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The luxury advent calendar costs an incredible £275. One viewer said: “Nice advent calendar but the price is insane.” Another wrote: “Oh wow that beats my £2 Cadburys advent calendar by miles.”

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An influencer has deemed a £275 advent calendar “not worth anywhere near” its eye-watering price tag. Carmie Sellitto boasts 1.3 million followers on TikTok, where he tries out various eateries and finds out if they are worth their often-steep price tags.

And with December fast-approaching, the 26-year-old Londoner decided to put a luxe advent calendar to the test to see if it was worth the money. Carmie documented himself opening the various windows, captioning the video: “I can’t believe I spent £275 on this.”

He starts by opening a reindeer Christmas ornament, followed by a packet of gingerbread men, loose-leaf tea, hand soap, a candle, a giant gold coin, coffee, mulling spices, and chocolate sardines. By day 10, the ante is upped with a tin of caviar.

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Reacting to this, Carmie says: “Now we’re talking. This must cost at least £100.”

He goes on to open the other windows, finding hot chocolate flakes, lemon curd, and a tablecloth he describes as “looking like something he made in primary school”.

Next up are rose wine bunnies, a tea towel, another Christmas ornament, truffle nuts, a dog treat, a mini Christmas cake, cranberry sauce, a small bottle of gin, hand balm, and chocolate chillies.

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The final window, day 25, had a bottle of Negroni inside. Carmie concludes: “Overall, I don’t think it was anywhere near worth £275.”

The pricey purchase was from Daylesford Farm and is called the Farmshop Christmas Advent Calendar, as reported by What’s The Jam.

The website listing description reads: “Our luxury advent calendar features our flagship farmshop, creatively reimagined by artist Hugo Guinness. Open to reveal 25 numbered drawers within, ready to help you count down to the big day. Each drawer in this beautifully crafted advent calendar contains a specially selected treat from our farmshop shelves, including favourites from food to home fragrance and more.”

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While he bemoaned the price, Carmie admitted throughout that most of the offerings appeared of a very high quality. The influencer said he felt better knowing he planned to gift the items to his followers.

One person commented: “There wasn’t one thing over £10 in there.” Another fan wrote: “It’s so cute though, I’d be repurposing it as a little dollhouse for my girl!”

Someone else wrote: “I’d loveeeee to win this I could never afford something like this looks incredible but very expensive.” Another viewer said: “275 is crazy.”

Another person wrote: “Nice advent calendar but the price is insane.” And another said: “Oh wow that beats my £2 Cadburys advent calendar by miles.”

Gemma Atkinson and her Strictly Come Dancing star fiancé Gorka Marquez turned heads at the Pride Of Britain Awards, but the former Emmerdale actress has now revealed she wasn’t expecting so much criticism

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Hits Radio presenter Gemma Atkinson has been engaged to Strictly pro Gorka Marquez since 2021, so fans were left taken aback when she wore a bridal-style white gown on the red carpet recently, with some believing the choice hinted that the couple had tied the knot in secret.

However, Gemma has now revealed that she faced some more negative remarks about her dress, with social media users messaging the star and accusing her of trying “to steal attention from the nominees” at the Pride Of Britain Awards.

During the latest episode of her and Gorka’s podcast, Lost In Translation, Gemma shared her shock over the claims, as she recalled: “He [Gemma’s stylist Ryan] got me a lovely dress, and it was all white and it was fitted at the top, and all, like, lace at the bottom, and a few people messaged me to say I’d purposely planned to wear a wedding gown to steal attention from the nominees.

“I mean, imagine me having that in my mind,” to which Gorka sarcastically responded: “It’s very you, that. That’s something that you would have come up with, in fact you were, like, three months ago planning that, ‘how can I steal the attention?'”

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Defending his fiancée, Gorka clarified that the couple hadn’t prepared for the event in advance and arrived late: “In fact, we didn’t even do the red carpet interviews or anything like that, we were there the last 10 minutes to just go straight in.”

“And I nearly slipped because it was wet, that’s how much prep we had,” Gemma admitted while reflecting on the rainy evening.

