out of pubs. “I’ve seen him dancing on a pool table, the happiest looking man in the world. “So I’ve seen all the gamuts of emotion that come with alcohol.”

Lee stopped drinking after reading Allen Carr’s Easy Way book. He says: “Not the comedian, a different Alan Carr. “I love Alan to bits, the comedian, but I don’t really look at him for my lifestyle choices!” Lee’s wife used the Alan Carr book on quitting smoking, so he read the alcohol one, saying: “I just suddenly for the first time saw alcohol for what it was, and decided I just wasn’t interested.”

The flipside of Lee’s early life was the comedy that came with a family life based around a local boozer on a tough Blackburn estate. He says: “My dad was as close as you can get to being a comedian without being paid for it. It’s like a little stage being behind a bar.”

He also recalls his dad being the spitting image of comedian Bobby Ball. Lee says: “He did have a permanent moustache like Bobby. Because in the 1980s, it was a criminal offence to live in the North and not have a permanent moustache.”

Lee’s uncle remembers Bobby Ball – who played his dad in his sitcom – performing in his parents’ pub, before finding fame. He says: “My uncle said, ‘I remember Cannon and Ball coming because they were just breaking through.’ I like the fact that my fictional dad and my real dad probably did meet.”

Lee’s dad also encouraged his comedic personality. “I can’t remember any serious conversations as a child,” he says. “Everything was brushed under the carpet. Even when they [his parents] split up, I don’t remember a big chat about it. “After my mom died, I went through the photos. There’s far too many where she’s taken her false teeth out to get the laugh for the photograph. There’s a lot of the ones with my dad with a cigarette up his nose, because it’s a funny image, isn’t it?”

Marrying when his dad was 21, Lee is fairly sure his mum was pregnant, but he says: “They seemed very happy. They were party animals.“ But they split up when Lee was 11. His dad was a heavy drinker and he recalls his parents having ferocious rows when they were on holiday in Spain. “They were feisty. It was chaotic. He’d slam the door and walk off,” he says.

“My mum went to bed, woke up the next morning, and very calmly and casually said, ‘go by the pool and see if your dad’s asleep on one of the deck chairs. We’ve got to leave for the plane in a few hours.’ We couldn’t find my dad anywhere near the pool. Turned out he just couldn’t face going back. And he just went. He left and started hitchhiking. He was drunk.

“He told me years later that in the middle of the night, the guys that picked him up stopped in a layby, pulled him over. And he genuinely thought he was going to get killed.” Lee says his dad was more like an older brother. “He wasn’t dad material,” he says. “He was a really nice guy. He was funny. He was a good person. He just didn’t know how to be a dad.“

He recalls telephoning him from Australia, where he went backpacking for a year, saying: “I just said, ‘I just wanted to say hello’. And he said, ‘Well, that’s really good of you to ring me today of all days. I thank you.’ And I said, ‘what do you mean of all days?’ He goes, ‘I’m getting married in three hours.’”

His dad hadn’t told anyone, but Lee continues: “To him getting married is like pancake Tuesday. You know, it’s not a big thing. It’s just another marriage. Yeah, I met the second wife. She was part of my upbringing, but the next two, not at all. They were very quick.”

Outside the chaos of home, Lee’s academic results were failing. He says: “I dug out my school reports. It is literally like a declining graph of academic achievement. It starts off, I’m your textbook, swotty kid, top marks. Then it slowly just goes downhill to the point where, by the time I leave, I just scrape through two O levels.”

His academic decline coincided with moving schools as his parents split-up. He says: “I became the class clown.” With the advent of alternative comedy, thanks to The Young Ones and Ben Elton in the early 1980s, that ‘class clown’ grew up to become a household name. And, of course, his parents loved the anarchic humour. Lee says: “My mum’s favourite programme was Bottom. She loved anarchy.”

A night at The Comedy Store in 1990, with Eddie Izzard as compere and Steve Coogan headlining changed Lee’s life – inspiring him to go to university, where he hoped to be surrounded by people like the kids on TV’s Fame. Instead, he met his wife Tara during Fresher’s Week. Together for 32 years, they have three kids and he says their marriage succeeds as: “The same things make us laugh.”

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As for comedy, from the moment he picked up the mic, he knew he’d found the right career. He says: “I remember before I even got to the microphone thinking ‘this is alright, I’m going to do this as a job.’” And while his stage name is Lee Mack, he says: “On my passport is Lee McKillop, my bank account is Lee McKillop. I’m only 5% Lee Mack. I’m 95% not that person. It’s just the one person who occasionally does this act.”