Angry Ginge — whose real name is Morgan Burtwistle — won this year’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here, after taking more than half of the vote in the final on Sunday
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Angry Ginge won I’m a Celebrity.. Get Me Out of Here!(Image: Tim Merry/Staff Photographer)
Angry Ginge has been tipped to enjoy a career in TV — after his I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here triumph.
The 24-year-old star had been known for his online work, streaming initially on YouTube and more recentlt Twitch, where he muses about trends and football matches. Angry Ginge, real name Morgan Burtwistle, earns £1million a year on Twitch, which is known as “the Gogglebox of the internet”.
But experts now believe the young man’s I’m a Celeb win will accelerate his career in traditional media. Kayley Cornelius, a celebrity PR specialist, said: “For Angry Ginge, a move into television feels like the logical next step. He has already reached the peak of online success and while his following is massive there is always the danger of stagnation if he does not begin exploring new avenues.”
AngryGinge, who is from Salford, Greater Manchester, took more than half of the vote in the final on Sunday. He beat Celebs Go Dating receptionist and runner-up Tom Read Wilson to become the King of the Jungle, the fourth in the past five series with Jill Scott the only recent Queen of the Jungle.
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Speaking to the Daily Mail in the wake of Sunday’s joy, Ms Cornelius added: “His (Angry Ginge) appearance on I’m a Celebrity was likely part of a conscious strategy to reposition himself to a wider audience and show he can deliver far more than short form viral content.”
Angry Ginge has not done any professional TV work, such as broadcasting or presenting. However, it is expected I’m a Celebrity will become a platform for the young man, who has been streaming for around five years on social media.
I’m a Celeb bosses made a careful effort to book influencers and social media stars, also including rapper Aitch, for this year’s series. Of the 7.1 million viewers who tuned in to watch the final, a whopping 74% were in the 16-34 age bracket, viewing figures show. Gen Z’ers know Angry Ginge by his online names Angryginge and Angryginge13.
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Speaking on behalf of Casino Games provider Genting Casino, Ms Cornelius added: “There is also a wider movement happening in the industry. This new wave of digital first celebrities is becoming the driving force behind the revival of traditional television.
“They bring younger and highly engaged audiences who hold enormous cultural influence and broadcasters are increasingly reliant on that cross platform pull. Figures like Angry Ginge and [fellow campmate] Aitch are exactly the kind of talent capable of bridging the gap between online culture and mainstream TV.”
Mary Berry loves to cook the Christmas turkey – even if she is dining elsewhere
Mary Berry will have her turkey ready at 11am this Christmas Day – but will wrap it up like a small child in a sleeping bag and towels for a long journey to the dinner table.
The 90-year-old TV chef will eat dinner at her son Tom’s house this year along with his wife Sarah and other family members, but she insists on bringing the prized bird with her. Going through her routine, she explained: “I bring the turkey – I have it ready by 11am and then I wrap it in foil, old clean towels and a sleeping bag without a zip, and put it in the boot of the car for the drive to my son’s house. It stays piping hot and the meat is rested, even after four or five hours, because of the bulk of the thing.
“Sarah’s mother will bake the Christmas cake and her father will do a topical quiz with pictures, all about what has happened during the year. After the King’s Christmas message at 3pm we will all go for a walk, with torches for the way back because it will be dark by then.”
Asked for her tips for the big festive day, Mary told Radio Times : “I always use fresh herbs for the stuffing. I don’t like packet stuffing because the dry herbs are too strong. I make an open dish of apricots and chestnuts for vegetarians, it’s delicious.
“To give Christmas cake a difference from the pudding, I make it on the lighter side and fill it with apricots soaked in brandy.”
Mary also said she was not against short cuts in the kitchen, saying buying packets of grated cheese was fine and in the past she has also admitted using ready-made puff pastry.
Rather than being sad about getting older and hitting the milestone of being 90, she tries to see the positives. Mary said: “You have more time to think. You can go at a slightly slower pace and people don’t mind.
“You can do the things you had no time to do in the past, like learning croquet or visiting a local museum. I have time to take my grandchildren to a pantomime or the Christmas markets – things I wouldn’t have had time to do before.”
Mary will attend Christmas Day events with her husband Paul who she married in 1966. Speaking in October she said the secret of her happy marriage was walking away when an argument was on the cards.
She said: “Paul always says that the secret to our long marriage is his saying, ‘Yes, dear’ to everything, and then going his own way. But we don’t argue. If any disagreements come up, I open the back door and just go out and maybe pick some flowers or get some apples. It’s amazing if you can walk away.
“Of course, if I was living in a top-floor flat, that would be difficult. But we respect each other. And I’m very lucky. He has mellowed in his old age and he’s become very appreciative of me. So I look after him, and it’s a great pleasure. That’s what I promised to do. For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer. And we are very happy in our dotage.”
