Following an interview with Bob Vylan’s frontman Pascal Robinson-Foster, who conducted the contentious chant at Glastonbury, British Airways suspended its sponsorship of the Louis Theroux podcast.
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Bob Vylan performing on the West Holts Stage, during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset (Image: PA Wire/PA Images)
Following the airing of an interview with Bob Vylan’s frontman, British Airways suspended its sponsorship of the Louis Theroux podcast.
The punk duo sparked controversy this summer when they led chants of “death, death to the IDF” (Israel Defence Forces) during their BBC livestreamed set at Glastonbury Festival.
In an episode that was broadcast earlier this week, frontman Bobby Vylan, also known as Pascal Robinson-Foster, said he was “not regretful” of the chant and would “do it again tomorrow.”
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British Airways has now suspended its advertising on the podcast, stating the content “breaches” its sponsorship policy, the Jewish News first reported.
Our involvement with the series has now been ended, according to a BA spokesperson who spoke to the PA news agency. We’re appreciative that this was brought up, as the content clearly violates our sponsorship guidelines for politically sensitive or contentious subjects.
We are looking into how this happened, and we and our third-party media agency have procedures in place to prevent these incidents.
Avon and Somerset police opened an investigation into the group after their June performance, which included a performance at a German music venue, a concert at a German venue, and their US tour. Following demands from Jewish leaders and MPs to axe the show, the group recently had to cancel two UK shows due to “political pressure,” including a Manchester date.
The band has benefited from the band’s support, despite criticism, and their album Humble As The Sun rose again in the charts over the summer months thanks to the band’s loyal and resurrected supporters.
Its debut album, We Won’t Go Quietly 2025, debuted at number one both in the UK hip hop and R&, B album charts.
When Theroux questioned whether Vylan would continue to play the chant, he replied, “Oh yeah. What if I went to Glastonbury once more tomorrow, I would definitely do it.
“I don’t regret it,” I said. Tomorrow, twice on Sunday, I would do it. I don’t regret it at all, like the criticism I’ve received as a result. It is a minimum. In comparison to what Palestinians are going through, it is not significant.
If that is what I can do, and if I can get Palestinian friends and people who have fled their homes and have lost family members in double digits, they can chant, “Yo, my chant, I love it,” Or it blew my mind, or whatever.
Ben Elton, Stephen Fry’s friend, revealed the moment he had to confess his drug use to the TV presenter in a fit for fear for his life.
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Stephen Fry’s friend has opened upon a scary moment(Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC/Studio Lambert/Euan Cherry)
The star’s close friend’s revelations about Stephen Fry’s reaction to him sharing his cocaine use during a near-death experience have been made public. The 68-year-old TV presenter allegedly had a booze and coke binge, and the TV host was “minutes from death.”
His pal, TV writer and comedian Ben Elton told how he rushed the actor to hospital in a taxi during a night out together because he was in “extreme danger” following the incident. Ben revealed doctors told him that Stephen, famed for his intellect, had been “minutes away from suffering permanent brain damage – and not many more minutes away from death”.
Ben, 66, described the terrifying encounter as “the night when you know it’s time to pull the pin but you don’t, and you instead open a few bottles.” Stephen had some strange organic Belgian stuff he thought we should try while we were drinking beer, which he surprisingly rarely did.
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We were also whacking cocaine up his nose, and we were smoking fags pretty frequently as we did in those days.
Ben continued, “I can say this because he’s been completely sincere about it in his own memoir and, having admitted to doing it at Buck House, it’s not a scandal. Personally, I’ve never been a fan of hard drugs.
And he revealed that he was in panic after telling doctors that Stephen had used cocaine because of his stardom and how it might have ruined his pal’s career.
I assumed Stephen’s notes had the big “coke” word on them, and I thought he needed to know, he said. In 1992, Stephen taking cocaine would have been incredibly significant, entirely unexpected, and likely to have destroyed his career. Additionally, it might have led to his arrest and possibly even imprisonment.
However, he claimed that his friend was “pretty woozy and nodding off””. He claimed he was aware enough to hear my claim.
” ‘ Bing, mate, ‘ I whispered. ‘ I apologize, but I let them know that you had been drinking coke. Because they were taking your medication, I thought I had to.
He squirted my hand and whispered that everything was alright. He continued, “Don’t worry,” between his gratingly longer breaths. In 20 years, I’ll be publishing a book about it.
Ben had admitted that it might have been catastrophic if he had stayed for another drink without realizing that his friend was in need of medical attention. What Have I Done, Ben’s newest book, contains the shocking statements?
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Stephen and Ben Curtis have been friends for many years, and they co-wrote Blackadder. In the second series, he reprised his role as General Melchett in the fourth series.
* What’s the matter? The publication Macmillan is now BY Ben Elton.
