Gemma Atkinson, a soap star, recounted the gruesome incident that made Gorka Marquez reach for the TV remote while watching Monster: The Ed Gein Story.
Gemma Atkinson revealed the grim moment her husband Gorka Marquez walked out of hit Netflix show, Monster: The Ed Gein Story. The Hollyoaks star sat down for a TV night with her Strictly Come Dancing pro husband, but they were soon left horrified.
They tuned into Netflix’s latest true crime series, which many viewers have binge-watched while others have been left too frightened to continue. It follows killer Ed Gein, played by Charlie Hunnam, who is said to have served as inspiration for some of the most iconic horror movies including Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
In rural Wisconsin in the 1950s, the series uncovers Gein’s house of horrors. Gein has been shocked by his crimes because of isolation, psychosis, and an obsession with his mother.
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He admitted to making clothing and personal items from human skin and excavating bodies from graveyards. In the first episode of the series, Gein attempts to put on a grotesque mask with hair that appears to have been created by one of his victims.
After their children were to bed, Gemma and Gorka watched the first episode. Gorka is at home and we are having a nice romantic night, the soap star told her fans.
There is nothing romantic about this, Gorka interrupted and said, “We are watching a b****y monster.” It’s repulsive. A laughing Gemma said, “This is awful, put your hand on your face, and that’s it.
Her husband concurred, saying, “It’s awful. I was watching that man when I sat next to two women in rows while taking a plane. I felt so bad. On the plane, I felt ill. I had no idea where to put myself.
Gemma acknowledged, “I can’t stop watching it. It is awful, really. It is terrible. But at least we have feelings, if you weren’t watching this and weren’t feeling that way,” Gorka remarked, “You have a problem.
Gemma then addressed a second message to her fans, saying Gorka had “caved in.” He’s thrown in the towel after getting to the lady bits in the freezer part because “it’s awful Gemah.”
She added: “He’s gone to sleep but I’m still watching.” The show is the latest instalment in Murphy’s ‘Monster’ series – which also covers The Lyle and Erik Menendez story.
Depraved Gein, who frequently left home and lived alone in a far-off place with his family, later became known as “The Butcher of Plainfield.” Before a local woman’s disappearance in 1957 brought him to light, police officers were able to find his horrific secrets. He went unnoticed for a number of years.
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Inside the house, authorities discovered bowls made out of skulls, masks made from skin peeled off human faces, and a skull and “face mask” later confirmed to belong to one of Gein’s victims – 54-year-old local tavern owner Mary Hogan.
Mary and another 58-year-old woman, Bernice Worden, were both killed, according to Gein. The 51-year-old twisted murderer admitted to both killings, with the victims alleged to resemble Gein’s mother.
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The Pont des Invalides and the Pont Alexandre III, which are close to the tragic tunnel where Princess Diana passed sadly, were where Meghan Markle made an appearance on camera in the car as it traveled.
Meghan Markle has filmed herself cruising through Paris with her feet up on the chair, just moments from the Pont d’Alma tunnel, where Prince Harry’s mother Princess Diana sadly lost her life.
The Duchess of Sussex posted a video on her Instagram account of herself travelling in the back of a car. In the clip, she had her feet up on the seat and then she showed off the nearby sights, which some noted was bridges including Pont Alexandre III and the Pont des Invalides, which are on the iconic River Seine.
Meghan is attending Paris Fashion Week, and the video suggests she is heading towards the Pont d’Alma, which is next to the Pont d’Alma tunnel where Dodi Fayed, Dodi Fayed, and Henri Paul, the princess’s boyfriend, died in August 1997.
Her surprise appearance in Paris is thought to be her first trip to Europe since the Invictus Games in 2023, where she attended the event organised by her husband, the Duke of Sussex, in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Meghan and Anne Hathaway, among others, actress Anne Hathaway, director Baz Luhrmann, and international editor of Vogue, Anna Wintour, were present at the Balenciaga fashion line show.
Prince Harry has previously spoken about how the death of his mother had a profound effect on him. Harry explained in his book the moment that his father, now King Charles, woke him up to tell him about his mum’s death.
When asked if he would cry after hearing the news, he replied, “No. No. At that time, you never shed a single tear. You see, I was shocked, I know? Twelve years old. Sort of – 7, 7: 30 in the morning, early. Your father arrives, sits on your bed, presses his hand on your knee, and says, “There’s been an accident.” I was shocked.
Harry continued, “Pa didn’t hug me,'” in the book. He struggled to express emotions in routine circumstances. However, he said, “It’s going to be okay,” and then nothing was going to be okay for a while after that. “
Despite their mother’s tragic passing, Harry and his older brother William had to do their duty and greet some of the mourners while the country was in mourning.
