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Former The Only Way Is Essex star James Lock debuted a very different look as he partied with the Ibiza Final Boss on the party island, leaving his pals in fits of laughter

One former The Only Way Is Essex star has opted for an Ibiza Final Boss makeover. James Lock, who quit the show in 2023, looked extremely different as he soaked up the sun on the Spanish island.

James, 38, was kicking off his summer on the island as he met up with the Ibiza Final Boss, Jack Kay, while at the Wi-ki-Woo Hotel. But the reality star, who often found himself at the centre of arguments during his time on the programme which also documented his relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Danielle Armstrong, opted for a very different look.

In recent weeks, Kay, known as the Ibiza Final Boss, has taken social media by storm after he was seen in the back of a picture which went viral on social media. The Geordie lad, 26, was quickly identified after a brand called out for people to name him on social media in exchange for guest list tickets to events from Zero Six West. It comes after the now infamous Ibiza Final Boss Jack Kay’s girlfriend speaks out after his incredible haircut goes viral.

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But as James plugged his drink brand, Cerrar, he couldn’t miss an opportunity to have a photo with the viral meme king. Jack, known for his blunt bowl-cut hairstyle, sparkling sunglasses, rather eye-catching gold chain, black vest top, and blinding white smile, was happy to oblige.

Posing alongside one another, James decided to brush his brunette hair to the front of his head to impersonate Jack’s hairstyle while also wearing a pair of oversized sunglasses. “Essex final boss vx Ibiza final boss,” he said alongside his post.

The upload, which has been liked over 5,000 times, was flooded with comments from friends and fans who had been left in fits of laughter. Georgia Kousoulou commented a string of crying with laughter emojis. While Kirk Norcross commented: “Mate… rarely, I laugh. This is a golden.”

Another person penned: “His hairs better than yours.” While another added: “Looks like a great time was had by all.” The phrase Final Boss is taken from the gaming industry, suggesting that someone is the ultimate version of a stereotype.

Since going viral, Jack has taken the world by storm, having already met with infamous adult content creator Bonnie Blue and signed a lucrative management deal. He’s been signed by Neon Management, the same team that turned Joey Essex into a huge star after his stint on TOWIE.

But it also appears that there could be some serious work coming from the Ibiza Final Boss. He’s planning to release his own music, including a dance track on the streaming service Spotify. Reports claim that his team have been flooded with offers for TV shows, including Big Brother.

A source told The Sun: “Bosses had talks with his management, it is very late in the casting process for housemates but everyone thought worth a chat whether it be in time for this series, even as part of a task, or for the future. Jack’s reps Neon Management have been inundated with offers for him so he’s certainly going to be busy for at least the next few months.

“They’ve seen an unprecedented level of interest in him, and that the nation loves him.”

Katie Price’s marriage to her third husband was marred by toxicity, persistent infidelity and a ‘Mucky Mansion’ – now Princess Andre has spoken of her childhood pain

Princess Andre has a new reality show and The Princess Diaries is already giving us plenty of insight into her relationship with mum Katie Price.

One of the big takeaways from the the ITV show is that the 18-year-old influencer’s admission that Katie’s troubled past had led her to experience things ‘kids shouldn’t see’. “I wish I could have had a happier childhood,” she said. “I had so much on my plate at such a young age and had things at the back of my mind.”

Princess, who is the daughter of Katie’s first husband Peter Andre, was 10 when her mum split from third husband Kieran Hayler after five years together. “Mum was heartbroken and she went through a dark time and it was things kids shouldn’t see and when we needed our mum there, she wasn’t there because she had her own problems,” the teenager said on the show.

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“I’m not healed or fully recovered from it but mum has fixed herself compared to how she was back then.”

Katie, 47, and Kieran married in Weston-Super-Mare in 2013 and went onto have two children together, Jett and Bunny. They renewed their vows in Barbados in 2016 on what was said to be a make or break holiday, with Kieran cheating on Katie multiple times throughout the course of their relationship.

One of Kieran’s mistresses was Jane Pountney, Katie’s friend of 20 years and he cheated on her with a second pal, Chrissy Thomas. The vow renewal didn’t work – in 2017 the former glamour model found out Kieran had been unfaithful once more with their children’s nanny, Nikki Brown and the following year they went their separate ways.