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Mary has more than 70 books and sold more than five million copies. She is also known for her loyalty, staying with the BBC when the Great British Bake Off moved to Channel 4.
Aoki Lee Simmons, who is a model, was in a relationship with restaurateur Vittorio Assaf despite the 44-year age gap after the two met on Saint Barthélemy, a Caribbean island
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Kimora Lee Simmons (left) and Aoki Lee Simmons seen in Los Angeles, California(Image: GC Images)
Kimora Simmons has today expressed her shock that daughter Aoki had dated a man some 44 years older than her.
Aoki Simmons, then 21, was in a short-lived relationship with Vittorio Assaf, a 65-year-old restaurateur, after the pair met on holiday on Saint Barthélemy, a Caribbean island. Although Aoki’s mum, the fashion designer Kimora was concerned, she said today she has always encouraged her five children to make their own decisions — and suffer any consequences.
Speaking on a podcast today, Kimora, 50, said: “I let my kids make their own mistakes, like I said. That’s the whole thing we were saying about living out your life in public, and I think that’s very, very, very tough… I don’t even know…first of all, I know this guy. But I didn’t know this guy in that capacity like with my kid or that you were even dating my kid.”
Aoki and Vittorio’s relationship quickly developed and photographs were published of the pair enjoying a romantic holiday in April last year. They split soon after, according to reports.
Kimora, a good friend of Kim Kardashian, told the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast today she wanted to interrogate Vittorio about the relationship but bit her tongue. When asked by host Amanda Hirsch: “Were you like, ‘What the helly are you doing to Aoki,’ or no?”
Mother-of-five Kimora replied: “I was, but I didn’t say it in that way because it was this fast. And it blew up to be so much, so then you can’t be the mom that’s like, ‘What the hell are you doing?’ But that definitely was the thing. But it went from 0 to 100 really quick, and I was like, ‘Aoki, I didn’t even know this was a thing.’ I found out when the world found out.”
“So that was what was so shocking. And you can’t say as a mom, and I’ve learned all these crazy things. You can’t give the, ‘I told you so,’ right now. You can’t give the, ‘What the hell are you doing’ right now. You can’t give those things right now.”
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Speaking shortly after Aoki and Vittorio parted ways, an insider told PEOPLE: “Aoki is learning to navigate her private life in a public sphere. And that can be difficult. However, Kimora was concerned to see her daughter in that kind of relationship due to what she herself went through.”
Jeremy Clarkson has been inundated with messages from friends and fans as he marks almost a decade with his girlfriend and Clarkson’s Farm co-star Lisa Hogan
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Jeremy Clarkson has marked almost a decade with his girlfriend Lisa Hogan(Image: Instagram/ @jeremyclarkson1)
Jeremy Clarkson has marked almost a decade with his girlfriend Lisa Hogan. The former Top Gear star, 65, has been in a relationship with Lisa, 51, since 2016 and they are often seen together on Amazon’s BAFTA-winning hit Clarkson’s Farm, where she helps in managing Diddly Squat and its shop.
The presenter took to social media on Monday to mark the special occasion, but kept things simple as he posted a simple selfie of them both.
Alongside the sweet picture, he wrote on Instagram: “Nine years!!!!” The TV star was inundated with several messages from his celebrity pals, including WAG Lizzie Cundy, who wrote: “Huge congrats,” left several hand-clapping emojis.
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Richard E. Grant also left a whole line of celebratory symbols. Fashion designer Amanda Wakey wrote: “Lucky boy,” and several fans of Jeremy’s piled into the comment as well.
Begging the pair to tie the knot, one wrote: “Put a wring on it. Women like this don’t come along often! [red heart emoji]” and another said: “Time to put a ring on the lovely Lisa!” A third wrote: “She is a beautiful lady all round and has a fierce Cheers to the diddly duo!”
Last year, Lisa revealed she had decided to take the next step in her relationship with father-of-three and took advantage of the leap year on February 29 in which women typically propose, eventually joking that Jeremy had no idea because he wasn’t wearing his hearing aids.
In an episode of Clarkson’s Farm, there’s a hint of the couple tying the knot as Jeremy says: “I’ve got a big surprise for you,” as they walk through a field. “Is it a proposal?” Lisa asks, excitedly. The Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host pretends not to hear and shows her the surprise — a fallen willow tree brought back into life. When pressed about the proposal, Jeremy says: “I’ll think about the proposal, OK? I’m not ready yet.”
However, when asked about the exchange, said in a new interview: “I just thought I might surprise him.” When asked if she actually proposed, she told The Times: “Jeremy doesn’t think I proposed, but he wasn’t wearing his hearing aids, so no one will know.”
The couple give viewers a candid look at their relationship on Jeremy’s Amazon series, in which the former Top Gear host told Lisa there was no way he was going wild swimming with her, despite how much she wanted to in a recent episode.
