Strictly pair Vicky Pattison and Kai Widdrington get on like a house on fire – but there’s also a pretty special bond forming between the pro dancer and Vicky’s husband, Ercan Ramadan
Strictly’s Vicky Pattison has revealed that her delight that pro dancer, Southampton-born Kai Widdington, is getting on like a house on fire with her husband of just over a year, businessman Ercan Ramadan.
Explaining during an exclusive shoot with OK!, Vicky reveals that her other half often pops into the dance studio to see them both during training, alongside his lookalike brother (“it’s those Turkish-Cypriot genes, those brothers all look alike!”), the Geordie TV star says he and Kai – who went public with his romance with relationship with City worker Chloe Wells in April – are developing a lovely friendship.
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“Kai and Ercan have quite the little bromance going,” Vicky tells us, with a smile. “He’s gone down a total storm with my family and friends and I love his gorgeous girlfriend Chloe.”
Vicky and Kai have even talked about the two couples going on a double date – before realising it would be pretty much impossible, with their current schedules on Strictly. “We were so full of it at the start of this process,” Vicky admits. “A double date, what?! Nobody’s got time for that!”
Kai, who started dancing at the age of nine, the same year Strictly first aired on telly, also admits he had zero preconceptions about Heart Radio presenter Vicky before they met, other than knowing she was a total beginner when it came to dancing. But as he reveals, he is delighted by how much she has progressed since her first dance.
“If I’d shown her what she’s achieved in our most recent dances, she wouldn’t have believed it. But why stop now? We might as well go the whole way,” he says confidently. Vicky is in agreement and confesses it’s “mindblowing” – remembering with a laugh how she struggled to even clap on time to the music during the first group dance.
Since then, she’s performed a gorgeous American Smooth, the Couple’s Choice dance to Cheryl Cole’s Fight For This Love – receiving a personal message of support from the singer herself – and even the notoriously tricky samba. “Oh man, the samba. If you’d told me seven weeks ago I’d love that dance, I’d have called you a liar. Yet here I am. A big, samba-loving Geordie,” she laughs.
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Kai is as loved up with girlfriend Chloe as Vicky – who says she ‘hit the jackpot’ when she met Ercan. Kai first met Chloe, who is originally from Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, at a pub in West London and according to a friend “hit it off immediately”.
Back in May, the professional dancer appeared on Lorraine to talk about his upcoming tour and admitted he was the “happiest I have ever been”. He said: “I feel very very happy and it’s largely down to my other half as well.” A month later, the loved-up pair made their first public appearance as she joined him to celebrate the first night of his Evolution tour.
Boots has launched its brand new collection of beauty baubles ready for Christmas gifting and you can nab three different ones for £20 each with up to £70 worth of products inside
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Boots has launched its brand new Beauty Baubles for 2025 Christmas gifting(Image: Boots)
Now we’re well and truly into November, it’s time to turn our attention to those all important Christmas gifts. But with an inevitable mountain of presents to buy, any opportunity to save some money is a welcome treat, especially when it’s on big name beauty brands.
Boots’ brand new Beauty Bauble Star Gifts are the perfect way to gift a beauty lover in your life some great products without breaking the bank, with each one costing £20 but containing between £50 and £70 worth of products. There are three to choose from; the Luxury Beauty Treats, the Beauty Extravaganza, and the Stars of the Show, with each containing five different products.
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With a minimum value of £51.74, right up to £69.36 worth of products inside, these are a great way to bag your loved one (or yourself) some great items for less. Brands inside include Liz Earle, Sol de Janeiro, and Byoma, alongside new discoveries from Amika, Laneige, and Grown Alchemist, making sure there’s something for everyone.