“He did a lot of stuff and when they split up everything kind of went downhill,” said Princess. “My mum, obviously being heartbroken, didn’t deal with that the best way. She went through a very, very like dark time, which is understandable.”

Katie later opened up about her ‘toxic’ marriage to Kieran, blaming him for the ‘disgusting’ state of her home and her depression, which saw her want to stay sleep all day.

The 38-year-old reality star told the Daily Mail this week he would love to apologise in person to Princess for the impact his troubled relationship with Katie had on her. “I am as sorry as I can be to Princess witnessing us go through such a horrible separation,” he said. “Leaving them was one of the hardest things I ever had to do.”

But Kieran, who revealed he longer has a relationship with his former step-children, also told the publication he had been the best step dad he could be. “I regret the way things happened but at the same time those are issues I never put around the children, they were put around the children by everything becoming so public,” he said.

Controversial adult star Bonnie Blue vanished from Instagram just hours after posting an awkward video with ‘Ibiza Final Boss’ Jack Kay – and it’s not the first time she’s vanished from the platform

Bonnie Blue vanished from Instagram just hours after posting a video with ‘Ibiza Final Boss’ Jack Kay.

The controversial adult star – who has so far been banned from OnlyFans, a football stadium and Australia over her extreme and potentially dangerous sex stunts – went dark on the social media platform today, with her once verified account unavailable for hours.

It’s not the first time Bonnie has disappeared from Instagram. Earlier this year, her account on the Meta-owned platform went dark, as well as her TikTok page. The star’s Instagram has now dramatically returned, but it’s unclear whether it was temporarily banned or removed by Bonnie herself. It comes as ‘Ibiza Bob’ launches his music career with a cheeky single.

The sex worker is notorious for using rage bait as the cornerstone of her marketing strategy, making any move away from social media a shock decision. She recently admitted in a divsive Channel 4 documentary about her life that she uses multiple different accounts on each platform to spam users with content designed to outrage viewers and drive engagement. She also boasted about mocking and belittling women in her posts.

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PR expert Sophie tells The Mirror of her social media scheme: “Her use of rage-baiting and hostility towards other women may also point to internalised misogyny or a competitive survival strategy in a space where attention equals power.

“Publicly belittling others can offer a temporary illusion of control or superiority – especially when self-worth is closely tied to external validation, views, or notoriety.”

The mystery Instagram snub comes shortly after Bonnie’s strange meet-up with viral Geordie raver Jack Kay. In a wince-worthy video from the Ibiza get together, Jack is seen with his arm draped around Bonnie as he faces away from her.

Another moment shows the duo awkwardly making conversation, stood noticeably far away from each other. Following their encounter, Bonnie said in a now-deleted clip: “It was my shortest video yet. I was shocked how nervous he was.”

Bonnie has become notorious for taking part in extreme sex stunts, including sleeping with 1,057 men in the space of just 12 hours. And in recent months, her troubling career ambitions escalated to the point where OnlyFans, the site where she made a name for herself, decided she was no longer a good fit.

The final straw came in June, when the 26-year-old announced her plans to hold a human “petting zoo challenge”. The stunt would have seen Bonnie locked in a glass cage as strangers came to do “whatever they wanted” to her.

In Channel 4’s show ‘1,000 Men And Me: The Bonnie Blue Story’ – which sparked hundreds of Ofcom complaints – Nottinghamshire-born Bonnie boasted: “I am going to be completely helpless, tied down, gagged, choked”.

OnlyFans had concerns about this stunt, which it claims was in violation of their Acceptable Use Policy and Terms of Service, and issued a permanent ban.

Campaigners and other sex workers have long called for the website to take action against Bonnie’s stunts but it continued to platform her until very recently.

Confirming the permanent ban in a statement, an OnlyFans spokesperson previously said: “Extreme challenge content is not available on OnlyFans and is not permitted under our Acceptable Use Policy and Terms of Service.

“Any breach of our Terms of Service results in content or account deactivation… This is why it has been necessary to take this action. We always act when users breach our terms of service.”

For Bonnie, who claims to have earned millions through the site, it was a huge blow. Shortly after the ban, she accused the OnlyFans of acting inconsistently and bowing to peer pressure.

She claimed: “OnlyFans took unprecedented action by banning me for making content, while multiple other creators are mimicking my entire marketing techniques and events.”

Adding that she ensures all safety checks are in place at her events, Bonnie continued: “If I didn’t have the platform I have for the hard work I’ve done, I don’t think they would have battered an eyelid, as proven with all of these other creators.”

