I’m A Celebrity viewers were left in fits of laughter on Thursday night after campmate and model Kelly Brook shared a very unexpected confession on the ITV show
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Viewers saw Kelly Brook in the jungle shower on Thursday night(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
I’m A Celebrity viewers were left gobsmacked on Thursday night after Kelly Brook dropped an unexpected confession during her jungle wash.
The much-loved ITV reality show, helmed by Ant and Dec, returned to screens on Thursday night, and the celebrities were straight into the jungle chaos.
The episode featured Kelly testing the jungle shower, looking glamorous in her bathing suit but revealed she urinates while in the shower. Fans of the show took to social media to share their reactions. One person said: “No Kelly, everybody does not wee in the shower. #ImACeleb”. Another sarcastically wrote: “No Kelly, I’ve never pissed in the shower #imaceleb”. A third person wrote: “Did Kelly pee in the shower?? #ImACeleb”.
Elsewhere, Jack Osbourne revealed he had huge plans for his fellow campmates in camp. He told the other celebrities that he was going to declare Ginge as camp leader for the day during their morning community meeting.
“He’s the youngest of us all and I think he should start taking that leadership role. It’s like teaching someone to swim, you just throw them in the water. They’re either going to sink or they’re going to swim”, Jack said.
With all the other celebrities in on the plan, Jack suggested Ginge should take on the leadership role, and everyone gave their full support.
Ginge told the Bush Telegraph about his new responsibility: “Pressure makes diamonds, it’s not pressure that I feel it’s excitement. It’s excitement to show the others what I’m capable of and I think for anyone out there who doubts what sort of leader I can be. We’re about to see I can probably be one of the greatest leaders of all time”.
The morning also featured Aitch and Ruby taking part in a trust fall. Ruby successfully dropped backward into Aitch’s arms, joking: “If he dropped me, it would be the end of his career”.
Eddie and Aitch also entertained camp with a game of imaginary tennis, with Alex stepping in as a pundit to interview both players after the match and award Aitch a trophy.
Reflecting on the camp’s mood, Aitch said: “The camp is very, very harmonious, it’s mad how so many people from different worlds can just come in and create a beautiful thing if I’m honest with ya, not to get deep, but it is a pretty beautiful thing”.
Kelly Brook previously revealed the reason she finally agreed to take part in the show, after previously vowing never to enter the jungle.
“I have said I will never do I’m A Celebrity… several times. I didn’t think it was ever in me to do the challenges and Bushtucker Trials”, she told ITV. “But since I have been with my husband, we have done a few things that I’ve surprised myself by. We did Race Across the World, and I ran the London Marathon this year, two things I never thought I had in me.
” I’m such a fan of the show that I thought, ‘ Maybe I could do it, maybe I could cope. ‘ I won’t know unless I try, so I am going to throw myself into it. “
After learning that Gary “Mani” Mounfield had tragically passed away at his home at the age of 63, The Stone Roses have shared a tribute to the late musician.
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The Stone Roses have paid tribute to Mani(Image: Getty Images)
In a tribute, The Stone Roses named Mani “the greatest.” Gary Mounfield passed away suddenly earlier today at his Manchester home.
No patient was taken to the hospital despite the emergency services being called to the private address. Mani’s death is not currently known. His former bandmates from the Stone Roses posted a moving tribute on social media as the music industry mourns his passing.
The band apologised to Mani’s “brother Mani” by posting a photo of him in his element on stage. The best bass player and friend we could have hoped for. x”.
Peter Hook, a fellow bass player who was formerly with New Order and Joy Division, said: “Oh God. Mani, they really do, but they just don’t work for me this time. I find it hard to believe. I’m extending my entire love to his family. This is so depressing. RIP, mate. Love Hooky . Ian Brown, X’s former Stones bandmate, wrote “Rest in peace Mani X.”
And Manchester United said on X: “A Manchester music icon and a passionate, lifelong Red. Our deepest condolences go out to the loved ones of Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield.”