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Dean Gaffney, an actor, first gained notoriety by playing Robbie Jackson in EastEnders from 1993 to 2019 and according to reports, he has a new girlfriend.
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Dean Gaffney, the star of EastEnders, has found a new love after meeting her through mutual friends. Although the actor acknowledged that his new girlfriend is not his “usual type,” things seem to be going on well.
Kate Black, 31, who studied international relations at a prestigious US university, is reportedly dating the 47-year-old. She continued her education at York University while studying artificial intelligence.
After Kate’s split from her boyfriend the day before, Dean and Kate first forged a relationship in April of this year. On vacation in Ibiza, the newlyweds were seen together.
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Despite the fact that she’s not exactly his typical type, Dean and his partner get along really well. He typically dates party girls, and Kate is more of a homebody, they added to The Sun. She is ambitious, diligent, and smart. She typically prefers academic, academic interests. But she enjoys Dean’s humorous and reserved lifestyle.
Dean first rose to fame when he played the role of Robbie Jackson on hit BBC soap opera EastEnders. The actor starred on the soap EastEnders on and off from 1993.
Dean played Robbie from 1993 until 2003, before resuming the role in 2017 until 2019. After returning to Walford for a number of one-off guest appearances, he briefly stopped by Albert Square in 2004 and 2010, and he stopped there in 2015 for shorter periods.
Dean has had numerous other acting roles throughout his career, despite his iconic role on EastEnders. In 2006, he continued to appear on The Bill.
2007 saw Dean tour with the Agatha Christie Theatre Company where they performed The Unexpected Guest. Christmas 2011 was busy for the actor as he appeared in pantomime at the Thurrock Thameside Theatre in Grays, Essex.
The soap actor reprised the role of Wishee Washee in Runcorn’s pantomime in 2015. Dean made his most recent appearance in the jungle in 2023 with the role in I’m a Celebrity… South Africa, his second filming since 2006.
In a movie with fellow actor Vinnie Jones, Dean recently took the lead role. In the upcoming Reckless action film, Dean co-starred with the well-known Hollywood star.
A former convict on parole must outwit the police to get his share of an old heist, according to the new film’s IMDB page.
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The Mirror have contacted Dean’s reps for comment.
Reese Witherspoon, who has just released a new book with Harlan Coben, and Michelle Keegan, who posed alongside her in front of a stunned audience, is a Hollywood legend.
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Reese Witherspoon and Michelle posed for photos.
Michelle Keegan has shared a snap posing with a Hollywood superstar while saying “two geniuses collide”. The former Coronation Street actress took to her Instagram page to share a post which featured Legally Blonde star Reese Witherspoon.
Michelle attended a gathering to promote Reese’s new book, Gone Before Goodbye, which she and Harlan Coben co-authored.
Michelle also has her own connections to the iconic author as she took on the star role in the Netflix adaptation of Fool Me Once. Michelle posed with Reese as they both beamed for the camera while getting to know each other.
Michelle wrote: “When two genuises collide, “Gone Before Goodbye” is created! Reese Witherspoon is exactly as you imagined her to be, what a woman.
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Michelle and author Harlan were also spotted conversing at the event. The star’s friends and fans took to the comment section to share their opinions. One person remarked, “Oh how magical! You are entitled to it.
As a second commentator said, “I prefer to meet THEE MICHELLE KEEGAN to Reese,” and a third added, “Beautiful girl and a brilliant actress.”
A fourth actress described it as “two beautiful and brilliant actresses meeting.” Michelle’s exciting moment came shortly after vandals recently targeted her £100,000 car.
The 37-year-old actress shared the car’s paintwork damage with her 7.5 million Instagram followers on Wednesday, October 15 and expressed her regret for anyone who caused the damage.
She pointed to the lengthy scratch on her car door in the short clip that she posted to her Stories and wrote, “Hope the person who did this felt better about themselves afterwards]thumb up emoji] scruffs.”
She then recorded herself in the car, captioning: “Working out how not to let it ruin my day. Smiling on the outside, screaming on the inside. But why? “?
Michelle and her husband Mark Wright haven’t had much luck over the last few months, as this isn’t the first time they have been targeted by vandals.
Four masked burglars entered the famous couple’s £3.5million Essex home just eight months ago while they were still inside it.
The gang escaped with their getaway car after Mark yelled out at the time. Police arrived at the mansion right away thanks to their state-of-the-art security system, which they also used to make their alerts.
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Mark, 38, and Michelle claimed to be relieved but “very shaken up” by the harrowing ordeal, but that nothing had been removed from their home.
At a party with comedian Ben Elton, Stephen Fry was “minutes away from suffering permanent brain damage” and even “death” after “whacking cocaine up his nose.”