Here’s what’s inside each beauty bauble:
Boots Beauty Bauble Luxury Beauty Treats
Espa Bergamot & Jasmine Body Lotion 40ml
Sol De Janeiro Cheirosa 40 Perfume Mist 30ml
Milk Makeup Lip + Cheek In The Shade Quirk 6g – Full Size
Grown Alchemist Restorative Hand Cream 20ml
Nuxe Very Rose Lip Plumping Serum 8ml – Full Size
Boots Beauty Bauble Beauty Extravaganza
Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray 15ml
Byoma Liptide Lip Oil 5ml – Full Size
Amika Perk Up Oil Control Dry Shampoo 29ml
Patchology Rejuvenating Eye Gels – 1 Pair – Full Size
Huda Beauty Faux Filter Color Corrector In The Shade Cherry Blossom 9ml – Full Size
Boots Beauty Bauble Stars of the Show
Laneige Bounce & Firm Serum 15ml
Philip Kingsley Bond Builder Treatment 40ml
Opi Infinite Shine Gel Like Polish In The Shade I’m Not Really A Waitress 15ml – Full Size
Rituals The Ritual Of Mehr Body Cream 70ml
Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish 50ml + Muslin Cloth
Although touted as a beauty bauble, these aren’t exactly something you can hang from your tree thanks to their generous size. If you’re looking for something that contains beauty faves that can double as a tree ornament, some of our faves include L’Occitane’s Almond Ornament (£15 but worth £17), The White Company’s Winter Hanging Votive Candle (£12) and Sephora’s Lip Sleeping Mask Duo (£12.99 but worth £15.98).
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However whilst these are great as little stocking fillers or affordable additions to your tree, if it’s value you’re after then the Boots Beauty Baubles are the way to go. Snap them up in-store and online now.
The attraction between Taylor Swift and her now fiancé Travis Kelce was mutual – and the AFL player has been by her side through some of her toughest moments
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Taylor and Travis are each other’s biggest cheerleaders(Image: AP)
On a balmy evening in June 2024, Travis sparked pandemonium in the Swiftiverse when he joined Taylor on stage during the London leg of her Eras Tour. As the gobsmacked audience of 90,000 at Wembley Stadium looked on, he made his grand entrance during an extended intro to Taylor’s song I Can Do ItWithABroken Heart . Wearing a top hat and tails, Travis carried her across the stage and fanned her as she pretended to faint, while her dancers then whipped away her white Vivienne Westwood gown to reveal a crystal-studded two-piece.
His cameo was seen as major milestone in their relationship, and as Annie Zaleski, author of Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind The Songs says, “It was such a great moment, and so unexpected. It was the first time Taylor had ever been willing to put one of her boyfriends out there, literally on stage. And it was amazing that Travis seemed to have no fear either. He clearly enjoyed every second.” Fans leapt at the wider meaning of Travis’s presence during a song about past heartbreak. “Taylor wrote that track at a very different time in her life, and it was like Travis was there to usher in this new era for her,” says Annie. “It felt like the passing of a baton in some way, which was incredibly poignant.”
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Travis was a regular at Eras shows as far afield as Australia and Japan, once saying of Taylor’s performance, “She blew me away, and I had never experienced something so mesmerising on stage and so real and so beautiful in person.” Frequently seen singing and dancing along to her set, he was snapped in Sydney with an impressive array of friendship bracelets while hanging out with singer Rita Ora in the VIP area. Backstage at one of Taylor’s London shows, Taylor and Travis also memorably posed for a selfie with Prince William, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
As he endeavoured to support Taylor on her mammoth tour, Travis described the concerts as “electric”, saying he “enjoyed seeing her in her element and killing it on stage”. He told how her song Blank Space was his favourite, and put Cruel Summer in second place, calling it “an absolute banger” when played live.
He also revealed he loved hearing So High School, which Taylor had penned about their relationship, and reflected on the “remarkable” effort she put into every show. “To see the week in, week out, travelling from one country to the next, how excruciating it is on her body and on her mind,” he said. “It’s not just her, it was her entire tour. It was the dancers, it was the band, the singers, it was everybody involved.”
