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The frontman from Motley Crue suffered from a stroke ahead of his band’s scheduled 11-show residency in Las Vegas, which they cancelled as Vince Neil needed serious medical intervention

Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil has opened up about a terrifying health scare that forced the band to cancel their Las Vegas residency earlier this year.

The legendary rock group had been set to perform 11 shows at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, but in March, they announced the performances were postponed due to Vince needing a “medical procedure”. Now, the 64-year-old singer has revealed he suffered a stroke on Christmas, leaving him unable to walk.

“I had to learn to walk again, and that was tough,” Vince told fans during a recent Mötley Crüe performance. The vocalist explained that the stroke affected his entire left side, and the path to recovery was difficult.

Vince shared medical professionals’ concerns about his career in music with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, admitting: “The doctors said they didn’t think I’d be able to go back on stage again. I go, ‘No, no, I’m gonna do it. Watch and see.’”

Despite his determination, the recovery process was slow and physically demanding. Vince described needing assistance even to cover short distances, saying: “I went from people carrying me to the bathroom, because I couldn’t walk myself, finally to a wheelchair.”

With time, he progressed to using a cane, and eventually regained his independence. “Now I don’t need anything. But it’s like a full-time job getting back to where you feel good again,” he said, adding that he has returned to “90-, 95-percent to where I was before.”

A lot of his rehabilitation took place at his home in Nashville, where he focused on regaining his strength and becoming mobile again.

Vince has expressed gratitude to his bandmates Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, and John 5, who supported him throughout his recovery and agreed to postpone their Las Vegas shows.

When the performances were first canceled, he addressed fans in a heartfelt statement, which read: “To all the Cruëheads who were looking forward to see us this Spring, I’m truly sorry. My health is my top priority so I can bring you the awesome shows you deserve.”

He also thanked fans for their ongoing support: “Thank you for all the well wishes that keep reaching me. Your support means more than you know.”

His bandmates also publicly encouraged fans to send their good wishes, writing: “Please join us in wishing Vince a speedy recovery. We are looking forward for him to get well again and take over Vegas together in September.”

The postponed residency has now been rescheduled, and the performances are set to run from September 12 to October 3. Fans who had previously purchased tickets will be able to use them for the new dates.

This comes after Neil also narrowly escaped dying in a plane crash this February. His girlfriend Rain Andreani and her friend were both on board the plane, as well as the singer’s long-time pilot Joie Vitosky, who died in the crash.

Rain, 43, had five broken ribs after the horrific incident and her friend Ashley sustained severe injuries and was rushed to the hospital. Vince was not on the plane as he decided to celebrate a close friend’s birthday in Florida at the time.

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has made the decision to permanently move to America in a desperate bid to not be a victim of the cancelled culture in Britain

Comedy writer Graham Linehan has fled the UK for a life in America, amid his controversial views on the transgender community. Graham – best known for his shows including Father Ted, IT Crowd and Motherland – claimed that his once privileged life became “unbearable” as he felt Britain denounced the culture of freedom of speech.

This comes after the 57-year-old star appeared in court earlier this month after being accused of harassing transgender woman Sophia Brooks and damaging her phone.

The writer claimed that he lost most of his friends, colleagues and his 16 year marriage to writer Helen Serafinowicz after reportedly tweeting “Men aren’t women tho” after the Women’s Institute sent a Happy Pride message to its transgender members. He also claimed his career had been ruined due to his views.

According to The Mail, Linehan now resides in Scottsdale Arizona, where he feels he can rebuild his career as a comedy writer. in court, he listed a luxury apartment complex in central Scottsdale as his residence.

During his interview with well-known podcast host Joe Rogan, he revealed that he had been granted a three year visa, which he hopes may turn into a permanent green card.

He explained: “[Comedy actor and writer] Rob Schneider has shown me incredible kindness and brought me over to work on a few projects… My visa’s three years and my aim is to make myself so useful to the Americans that they won’t let me go!”

Graham appeared on the show with cuts and bruises which he claimed was caused by a scooter accident.

He added: “I was riding round Scottsdale and feeling great and free, because I’d never ridden a scooter before, but I immediately fell flat on my face!”

When he arrived on UK soil at Heathrow Airport earlier this month, Linehan was arrested by police on a completely separate allegation. He allegedly posted controversial comments while living in America.

He shared the lengthy recording of the moment he was arrested by five police officers over his ‘joke’ tweets made about transgender people earlier this year.

Graham has wasted not time in cornering the comedy market as he has teamed up with former Saturday Night Live star Rob Schneider and playwright Andrew Doyle.