She continued to explain to Gorka: “And also, what threw me is a lot of people were saying I’d chose to wear a bridal dress – how do any of them know that’s what dress [I would wear].

“I wore a trouser suit – I was chief bridesmaid for my sister and my bridesmaid outfit was a trouser suit. I wouldn’t wear a wedding dress like that when we get married.”

“You’ll probably be wearing trackies,” the dancer quipped in response, before Gemma agreed her dream wedding outfit would be the “complete opposite” to the dress she wore for the awards.

Gorka was then keen to find out what kind of dress Gemma would like to wear when they eventually do get married.

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He remarked: “Obviously we’re not married yet, and you just said that wouldn’t be your kind of dress. What would be your kind of dress?”

Gemma said: “My kind of wedding dress, I like the idea of having like a fitted lace bodysuit, but maybe with fitted trousers, and this little skirt on the back.”

Gorka seemed baffled by the idea, as he exclaimed: “Fitted trousers?” But Gemma was quick to insist that the outfit would look nice on their big day, as she replied: “No, honestly, I’ll show you a picture! I know it’s not traditional…”

The former Emmerdale and Hollyoaks actress went on to clarify: “I basically wouldn’t wear a big white gown for a wedding because if you’re in it all day, it ain’t comfy.”

Back in January, Gorka shared another insight into the couple’s wedding plans, sharing that he and Gemma will tie the knot once their youngest child, son Thiago, gains more independence.

The star, who also shares daughter Mia with Gemma, divulged: “We will do it, it’s just not at the moment. We are very good like this, especially with having the kids.

This celebrity couple could be missing from the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding extravaganza amid talk of a major falling out between the once-close friends

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As Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce plan what’s expected to be the wedding of the year after the flower-filled proposal, talk has turned to who will be there to witness their big moment. While the likes of Gigi Hadid, Karlie Kloss, Cara Delevingne and Sabrina Gomez are expected to be part of the Shake It Off singer’s wedding day girl gang, there’s a big question mark over fellow Hollywood superstars Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds.

Taylor became bosom buddies with former Gossip Girl star Blake after first meeting her over a decade ago. As godmother to three of the couple’s four children, Taylor has referenced the youngsters in songs like Betty and August from her 2020 Folklore album. Blake also directed the video for Taylor’s 2021 song I Bet You Think About Me, and the two couples have socialised together on many occasions.

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However, things are rumoured to have taken a wrong turn during Blake’s long-running legal saga with her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni. In December 2024, Blake filed a legal complaint against the actor, accusing him of sexual harassment and starting a smear campaign against her. He strongly denied the claims and filed a counter-lawsuit, which was dismissed by a judge in June.

But when Taylor’s name was linked to the case because of reported text messages with Blake, she was said to be furious, leading to a rumoured falling-out.

The song Cancelled! on her new Life Of A Showgirl album is said to be about the rift, while many noted that Blake didn’t publicly congratulate Taylor on the news of her engagement back in August. Travis reportedly then unfollowed Ryan on Instagram.

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Another major star who is not expected to receive an invite to the big day is Kim Kardashian, who is thought to still remain out of favour following the rift with Kim’s ex-husband Kanye West.

Kim, 46, released a recording of a phone call in 2016 that made it appear like Taylor had approved Kanye’s lyric “I made that b*tch famous.”

Taylor strenuously denied the insinuation though, “You cannot approve a song you haven’t heard.” She also called it a “character assassination”, and in a 2023 interview said the whole incident “took me down psychologically to a place I’ve never been before”.

She added, “I moved to a foreign country. I didn’t leave a rental house for a year. I was afraid to get on phone calls. I pushed away most people in my life because I didn’t trust anyone anymore. I went down really, really hard.”

Amid their ongoing family feud, Brooklyn Beckham has shown what he was up instead of attending his father David Beckham’s knighthood ceremony at Windsor Castle

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Brooklyn Beckham has revealed what he chose to do instead of joining his father, David Beckham, at his knighthood ceremony earlier this week. The eldest Beckham child snubbed the event amid an ongoing feud between him and his parents.