The Eras Tour was certainly a feat of epic proportions. Spanning five continents and 51 cities, its 149 shows became the highest-grossing of all time, and it was the first tour to ring in more than £1bn for any artist. Meanwhile, local economies experienced a shot of ‘Swiftonomics’ whenever Taylor rolled into town, with fans spending millions of pounds on hotels, transport, restaurants and merch. One show in Seattle even generated seismic activity equivalent to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake.
“Eras was just an immense cultural phenomenon,” says PR commentator Lynn Carratt. “Taylor was successful before it, but it sent her career stratospheric. I don’t know how she had the energy to keep doing these three-hour plus shows, night after night.”
The tour began in Arizona in March 2023 and concluded 21 months later in Vancouver in December 2024. Some 10 million fans attended globally, and each show included at least 44 songs across more than three hours. Taylor herself called it “the most exhausting, all-encompassing but most joyful, most rewarding, most wonderful thing that has happened in my life”.
Paying tribute to each of the ‘eras’ in her career, there were some 16 costume changes, including designs by the likes of Roberto Cavalli, Oscar de la Renta and Zuhair Murad. Taylor was joined on stage by 15 backing dancers, and she described the profound effort that went into learning her routines.
“Learning choreography is not my strong suit,” she said. “I had three months of dance training, because I wanted to get it in my bones. I wanted to be so over-rehearsed that I could be silly with the fans, and not lose my train of thought.”
During the tour, she was joined on stage by a host of special guests, including Ed Sheeran, Florence Welch and Gracie Abrams. But Travis was undoubtedly her most prized extra – and he clearly enjoyed playing the role of ultimate Swiftie.
“I get to be the plus-one,” he said. “I get to go and be that fan. Because I am a fan. I’m a fan of music. I’m a fan of art. And it’s so cool that I get to experience her being that plus-one for me on the football field… I feel that same enjoyment every time she comes to my shows.”
Taylor has certainly shown her dedication to Travis in his role as tight end for Kansas City Chiefs too, attending games week after week.
On one occasion in the early days when she showed up for a match, Travis said, “She’s just like, ‘I want to be around friends and family, and experience this with everybody.’ She got beaucoup points for that – I was like, ‘Damn, she’s a madness, she wants to be a part of it, she wants to support me and do things like that.’ I was like, ‘Man, she’s really won me over with that.’”
For the Super Bowl in February 2024, Taylor jetted from Tokyo to Las Vegas to cheer him on, and after the Chiefs stormed to victory she was seen on TV telling him, “I’ve never been so proud in my life. I can’t believe you. How did you do that?”
Travis humbly replied, “How do you not have jet lag right now?” As Lynn says, “They have literally crossed the world for each other, and it proves how genuine their relationship is, because they’re willing to travel thousands of miles to show up for one another.”
Travis also proved a rock this summer when Taylor, her mum Andrea and brother Austin helped her dad Scott recover from major heart surgery. He underwent a quintuple bypass, which Taylor called “really intense”, and the family moved in together to oversee his post-hospital recovery.
“He’s doing good,” she later said. “He is doing incredibly well.” Earlier in the year, Travis was at her side when her long-running battle to buy back the rights to her master recordings was finally settled.
Speaking on Travis’s New Heights podcast in August, Taylor told how the initial sale of her masters to Scooter Braun in 2019 “ripped my heart out of my chest”, adding, “Since I was a teenager, I’ve been saving up money to buy my music back… I thought about not owning my music every day.” She then told of the emotional moment she received the good news from Andrea. “She was like, ‘You got your music,’ and I literally hit the floor,” she said. “Bawling my eyes out, just weeping.”
In shock, Taylor went to find Travis, who was playing video games in another room. “He thought something was wrong; I started absolutely heaving. I had no power in my legs to support myself.” Travis told how she was “just dead weight” in his arms, and that he felt just as overwhelmed. “I started crying too,” he said.
