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After witnessing the most abhorrent abuse at the Ryder Cup, golfing legend Rory Mcllroy praised his wife without a second thought. We reflect on some of their relationship’s ups and downs.

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Golf sensation Rory McIlroy was spotted beaming with pride as Team Europe beat Team US to win the Ryder Cup, but his wife was hit with horrific abuse along the way.

Erica Stoll had followed her Masters champion husband around the Bethpage Black course in New York, facing verbal slurs and on the worst occasion, being hit by a drink that was allegedly thrown by a member of the crowd.

Erica, 38, was standing next to Rory, 36, at the time and he quickly checked if she was OK, wiping her hat. After the tournament ended, the Northern Irishman said there had been “a lot of language that was unacceptable and abusive behaviour”. He added: “I don’t think we should ever accept that in golf. I think golf should be held to a higher standard than what was seen out there this week.”

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Rory thanked his wife for remaining polite despite the unacceptable abuse after her team won 15-13. She handled everything this week with the same class, poise, and dignity as she has always did. We’re going to have a good time celebrating tonight because I love her. “

Just 16 months prior, the golfer had submitted a three-page document to a Florida court detailing his request to file for divorce from Erica after seven years of marriage. According to TMZ, Rory asked for their prenuptial agreement to be upheld and requested a shared parenting plan for their daughter Poppy.

A few days later, the sportsman refused to answer any questions about his love life at the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club, where he was spotted without his wedding ring.

Relationship rumors are dissipated

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With the announcement of the couple’s impending divorce shocking the golf world, rumours began to swirl that Rory was in the early stages of a relationship with CBS Sports presenter Amanda Balionis. A source would firmly deny there was anything between them.

This didn’t seem to deter spectators at the Ryder Cup – the i Newspaper reported some fans were heard to shout “Amanda” from the crowd.

U-turn in shock

Rory and Erica announced a month later that their divorce had been postponed. He said, “Unfortunately, there have been rumors about my personal life recently.” It’s a fool’s game to respond to every rumor.

Erica and I have come to terms with the fact that our best chance of growing up together as a family has been in recent weeks. We have thankfully come to terms with our differences, and we look forward to a new beginning. “

Following his first Masters victory in April, the world’s best golfer then paid emotional tribute to his family.

Restraints “still exist”

Rory and Erica turned a new leaf and appear to be back to their former flames, but some golfers’ acquaintances claim that their near-divorce was difficult.

Rory’s associate, according to a source who was cited by a source, claimed that “strains still exist” between the two.

They said, “I don’t think I’m going to surprise anyone by saying that,” they said. I’m not suggesting that he is planning a divorce, etc. He can avoid the spectacle of a public divorce, guard his brand, and shield his personal drama from the press by getting married.

According to the source, “The marriage is likely not entirely “fixed,” but rather depends on optics and shared interests. Aren’t all marriages filled with famous people?

Sports presenter Gabby Logan says she’s at a pivotal moment in her life after taking over as a main presenter on Match Of The Day as she opens up on some major personal changes

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With decades of experience under her belt, you could argue that sports pundit Gabby Logan was already at the top of her game. But since becoming one of the main presenters of Match Of The Day , her career has reached new heights. It comes at a pivotal moment in the 52-year-old’s life, as Gabby tells us she’s coping with her children flying the nest and adjusting to the feeling of having more “me” time.

“I’ve definitely taken things on recently that I wouldn’t have done before – I’ve said yes to more things,” says the former gymnast, who has 20-year-old twins Reuben and Lois with her husband of 24 years, Kenny Logan. “That’s the thing with this period of life, you have a bit more flexibility. It’s balancing those things and seeing some of the positives that can come out of your kids growing up. You have more time to spend on yourselves. I feel like people, women particularly, don’t do self-care very well when their kids are young, because you haven’t got the time.

