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EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick sorry for disabled slur as he’s ‘suspended by BBC’

Former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Jamie Borthwick has issued an apology for using a disabled slur and has reportedly been suspended from EastEnders as a result

Jamie Borthwick has reportedly been suspended from EastEnders(Image: Mike Marsland/WireImage)

EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick has declared he is “deeply sorry” for using a derogatory term about disabled people – and it is reported he is now suspended from the BBC show. The shock news comes six months after he was competing on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing – which is when the incident is said to have taken place.

The 30-year-old actor has appeared on EastEnders since 2006 in which he plays Jay Brown. However, it is stated he is on suspension from the soap following the revelation he used offensive language in a video that was allegedly shared with friends.

It has been reported the star was recorded using a derogatory word to describe locals in Blackpool – where the BBC show filmed a glitzy live episode from the Blackpool Tower Ballroom. The word he used is a derogatory term regarded as a disabled slur.

The star has sparked condemnation from the disability charity Scope and a local politician in Blackpool. It is reported footage was made of Jamie using the word which was then send to one of his friends.

He has issued a groveling apology which has been shared by The Sun on Sunday, stating: “I want to apologise sincerely and wholeheartedly for the words I used in the video showing my reaction to making it through Blackpool week on Strictly.

Jamie Borthwick and Michelle Tsiakkas on Strictly 2024
Jamie was paired with Michelle Tsiakkas on Strictly Come Dancing 2024(Image: PA)
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“I am deeply sorry for any offence and upset my words and actions have caused. It is no excuse, but I did not fully understand the derogatory term I used and its meaning. That is on me completely.

“Now I am aware, I am deeply embarrassed to have used the term and directed it in the way I did. It was wrong.” He went on to issue an apology to the people of Blackpool and reiterate his regret over his words. The Mirror has contacted a representative of the star for comment.

Meanwhile, The Sun claims that he has been suspended from EastEnders. When asked for comment, a BBC spokesperson told The Mirror: “This language is entirely unacceptable and in no way reflects the values or standards we hold and expect at the BBC. We have robust processes in place for this.”

Last year, Jamie appeared on Strictly where he was paired with professional dancer Michelle Tsiakkas. They featured alongside Go Compare opera singer Wynne Evans, 53, who sparked scandal when he ran his hands over his dance partner Katya Jones. While he and Katya dismissed the move as a joke, Wynne drew further scrutiny over comments that he made behind the scenes of the BBC show and accompanying live tour.

EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick
EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick has reportedly been suspended from the BBC soap

Jamie was grazed by the scandal due to his close friendship with Wynne – while it was suggested an adult nickname he had for the soap star had led to a misunderstanding behind the scenes of Strictly Live. Wynne has been tied into the new scandal, as he reportedly reacted to Jamie using the disabled slur to exclaim “Oh my god” while they were together on the set of the BBC show.

The incident is believed to have happened in November last year while the BBC show was recording from the Blackpool Tower Ballroom. It has been a difficult past few years for Strictly as it has lurched from one crisis to another.

The 2023 season was under a cloud as actress Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice dropped out of the contest amid rumours of a backstage clash. The following year, their disagreement drew months of headlines as the Sherlock star accused the dancer of abusive behaviour.

The BBC conducted an investigation and Giovanni quit the show. The 2025 season is tipped to get underway in just two months time.

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Reijnders closes in on Man City move – Sunday’s gossip

Tijjani Reijnders closes in on move to Manchester City, Newcastle United switch attention to try to sign Brighton forward Joao Pedro and Brentford could move for Ipswich Town boss Kieran Mckenna if Thomas Frank leaves.

Netherlands midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, 26, is due to have a medical at Manchester City on Sunday to finalise his move from AC Milan. (Sky Sports)

Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkez has been released from international duty by Hungary as the 21-year-old closes in on a move to Liverpool. (Mirror)

Newcastle United are set to step up their pursuit of Brighton and Brazil forward Joao Pedro, 23, having appeared to have missed out on 25-year-old Cameroon winger Bryan Mbeumo, who is expected to join Manchester United from Brentford. (Telegraph – subscription required)

Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna is on Brentford’s list of possible candidates to succeed Thomas Frank, who is believed to be a leading option to replace the sacked Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham. (Talksport)

Portugal winger Rafael Leao has told AC Milan he wants to leave the club, who want at least 70m euros (£59m) for the 25-year-old, who is one of the targets being considered by Bayern Munich. (Florian Plettenberg)