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As Annie says, “Travis was not afraid to show his vulnerability, and he saw how much Taylor’s masters meant to her. It’s her life’s work, and the fact he recognised that – just as she knows how much football means to him – was so telling. They have this deep understanding of their respective fields, and care hugely about what the other is going through.”
As she’s set to make her I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! debut, pals say Kelly Brook is concerned about how she’ll cope being apart from her husband Jeremy Parisi
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Kelly Brook is set to enter the I’m A Celebrity camp(Image: Justin Goff Photos/Getty Images)
She will face hundreds of creepy crawlies, have to sleep in a jungle and eat not much more than rice and beans for up to three weeks, as Kelly Brook is tipped to star in the latest series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, which kicks off next weekend.
For the next few weeks, the presenter will be living alongside the likes of soap star Lisa Riley, model and podcaster Vogue Williams, rapper Aitch and the late Ozzy Osbourne’s son Jack. But as she settles into camp life, a source claims Kelly is concerned about how she will manage without her partner of 10 years, Jeremy Parisi.
Last month, she shared an insight into her relationship with the French actor and model. Kelly, 45, confessed to being “co-dependent” on her 40-year-old husband, who she married in 2022, as they must eat dinner together every night and have the same work schedules.
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“I’m very co-dependent and I think Jeremy and I just wanna be together all the time,” she told her fellow panellists on Loose Women. “Well, I definitely want to be with him all the time, not sure he’d say the same. We like to go off and work separately, but I think in the evenings, we really pride ourselves on having dinner together, that’s really sacred to us. My marriage is really sacred.”
Kelly revealed how the pair ensure their schedules match to give them as much time together as possible, and would even turn work down if it meant they couldn’t see each other.
Her surprised Loose Women co-star Mariella Frostrup quipped, “I’m feeling quite suffocated just listening to you,” but Kelly insisted her marriage is “number one”.
The source tells us, “Kelly is extremely close to Jeremy. He does everything for her. He really is the most easygoing guy. She’s going to have real FOMO without him by her side.
“She’s going to really struggle to be honest, because they’re never apart it will be painful emotionally at times. It’s going to be interesting to see how she manages. She wants to push herself but she’s not used to being without him.”
Previously, Kelly was engaged four times before finally finding The One in Jeremy. One of her most high-profile romances was with actor Jason Statham, when they met in 1998.
He even popped the question but they parted ways after six years together. “I’m not the same as I was when we met,” said Kelly of their romance, which began in her late teens. “I’m a lot more complex now – a lot more high maintenance.”
Kelly went on to date Titanic star Billy Zane, getting engaged once more during the course of their four-year relationship that finished when she reportedly didn’t want to move to Los Angeles permanently.
She also dated rugby player Danny Cipriani for two years, but Danny admitted to cheating. “She went through my phone and saw lots of messages she probably didn’t enjoy reading,” the sports star revealed in his autobiography. “She just caught me red-handed.”
She moved on with Danny’s teammate Thom Evans, but Kelly suffered a miscarriage in May 2011. Shortly afterwards, they got engaged, making it Kelly’s third. Later that year, Kelly got pregnant again but miscarried for a second time in December, and their relationship ended the following year.
Kelly then had a whirlwind romance with former Gladiators star David McIntosh, who she got engaged to in 2014. However the pair broke up in 2015. The source adds, “We know she’s had a bit of a past, so she’s naturally more vulnerable.
“Jeremy doesn’t put a foot wrong, and he absolutely adores her, but it’s only natural she’d be scarred from the past. She’s worried about being in the jungle because she relies a lot on him. He’s her safety blanket so it’ll be interesting how she gets on.”
While heading to Oz will be a big ask for Kelly, she is also following in the footsteps of her rival Katie Price. She became swept up in a spat with Katie in 2013, which began when Katie cruelly called Kelly a “heifer” in her newspaper column.