Though Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz used to be close with his family, the pair have since distanced themselves and refused to acknowledge a plethora of milestones the Beckhams have celebrated. This includes David’s 50th birthday and the announcement that he would receive a knighthood, when it was made back in May.

He has now skipped the actual ceremony and a celebratory dinner held for the whole family afterwards. He also did not share any messages of support, nor did Nicola.

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But, on the Instagram page for his hot sauce company Cloud 23, he revealed what he chose to do with his day instead. The chef and former photographer share a video in which he wore a grey hoodie with black jeans and a black cap as he strolled through the streets of New York.

Set to the music of Best Of My Love by The Emotions, the video saw Brooklyn pull two bottles of hot sauce out of his back pocket. Over the top of the video, it read: “The vibe Brooklyn brings to the function.”

Fans jumped in the comments of the post to criticise Brooklyn for failing to congratulate David on his achievement. One wrote: “Your dad just got a knighthood, he sure brought the vibes!” Another simply said: “Congratulate your dad.” A third said: “But couldn’t be a**** to turn up at his dad’s knighthood.”

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Nicola also snubbed the event, and only hopped on social media to praise her sister for sending her flowers. She shared a photo of a bunch of flowers sent to her by her sister Brittany. Alongside the post, Nicola said: “Omg @brittanyleahpeltz thank you so so so much these are breathtaking.”

Rumours of a rift between Brooklyn and his family started earlier this year. He and Nicola have not been seen with his parents since Christmas last year and stopped interacting with them on social media. Brooklyn and his brothers also no longer follow each other.

The speculation intensified when Brooklyn and Nicola had a vow renewal and only had her family present. Some have suggested that the feud began after Nicola refused to wear a wedding dress designed by Victoria at her 2022 wedding.

According to sources, it continues, despite Victoria and David’s attempts at olive branches, because Nicola does not want to make peace. “Nicola’s not ready to make nice,” the source revealed.

Joe Marler is currently famous for being the one Faithful to figure out who the Traitors are on the first series of the Celebrity Traitors, but the rugby player faced his own set of personal struggles before featuring on the reality show

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Joe Marler may be best known for his ferocious scrummaging on the rugby pitch, but since stepping away from the professional game, he’s become one of the most compelling figures on television as a breakout star of the Celebrity Traitors.

Yet behind the booming laugh and sharp one-liners is a man whose life has been shaped by huge emotional vulnerabilities as much as by his brute strength.

Long before viewers saw him accusing fellow contestants of being Traitors around Claudia Winkleman’s roundtable, Joe faced a more personal battle far away from the cameras.

During his time as a rugby player, Joe earned more than 80 caps for England and spent over a decade anchoring the front row for Harlequins.

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He was part of England’s 2016 Grand Slam-winning squad under Eddie Jones, played in multiple Six Nations tournaments, and helped Harlequins secure their dramatic 2021 Premiership title.

But around 18 months before the 2019 World Cup, the former England prop suffered a severe mental health crisis that culminated in him destroying his own kitchen. That was the moment he finally realised he needed help.

Joe Marler’s struggles with depression

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After a minor disagreement with his wife Daisy while driving home, which he now recognises he was too mentally fragile to handle, he lost control.

In 2020, Joe told The Guardian: “I snapped. We got home and I just spiralled and lost control. I turned over the kitchen, punched in one of the doors.

“Then I got in the truck and drove off. I had no idea where I was going or what I was doing. But it was a massive turning point because it was the most ashamed I’ve ever been.”

When he eventually returned home, Daisy was in tears. He added: “She says: ‘I was never scared of you. I was just upset and wondering who you were and what you were doing.’”

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At the time, Joe was struggling with depression, and often found himself crying alone in his car before training. He admitted he didn’t fully understand what was happening to him.

The next day he was confronted by the Harlequins doctor over having an injured hand from punching his door, and he credits that moment with setting him on the path to getting therapy and taking antidepressants.

