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Two stars of Celebrity Traitors’ friendship came under strain this week as he ‘murdered’ her in the first episode of the BBC series, Celebrity Traitors, despite their close bond

The “truth” behind Alan Carr and Paloma Faith’s feud has finally been unveiled. The pair’s friendship came under strain recently as it was revealed on the first series of Celebrity Traitors that Alan chose to “murder” the singer.

Alan was chosen alongside Cat Burns and Jonathan Ross to be the first three Traitors on the new series. They were then tasked to kill someone in plain sight and Paloma was chosen as their target.

Alan was the one who committed the task despite already being good friends with Paloma. Since the show aired, she has since opened up about what the betrayal meant to her on companion show Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked.

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She said “These are like three of my favourite people that I was sure… I hope they never call me again. Bang out of order. Bang out of order. I feel really even more betrayed now. I feel betrayed by Jonathan and Alan.”

However, it seems that Paloma’s annoyed comments are just a joke and she and Alan are still good friends. The Sun reported that a source said: “Paloma’s sad to be out first from Celebrity Traitors but is keen to carry on the game.

“She’s been making digs at Alan on social media to keep up the pretence that she’s still a Faithful at war with a Traitor, but of course the pair are still incredibly firm friends. Both of them have been in the business long enough to know not to take anything in showbiz seriously

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“What matters is how they treat each other off screen. They’re looking forward to catching up soon for a Traitors debrief.”

The show started this week and saw a cast of 19 celebrities enter the famous Scottish Highlands castle with Claudia Winkleman who chose her three Traitors. As well as Alan, Jonathan Ross and Cat Burns are also Traitors.

Paloma also revealed that she’s not the only person upset with Alan as she said her daughter told her the Chatty Man is “banned” from their house.

Appearing on The One Show, Paloma said: “This morning, she woke up, shook me and said, ‘Mama, I don’t like Alan anymore. He can’t come to our house. You can’t invite him to our house again’.”

She then went on to talk about the online reaction she’d received for not hiding the fact she was disappointed with her exit, Paloma added: “I do think it’s important to just acknowledge the fact that some people online have been quite angry about me expressing disappointment, which I find quite a weird concept.

“Why aren’t we allowed in our culture to just say, ‘Yeah I’m a bit upset that I wasn’t there. I was really looking forward to being there.’ I think it’s fine to just go, ‘I really psyched myself up for that and I was having a great time.’ It was really abrupt and short.”

The Celebrity Traitors continues Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9pm on BBC One and on BBC iPlayer.

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Social media influencer George Clarke and his partner Alexis Warr made it through to movie week, but not all of their fans are pleased by a decision made for Movie Week

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans are gearing up for one of the most exciting weeks of the show – Movie Week. Tonight (October 11), the pros will be doing a special group dance based around the video game Minecraft and the Minecraft movie, while the contestants will be taking to the dance floor with dances soundtracked by songs from the world of film.

The BBC has confirmed which songs and movies will be featured – and Strictly fans can look forward to everything from The Sound of Music, to The Devil Wears Prada and even the Barbie movie. But there’s one thing many fans have been left baffled by – the choice of song and movie for social media influencer George Clarke.

During the results show on Sunday, October 5, his dance partner Alexis Warr revealed they would be taking on a very trendy song for their upcoming performance – Soda Pop from the Netflix film K-Pop Demon Hunters.

The 25-year-old didn’t appear to know the film or song in question, and hilariously replied: “Yes… That’s fantastic news,” which prompted laughter from his co-stars.

Speaking on his Useless Hotline podcast, which he hosts with fellow influencer Max Balegde, Alexis said: “His reaction was hilarious.” George replied: “It’s very accurate to me.”

They continued to discuss the song choice on the podcast, with George saying: “It’s just crazy, you know… I get the producers vibe with this. Get internet man to do the thing that’s like broken all records on the internet.

“I don’t know if they’ve chosen the correct internet man, I think, hey, we’ve said it before though, this is the third week in a row where we’ve gone, what the hell is George going to do with this one?”

He joked that he didn’t really know what was in store for this weekend’s performance. George continued: “I know as much as you right now, I know as much as you. I know that it’s K-pop and it’s to Soda Pop.” Meanwhile, Alexis applauded him for “taking everything on the chin” and “embracing everything”.

People online were quick to share their outrage over George being given a song and film he didn’t appear to know. One person on X wrote: “Need to have a word with the Strictly producers because WHYY are you giving George a COUPLES CHOICE to a song that HE DOESN’T EVEN KNOW? A couples choice is meant to be a song and dance close to them where they have the chance to tell their story.”

Another wrote on the platform: “Actually so annoyed that their ‘couples choice’ is a song that George doesn’t even know. Like, I know they could probably do more with it being a Couples Choice but I feel like a salsa would’ve been fine for it.”

And a third said: “NOOOOOOOO we wanted couples choice to be George’s choice so he could pick Arthur.”

However, others couldn’t wait to see George’s performance. “Tt’s Strictly, it’s gonna be corny at some point. Embrace it.” While another commented: “Also, Soda Pop is a banger, I don’t care.” And another wrote: “Actually can’t wait to see George dancing to Soda Pop.”