Katie added, “Rumour has it she’s been hanging out with our mutual ex Danny Cipriani. Knowing him, I guess she’s probably been doing a bit of comfort eating.” Kelly slammed the comments as “unladylike” and said she felt let down by a woman airing “that sort of thing publicly about another woman”. But at one point Kelly even thanked Katie.
She said on Celebrity Juice, “I owe her a lot actually. She was the one who warned me about Cappuccino [Danny Cipriani] and his cheating ways. So that’s it, Katie and me are officially over it and I don’t hold a grudge. If it wasn’t for her I’d still be dealing with Danny. So thank you, Katie.”
Kelly plans to use her time on I’m A Celeb to change people’s perception of her. The source says, “There has been animosity between Kelly and Katie, but Kelly won’t concern herself with anything she might say about her while in the jungle.
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“Kelly is a home girl, she loves food, she loves cooking, she loves the outdoors and wants to show that side of her. Kelly would love to see what this does for her career so she’s going to push through missing Jeremy and do this for herself.”
EXCLUSIVE: Lauren Goodger recently hinted she’s sworn off sex after a string of failed romances, and no longer has time for casual flings and instead wants something more meaningful
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Lauren Goodger is taking a vow of celibacy
Lauren Goodger’s celibacy journey has been praised by pals who say she is right to “take her time” before embarking on her next relationship.
Last week, the TOWIE star hinted that she’s sworn off sex after a string of failed romances, and no longer has time for casual flings and instead wants something more meaningful.
Taking to Instagram, Lauren shared a post about a man discussing why women stay celibate, which read, “The longer a woman stays celibate, the idea of someone touching her who doesn’t meet her mental, physical, and spiritual wants and needs will literally make her feel sick.”
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It went on, “She’s no longer willing to settle for meaningless exchanges or relationships that don’t serve and nourish her soul.” Now, a source close to Lauren has told new her pals are relieved she’s taking a stand, after years of heartache.
“She’s trying to meet the right person because she’s had such a traumatic, turbulent love life in the past,” says our source. “She deserves someone good, but she usually rushes in and goes for the bad boys.
“So, this time, she’s really going to take her time and she wants to find the right one. She’s getting older and she wants to be settled. I think she’s being sensible for once.”
Lauren, 39, has previously confessed to enjoying periods of celibacy. In 2019, she famously posted, “Can’t believe I didn’t have sex for 2 years”, but quickly deleted it. Hinting why she’s no longer a fan of meaningless flings, she’s previously said, “I’m a very sexual person, but I don’t want to be intimate with someone unless I’m in a relationship. I want to settle down and have the fairy tale.”
“She became celibate because she was making bad decisions with the worst sort of men,” adds our source, regarding Lauren’s decision to wait for Mr Right. “She felt every time she went to bed with one of them, it wouldn’t work out.
“She’s had a lot of therapy and they said, ‘Don’t rush in.’ She always seems to rush in, so this is her way of trying to find the right guy, because she just jumps into bed with them. Then, the next thing, she’s fallen for them, and it’s not worked out, and she just gets hurt.”
Recently, fans were concerned Lauren had rekindled her relationship with ex Charles Drury – father to her daughter Larose, four, and Lorena, who tragically died shortly after her birth in 2022. Over the summer, the pair were said to have enjoyed a “double date” with Lauren’s TOWIE pal Junaid Ahmed and his boyfriend Joe Blackman.
While Lauren has lurched from one ill-fated relationship to another, she now appears to have gained some clarity. But our source says her troubles stem from never fully recovering from her very public break-up with fellow TOWIE star Mark Wright 13 years ago.
“She’s always loved Mark, she will always love Mark – and she feels Mark will always love her,” says our source. “They were good together when they were together. I think it’s had a big, deep effect on her. She’s had a tough time, she’s had a lot of grief.”