Reverend and the Makers’ Jon McClure said on Instagram: “My heart is broken. Found out this morning and just felt low as it gets all day. Mani was my musical hero and just a lovely genuine human. When my Dad died, he offered me the warmest and best advice. No fuss, privately, straight up and always available to everyone.
I’m a little ill myself right now, but I’m not ashamed to cry when I read the news. See for yourself a true game legend on the next one, mate. RIP. Gordon Smart, a former showbiz journalist and broadcaster, once said, “Big love, Rev. The best of us. Even with all the rage that came with my turf, he was still so strong. “A diamond.”
Oasis icon, Liam Gallagher, said: “In total shock and absolutely devastated on hearing the news about Manu, my hero. RIP RKID LG.” Former Happy Mondays singer Rowetta added: “Back with your Imelda, Mani. Going to miss you so much. All my love to the boys, the family & all those who knew & loved him.”
Tim Burgess, the lead singer of The Charlatans, said, “I shared this photo a week or so ago on Mani’s birthday – It never failed to make me smile,” and it was exactly the same for the man himself. Such a lovely friend, one of the best in every way. Never to be forgotten, Love you Mani.
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I’m “absolutely gutted” to learn about Mani, who I have always loved and will always love, deeply and forever, according to Echo and the Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch. Like a brother. To be honest, I’m shocked. Please explain that this is just a bad dream. My thoughts, feelings, and Manilove to Mac Bunnyman Xxx to all of his family
Imelda, his wife, had battled stage four bowel cancer, but she had no symptoms before her diagnosis, so Mani’s heartbreaking passing occurred almost two years after her passing.
Briton Anthony Yarde says he is a “better fighter now” than during his previous title challenges as he aims to finally become a world champion at the third attempt.
The 34-year-old fights undefeated champion David Benavidez for the WBC light-heavyweight title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
Yarde has twice fallen short, losing to Sergey Kovalev in 2019 and Artur Beterbiev four years later – and many view this as his last realistic chance to win a world title.
The 28-year-old Benavidez, an American of Mexican heritage, has stopped 24 of his 30 opponents and is a former two-time super-middleweight champion.
Nicknamed the “Mexican Monster”, he promised a “war”.
“I’ve had my eye on Anthony Yarde for a long time. He has power and heart. No matter who he faces, it’s a good fight,” added the Phoenix-born Benavidez.
“I want to give people action-packed fights. This one is going to live up to the moment.”
Earlier, heated words between the camps of WBO welterweight world champion Brian Norman Jr and fellow American challenger Devin Haney – who meet on the undercard – led to security stepping in as Haney’s father, Bill, moved toward Norman’s father, Brian Sr.
‘The better the fighter, the bigger the reward’
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Yarde enters the bout with 27 wins from 30 contests. When reminded of a previous interview in which he claimed he would put Benavidez to sleep, the Londoner joked: “Did I say that?”
Dressed in a crisp white tracksuit and sunglasses, Yarde reflected on the setbacks he has faced at the highest level.
“I feel this is the best version of me. I always said I didn’t want an easy route,” he added.
“I don’t want to win vacant titles. That’s why I went to Russia to face Kovalev. People told me not to fight Beterbiev – I don’t care.
“The better the fighter, the bigger the reward. This occasion feels right.”
Despite an aggressive reputation in the ring, Benavidez showed a softer side as his two children joined him on stage.
Can Britain end week with three new world champions?
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Maidstone lightweight Sam Noakes challenges American Abdullah Mason for the vacant WBO title on the undercard.
The 28-year-old has stopped 15 of 17 opponents, but is the underdog against the highly-rated Mason.
Ohio’s Mason has an even more destructive record, with 17 stoppages in 19 victories, and another success would make the 21-year-old boxing’s youngest reigning world champion.
But a confident Noakes predicted a knockout, saying being the outsider means “everyone betting on me will win a lot of money”.
Britain started the week with only two male world champions – Nick Ball (WBA featherweight) and Lewis Crocker (IBF welterweight).