Kylie Jenner has just launched a new affordable range of dessert-inspired hair and body mists with her beauty line Kylie Cosmetics, and you can pick them all up for £28 each

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The autumn season is all about wrapping yourself up in super cosy, rich scents, and Kylie Jenner has just launched the perfect new range of hair and body mists for the season. The dessert-inspired, gourmand Hair & Body Mists are priced at £28 each, and come in three scents which have notes of caramel, chocolate, vanilla and pistachio.

The new range hails from Kylie’s beauty brand Kylie Cosmetics, and you can choose from Vanilla Dew, Sweet Eclair and Caramel Cloud . They’ve also been designed so that you can layer them with Kylie’s Cosmic perfume to create a more unique scent that lasts even longer, and the perfume is currently on sale at LookFantastic down from £57 to £42.75.

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You can also layer the Hair & Body Mists with each other to create a totally unique scent, and each one costs just £28, making them affordable enough to collect all three. They can be applied all over your body, and have a cloud-like spray that settles into your skin to release the layered fragrance notes, and they’re handbag-friendly so you can carry them on the go.

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The three scents have different notes ranging from sweet and light to rich and deep fragrances. Kylie said: “We’ve seen such a great response to our first two fragrance launches, so I’m really excited to add Hair & Body Mists to the portfolio. These mists are playful yet elevated, and each of them is infused with vanilla, which has always been one of my favourite scents.

The Vanilla Dew Hair & Body Mist combines its vanilla and tonka bean base notes, with heart notes of tea flower accord and almond, whilst the opening notes are milk accord and fresh water lilies, creating a floral gourmand scent. Sweet Eclair on the other hand a more woody gourmand scent, with top notes of bergamot and chantilly accord, heart notes of chocolate cream and freesia petals and base notes of vanilla and woody amber.

Finally the Caramel Cloud Hair & Body Mist blends almond and pistachio butter opening notes with heart notes of caramel accord and brown sugar accord. It finishes with musk and vanilla extract, creating a rich, sugary gourmand scent that’s perfect for autumn.

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Another body mist that’s become something of a cult classic is Sol de Janeiro’s range, and you can currently pick up a set that includes three 90ml bottles for £72 from Sephora. The Sol de Janeiro set includes Cheirosa 62 Perfume Mist, Cheirosa 68 Perfume Mist and Cheirosa 40 Hair & Body Fragrance Mist.

If you want something that’s pure vanilla, Alison Hammond recently revealed that one of her favourite scents is Phlur’s Vanilla Skin Body Mist, which is £25 for 89ml or £38 for 236ml. The body mist combines pink pepper, pink apples and sugar crystals with heart notes of lily, jasmine petals and cashmere wood, and a base of vanilla, benzoin, sandalwood and agarwood.

Ed Sheeran has revealed the one unexpected snack he always keeps in his music studio, after having received an oil barrel full of it by music producer Blake Slatkin when finishing his latest album

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Ed Sheeran has revealed what unexpected snack he always keeps in his personal studio, after having been gifted it from a producer he worked with on his recent album.

The Suffolk-based singer, 34, recently released his latest studio album, Play, on September 12, which saw the singer return to ‘big pop’ music. It quickly became Sheeran’s ninth consecutive chart-topper in the United Kingdom. It also topped the charts in Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Poland, Australia, and New Zealand.

For the album, he worked with a long list of different music producers and musicians, including Blake Slatkin, who has previously worked with stars such as Justin Bieber, Gracie Abrams, Lizzo, and Shakira – who recently cancelled a concert due to health issues.

And as Sheeran finished the album, the singer revealed in the Mythical Kitchen podcast that Slatkin gifted him with a large amount of a particular chocolate, which has come to be a must have snack in his studio now.

“So Blake, who I made my album with, when we finished my album, he bought me 10,000 of these in an oil drum,” Ed revealed, while holding up a red, milk chocolate Lindt Lindor truffle.

He went on to say that he kept the chocolate filled oil drum in his studio from them having finished the album in October 2024 until they recently ran out, as he kept handing them out to people passing through his studio.

“They are now gone,” Ed revealed. “We had 10,000 of these eaten in a year. All eaten. We actually ordered more, for the oil drum.”

To this, host Josh said: “If there’s ever a Lindt Lindor Truffle shortage, you know they’ve gone to Ed Sheeran’s oil drum inside the studio.”

Ed then went on to say that he was happy that the Lindt balls were sold in America, arguing that the American chocolate he’d tried wasn’t as nice. However, he did say that he liked Reese’s Pieces peanut butter candy.

Other viewers went on to share that they agreed with Ed that Lindt chocolate is some of the best types of chocolate.

“Those are the best chocolate ever,” one person agreed, while another viewer said: “An oil drum of chocolates is wild.”

“I need to know if there is a variety of flavours for the truffles or if it’s only the red,” another person said, adding that they wanted to know what variations Ed had in his oil drum.

Another viewer went on to defend Hershey’s chocolate, as they shared: “Hey Hershey is great on a s’mores. I believe that is its intended purpose.”