Chelsea are set to return with a second bid for France keeper Mike Maignan, 29, after having a first offer, which is considerably short of AC Milan’s asking price, rejected by the Serie A side. (Calciomercato – in Italian)

Juventus have reached an agreement with Paris St-Germain to extend France forward Randal Kolo Muani’s loan spell, in order for the 26-year-old to play for the Serie A side at the Fifa Club World Cup. (Sky Italy)

Napoli’s Nigeria forward Victor Osimhen, 26, has accepted a contract offer from Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal. (Sky Italy)

Fenerbahce have joined fellow Turkish club Galatasaray in wanting to sign 29-year-old Germany winger Leroy Sane, who has yet to accept the offer of a new deal with Bayern Munich. (Sky Sports Germany)

Bayern Munich have reached a deal with Bayer Leverkusen to sign Germany defender Jonathan Tah, 29, before his contract ends on 30 June so he can play at the Fifa Club World Cup. (Fabrizio Romano)

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Israelis demand captives’ return; Europe rallies for end to Gaza genocide

In addition to the hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestine supporters gathered in Rome to denounce the Italian government’s “complicity” in the conflict, thousands of Israeli protesters in Tel Aviv have once more demanded the release of prisoners held in Gaza and an immediate ceasefire.

Several hours after the Thai government’s ministry of foreign affairs reported that Israeli forces had recovered the body of a Thai captive, captive families and antigovernment protesters gathered in front of Israel’s army headquarters on Saturday.

Nattapong Pinta was taken captive by Hamas during its October 7, 2023 attack, according to a statement released by the Israeli army on Saturday morning.

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum “bows its head in sorrow over the murder of Nattapong Pinta,” according to a statement from The Hostages and Missing Families Forum on X.

“All 55 hostages have run out of time,” the statement read. Now, the group wrote on X, “We must bring them all home, Now.”

An Israeli captive, Matan Zangauker, is being held in an area that the Israeli army has targeted, according to Abu Obeida, the spokesperson of Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades.

The Israeli military would be held accountable if Zangauker were killed while attempting to free him, he warned.

At the Tel Aviv protest, the captive’s mother, Einav Zangauker, criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for ignoring the Palestinians in Gaza.

“My son is in immediate danger because of the military pressure that is putting him in danger.” She said Matan’s life and the lives of all the hostages are at stake because of the decision to expand the ground operation.

“Netanyahu] continues to give the hostages. He is using the Israeli military to continue the conflict and defend his government, not to defend Israel’s security.

According to reports in Israeli media, police prevented Looking the Occupation in the Eye activists from entering the protest area in Tel Aviv. The activists reportedly carried placards in Gaza to protest Israeli war crimes and ethnic cleansing.

Translated: Police yell and shove at protesters who carry signs pleading for the end of the war.

Following a number of prisoner-for-captive exchanges with the Israeli government, the Hamas attack, which killed 1, 139 people in southern Israel, abducted 251. At the moment, 55 prisoners are being held captive in Gaza, a number of whom are dead.

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, Israel’s war on Gaza has resulted in the deaths of at least 54 people, 772 of whom were Palestinians, and 834 others.

Enough about the Palestinians’ massacre, they say.

Meanwhile, pro-Palestine demonstrators across Europe demanded that the Israeli-led genocidal assault in Gaza be stopped.

In a protest against the government’s “complicity” in the war, hundreds of thousands of people marched through Rome.

Elly Schlein, the leader of the main opposition party, described the turnout as “an enormous popular response” in opposition to Israel’s occupation of the besieged and bombarded enclave.

According to Schlein, the purpose of the demonstration was to “say enough about the massacre of Palestinians, to say enough about the crimes committed by Netanyahu’s far-right government,” and to show “another Italy” to the media.

Giorgia Meloni, the prime minister, has been under increasing pressure to take a stronger stance on the Gaza war despite having repeatedly supported Israel and Prime Minister, as well as recently having difficult conversations with the Israeli leader.

On June 7, 2025, protesters in Rome, Italy, call for the end of the bombing in Gaza.

Anti-government demonstrators chanted “Cut war, not welfare” in the British capital, London.

A world of “peace” was needed, according to former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn at the Whitehall rally in light of the “abominable, deliberate starvation of children in Gaza and the genocide that has been committed against the Palestinian people.”

He said, “We need a world of peace that can be achieved through the vision of peace, the vision of disarmament, and the vision of actually addressing the causes of war, which causes the refugee flows and the desperation of today.”