Instead of embracing the idea of a refreshing dip, suggested by his girlfriend, the presenter told his other half to “get out” of the water and head to the pub.
While the former actress splashed about in a pond, sporting a white swimming cap, Jeremy asked her: “What are you doing?” Lisa replied: “Just loitering in cold water.” At this point, Jeremy demanded to know why they weren’t at the pub before suggesting they could head home and read a book together.
But Lisa responded: “Apparently because this is the best high you could ever get.” Noticing Jeremy’s reluctance, she told him to open his mind as he had never been in cold water before. The host retorted in response: “I have been in cold water! I’ve done polar training – it was awful and trust me I’ve been drunk – and I’ve been in cold water – and being drunk is better.“
Having enough of watching her paddling around, the presenter lost his cool and barked at Lisa: “So let’s go to the pub, get out! Come on, please, hurry up.”
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The former Top Gear host was married twice to Alexandra James and Frances Caine – with whom he has children Emily, Finlo, and Katya – before he came to meet Lisa, who stands strikingly tall at 6 ft 2.
Tonight’s episode of Coronation Street is EXPLOSIVE. Here star Pauline McLynn, who plays Maggie Driscoll, spills secrets from the set – and tells of playing an “old crone” on Father Ted in her 20s
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Corrie and Father Ted star Pauline McLynn
Corrie fans gasped in horror as they saw The Rovers’ landlady Maggie Driscoll watch her husband tumble down the stairs to his death moments after having a blazing row. But actress Pauline McLynn – best known for playing housekeeper Mrs Doyle in Father Ted – doesn’t care if the flashback scenes make her a hate figure with fans. “Even if people think there’s terrible villainy afoot, we all love a villain, don’t we?” she reasons. “One of the most attractive characters in the whole of entertainment is Hannibal Lecter. Just saying!
“I’m not suggesting that Maggie Driscoll is the Hannibal Lecter of Coronation Street – not as far as I know so far, she isn’t. But I wouldn’t be afraid of that. As long as the audience is entertained by what she’s up to, I don’t mind whether they like her or not, as long as they want to know what happens next.”
The dramatic scenes in tonight’s episode show Maggie trying to slap her husband Alan across the face during a row. When tempers flared again over an affair she had, she tried to stop Alan pushing past her and he plummeted down the stairs. Unaware of the plot when she took the role, Pauline – who believes Alan’s death was an accident – says: “All I knew was that at some stage the rug would be pulled out from under everyone’s perception of who Maggie is, but I didn’t expect it to be this!
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“I did talk to Kate Ford, who plays Tracy Barlow, about it. “I said ‘there’s a flashback for me and there’s a bit of pushing at the top of the stairs and somebody falls down them and dies.’ She said ‘yeah, well, I’ve killed three times and you know what? You just have to get on with things.’ So that’s where I am!”
Irish-born Pauline arrived on the cobbles in October as the mum of new landlord Ben Driscoll (Aaron McCusker) and the mother-in-law of Eva Price (Catherine Tyldesley). As well as Father Ted, her TV credits include the 2023 Channel 5 drama The Inheritance, the Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders sitcom Jam & Jerusalem and EastEnders,where she spent a year as Nick Cotton’s ex-wife Yvonne.
Playing 65-year-old Maggie is the first time Pauline, 63, has played someone close to her own age. “I often play old crones and have done since just after I left college in 1983,” she says. “I was always very handy as the older woman, so it’s been my life. When I played Mrs Doyle, I was heading for 30 and she was anywhere between 50 and 100! In fact, they initially wouldn’t see me for the part because I was too young. But, eventually, they hadn’t found a Mrs Doyle and I was in the last sweepings of people that they saw. But now I’m nearly the right age for everything.”
Synchronising Maggie’s 65th birthday with Coronation Street’s 65th anniversary last night, Maggie’s flashback scenes were screened as family and friends gathered to celebrate with her. Tensions between her and Eva also rose, with Maggie undermining her daughter-in-law in the bar – accusing her of harbouring feelings for her former fiancé Adam Barlow. And Pauline warns that Christmas Day will be even more explosive, as turns arch manipulator in a bid to split up Eva and her son.
“There’s an awful lot of bad behaviour at Christmas,” she warns. “She is going all out to upset as many people as possible in her own inimitable style. We all know she can be cranky, ferocious and fiercely loyal to her family, but I think that people may go ‘oh you’ve gone too far Maggie.’ She accuses people of things – whether they’re true or not. I’ll leave the audience to decide. She’s always testing the boundaries of what she can get away with.”