Earlier this year Lauren confessed she has struggled to find another man who measures up to her first love, who’s now happily married to Brassic actress Michelle Keegan, who he shares eight-month-old daughter Palma with.
Speaking last year on Married At First Sight UK expert Paul Brunson’s podcast, We Need To Talk, Lauren said, “He was the love of my life. We wouldn’t have stayed together for that long if he didn’t have this mutual feeling for me. I never ever thought I was going to love anyone else. I was with him for 12 years on and off.”
Lauren and Mark, 38, were the ITV reality show’s original golden couple, getting engaged on screen in March 2011. But their relationship was dogged by cheating scandals, with Mark having flings with co-stars Sam Faiers and Lucy Mecklenburgh, and the pair separated the following year.
After Mark found love with Michelle, also 38, in late 2012, Lauren embarked on an ill-fated three-year relationship with Jake McLean, who was killed in a car accident in 2022. And after dating jailbird Joey Morrison for two years, in 2020 she fell for builder Charles, who had previously dated her former pal, Katie Price.
But that also ended on a sour note. After briefly splitting in 2021, they finally called time on their relationship the following summer. In August 2022, Drury was accused of assaulting Lauren on the day of their daughter’s funeral, but the case was dropped after she withdrew her support for the prosecution.
For now, Lauren’s pals feel staying single would give her time to heal and prepare for when she finally meets someone special. “She’s had a lot of bad boys in her life and she needs to work on herself,” says our source. “She needs to work on her own self-esteem.”
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After everything she has endured, it’s good to see Lauren finally putting herself first.
If you’re looking for a pair of waterproof, warm and practical boots for winter, then Amanda Seyfried has found the perfect pair for under £100 that she wears every day on her farm
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Amanda Seyfried said her Muck Boots are part of her daily uniform(Image: Getty Images)
With the winter approaching, it’s inevitable that we’ll have to endure at least some time outdoors in the cold and wet weather, which makes a good pair of boots absolutely essential. If you’re after a pair that will keep your feet warm and dry no matter the weather, then Muck Boots are the perfect pick.
The hard-wearing waterproof wellies even come with a celebrity endorsement, as Amanda Seyfried recently revealed that her RHS Muckster II Short Boots are part of her everyday uniform whilst at home on her farm. In a recent interview with TODAY.com , Amanda said she loves that dirt and water don’t “get into your socks” whilst wearing them, even while carrying buckets of water, and that her “caretaker wears them without fail on the farm.”
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The RHS Muckster II Short Boots were one of Amanda’s top choices when asked about her go-to off duty uniform at home, so you know these sturdy boots will stand up to every weather condition. Priced at £99, the boots come in four different colours and are 100% waterproof, with a fully lined 4mm neoprene leg shaft for added comfort.
They also have a breathable air mesh lining, comfortable topline midsole and an outsole that’s been designed for light duty use on firm surfaces. As well as being a firm favourite of Amanda’s, the RHS Muckster II Short Boots are also the only gardening footwear endorsed by the Royal Horticultural Society, so you’ve got two stamps of approval.
Ideal for slipping on and off in the mud or wearing during a rainy dog walk, the boots can be worn rolled up for a longer leg shaft, or rolled down for more of an ankle boot style. The rubber outsole is also great for offering extra grip in the mud, but sheds dirt quickly so you don’t end up trailing it all over.
Alternatively, Hunter’s Downpour Short Boots in Khaki are a great option for slipping on and off with ease, and are currently on sale at Schuh down from £95 to £74.99. You could also pick up Barbour’s Mowbray Mid Welly for £80 at ASOS, which feature fabric check trims that can be adjusted with a toggle to keep the cold and rain out.
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You could also snap up these men’s Fleece Lined Wellington Boots for £40 from M&S, which have a simple design but are extra practical, with an adjustable buckle at the top to keep out the rain. They also have a fleece lining which keeps your feet warm, with a generous fit to make room for thick socks and come in sizes six to 12.