“That’s a benefit I’m finding. I would probably not have worked as much on weekends when they were younger. You know, I did consider that quite a lot with things that I was offered to do, before. And now I’ve got more flexibility to do what I want to do, so it’s… strange,” admits Gabby.

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Following in their parents’ sports-loving footsteps, Reuben is a professional Rugby Union player for Northampton Saints, and Lois is a show jumper, while studying at university. And Gabby says the empty nest is still taking some time to get her head around.

“It is a challenge. You love their company and want to do things with them. You really miss them as people more than anything. And the house feels quieter. But then the pros are that the house has less washing,” she laughs.

“Luckily, they did it quite gradually because although Reuben moved out over two years ago, he was closer to home so he’d come to visit most weekends. Lois was having a year off back then, so it wasn’t a big double whammy where they both left on the same day.

“But now, Reuben has moved up north and he’s definitely not going to be able to get home as much, and Lois will be back at university. So I think this term will be a lot harder in terms of the empty house.”

While Gabby and former rugby star Kenny’s lives sound uber-exciting to sport fans, she says her grown-up kids aren’t quite as impressed.

“They don’t really know any different than what we do, and I don’t think any children think their parents are cool. But they’re sporty, so they enjoy the sporting events we get to go to and are really supportive. Well, I think they’re secretly supportive,” she admits.

“We’ve always been quite an open family, so they aren’t afraid to bring things up when they think we’ve crossed the line on TV or in interviews,” Gabby adds, as we bring up her son’s recent revelation that he was “embarrassed” to hear his mum chatting about sex on a podcast.

Embarrassing as it may have been, Reuben spoke highly of his famous parents, and has clearly had some strong role models to look up to.

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“I wouldn’t be the person to tell you what the secret is, if there is a secret to marriage,” says Gabby, who met her husband on a night out in 1999. “You do need to enjoy each other’s company, and having respect and fun and being a team has always been integral to our relationship. Sometimes, you have to ride through tough times and times that are more challenging, but that can then make it better on the other side. It’s about having a bit of resilience at times. The bad times are as important as the good times.”

The family have certainly had their fair share of tough times, with Kenny battling prostate cancer in 2022 which, thankfully, he got the all-clear from a year later. Not one to sugarcoat the difficult journey, Gabby says the heartache of Kenny’s health battle has brought the family closer.

“Families go through all kinds of challenges, whether it’s bereavement or cancer or other illnesses – and you somehow come out of those situations with the armoury to get stronger. You learn how to deal with those stressful times and adopt that, ‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ approach. You have a level of strength that comes from that pain,” she says, quietly.

Alongside mental strength, Gabby has been focusing on her physical health over the last few years and tells us she has got into strength training.

“Training, for me, has been a game changer recently, especially in this period of my life,” says Gabby, who has openly spoken about her journey with perimenopause in recent years. “I was doing a lot of Pilates and walking until about six months ago. I started training with an online programme and have been building muscle rather than just maintaining. I really enjoy it. I find that any kind of exercise helps with my mental health, as well as physical.”

Gabby has found that her new routine helps her deal with her menopause symptoms, something which has led her to work with Menopace on its Strength Test campaign.

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“Things started to change for me a bit in my forties,” says Gabby, when we ask about her menopause journey. “I didn’t really understand what perimenopause was. I’d never heard it before and then it was creeping into conversations quite a lot. Then I noticed changes that were quite gradual. It wasn’t anything overnight where I thought, ‘Oh my God, this is it.’ It was more small things like having lower moods, or my hair feeling more brittle, or doing an exercise and not seeing the results I would usually see.”

Aiming to help women in midlife to maintain their strength, vitality and happiness while balancing often wildly fluctuating hormones, Gabby has been taking part in the Strength Test, something she reckons every woman going through these changes should try.