They are also set to start filming their new comedy titled Tenure. Andrew Doyle recently said: “There can no longer be any doubt that free speech is on life-support in Britain, and to keep ignoring the sheer weight of evidence is a labour of perversely Herculean proportions. Many commentators are claiming that the arrest of Graham Linehan could be a tipping point, but this will only be true if the public’s rising frustration can be directed into action.”

He went on to say: “It has been grotesque to witness the state’s ongoing harassment of an acclaimed comedy writer, but perhaps one consolation is that it might finally jolt Westminster out of its complacency.”

The Mirror has contacted Graham’s representatives for a comment.

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Former glamour model Katie Price has concerned fans with her latest Snapchat posts, in which she revealed that she spent Friday night in hospital.

The 47-year-old posted a photo of herself with cellophane over her eyebrows as she lay in a chair, with the caption: “What a day I didn’t plan on ending up in A&E [siren emoji] on a Friday night.”

She followed it up with another photo of a sign for Accidental and Emergency, with the caption: “Not what I had on my bingo card for Friday night.”

The star hasn’t yet revealed to fans exactly why she had to make a trip to the hospital but it seems all is well now. Katie tends to keep her fans updated on all aspects of her life whether it is positive or negative.

Katie has been keeping her fans in the loop whenever it comes to her health. She often posts about whenever she needs to go to hospital whether this is for a medical or cosmetic procedure.

This comes as Katie has been very busy recently as she has been moving house. She and her sister have been sharing an insight onto their social media accounts as they’ve been homeware shopping.

Katie recently faced concern over the health of her new kittens after one died and the others had to be taken to the emergency vets. The former glamour model, 47, has previously been hit with calls and petitions for her to be banned from owning pets.

Just weeks ago, her sphynx cat Doris gave birth to a litter of kittens. However, one of them died shortly afterwards and became the eighth animal to die in Katie’s care.

The other kittens have also struggled since and have been bottle fed by Katie and boyfriend JJ Salter after Doris contracted an infection. It meant she was unable to feed her kittens as she was placed on antibiotics.

Katie is currently on her UK tour with pal Kerry Katona along with the four kittens travelling the country with her. This week, Katie became distressed when JJ found the little cats limp and unwell.

“All of them now have declined so bad even though we took them to the vets earlier,” she said on Snapchat. “JJ had to rush them to the emergency vets.

“We’re on our way back to the vets, it’s not looking good. Fingers crossed, they are like our babies. We’re doing everything we can. We’re just gutted at the minute. And we’ll be gutted if they can’t do anything for them.”

Katie later gave an update that they had been kept in overnight, and Doris’ condition had improved. She told her followers: “Good morning, didn’t have a very good sleep last night at all.

“The vets ringing us three times in the night. I’ll give you an update on the kittens again just not in the right frame of mind. But Doris is alright.”

The TV star confirmed Doris has now returned home but has not shared an update on her kittens. A spokesperson for Katie told the Mirror: “Kate has been taking advice from the vets and has been following everything the vets have told her to do in regards to the kittens.”

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Sue Radford and her family first found fame on their show 22 Kids and Counting and have been on-screen staples ever since after the huge success of the Channel 5 series

22 Kids and Counting’s Sue Radford has showed off her impressive two-stone weight loss after latest trip to Florida. The star took to her social media account o share her achievement with her 537,000 followers.

The 50-year-old told her fans that she purchased a pair of trousers earlier this year in a size 12 but now they were too big after shedding the pounds. Alongside the snap she wrote: “Bought these a little while ago in a size 12. Think I may need to size down now.”

Sue said that she is “chuffed” after managing to lose two stone over the summer months and being able to fit in old clothes. She also managed to lose weight despite jetting off to Florida for a family holiday in August.

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Sue admitted that she had put on “so much” weight due to eating “rubbish food” over recent years. However, she’s now gone from feeling “awful” to “much more healthy and confident”.

In a Facebook post, she said: “I never thought I’d ever wear anything like this again but I feel so much more healthier and confident for losing nearly 2 stone.

“I had put on so much just eating rubbish food and felt awful. I’m now back in the 8 stone bracket, which is where I wanted to be, so I’m really chuffed.” Sue posed in a pink Mickey Mouse dress which she admitted she didn’t think she’d be able to get on again.

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This comes as Sue recently discussed her health as she celebrated her milestone 50th birthday this year. She said she is done with having any more children but doesn’t know if her body is feeling the same.

In a deep conversation with her friend Rebecca, she said: “So my 50th is coming up, isn’t it? As it gets closer, I’m thinking ‘Oh my God.'”

Sue confessed: “I feel like my hormones are just crazy. [I’m] kind of thinking, is it the pill that’s making me feel a bit bleh? Do I just stop it?”

“And have another one”, Rebecca joked. Sue responded: “Definitely not. Oh my gosh, I couldn’t even. I could not even think about getting pregnant at 50. Like, who wants that? So maybe we should just go for the no sex life.”