Fabio Wardley was then elevated to WBO heavyweight champion on Tuesday after Oleksandr Usyk vacated.
Briton Anthony Yarde says he is a “better fighter now” than during his previous title challenges as he aims to finally become a world champion at the third attempt.
The 34-year-old fights undefeated champion David Benavidez for the WBC light-heavyweight title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
Yarde has twice fallen short, losing to Sergey Kovalev in 2019 and Artur Beterbiev four years later – and many view this as his last realistic chance to win a world title.
The 28-year-old Benavidez, an American of Mexican heritage, has stopped 24 of his 30 opponents and is a former two-time super-middleweight champion.
Nicknamed the “Mexican Monster”, he promised a “war”.
“I’ve had my eye on Anthony Yarde for a long time. He has power and heart. No matter who he faces, it’s a good fight,” added the Phoenix-born Benavidez.
“I want to give people action-packed fights. This one is going to live up to the moment.”
Earlier, heated words between the camps of WBO welterweight world champion Brian Norman Jr and fellow American challenger Devin Haney – who meet on the undercard – led to security stepping in as Haney’s father, Bill, moved toward Norman’s father, Brian Sr.
‘The better the fighter, the bigger the reward’
Queensberry/Leigh Dawney
Yarde enters the bout with 27 wins from 30 contests. When reminded of a previous interview in which he claimed he would put Benavidez to sleep, the Londoner joked: “Did I say that?”
Dressed in a crisp white tracksuit and sunglasses, Yarde reflected on the setbacks he has faced at the highest level.
“I feel this is the best version of me. I always said I didn’t want an easy route,” he added.
“I don’t want to win vacant titles. That’s why I went to Russia to face Kovalev. People told me not to fight Beterbiev – I don’t care.
“The better the fighter, the bigger the reward. This occasion feels right.”
Despite an aggressive reputation in the ring, Benavidez showed a softer side as his two children joined him on stage.
Can Britain end week with three new world champions?
Queensberry/Leigh Dawney
Maidstone lightweight Sam Noakes challenges American Abdullah Mason for the vacant WBO title on the undercard.
The 28-year-old has stopped 15 of 17 opponents, but is the underdog against the highly-rated Mason.
Ohio’s Mason has an even more destructive record, with 17 stoppages in 19 victories, and another success would make the 21-year-old boxing’s youngest reigning world champion.
But a confident Noakes predicted a knockout, saying being the outsider means “everyone betting on me will win a lot of money”.
Britain started the week with only two male world champions – Nick Ball (WBA featherweight) and Lewis Crocker (IBF welterweight).
Fabio Wardley was then elevated to WBO heavyweight champion on Tuesday after Oleksandr Usyk vacated.
Marjayoun district, Lebanon – In his southern Lebanese hometown of Hula, a few metres away from the border with Israel, Khairallah Yaacoub walks through his olive grove. Khairallah is harvesting the olives, even though there aren’t many this year.
The orchard, which once contained 200 olive trees and dozens of other fruit-bearing trees, is now largely destroyed. After a ceasefire was declared between Hezbollah and Israel in November 2024, ending a one-year war, the Israeli army entered the area, bulldozed the land, and uprooted trees across border areas, including Hula – 56, 000 olive trees according to Lebanon’s Agriculture Minister Nizar Hani. Israeli officials have said that they plan to remain indefinitely in a “buffer zone” in the border region.
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Israeli forces are not currently stationed in what remains of Khairallah’s farm, but the grove is fully exposed to Israeli positions in Menora, on the other side of the border. That makes the olive farmer’s every movement visible to the Israeli army, and is why he has been so afraid to venture to his trees before today.
Khairallah Yaacoub harvests olives from his destroyed orchard despite the poor yield]Mounir Kabalan/Al Jazeera]
Harvesting under fire
“This was the place where my brothers and I lived our lives”, said Khairallah, as he walked next to the olive trees that he said were more than 40 years old. “We spent long hours here ploughing, planting, and harvesting. But the]Israeli] occupation army has destroyed everything”.