“It’s a mix of simple things that people can measure themselves against and work out what they need to do, you know, to get better at them. Things like, ‘I can’t hang as long as I thought I could’, or ‘I need to be able to lift a bit more weight on this exercise to get to the strength level that I should have at this age’. So, yeah, they are tests people can use to make sure they’re hitting those benchmarks that they should at this age.”

And Gabby won’t be winding down anytime soon. “I’m the Mary Berry of sports broadcasting, to be honest,” she says. “I’ve got lots going on at the moment, so there are no plans to slow down.”

Gabby Logan is an ambassador for Menopace, and she has launched the Menopace Strength Test to help women assess and improve their physical strength. Gabby takes Menopace Max RRP £25.95 available at Vitabiotics.com.

As the most recent series of live performances comes to an end, we take a look at the lowest-scoring Strictly Come Dancing contestant’s life away from the show.

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After scoring a paltry ten points following his first performance on Strictly Come Dancing last week, Ross King could be forgiven for feeling a little downcast as he enters week two of the competition.

Even though his concerns about tonight’s show are understandable, he may find it a little comfort knowing that he is not the first to receive a very low score. His performance of the Cha Cha last weekend left the judges, including Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke, speechless.

Ross responded to his low score with, “At least I can say that I received a 10 on Strictly Come Dancing in my first week. We all know that you can rewrite history these days, which is fantastic.

He continued, “So, in years to come, people will ask me about my Strictly experience and I will respond, “Can you believe it?” Nobody ever needs to remember that the group was 10.

He continued, “I think it’s just Stefan (Dennis) that’s older than me, trying to make a lasting impression and inspire the public.” So, “he says, I’m trying to inspire people.” I’m bringing back everyone who has never danced before, but I might be able to take some lessons.

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But back in 2004, former Top Gear host Quentin Wilson scored a dismal eight points alongside his professional dance partner Hazel Newberry. At the time, judge Bruno Tonioli compared it to watching a Reliant Robin circle a Ferrari, a reference to his career in the motoring industry.

And more than twenty years later, Quentin continues to hold the title as the lowest-scoring celebrity on the BBC dance show. But forever the optimist, the presenter claimed that Strictly was one of his “proudest moments.”

The presenter said in a GB News interview that he thought of his time on the show and that it was what civilized us.

He continued, “I immediately said no when they rang up and said, “Would you do it?” I was just, you know, I’m just as agile as a JCB. “

He continued, “But my wife said, “No, because it will demonstrate your humanity and your ability to laugh at yourself.” And I believe it to be very significant. People would shake my hand and say, “Well done, mate,” for months after that and shake my hand.

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He continued, “I think it’s really important that you show your true self and that you can’t fail,” adding: “I think. That is admirable. The message is appropriate.

However, Quentin’s life couldn’t be more secluded from the opulence of the stage. By displaying vintage cars on social media, he maintains a strong connection with the auto industry.

He also served as FairFue1UK’s spokesperson, which helped to fight against driver’s tax increases. In addition to capturing his wife and kids, he also offers family members an insight into their lives.

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After revealing that she’s pregnant, the Strictly Come Dancing star has been flaunting her baby bump, but some viewers have even made harsh comments.

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She may have made history by being the first professional dancer to perform on Strictly Come Dancing while pregnant, but Dianne Buswell has faced some tough criticism from certain fans.

The professional ballroom dancer has received a lot of support after revealing her pregnancy while competing on the 2025 series of Strictly, but not everyone agrees that she should be taking part.

Dianne has been proudly showing off her growing bump after sharing that she is expecting a little boy with partner Joe Sugg in 2026. And she confirmed that she would still be going ahead with the competition with celebrity dance partner Neighbours actor Stefan Dennis.

After Dianne became the first woman to compete in a pregnancy, the pair have even named themselves the “Australian dream team.”

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But not all fans were impressed and some have even cruelly suggested that she should drop out of the competition because she’s pregnant. The 36-year-old mum-to-be gave an update to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday evening where she shared one of the many negative comments that she had received.