Because I can see William and me smiling, I believe it to be odd. He explained that I still recall the guilt I felt because the people I was meeting were acting in a certain way, perhaps even more so than we did.
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Harry later acknowledged that accepting the death of his mother was difficult.
The Pont des Invalides and the Pont Alexandre III, which are close to the tragic tunnel where Princess Diana passed sadly, were where Meghan Markle made an appearance on camera in the car as it traveled.
Meghan Markle has filmed herself cruising through Paris with her feet up on the chair, just moments from the Pont d’Alma tunnel, where Prince Harry’s mother Princess Diana sadly lost her life.
The Duchess of Sussex posted a video on her Instagram account of herself travelling in the back of a car. In the clip, she had her feet up on the seat and then she showed off the nearby sights, which some noted was bridges including Pont Alexandre III and the Pont des Invalides, which are on the iconic River Seine.
Meghan is attending Paris Fashion Week, and the video suggests she is heading towards the Pont d’Alma, which is next to the Pont d’Alma tunnel where Dodi Fayed, Dodi Fayed, and Henri Paul, the princess’s boyfriend, died in August 1997.
Her surprise appearance in Paris is thought to be her first trip to Europe since the Invictus Games in 2023, where she attended the event organised by her husband, the Duke of Sussex, in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Meghan and Anne Hathaway, among others, actress Anne Hathaway, director Baz Luhrmann, and international editor of Vogue, Anna Wintour, were present at the Balenciaga fashion line show.
Prince Harry has previously spoken about how the death of his mother had a profound effect on him. Harry explained in his book the moment that his father, now King Charles, woke him up to tell him about his mum’s death.
When asked if he would cry after hearing the news, he replied, “No. No. At that time, you never shed a single tear. You see, I was shocked, I know? Twelve years old. Sort of – 7, 7: 30 in the morning, early. Your father arrives, sits on your bed, presses his hand on your knee, and says, “There’s been an accident.” I was shocked.
Harry continued, “Pa didn’t hug me,'” in the book. He struggled to express emotions in routine circumstances. However, he said, “It’s going to be okay,” and then nothing was going to be okay for a while after that. “
Despite their mother’s tragic passing, Harry and his older brother William had to do their duty and greet some of the mourners while the country was in mourning.
Because I can see William and me smiling, I believe it to be odd. He explained that I still recall the guilt I felt because the people I was meeting were acting in a certain way, perhaps even more so than we did.
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Harry later acknowledged that accepting the death of his mother was difficult.
This is the ideal gift for someone who enjoys trying out viral beauty products. It comes in a money-saving beauty box filled with TikTok’s top products.
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Costs £70 but worth over £175(Image: Harry Pedersen)
If you know someone who is obsessed with beauty videos on TikTok (often referred to as #BeautyTok) and enjoys trying out viral products, this is the ideal gift for them (or yourself, of course!) and it’s never too early to start thinking about Christmas shopping! ).
You won’t want to miss this TikTok trend, even though not all of them are worth trying (we won’t be skipping the “old girl look”). OK! The Viral Festive Beauty Box, a bumper bundle of some of the site’s most popular beauty products, includes rosemary hair oil, lash serum, and gel nail wraps, has been created by Beauty Box and TikTok Shop UK.
The 12 products inside are worth over £175 in total but the box costs you £70 to buy, exclusively from TikTok Shop – that’s a saving of over £100, reports OK!.
Highlights include the likes of Nature Spell Rosemary Hair Oil, a frequently recommended natural way to promote hair growth, and a full size can of Color Wow dry shampoo, adored by celebrities.
Nine other popular hair, skin, makeup, and nail products are contained inside, all packaged in the ideal holiday gift box.
The Viral Festive Beauty Box contains exactly what you’ll find inside:
$200.50 full-size, color-wow Insta-WOW Advanced Dry Shampoo is available.
£38 UKLash Lash Growth Serum (3ml full-size)
P. Louise’s The Cheek Of It Liquid Blush, 25ml full-size, £15, is available in Raspberry Ribbon.
Full-size, 125ml Kanzen Hypochlorous Cleansing Spray, priced at £14.
P-Inked is a full-size Sacheu Lip Liner in the shade of 2.5ml ($14.50) in the price range of £14.
Full-size, £8 Peaches &, Cream The Chisel Brush
20ml of Beauty Crop Oui Cherie Hydrating Gripping Primer, worth £8
£2.50 MUA Travel Eyelash Curler
Full-size, £11.99, 100ml, Give Me Mango &, Passion Fruit Deep Conditioning Hair Mask
Full-size Mylee French Cancan Gel Nail Wraps, retailing for £13.99
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Additionally, you’ll receive a voucher to purchase two copies of OK! Magazine, worth £9.20.