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Celebrity Traitors star Stephen Fry survived a “near-death experience” after a booze and coke binge, his close pal has revealed.
Comedian and telly writer Ben Elton has told how he rushed the actor to hospital in a cab because he was in “extreme danger”.
He claimed that doctors then informed him that Stephen, renowned for his intelligence, was “minutes away from permanent brain damage – and not many more minutes away from death.”
The revelation comes just after Stephen became one of the latest stars to leave Celebrity Traitors as he was voted out despite being Faithful.
Pals Stephen and Ben had been out for dinner in London before an afterparty together at the Islington home of late author Douglas Adams.
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Stephen, who he affectionately calls “Bing,” was the creator of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy at the time. Ben, 66, said: “You know it’s time to pull the pin, but you don’t, and you instead open a few more bottles.
“We were drinking beer, which Stephen very rarely did, and for some reason he had some weird organic Belgian stuff which he thought we should try. We were smoking fags pretty copiously as we did in those days and, on top of that, Stephen was whacking cocaine up his nose.
“I can say this because he’s been entirely forthright about it in his own memoir and, having admitted to doing it at Buck House, doing it with me is hardly a scandal. Personally, I’ve never been a fan of hard drugs.
“I used to drink beer with my beer while everyone else was using the restrooms while the Groucho was a member of the Groucho during the notorious days of the late 1980s.” I just thought everybody had a weak bladder. “
In his newest book, What Have I Done? Ben claimed that he was scheduled to call it a night and that he had been waiting for a taxi when he realized something was wrong with his partner.
He continued:” Had I decided to have another beer, Stephen almost certainly would have been dead in an hour because shortly after he’d called for the cab, he started to wheeze.
I recognized there was a problem as the wheezing turned into throaty gasping. Bing? Is this a serious matter? “Yes.”
” His head was rolling a bit and his breathing suddenly sounded alarmingly hollow. In a second, it happened. Would you like me to make an ambulance call? ‘ Yes.. ‘ He was beginning to slump in his chair. “
When Ben realized he didn’t know the address and that Stephen couldn’t breathe in his own way, he admitted to having to leave a 999 call. Thankfully, his taxi drove him home.
The cabbie then requested that they be taken to University College Hospital, adding that “it must have been at least two in the morning.”
Ben explained:” I got Stephen out of the cab and virtually dragged him up the steps to the front entrance. Because he was essentially a dead weight (literally), neither of us managed to gain strength. His breath sounded like a death knell, and I had no idea how he was able to breathe without any oxygen.
“At the top of the stairs, I found a wheelchair. I managed to get Stephen to the door and chair. Stephen was almost in the chair as he was slouched like a sack. His long legs were splayed out and I couldn’t get his feet onto the foot plates.
And I couldn’t move the chair without turning it around and dragging it backwards. Stephen yelled at me as I turned it in the corridor, and I blasted his head against the wall.
He didn’t seem to notice, but as I dragged the chair and Stephen into what appeared to be a reception, I felt utterly sick.
Ben claimed that the area was deserted at the time, so he yelled “I have an emergency,” which prompted a nurse to assist him. He continued: “She ran in, took one look at Stephen and called for help.
I was completely alone when a doctor came in and a minute later they had spirited him away. I can’t even recall having a seat there. I just stood there, wishing I hadn’t drunk so much because I knew I had to concentrate. “
Ben admitted in his autobiography that he felt the need to inform doctors that his friend had a habit of drinking coke. He said, “It had occurred to me that I had to tell them something. Urgently.
“Fortunately, the nurse reappeared with a doctor who told me that Stephen was in the emergency room. ‘Has he had much alcohol?’ the doctor asked. ‘Yes, a lot,’ I said, ‘and many cigarettes.’ I took a deep breath. ‘Also, I need to tell you that I think it’s possible – quite probable, in fact certain – that he has had cocaine.’
Have you any idea how difficult that was? Stephen was years and years away from his drug confessions in the early 1990s.
“Since those long-gone innocent days, he and Kate Moss and a host of other white-nostrilled celebrities have established a culture where talking to Jonathan Ross about how much illegal powder you’ve ingested is commonplace.
Spun properly, cocaine can even be used as the protagonist in a heroic battle with personal demons, which has helped to better understand the necessity of concentrating on mental health.
“But at the time, cocaine was a terrifyingly illegal Class A drug, and I was weeding out my former flame to a powerful figure.” I hated doing it but absolutely I felt I had to. I had no idea what was wrong with him or what drugs were being given to him.
Who was aware of the effects of one drug on another? The doctor nodded and made a note. ‘ I don’t bother myself, I weakly stated.
That sounded sopathetic, despite being true. It seemed to me that, at best, an entire hospital would now be telling all their friends that I did cocaine and, at worst, I was going to be spending a night in a police station while Stephen died and avoided all the unpleasantness.