Khairallah now has 10 olive trees left, but their yield is small for several reasons, most notably the lack of rainfall and the fact that he and his brothers had to abandon the orchard when war broke out between Hezbollah and Israel on October 8, 2023. Khairallah’s aim now is to begin the process of restoring and replanting his olive grove, the main source of livelihood for the 55-year-old and his four brothers.
The farm in Hula, which lies in the district of Marjayoun, once provided them with not just olives, but olive oil, and various other fruits. They also kept 20 cows on the land, all of which have died due to the war.
But with the presence of the Israelis nearby, getting things back to a semblance of what they once were is not easy, and involves taking a lot of risks.
“Last year, we couldn’t come to the grove and didn’t harvest the olives”, Khairallah said. “]Now,] the Israeli army might send me a warning through a drone or fire a stun grenade to scare me off, and if I don’t withdraw, I could be directly shelled”.
Olive trees cut down as a result of the bulldozing operations carried out by the Israeli army in Khairallah Yaacoub’s orchard in the town of Hula]Mounir Kabalan/Al Jazeera]
Systematic destruction
Like Khairallah, Hussein Daher is also a farmer in Marjayoun, but in the town of Blida, about five kilometres (3.1 miles) away from Hula.
Hussein owns several dunams of olive trees right on Lebanon’s border with Israel. Some of his olive trees, centuries old and inherited from his ancestors, were also uprooted. As for the ones still standing, Hussein has been unable to harvest them because of Israeli attacks.
Hussein described what he says was one such attack as he tried to reach one of his groves.
“An Israeli drone appeared above me. I raised my hands to indicate that I am a farmer, but it came closer again”, said Hussein. “I moved to another spot, and minutes later, it returned to the same place I had been standing and dropped a bomb, if I hadn’t moved, it would have killed me”.
The United Nations reported last month that Israeli attacks in Lebanon since the beginning of the ceasefire had killed more than 270 people.
The dangers mean that some farmers have still not returned. But many, like Hussein, have no choice. The farmer emphasised that olive harvest seasons were an economic lifeline to him and to most other farmers.
And they now have to attempt to recoup some of the losses they have had to sustain over the last two years.
According to an April study by the United Nations’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 814 hectares (2, 011 acres) of olive groves were destroyed, with losses in the sector alone estimated at $236m, a significant proportion of the total $586m losses in the wider agricultural sector.
“We used to produce hundreds of containers of olive oil, today, we produce nothing”, said Hussein, who has a family of eight to provide for. “Some farmers used to produce more than 200 containers of olive oil per season, worth roughly $20, 000. These families depended on olive farming, honey production, and agriculture, but now everything was destroyed”.
Abandoned
The troubles facing the olive farmers have had a knock-on effect for the olive press owners who turn the harvested olives into Lebanon’s prized olive oil.
At one olive press in Aitaroun, also in southern Lebanon, the owner, Ahmad Ibrahim, told Al Jazeera that he had only produced one truckload of olive oil this year, compared with the 15 to 20 truckloads his presses make in a typical year.
“Some villages, like Yaroun, used to bring large quantities of olives, but this year none came”, Ahmad said. “The occupation destroyed vast areas of their orchards and prevented farmers from reaching the remaining ones by shooting at them and keeping them away”.
Ahmad, in his 70s and a father of five, established this olive press in 2001. He emphasised that the decline in agriculture, particularly olive cultivation in southern Lebanon, would significantly affect local communities.
The olive press in the southern town of Aitaroun has had to shut after a poor olive oil production season]Mounir Kabalan/Al Jazeera]
Many of those areas are still scarred from the fighting, and the weapons used by Israel could still be affecting the olive trees and other crops being grown in southern Lebanon.
Hussein points to Israel’s alleged use of white phosphorus, a poisonous substance that burns whatever it lands on, saying the chemical has affected plant growth.
Experts have previously told Al Jazeera that Israel’s use of white phosphorus, which Israel says it uses to create smokescreens on battlefields, is part of the attempt to create a buffer zone along the border.