This starter bundle is the best way to start if you also create your own beauty content for the social media app, and it will undoubtedly help you get started.
On Strictly Come Dancing’s results show last night, Claudia Winkleman won over viewers with her satin blouse, and they’ve already been frantically trying to get hold of it before it runs out.
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Claudia wore the blouse during the Strictly Come Dancing results show(Image: Sinead McKeefry/Instagram)
Claudia Winkleman will sell out an outfit, if there is one thing we can foresee on Strictly Come Dancing. We can be certain that the presenter’s looks will be gone before we’ve even said “foxtrot,” with her most recent outfit being no exception. The presenter’s looks are always such huge hits with fans.
Claudia wore the Light Pink Tie-Neck Long Sleeve Blouse ($88) from the Tabitha Simmons X Next collection to the results show on Sunday night, and it was still available in all sizes when her stylist Sinead McKeefry shared a link to it. However, a quick glance this morning revealed that only the sizes 8 and 16-22 are currently available and that it is currently sold out in the sizes six, 10, 12, and 14.
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Claudia’s looks were also the subject of fans’ obsession, with Sinead’s post saying: “Claudia looks stunning in this outfit. Love the blouse,” while numerous others inquired about the location of the purchase.
The Light Pink Tie-Neck Long Sleeve Blouse is the essential wardrobe item because it can be worn on a variety of occasions. Claudia’s blouse is styled like a pair of Reiss’ Elia Velvet Tuxedo-Stripe Flared Trousers in Burgundy (£180), which, depending on your accessories, will look great on any occasion, from the office to a date night.
Made of a blend of silk, polyester, and tencel lyocell, which is both more maintenance-friendly than pure silk and lightweight, breathable, and comfortable. The blouse retains its wearability while also receiving a little flair and drama from the tie-neck detail.
We made sure to find some excellent alternatives to her blouse given the limited supply of Light Pink Tie-Neck Long Sleeve Blouse. We chose New Look’s Pink Pussybow Neck Blouse as our favorite. The New Look blouse is available in all sizes from a six to a 20 for a fraction of the price, costing only £27.99, making it the ideal choice if you missed out on Claudia’s exact version.
The New Look blouse, like the Next blouse, has an oversized bow fastened at the neck and a silky, satin finish. Similar gathered sleeves are present, but the front is not buttoned up.
River Island’s Pink Poplin Shirt With Neck Tie is available for £42, but it also quickly sells out in sizes. The CUPSHE Satin Blouse, which is available in eight different colors and has a similar look to Claudia’s, can be purchased for £25.99 at Amazon.
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However, Claudia’s Light Pink Tie-Neck Long Sleeve Blouse is still available in a variety of sizes, so order quickly before it runs out!
Jenny Eclair may have a succesful marriage, but she admits to completely regretting the decision to tie the knot, sharing her surprising verdict on the special day.
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Jenny Eclair has shared her surprising verdict on her wedding to partner of almost four decades Geof Powell
After marrying her partner of over three decades in 2017, you’d think Jenny Eclair would be thrilled. But the comedian actually says she couldn’t care less about the “on paper” union with her partner Geof Powell.
The couple tied the knot in an intimate ceremony with just close family and friends in attendance. And Jenny’s hilariously nonchalant about her big day. Asked by Mirror whether she’s glad to have taken the leap, she immediately fires back, “Oh no. No, no, no,” accompanied with an assured shake of the head.
“Marriage is a stupid thing. It has to be done, though, because otherwise you die and all your money goes to the government,” she explains. “Had I known that civil partnerships for heterosexual couples would be legal within a year after I got married, we’d have done that.
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“It was a nice day, don’t get me wrong. Pleasant. But was it the best day of my life? F**k no. I was 57. It was like admin with a party and a nice meal with some of my favourite people.”
She and Geof do try and mark the day each year – when memory allows. “We celebrate our anniversary, when we remember! But we’re good at being nice to each other. It doesn’t need to be an anniversary – occasionally we do buy each other small things.”
Jenny and Geof share one daughter, Phoebe, and the comedian became “nanna” to grandson Arlo almost three years ago. “Oh, he’s the light of my life. It’s not healthy, but I love it,” laughs 65-year-old Jenny of the tot.
The doting grandmum, currently on tour with stand-up tour Jokes, Jokes, Jokes Live! , continues, “I am a big toddler fan. I dread him growing up. I can’t stop it but it’s going to break my heart! I have him every Tuesday, so on Wednesdays I’m f**ked, I’m a mess. My rule is that I never work Tuesdays now.”