Rebecca then suggested a theory that Sue’s numerous pregnancies might be delaying the onset of menopause. Supporting this, voiceover Sally Lindsay noted: “If you do the science, more babies equals fewer periods, equals fewer eggs released.”

Sue went on to explain that she has come up with a different contraception method that she could use. She said she planned to stop taking the pill and try the rhythm method, which involves monitoring your temperature, tracking your cycles and abstaining from sex at certain times of the month.

Jamie Laing has opened up about feeling “really lonely” at a point during his stint on Made in Chelsea, revealing that he “rejected” his family and grew distant from friends

Jamie Laing has opened up about what inspired him to move out of reality TV, revealing that he felt “really lonely” and “rejected” his family at one point during his time on Made in Chelsea.

The presenter, who starred in the E4 reality show from 2011 until 2021, appeared on the Shameless podcast to chat about his reality roots. Opening up on how doing reality TV changed him as a person, the 36-year-old admitted that being on the show made him become “slightly hedonistic”.

“I think what happens when you do a reality show and everything is based around you, you become slightly hedonistic,” he said. “You think you’re the be-all-and-end-all in lots of different ways and my priorities were like, ‘Ok I want to film this TV show and be whatever on this show, and focus all on that.’

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“In our twenties, we are quite selfish, we’re just finding ourselves out. But if you add a little bit of some-sort of fame, earning a bit of money, it then goes to your head a bit and I think I was a bit of an idiot for a few years.”

He added: “I kind of rejected my family, I never saw my family. My relationships with my amazing friends became a bit fractured. I was a bit selfish.”

His situation finally hit home when his best friend and flatmate Georgie told him that she didn’t want them to live together anymore.

“I was living with my best girlfriend at the time, Georgie. She was best woman at my wedding. She’s the best,” he said. “I’ve known her since I was 13 years old. We were living together and I was extending our apartment for another year. She was never in the show.

“She said, ‘I don’t want to live with you anymore, Jamie.’ She said, ‘I think you want different things to me. I think at this age we are now, some people are going to go up top and some are going to stay here. I don’t want to stay drinking and having fun and doing these kind of things. I want to achieve lots of things and explore and have lots of adventures and start stuff.'”

Jamie said that he began to feel “really lonely” as a result and kept “letting people down” – including his Candy Kitten business partner Ed Williams. “I missed another meeting and I made up an excuse why I couldn’t make it. He said, ‘I think we should talk about how we work together.’ He’d never said that. He was finding it tricky.

“I’m letting people down, my best friend doesn’t want to live in the same space as me because she feels like we’re not going anywhere. I’m feeling a bit lonely and I haven’t seen my family as much. I thought, ‘I need to just change this.'”

Jamie ultimately decided to change his priorities after going to a Taylor Swift-themed spinning class – and now his career has come a long way since his Made in Chelsea days.

He went on to compete on Strictly Come Dancing in 2020, having originally joined the line-up the year before but being forced to pull out due to an injury. In March last year, he replaced Jordan North on BBC Radio 1’s Going Home show and hosted alongside his now-wife Sophie Habboo for a few weeks while co-hosts Katie Thistleton and Vick Hope took maternity leave.

Shameless’ In Conversation with Jamie Laing is now available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music and wherever you get your podcasts.

‘The texture is gorgeous – you can apply it with just your fingertips”

Lisa Snowdon has become an untapped source of beauty info, and we’ve been paying her Instagram channel our full attention. This week, she took to the app to share the news of a beauty launch with her followers, noting it as the perfect buy for autumn when you want your post-summer skin to look fresh and not thirsty.

The launch in question is Rodial’s Cream Blush collection, which features two new shades of flattering blushers to suit a broad range of skin tones. Trialling them for a Reel, Lisa says: “Look how creamy! The texture is gorgeous. You can apply it with your fingertips – the pigment is so gorgeous and strong.”

Rodial’s Blush Drops have been a cult favourite for ages, so it’s no surprise the brand is expanding the collection just in time for autumn. Launching this week, the new Cream Blush shades– a pretty rose and a vibrant coral– are made to give every complexion a fresh, seasonal pop. Think of them as an instant lift for your cheeks, without looking cakey.

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The formula itself is seriously impressive. Lightweight, creamy and very blendable, it glides on easily and buffs into the skin for a smooth, radiant finish. Because of its light and radiance-boosting formula, it’s the perfect pick for anyone with ageing skin, since the product won’t settle into lines or give a chalky, drying effect.

The application is also super flexible. Like Lisa, you can use your fingertips for a soft, natural flush or grab a blending brush to work it into an airbrushed, polished finish. If you’re always dashing out of your house in a rush or doing your makeup on the go, this will be perfect for you.