He has spoken about this period in his life openly in his rugby memoir, where he attempts to inject some humour into his discussion about living with mental illness. “Why can’t you laugh about depression?” he asked. “Why can’t you use laughter as a tool to help cope?”

Why Joe Marler really quit rugby

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Although Joe Marler’s skills on the pitch made him a fan favourite in rugby, he spent years quietly wrestling with the pressure of the sport.

His decision to step away from playing for England duty and eventually retire from international rugby altogether wasn’t driven by injury or issues with his form, but by his declining mental health.

.Joe has been open about the fact that the pinnacle of his career often came at the lowest point of his personal life. During intense training blocks and international tours, he found himself struggling with depression and feeling disconnected from his wife Daisy and their four children.

He has spoken about the guilt he felt watching Daisy shoulder the burden of parenting their young kids alone, and how missing big family milestones such as birthdays and first days of school took a toll on him.

The constant cycle of leaving home, performing under immense scrutiny, and returning emotionally drained eventually became unsustainable for him.

Joe Marler’s new career ventures

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Since leaving the pitch in 2018, although he made brief reappearances until finally retiring for good in 2024, Joe seems a lot happier. He has launched a successful podcast and dipped into producing tongue-in-cheek content for his audience online.

In 2023, he even caused a stir by launching a spoof OnlyFans dedicated entirely to photos of his feet. In the announcement video, he joked: “9/10 certified by a foot health specialist.”

He also took up padel, and even captained a team on the Cupra Pro Am Padel Tour. But it’s his latest venture, joining the cast of Celebrity Traitors, that has introduced him to a wider audience.

Joe entered the BBC reality series as a Faithful, and has quickly became one of this season’s biggest personalities as he became the only person to figure out who the real Traitors were and began a campaign to root them out of the castle.

The 65-year-old TV star’s recipe only requires six main ingredients – and it’s incredibly easy to prepare

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Ruth Langsford has revealed her go-to recipe for hearty ‘comfort food’ that’s ideal for dark autumn evenings. Besides its delicious flavour, the Loose Women star said it fills her home with the ‘most amazing smell’ and needs only six main ingredients to prepare.

“Hi everybody,” Ruth said in an Instagram post this week. “Well, autumn is upon us – it’s sweater weather. I do like autumn, actually. I love the cosiness of it and all the colours changing. And I love a stew and a casserole, and that’s what I’m going to make today.”

The 65-year-old TV star kicked off her tutorial by showcasing big bowls of the following ingredients:

• Lamb – a mixture of leg and shoulder (diced)
• Carrots (very chunky but sliced)
• Leeks (very chunky but sliced)
• Chopped potatoes
• Lamb stock (Ruth likes Knorr stock pots)
• Flour seasoned with salt and pepper

Ruth began by placing her diced lamb into a bowl of seasoned flour, ensuring it was well-coated. She then transferred batches of this lamb to a heated pan to brown them in portions.

Once the lamb appeared light brown on the outside, she set this aside on a separate plate. In the meantime, she lightly cooked the chopped leeks and carrots in the same pot.

After a few minutes, she reintroduced the lamb with the potatoes and stock. Instead of boiling the ingredients, Ruth recommended simply increasing the heat slightly before transferring everything to the oven.

“I don’t do tiny pieces or it turns to mush,” Ruth wrote. “Everything goes back in the pot with a lamb stock pot, a gentle simmer (don’t boil!), and then into the oven at 170°C for 20 mins, then turn it down and let it slow cook for about 1hr 45 mins.”

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The Loose Women panellist described her dish as a complete ‘meal-in-one’ thanks to its abundance of ingredients. She added: “It fills the house with the most amazing smell and is just perfect for these dark Autumn evenings, Enjoy!!”

Ruth’s recipe was swiftly showered with compliments from fans and celebrity friends alike. Katie Piper, who also frequently appears on Loose Women, said: “Yum.”

Meanwhile, Lucy Alexander, known for previously starring on Homes Under the Hammer, said: “Love the top and can’t wait for supper – see you soon!”

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