Clearly a solid team, graphic designer Geof has been by Jenny’s side from the early days of her career through to the height of her fame, including becoming a household name, via BBC Two show Grumpy Old Women .
“[ Grumpy Old Women ] was a real stepping stone for me,” says Jenny of the early noughties documentary, which also featured other fabulous women such as Sheila Hancock, Germaine Greer and Loose Woman Linda Robson.
Jenny recalls, “My career has been a series of… coming off the edge of a cliff and then having to climb up the f**king cliff again. And then, you know, we’re bobbing away and having a great time for a couple of years and then oh, here we go again, slam into a brick wall.
“So, that show was when I was bobbing away. It’s only when you get to this age where you can look back and go, ‘Look at all that, this is what happens.’”
As we chat about the passage of time and how it changes your perspective, it’s clear that the comedian has had quite a wild ride. Looking back, she admits there are points in her career where she feels she didn’t get the breaks she deserved – but she remains philosophical. “I do think I’ve been undervalued.
“But, you’re only in this business if you’ve got an ego – and I have an ego, but it gets punctured very easily, I’m very thin-skinned. So obviously, I feel slighted when I don’t get jobs I think I could do really well, but that’s the nature of the game, too.
“I’m no different from anybody else. The whole industry is riddled with that disappointment. What’s unhealthy is to pretend that you don’t mind. I think now and again you should say, ‘I’m really gutted about that. That could have been my gig.’”
Are there any big jobs Jenny’s still wishing she got the call-up for, we wonder? “Oh, yes, Bake Off ! I was second to Matt, you know,” she says, referencing when in 2020 fellow comedian Matt Lucas took over from Sandi Toksvig, in presenting The Great British Bake Off .
“I was in that audition process and it came down to me and Matt. I would have loved that gig. I’d still be there now if I got it! But I auditioned and then I got a big bouquet of flowers the day before they announced Matt, with a little note saying ‘next time’.”
However, in 2023, it was Alison Hammond that got the call to take over from Matt. “I don’t know what happened to next time!” laughs Jenny.
Losing out to her former I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! campmate Alison wasn’t so bad, though, she admits. Now a big fan of the This Morning star, Jenny and Alison appeared in the jungle back in 2010, alongside the likes of Shaun Ryder, Gillian McKeith and eventual winner, Stacey Solomon. With a second All Stars series on the horizon, would Jenny be up for facing some critters again?
“Oh, the money would have to be really good for me to consider that. As in, a life-changing amount of money. And I don’t work Tuesdays, do I? I would need to commute from South Africa or take Arlo with me,” she laughs, reminding us of “Nana day”.
For now, she’ll stick to being a little closer to home, and it sounds like she’s got a pretty jam-packed schedule as it is. Heading off to continue her stand-up tour, Jokes, Jokes, Jokes Live! the day after our interview, Jenny still has plenty of important prep to do. “I need to get my car sweets for the journey. And biscuits, I always bring biscuits for the front row audience.”
The show is based on her 2024 memoir, which delved into Jenny’s family life, her upbringing and the changing face of women in comedy – as hilarious, insightful and disrespectful as you’d imagine it to be.
“It’s a lot lighter than the book, it’s all jokes and punchlines,” says Jenny of the tour, which runs until late November. “It becomes less personal to me and more general to the audience, as most people have experienced some kind of parent loss, siblings, school, first love, having babies… So, it should strike a chord with everyone. It’s a mix of a professional look-back with personal bits and some gossip from I’m A Celeb thrown in.”
And as one tour comes to an end, another begins, as Jenny will be back on stage in the lead-up to Christmas for a string of shows for her hit podcast Older And Wider , which she co-hosts with writer friend Judith Holder, as they natter about life. “ Older And Wider is a hoot, we have games and prizes,” she says. “Judith and I are still in the process of writing those shows.”
The double act starred alongside one another in Grumpy Old Women and have been recording their funny, irreverent podcast for several years now.
“We have a very chalk and cheese relationship, or fish and chips, shall we say. She lives in the country – as in, a village without a bus service (I’d last about three days there), and I live in the middle of Southeast London. But we’re both grandparents and have daughters, so we have a lot in common.”
Jenny’s in for a busy few months. “I’ve gone pink, thinking about [the podcast live shows] – I’ve suddenly thought, f**king hell, is that coming up soon? I’ve realised I’m not reliable when it comes to time. I can’t believe we’re in October. If somebody had asked me, I’d say it was May!”
For tickets to Jenny Eclair’s stand-up show Jokes, Jokes, Jokes Live! visit Jennyeclair.com. Tickets for the Older And Wider Live podcast shows in London this Christmas are available now from leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/older-wider-live-at-christmas.