Ben Shephard was deeply proud of being chosen as the cover model for a major men’s fitness magazine – but his wife was less than impressed by his physique

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At 50, This Morning’s Ben Shephard works hard to maintain a physique that still sees him gracing the covers of men’s fitness magazines. It’s been a lifelong obsession, he admits to The Times: “When I was 17 I thought, if I’ve got abs then girls might be interested in me.”

But it seems that Ben’s gym-honed body isn’t something that impresses Annie, his wife of over 20 years, who dismisses his photos by brutally telling him: “AI’s amazing these days.”

In response to polls suggesting that he’s a major sex symbol, Annie kept Ben humble by quipping that the legions of women who lust after him “don’t know how awful your feet are.”

He says that Annie, who works as an interior design consultant, probably wouldn’t let him hang his framed Men’s Health covers on the walls of their home in the affluent London suburb of Richmond. “It’s something I’m incredibly proud of but I don’t need to have it on the wall to remind me,” he says.

“Annie knows how important [the challenge] was to me personally but she couldn’t be less interested.”

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Annie’s never expressed any interest in him being a “six-pack cover model,” Ben says.

“The first thing she said when she saw the photos was, ‘AI’s amazing these days.’ As long as I’m happy and can put the bins out on time, and help with matching up socks and putting them away, and be with family to enjoy each other’s company…'”

Ben adds that Annie has always been tolerant of the demands that his career places on their family life – even to the extent of having to postpone their honeymoon because of a potential job offer. “She’s always been understanding about those kind of things,” he says.

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Ben, along with co-presenter, Cat Deeley, was seen as a “safe pair of hands” to get This Morning back on track after a turbulent period that saw his predecessor Phillip Schofield leaving “with immediate effect” after his “inappropriate” relationship with a 20 year-old ITV production assistant was made public.

Not long after the Schofield scandal broke, the ITV show’s other presenter, Holly Willoughby, went through a horrifying stalker ordeal that led to her departure.

The two off-screen dramas were followed by a reported dramatic drop in the programme’s viewing figures, currently estimated at around half of the 996,000 peak that were tuning in to watch the Willoughby and Schofield pairing.

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Ben himself is reluctant to be drawn on the show’s viewing figures, and says his workouts help him push any worries to the back of his mind. He explained: “My meditation is when I’m running, in the gym or I’m pushing stuff physically.

“That’s when my noise stops because I’m singularly focused on one thing. The by-product of that is I feel great and can cope with all of the things going on in my life.”

The singer believes she should not be allowed in the kitchen after having an accident that ‘really hurt’ and left her with severe injuries while attempting to cook soup

S Club 7 star Jo O’Meara has revealed she was rushed to hospital after suffering from a painful burn while attempting to cook at home.

The singer, 46, took to Instagram to share the aftermath of what she described as a “very nasty accident” in her kitchen. While showing her heavily bandaged stomach to fans, Jo admitted she had “burnt herself to pieces” while trying to make soup.

“That’s what happened, that was me trying to make a soup,” she said in the video, lifting her jumper to show the injury.

Jo went on to confess that she’s come to the conclusion she should probably stay away from the kitchen for good.

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“I can’t cook and shouldn’t be allowed to cook,” she admitted. “I’m not safe, I’m not safe in the kitchen. I’m not safe anywhere near a kitchen and we know this now.”

The Don’t Stop Movin’ singer explained that she’d been inspired to make soup after getting lots of recipe suggestions from her followers, but the attempt ended in disaster.

“I’ve got to go back every two days to get this dressing changed,” she said, adding, “I can’t tell you how much…it b****y hurt a lot, like it really really hurt. I cried real water tears and everything. It was terrible, it made me really sad.”

Jo was able to push past the pain enough to joke about the situation, adding: “That was quite an eventful day. I’m just glad it wasn’t my face. It could have quite easily have been my face. I’m officially banned for life from the kitchen and I’m never cooking anything again, you’d be lucky to get a bit of toast out of me.”

She captioned her post with: “I’m officially done. No need to send recipes, give advice on cooking or anything remotely involved with food or kitchen.”

Fans rushed to share their support in the comments, with one writing: “You poor thing babe did you by any chance overheat the casserole dish (made of china?) I’ve seen two explode on the hob in my time…a slow cooker would be better when you feel ready. Hope you heal fast.”

Another added: “Omg girl. Hope you feel better soon. Don’t worry. I’m not allowed in the kitchen either. I’m so bad I burn broccoli.”

This incident is just one of many hospital visits the singer has had, as she’s faced a string of serious health issues in recent years. In May, Jo revealed she had been admitted to the hospital again after a flare-up of her ongoing back problems.

She shared a photo from her hospital bed, writing: “Back in hospital! The back is back! I didn’t expect to be in here today!”

Jo has battled chronic back pain for over two decades and gone through multiple operations to treat her condition. In 2022, she was rushed to A&E in “the worst pain” she had ever experienced and later had to cancel a series of live shows.

The singer has since been through several rounds of surgery and intensive physiotherapy, and told fans that at times the pain had been “absolutely horrendous”.