Sabalenka Rues ‘Worst Final’ As French Open Hopes Blown Off Course

Aryna Sabalenka called her loss to Coco Gauff in the French Open “the worst final” she has ever played after an error-strewn display on Saturday dashed her hopes of a fourth Grand Slam title.

World number one Sabalenka won the opening set on a blustery day in Paris but watched the trophy slip from her grasp as she made a tournament-worst 70 unforced errors in tricky conditions.

The 27-year-old suffered her second Grand Slam final defeat in a row after losing in Australia, with Gauff triumphing 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-4 to capture her second major.

“It was really honestly the worst tennis I’ve played in the last I don’t know how many months,” said Sabalenka.

“Conditions were terrible, and she simply was better in these conditions than me. I think it was the worst final I ever played.”

Gauff’s first Grand Slam title also came at the expense of Sabalenka — at the 2023 US Open, with the American fighting back from a set down on that occasion as well.

Sabalenka raced into a 4-1 lead and eventually won a tie-break to pocket the first set Saturday, but Gauff adjusted better to the gusty winds on a gloomy afternoon.

“I think she won the match not because she played incredible; just because I made all of those mistakes,” said Sabalenka.

“I think I was overemotional. I think today I didn’t really handle myself quite well mentally, I would say.”

“Sometimes that happens, you know? You just wake up, and you don’t feel your best and another player goes for whatever and it works, and for you nothing is working,” she added.

“I guess today wasn’t the day.”

Sabalenka was attempting to become the only current women’s player with titles at three of the four Grand Slam events.

READ ALSO: Sinner Ends Djokovic Record Bid, To Face Alcaraz In French Open Final

Greek island and tequila 

winner US Coco Gauff (R) cheers Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka at the end of their women’s singles final match on day 14 of the French Open tennis tournament on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Complex in Paris on June 7, 2025. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP)

But after seeing her bid for a third straight Australian Open crown ended by Madison Keys in January, Sabalenka slid to another painful loss on the clay.

“I definitely have to, you know, step back and learn something, because I cannot keep doing the same mistake,” she said.

“It’s the worst match I’ve played in the last couple of months. It’s just a joke. I cannot do that anymore in the finals.

“I wouldn’t care if I would play like that in, I don’t know, fourth round or quarter-finals, but in the final of a Grand Slam… it’s a bit not right.”

Sabalenka was full of confidence after knocking out Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen and then ending Iga Swiatek’s 26-match winning streak at Roland Garros.

But she couldn’t deliver when it counted most, as Gauff avenged her loss to Sabalenka in last month’s Madrid final.

“It just hurts. Honestly hurts. I’ve been playing really well, and then in the last match, go out there and perform like I did, that hurts.”

Sabalenka revealed her plans for a quick break in Greece, to help her switch off and reset before preparing for the transition to grass and Wimbledon.

“I already have a flight booked to Mykonos and alcohol, sugar. I just need couple of days to completely forget about this crazy world… and this crazy thing that happened today,” she said.

“Tequila, gummy bears, and I don’t know, swimming, being like the tourist for couple of days.”

Sabalenka missed Wimbledon last year due to a shoulder injury but has reached the semi-finals in her last two appearances.

She did not compete in 2022 either after the tournament banned Russian and Belarusian players because of the invasion of Ukraine.

Sabalenka Rues ‘Worst Final’ As French Open Hopes Blown Off Course

Aryna Sabalenka called her loss to Coco Gauff in the French Open “the worst final” she has ever played after an error-strewn display on Saturday dashed her hopes of a fourth Grand Slam title.

World number one Sabalenka won the opening set on a blustery day in Paris but watched the trophy slip from her grasp as she made a tournament-worst 70 unforced errors in tricky conditions.

The 27-year-old suffered her second Grand Slam final defeat in a row after losing in Australia, with Gauff triumphing 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-4 to capture her second major.

“It was really honestly the worst tennis I’ve played in the last I don’t know how many months,” said Sabalenka.

“Conditions were terrible, and she simply was better in these conditions than me. I think it was the worst final I ever played.”

Gauff’s first Grand Slam title also came at the expense of Sabalenka — at the 2023 US Open, with the American fighting back from a set down on that occasion as well.

Sabalenka raced into a 4-1 lead and eventually won a tie-break to pocket the first set Saturday, but Gauff adjusted better to the gusty winds on a gloomy afternoon.

“I think she won the match not because she played incredible; just because I made all of those mistakes,” said Sabalenka.

“I think I was overemotional. I think today I didn’t really handle myself quite well mentally, I would say.”