This isn’t the only time Bonnie has been hit with a strict ban. Earlier this year, Bonnie told the Daily Star that she’d been marched off the premises of Nottingham Forest Football Stadium last October and permanently barred.

She alleged: “I didn’t understand why, because I’d not actually done anything. Even in my TikToks leading up to the game, I never said I wanted to have sex, do any half-time bonking, nothing. I just said: ‘Hey, I’m going to be at the Nottingham game’.

“When you go to football, you’ve got football hooligans, people fighting, drinking, you’ve got so much bigger things to be concerned about, and they were just like – no, you’re banned.”

Bonnie is also banned from Australia after her plans to sleep with 18-year-old boys for content during ‘Schoolies Week’ infuriated Aussie parents. A 20,000-strong petition ensued, and her visa was revoked.

Whether or not Bonnie had been banned from Instagram is yet to be seen.

The Mirror has reached out to Instagram and Bonnie Blue’s representatives for comment.

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Lucy Mecklenburgh has spoken about her relationship with Ryan Thomas, including revealing their sleeping arrangements at home and an update on them planning their wedding

Former TOWIE star Lucy Mecklenburgh has revealed that she is sleeping in a separate bed to fiancé Ryan Thomas, branding him a “nightmare”. She has also spoken out about the real reason her wedding planning has stalled and admitted the situation had been “quite hard”.

Lucy, 33, and former Coronation Street cast member Ryan, 41, who have been in a relationship since 2017, now live in Manchester with their two children. The couple, who got engaged two years after they began dating, gave an insight into their relationship whilst on a podcast together recently.

Ryan’s fiancée was a guest on the latest episode of the At Homes with the Thomas Bro’s podcast, which was released earlier today. Lucy spoke to Ryan and his twin brothers Scott Thomas and Adam Thomas, both 37, who co-host it.

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Asked about their sleeping arrangements at one point, Lucy said on the podcast: “Basically we sleep in separate bedrooms because Ryan is a nightmare sleeper.” She went on to say that her fiancé snores and talks in his sleep.

Scott teased: “He always wants a cuddle.” Lucy responded: “I mean, that is annoying.” Sharing her reasons for sleeping separatedly from her partner, she then shared: “Basically, Ryan snores, he sleep talks, he whacks me in his sleep.”

She added: “Just to get a good night sleep and that’s just become normal now.” Lucy later shared that she isn’t always alone though, with her saying that she sometimes has the couple’s five-year-old son in the bed with her.

Earlier on the podcast, Lucy said that she considers the couple’s sleeping arrangements to be “normal”. Speaking about sleeping separately from her partner, she said: “I’ve spoken to other people and it’s pretty normal in their house [too].”

Later sharing his thoughts though, her brother-in-law Adam, who’s been married to his wife Caroline Thomas for eight years, said: “I couldn’t imagine not sleeping in the same bed as Caz. Like, I go to bed holding her hand sometimes.”

Elsewhere on the podcast, Lucy was also asked about her wedding plans after getting engaged to Ryan in 2019 whilst on holiday in Italy together. She that they “do talk about” getting married but that plans got “pushed aside” once she realised that she was pregnant with their eldest child.

Lucy said: “Now we’ve got kids, it’s valuing that money for other things more than a day. […] I would love it but then, I don’t know, I find it quite hard.” Reflecting on their relationship, she said: “Well fell pregnant the night we got engaged.”

The reality TV star continued on the podcast: “I was planning the wedding from then.” Lucy recalled looking at venues and dresses for the special occasion shortly after getting engaged to Ryan six years ago.

She however said that it only last 10 days as she then halted her planning once she discovered she was pregnant. She shared that she had suspected she was pregnant on flight home from Italy, where they got engaged, after feeling nauseous.

She said: “That was it. So then my dream … planning my wedding lasted 10 days and then I knew that once I had a child it wouldn’t mean as much as I was really upset about it. I kind of just knew that everything would revolve around the kids after that and that’s kind of what happened.”

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The movie has recently joined Netflix’s large library and a well-known and film critic has ‘begged’ viewers to add it to their watch list, praising it as as “incredible” true story

Netflix is renowned for its vast library of films and TV series spanning a multitude of genres. From comedies to dramas, westerns to documentaries, and even more niche categories like foreign films and music, there’s something for everyone on the popular streaming platform.