It stated that “she’s only beginning to show,” and that she shouldn’t dance because she already feels uncomfortable. It is inappropriate. I can’t believe that things like this are still being said in 2025, Dianne wrote in response to the post.

Then in her next Story, the professional dancer shared a comment from one of her Instagram followers, who was being more supportive of Dianne, the Express reports.

They claimed Dianne’s dancing while she was a pregnant woman was “nothing short of magical and beautiful.” She re-shared the post with some love heart emojis, which added that she is “inspirational and incredible.”

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The 36-year-old Australian professional confirmed earlier this month that YouTuber Joe Sugg and she are expecting their first child. Since then, her supporters have been questioning her decision to continue giving some of the show’s more difficult lifts.

Dianne explained exactly what her doctor had told her following her pregnancy announcement in an interview with comedian Chris McCausland on his podcast Winning Isn’t Everything.

Because we performed a lot of lifts with high impact, she said. I’ll admit it, but I’m still doing everything I did before. There will undoubtedly be a little more caution with lifts, of course.

However, my doctor assured me that everything is normal. He said that essentially, if you’ve already done it, such as if you’ve done lifts, this, that, you’ve done it, then you should keep doing it.

He said that because you’ve danced since you’ve been five, your body has been designed to do it. You shouldn’t stop doing what he said. You just need to be careful with lifting because it’s so obvious.

After experiencing severe side effects, including dizziness, nausea, and heart palpitations, supermodel Caprice Bourret has cautioned people about weight-loss injections.

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Caprice Bourret has spoken out about the dangers of weight-loss injections after experiencing severe side effects from Mounjaro.

The 53-year-old model, who is well known for her distinguished career in fashion and television, claimed she turned to the injection after gaining 20 pounds last year, going from an 8 to a 12. Caprice claimed that she struggled physically and emotionally as a result of her weight gain.

The model blared, “My health was deteriorating and I was feeling really bad about myself.” I huff and puff like a baby when I step up the stairs. When I jumped out of bed, the extra weight made my back, joints, and back hurt and stiff. I became aware that my immunity was deteriorating as I became ill more frequently.

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She explained that she had gotten more fit after cutting out of her regular diet and drinking red wine and chocolate. According to Bourret, losing weight naturally turned out to be very challenging due to the menopause.

Her doctor gave her a “microdose” of Mounjaro, but Caprice quickly realized the side effects were too much for her to handle. It was terrible. My stomach hurts now. She said, “It made me feel lightheaded and dizzy, but I kept going because I needed to lose weight.”

She added that she began experiencing heart palpitations, which she described as alarming for someone her age. “Then I started having these weird heart palpitations. Who has that at 53? I was too young for what was going on,” the model told The Sun.

Caprice stopped the injection after losing only five pounds in two months, switching to a strict diet, cutting out processed sugar and carbohydrates, to lose the weight naturally.

She also revealed that several friends who have used Ozempic or Mounjaro have experienced side effects like hair loss and skin loss.

Your skin changes and loosens when you take Mounjaro for a long time. I witnessed it with some friends. You might think you’ll avoid it, but you don’t, she said. Some of them even lost their hair because their bodies were being starved.

She urged caution, stressing that while losing weight naturally is more difficult, it is also safer over the long run. Ozempic is not approved for weight loss, but it should only be used by people with diabetes to reduce their symptoms.

Caprice, who was born and raised in Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles, left home when she was 17 to pursue modeling in New York. After wearing a daring Versace lace dress at the 1990s, she quickly gained notoriety and made a name for herself on magazine covers.

She later founded her own production company, JJLove Productions, named after her sons Jett and Jax, and established a successful lingerie empire and property portfolio.

The model continues to work across fashion and film, with her latest movie, A Scottish Christmas Secret, set to air on Channel 5 later this year.

Caprice has stated that while working on her professional projects, she continues to be committed to health and wellness despite the difficulties of menopause and natural aging.

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