While Maggie is intent on causing trouble, Pauline’s own Christmas will be altogether calmer. She says: “I’ll be with my husband’s family in Dublin, including his 94 year-old father. And I think we’ll all sit around and watch Coronation Street, which will be fantastic.” Although Pauline admits she is more like The Grinch than a Christmas fairy. “With my on-screen Christmas and my own with my family, I’ll have had two Christmases by the end of the year and I’m not even that much of a fan of Christmas!” she laughs. “I think it’s an awful lot of fuss for very little.
“I have bought myself a load of Grinch stuff to wear. I got a great Grinch sweatshirt on sale in Tesco last year. It’s meant for a 14 year-old boy I think, but I can squeeze into it. And I just point to it all over Christmas if people come at me. This year I’ve bought a hat to go with it, so I’m fully decked in the Grinch outfit. But as much as I’m not a fan of Christmas, I hate the New Year even more. There’s always somebody missing. So, on New Year’s Eve, I’m doing the ‘in memoriam’ section for people I’ve lost. I find it a very sad time of year, so I prefer to skip the New Year’s parties.”
Pauline is married to Irish talent agent-turned producer Richard Cook. He is based in Dublin, while Pauline is now in Manchester, since joining Corrie. “He watches Coronation Street, mostly when we’re together, which isn’t too often these days!” she smiles. “He has his work and I have mine and we’re in two different countries as it turns out. But he’s incredibly supportive. I’m probably my worst critic. He is a critic, but in the most positive way. He’s been watching me acting for about 30 years, so he’s seen the lot!”
Acting, however, is not Pauline’s sole career. She took up writing in 2000 and is now a successful novelist with eight published books. “They’re for an adult audience. That makes it sound like Fifty Shades of Grey!” she chuckles. “What I mean is they’re for slightly older readers, let’s put it that way.”
She also has her own online shop, selling her personally hand-knitted tea cosies. “I was taught to knit by my mum when I was a child and she is a great knitter, as was my gran, so, it’s in the genes,” she says. “I find knitting a very calming experience. Each cosy is numbered and archived and comes with a little story as to why I made it as I did.”
It’s not a hobby you can imagine trouble causing Maggie Dricoll taking to. But Pauline says: “I’ve seen relations of mine slagging each other and not getting on, even though they were sisters and brothers and whatever else. You’re stuck with your family, so it makes sense to me that often people don’t get on, or even actively dislike somebody for a while.
“But, hopefully some people will like Maggie. The flashback is just sad really. It was an accident, not murder. That’s what I think anyway. It is very much open to interpretation, although I don’t think Coronation Street intends a full murder trial or anything like that. Though people change their minds all the time, so who knows!”
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Just a year after meeting on a Netflix show, two stars have welcomed their first child together and tearfully broke down after complications required emergency surgery
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Netflix stars tearfully welcome first child after needing emergency surgery
Two Netflix stars broke down in tears as they welcomed their first child together, after needing an emergency C-section. Love Is Blind UK star Jasmine Johnson gave birth to her first child with husband Bobby Johnson on Saturday 6 December.
The two met on the first season of the Netflix show in August 2024. As per the show’s rules, got engaged before seeing each other face to face. They also married on the show.
In a video posted to their Instagram, the Johnsons detailed how difficult the birth of their son was, sharing that they ended up needing an emergency C-section. The video showed Jasmine tearing up as the surgery was performed, before showing clips of Bobby comforting his wife and the pair cradling their son.
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In the caption, Jasmine admitted she had “never known fear” like she did when she needed the surgery. She wrote: “I’ve never known fear like I did that night… and I’ve never known love like what followed.
“Our son, arrived on 06/12/2025 via emergency C-section. @bobby_johnson , thank you for holding me through every moment of fear, fright, and the unknown.”
She added that she was “unsure” of what would happen when she went to the hospital. “We walked into that hospital unsure of what would happen and walked out carrying a love that will define the rest of our lives. My heart has never felt so full.”
The pair posted a longer video about the birth on their YouTube. In the longer video, Jasmine was again seen breaking down in tears as the C-section happened, before being reassured by nurses that her child was okay.
Crying as she held her child, she said: “He’s perfect, so cute. Hi my baby.” Bobby also got emotional as he cut the umbilical cord. The C-section was never part of the plan, as Jasmine had intended for the birth to be induced.
Sharing a picture of herself cradling her pregnancy bump, just last month Jasmine wrote on Instagram: “Finally got induced date, baby Johnson’s coming real soon familyyy!!!!’
She and Bobby announced in June that they were expecting a child. The announcement read: “We’ve been keeping a secret. I’ve pictured your tiny face a thousand times. I’ve dreamt of this moment long before I knew how good life could get. Then I met your dad and the rest was written in love. Baby Johnson Coming Winter 2025!!”
This came just a few months after Jasmine tearfully opened up about what it was like to see people speculate about if she was pregnant whilst the couple were trying to conceive.
In February, she told The Mirror that it felt like a “double-edged sword” to be open about conceiving and that she was “naive” about how difficult the process would be.