I was concerned for Stephen, and I feigned that the police would come over and make an arrest.
Ben claimed that doctors later assured him that everything would work out, but that the incident had taken place in the Nineties. He added:” I was shown into the emergency room and he certainly didn’t look okay.
He appeared to have gray, translucent skin, no apparent life left in his eyes, and numerous tubes and wires had been attached to his entire body.
The doctor informed me that Stephen was just minutes away from suffering permanent brain damage.
“And not many more minutes away from death. Given the choice, I said that Stephen would have preferred the latter. So there you have it. I saved the most celebrated brain in showbiz.
The cerebral, throbbing hub of national treasure-dom has throbbed on my memory for the past three decades.
Ben also stated that he was “still very concerned” about staying with Stephen and that he wanted to tell him that he had shared his cocaine use with the doctor.
He said:” I imagined that the big ‘ coke ‘ word was all over Stephen’s notes and I felt he needed to know.
In 1992, Stephen taking cocaine would have been extremely significant, entirely unexpected, and probably devastating news to the public. Additionally, it might have led to his arrest and possibly even imprisonment.
” Stephen was pretty woozy and nodding off, but he was conscious enough to hear me. ‘ I whispered, “Bing, mate.” I apologize, but I let them know that you had been drinking coke. I felt I had to because they were medicating you. ‘
He squirted my hand and whispered that everything was alright. He continued, “Don’t worry,” between his gratingly longer breaths. I’ll be writing an entire book about it in 20 years. ‘”
Stephen and Ben and Richard Curtis have been friends for many years, and they both played the roles of Lord Melchett in the second and fourth series of Blackadder.
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The 68-year-old was one of the top stars in hit BBC show Celebrity Traitors but exited the game in Thursday night’s episode.
He said afterwards: “It’s a word that’s overused as people give them as Christmas presents, but it really was an experience. A remarkable experience. And of course, it’s shaped by the rules of the game. No question, the structure of the rules of the game gives it its shape. And I was familiar with those from watching it, but it is formed more, in a way, by the nature of the group who are participating. That was just wonderful to get to know some extraordinary people I would probably otherwise never have met. And some people, of course, whom I knew, that made it very rich and interesting. Every day was astonishing.
Vicky Pattison, the star of Strictly Come Dancing, opened up about her experience on the show, which she claims is making her a “better version” of herself. She was left in tears as she spoke openly about it.
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Vicky Pattison’s emotions poured out during Strictly Come Dancing’s icons week. The former Geordie Shore star, 37, reflected on the person she used to be and who she is now before she transformed into Cheryl Tweedy for an impressive routine.
As the pre-dance video rolled, Vicky said: “I first started out in this industry at about 21 and I made some bad decisions. I just don’t think at that age I had the tools to navigate that space I was in. Now I do my best to be a better version of myself – someone I can look in the mirror and feel alright about.”
She continued, “You can achieve things with determination and a little self-belief,” as she had previously said. The Girls Aloud star’s song Fight for this Love, which she opened up about this week, is tearfully stated in the opening line: “It is a very important song to me. the notion that a setback is more important than a comeback.
You can live the life you want, he says. The narrative can be altered. Using the past to define who you are, you can be who you want to be. That is really powerful, in my opinion. I worked on myself, and now I’m in a wonderful place, and I’m finally a woman I’m proud of.
Vicky’s personal message and her idol sent her a personal message following her dance left her speechless. Cheryl, a reality TV star who had been informed that she had been monitoring her progress, couldn’t help but gasp and jump around as she appeared on camera.
Cheryl thanked her fellow Geordie and said she was honored and humbled to have chosen her as her icon. Because you’re a Geordie, Cheryl continued, “I know you’ve got it in you.”
“So proceed and leave that place. I’m scheming to send you lots of love if you fight for your place. From home, I’ll be rooting for you. Vicky joked that Cheryl didn’t even realize who she was as she continued to flaunt her disbelief at the message.
Ellie Goldstein received a personal message of her own earlier on the program. Emma Bunton surprised her with a touching message after dancing a salsa to a song by the Spice Girls dressed as Baby Spice.
And fans spotted the sweet moment Ellie’s dance partner Vito Coppola moved to make sure she was okay. After staring down at the star, Vito appeared to wipe away a tear from her eye as the judges gave the duo positive feedback following their routine.
One user gushed, “Vito checking on Ellie and wiping away a tear,” on the former Twitter account X. They also included crying emoji faces in their commentary, #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing.
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Johannes Radebe and Alex Kingston also performed an impressive routine together in the style of Dolly Parton. Additionally, her favorite person wrote her a personal note.
However, during training, she had a private moment. La Voix, a fellow celebrity dancer, is the one who made it happen.
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