“Sometimes that happens, you know? You just wake up, and you don’t feel your best and another player goes for whatever and it works, and for you nothing is working,” she added.

“I guess today wasn’t the day.”

Sabalenka was attempting to become the only current women’s player with titles at three of the four Grand Slam events.

READ ALSO: Sinner Ends Djokovic Record Bid, To Face Alcaraz In French Open Final

Greek island and tequila 

winner US Coco Gauff (R) cheers Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka at the end of their women’s singles final match on day 14 of the French Open tennis tournament on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Complex in Paris on June 7, 2025. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP)

But after seeing her bid for a third straight Australian Open crown ended by Madison Keys in January, Sabalenka slid to another painful loss on the clay.

“I definitely have to, you know, step back and learn something, because I cannot keep doing the same mistake,” she said.

“It’s the worst match I’ve played in the last couple of months. It’s just a joke. I cannot do that anymore in the finals.

“I wouldn’t care if I would play like that in, I don’t know, fourth round or quarter-finals, but in the final of a Grand Slam… it’s a bit not right.”

Sabalenka was full of confidence after knocking out Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen and then ending Iga Swiatek’s 26-match winning streak at Roland Garros.

But she couldn’t deliver when it counted most, as Gauff avenged her loss to Sabalenka in last month’s Madrid final.

“It just hurts. Honestly hurts. I’ve been playing really well, and then in the last match, go out there and perform like I did, that hurts.”

Sabalenka revealed her plans for a quick break in Greece, to help her switch off and reset before preparing for the transition to grass and Wimbledon.

“I already have a flight booked to Mykonos and alcohol, sugar. I just need couple of days to completely forget about this crazy world… and this crazy thing that happened today,” she said.

“Tequila, gummy bears, and I don’t know, swimming, being like the tourist for couple of days.”

Sabalenka missed Wimbledon last year due to a shoulder injury but has reached the semi-finals in her last two appearances.

She did not compete in 2022 either after the tournament banned Russian and Belarusian players because of the invasion of Ukraine.

Bianca Censori’s huge move as she launches self-named business away from Kanye West

Bianca Censori, Kim Kardashian’s wife, announced a significant career move just days after she once again caused a stir as a result of her racy outfit choices.

Bianca Censori and Kanye West

Bianca Censori has returned to social media in recent days, and the reason could soon be clear. The 30-year-old architect and wife of Kanye West had steered clear from public attention in recent weeks but is back with yet more controversial looks.

And while her posts don’t specifically address the reasons behind them, it has been revealed that she has taken a career break from her husband. The Australian beauty, who remained by her man’s side when she was an architect at Yeeze in 2020, has since changed jobs.

She has continued to turn heads and create chaos with her barely-there outfits alongside the rapper, 47, but her recent uploads have shown her alone. And now it’s been revealed she has set up her first U.S. company, Bianca Censori Inc, which was registered last month with the state of California.

Bianca Censori
Bianca Censori shocked Instagram followers(Image: biancacensori/Instagram)

According to the Sun, Bianca has also registered her full name as an Australian firm, based in Alphington. The affluent Melbourne suburb is currently the home of her parents.

The publication gives indications that the business might be involved in cosmetics. The chief financial officer, who specializes in selling cosmetic treatments, is identified as Hussein Lalani, according to the report.

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Her most recent appearance resulted in her risk being arrested for her constant, inappropriate public exposure. She once more donned an X-rated outfit to shock the fans. In a pair of sheer pantyhose and a see-through black fishnet top, she left little to be desired.

To her Instagram page, she shared three separate images of herself standing in a fully see-through ensemble in the middle of the street. As she posed with her hands spread apart in front of her legs and posed with her hands behind her back in an edgy wolfe-cut and adding an oversized pair of sunglasses to complete the look. Fans flocked to the comment section to discuss her most recent outfit after sharing the three photos.

One user joked that “sometimes less really isn’t more;” while another gawked, “God, I just opened the Instagram app to see this.”

A third woman criticized her, “This girl needs to realize that showing off every inch of your body in such a vulgar way is not what women do.” The class and decorum are gone. Not in good shape.

It’s far from the first time Bianca had sparked outrage with her outfit choices. At the Grammy Awards ceremony back in February alongside Kanye, she shocked photographers on the red carpet.

As she dropped her fur coat to reveal the naked dress. The stunt caused a mass reaction among fans. Some shared their concern for Bianca’s welfare, claiming Kayne had forced her to do it.

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