The anticipation of new releases often has fans buzzing, offering them fresh content they may not have discovered otherwise. Netflix boasts plenty of original shows and films for viewers to dive into, as well as classic blockbusters. Luke Eccleston has earned a solid reputation for his candid TV and film reviews, with a particular focus on Netflix.

In his most recent TikTok video, he recommends an incredibly moving film that has just been added to the streaming giant’s catalogue.

Eccleston stated: “Forget about everything else on Netflix because this is the next film you need to watch.

“It’s a film everyone’s gonna be talking about. It’s a film that you definitely need to see as it is one of the most heartwrenching, gut punching, incredible stories you will ever see because it’s actually true.”

The TV fan then shared that the film is titled The Iron Claw. It premiered in the UK in February last year and follows the journey of the Von Erich brothers as they carve out their legacy in the fiercely competitive world of professional wrestling during the early 1980s.

Eccleston mentioned that when he watched The Iron Claw at the cinema he found it “genuinely unbelievable.”

Providing further information about the film, which holds an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, he added: “It shows the competitiveness of wrestling and that whole entire world and how much it means to this family.

“Now, even if you’re not a fan of wrestling or sports at all, like me, this is a story everyone should hear.”

The TV and movie critic described it as “one of the best” true stories he has ever seen.

Eccleston went on: “So make sure you get this film on your watch list. I actually beg you to check this one out.”

His TikTok clip has racked up 26y,600 views, 3,000 likes and more than 100 comments to date.

One viewer, who has seen The Iron Claw, enthused: “That film is insane. I cannot believe it’s true, it’s amazing.”

Another commented: “Watched it on prime cried my eyes out.” A third chimed in:”Nope not going through that again, it made me sob!!!”

Someone else who had seen the film was deeply touched, saying: “It’s been on HBO part of their A24 collection btw! For anyone who has HBO. This movie broke me down and had me tearing on a plane. That ending.”

Sean Durkin, a Canadian-American film director and screenwriter, directed The Iron Claw.

Love Is Blind: UK host Emma Willis exposed her ‘real’ accent, after sharing why she’s decided to tone it down over the years

Birmingham-born Emma Willis has shared why she has chosen to soften her hometown accent. During a podcast appearance with her husband Matt Willis, the couple discussed her apparent dual accents – one that viewers hear on television, and a more relaxed version she uses at home.

The 48-year-old confessed to purposefully moderating her tone while presenting, after previously disliking the way she sounded.

Appearing as guests on Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo’s Nearly Parents podcast, the conversation kicked off with Sophie claiming that Jamie’s accent has transformed through the years.

Claiming she understood this all too well, Emma explained: “I think when you can hear yourself, you take your pitch down a bit, not [just] you, generally, I do that.

“I start going, ‘I must not be quite so Birmingham’. I bring it [down] a little bit lower, yeah.”

Matt, who shot to stardom with Busted, chimed in to savagely compare his wife’s natural tone to Beaker, the muppet character.

Following his impression of the puppet’s distinctive high-pitched ‘Mee-mee-mee-mee’ noise, he added: “She’s a bit Beaker sometimes.”

When questioned about her current hometown accent, she joked that she no longer knew what it was.

“I don’t know, I’ve tried to bash it out myself,” she responded, chuckling. “No I haven’t.”

She then playfully shrieked in a more casual manner: “Matt!”, before enquiring: “Are you ears okay?”.

“That’s it, welcome to my world, that’s my life,” he quipped back. Showing off her off-duty accent, she continued: “It’s a bit like, ‘You alright, how you doing, you okay?’ Sing song in Birmingham.”

“Sing song in Birmingham?”, Matt queried, to which she responded: “Yeah, well, we [her family] are a bit sing song-y aren’t we?”.

Emma and Matt are back on screens today for the new series of Love is Blind: UK.

A testament to their own love story, the pair have been married since 2008 and share three children.

Reflecting on their journey through the highs and lows over the years, Matt shared of them sticking together: “The thing is, you balls it up on the way [with love]. It’s… are you ready to go through the hard times? To go through it, I think,” he shared.

“Because it’s not easy being with someone for many, many years, but at the end of the day, do you love that person? And do you like them? And do you want to be with them forever?”.

Emma chimed in during a chat with Yahoo UK: “Are you willing to stick through the s***? And so far, we have.”