But if Lebanese farmers are going to push back against the buffer zone plan, and bring the border region alive again, they’ll need support from authorities both in Lebanon and internationally – support they say has not been forthcoming.
“Unfortunately, no one has compensated us, neither the Ministry of Agriculture nor anyone else”, said Khairallah, the farmer from Hula. “My losses aren’t just in the orchard that was bulldozed, but also in the farm and the house. My home, located in the middle of the town, was heavily damaged”.
The Lebanese government has said that it aims to support the districts affected by the war, and has backed NGO-led efforts to help farmers.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, Agriculture Minister Hani said that the government had begun to compensate farmers – up to $2, 500 – and plant 200, 000 olive seedlings. He also outlined restoration projects and the use of the country’s farmers registry to help the agricultural sector.
“Through the registry, farmers will be able to obtain loans, assistance, and social and health support”, Hani said. “Olives and olive oil are of great and fundamental value, and are a top priority for the Ministry of Agriculture”.
But Khairallah, Hussein, and Ahmad have yet to see that help from the government, indicating that it will take some time to scale up recovery operations.
That absence of support, Hussein said, will eventually force the farmers to pack up and leave, abandoning a tradition hundreds of years old.
Gary “Mani” Mounsfield passed away at the age of 63 after a decades-long musical career, including playing for Stone Roses, was announced today.
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Mani died at the age of 63(Image: Future Publishing via Getty Images)
After the music star’s sudden passing today, Gary “Mani” Mounfield’s neighbors have spoken out. The musician’s death at the age of 63 was revealed today.
The Stone Roses bass player was most well known for his roles in Primal Scream and Stone Roses in music. His neighbors have since spoken with him about the star and what he was like when he was not in the spotlight.
His wife passed away as well, but his sudden death occurred just two years later. According to reports, emergency services were called to Mani’s home in Heaton Moor, Stockport.
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A neighbor told The MEN that she once said, “I only saw him occasionally, and I occasionally collected a parcel for him.” On this street, I don’t know anyone who had a good relationship with him. He stayed away from his family and himself.
When emergency services arrived, no patient was taken to the hospital, but on arrival, residents noticed an ambulance outside around 11 a.m.
I passed by the ambulance about 11 a.m., according to another resident who saw it on the street. I witnessed two ambulances outside. Because the entire staff was inside, I was unable to inquire what had happened.
I can’t recall when they left, but they were there for a while. I didn’t get to know or interact with him because he’s always been a quiet neighbor. Although we weren’t in the same social circles, I was aware that he lived quite close by.
Announcing the sad news of his death, Mani’s family shared a post on Facebook today which read: “IT IS WITH THE HEAVIEST OF HEARTS THAT I HAVE TO ANNOUNCE THE SAD PASSING OF MY BROTHER GARY MANI MOUNFIELD. RIP RKID.”
Ian Brown, Roses bandmate, posted the message “Remain in peace, Mani x.” on X. On the day of Mani’s announcement, Oasis frontman Liam, who is on a tour in South America, said: “In total shock and devastated. My hero, RKid, RIP. LG. “
Shaun Ryder, the frontman of Happy Mondays, wrote, “RIP Mani, my heartfelt condolences to his twin boys and all of his family.” A Manchester music legend and devoted Red, as Manchester United once said on “X.” The family of Gary “Mani” Mounfield receives our sincere condolences.
Mani had just announced his plans for a speaking tour of the UK starting in September 2026, which would feature recollections of pivotal career moments like the Stone Roses’ 1990 performance at Spike Island and their follow-up performance in 2011.
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Mani was born in Crumpsall, a suburb of Manchester, in November 1962, and graduated from Rusholme College when she was 16 years old. In Greater Manchester at the beginning of the 1980s, Mani and John Squire and Andy Couzens co-founded the band the Fireside Chaps.
The Stone Roses band changed their name and lineup several times before becoming The Stone Roses. Singer Brown, guitarist John Squire, and drummer Alan “Reni’ Wren” were then a part of The Stone Roses’ classic lineup.
