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Jonathan Ross was the first traitor to be expelled from the Celebrity Traitors castle after the number of Faithfuls who left reached double digits.

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Jonathan Ross’ iconic Halloween parties have been cancelled following his stint on the Celebrity Traitors. After being the first Traitor to be caught, Jonathan revealed that none of his castmates would be headed to his Halloween bash as he isn’t throwing one this year.

The TV personality’s popular Halloween parties have been a tradition for years. The celebrity gathering would always take place at his Hampstead residence.

But this year, it won’t be happening. Jonathan revealed to Ed Gamble on a bonus podcast episode of The Traitors: Uncloaked that he has cancelled his Halloween parties.

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On the episode, Jonathan was asked who he had become friends with on the show. He reeled off a list of names, including Joe Marler. Jonathan said: “Joe Marler – I met him a couple times and had him on my show a couple times and he was invited to my parties on Halloween, when I was still doing them.”

Jonathan continued to list off more names and talk about almost everyone in the cast. When he had finished, Ed said: “The main thing I took from that, Jonathan, is that your not doing your Halloween parties anymore.”

No, Jonathan said, “I’m afraid not.” They cost a fortune, but I might do them before I leave. Ed joked that he hoped an invitation from this podcast would come his way.

Then, according to Jonathan, this was a problem. Not you, but a part of the issue was that whenever I said, “Are you hosting a Halloween party?,” people would ask, “Not you. “

They would ask for a visit, and Jonathan would accept. I invited some of the adults. 30% of them were people I knew only frankly. I liked the others, too, he said, “but I didn’t know them.”

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Jonathan has called off the festivities before, not just once. Due to the pandemic, they were also canceled in 2020 and only returned in 2022, when KOKO in Camden instead of his home, where his daughter had fibromyalgia.

The party then went back to his house in 2023. However, the focus switched from frequent guests to routine trick-or-treaters. Children were filmed outside Jonathan’s house as they waited for some sweets and didn’t go the usual A-lister.

Before the change, celebrities like Claudia Schiffer, Nicole Scherzinger and fellow Traitor Alan Carr would attend the party. Alan is still on The Celebrity Traitors and has become a firm fan favourite.

He and Cat Burns are the only two Traitors left and are gearing up to ‘murder’ a faithful in plain sight. If they succeed, it will be the second murder in plain sight to happen on the show, as Alan already killed off Paloma Faith that way.

After being diagnosed with cancer for the second time in three years, Charlotte Crosby, 56, has emotionally revealed an update on her mother Letitia.

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Charlotte Crosby has provided fans with an emotional update on her mum’s cancer battle. The former Geordie Shore star, 35, was dealt with a personal blow when her mother Letitia was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022, and although she beat the disease, she was diagnosed with form of skin cancer earlier in September this year.

Charlotte has now spoken out on her mother’s health, as she sat down for a new interview to discuss her fashion brand Pepper Girls Club, which she set up with her mum more than six years ago.

The Celebrity Big Brother winner invested £300,000 into her business but it has been plagued by various issues until very recently. Earlier this week, the brand achieved its first sell out launch, and Charlotte admitted that Letitia, 56, was the reason she persisted with it, especially when things took tricky turn during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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She continued, “I merely did it for my mother.” Since my mother is my best friend, I wanted to help her when she was laid off so that she could maintain both jobs and lead a simpler life than having to resign from her full-time position.

She was so excited throughout her chemotherapy and breast cancer journey, and she was always at work. She had always wanted to be a part of every launch we conducted. She would never forget about the cancer because it was what kept her going.

She had a life of her own, and I believed I simply wanted to do this for her. She felt like she was actually doing something because she never really had many good jobs when she was younger.

Charlotte, who was on the verge of tears, claimed she was becoming “emotional” and that she did it because she cared. “I do it for me, mam really. She also confirmed that “my mother is now cancer-free and is genuinely enjoying her life in the warehouse, picking up, and packing.”

In September, Letitia revealed to her 130,000 followers on Instagram that she had received the devastating news of her second cancer diagnosis just hours before boarding a plane to go on holiday.

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She added, “There will probably be a biopsy and a skin graft” as well. I went to the hospital about three hours before my scheduled flight because I discovered that I had skin cancer on my face. Given that I actually wear factor 50, it is not great and certainly not what I wanted to hear.

“I didn’t talk about breast cancer too much and I don’t really talk about things like this.” I feel like I should say something to make people aware of it because it has really rocked and shocked me.

When Letitia was first diagnosed with cancer, Charlotte emotionally explained on her BBC Two series Charlotte In Sunderland just what an impact it had had on the whole family. She said: “It’s hit us like a ton of bricks.

She only had a routine mammogram, she said. No symptoms or signs were present, so the diagnosis was a major shock. Just a few weeks prior to Charlotte’s wedding, Jake Ankers and Alba Jean, they were expecting.

Letitia, who also has nine-month-old Pixi Cecilia, received her first round of chemotherapy, according to Charlotte, who also has her daughter Pixi Cecilia. “She’s finished her treatment and she’s doing really, really well. She still needs to get two jabs, which will probably last for five or more years. We’re just waiting for another mammogram, and if all is well, she might ring the bell.

Every woman should have a mammogram, regardless of age, as Letitia, who has gained a sizable following online since her own daughter’s rise to fame, insisted at the time. I had nothing, no lumps, and no symptoms, she claimed. My life has been saved thanks to the mammogram. Every year, they should invite women of all ages to one. not just women over 50.

David Pearce is facing the rest of his life behind bars after a judge convicted the Hollywood producer of the murder of two women and sex abuse and rape of seven others

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A disgraced Hollywood producer has been sentenced to almost 150 years behind bars after being found guilty of raping and killing two model. A judge ruled on Wednesday that David Pearce will die in jail after being told his sentence will run until 2171.

The huge sentence comes after he was convicted of the drug overdose deaths of 24-year-old model and aspiring actress Christy Giles and her 26-year-old friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola on November 13, 2021.

The disgraced star, 42, plied the women with fatal cocktail drugs at his Beverly Hills home after meeting at a warehouse party a few hours earlier. The pair were dumped and left for dead outside different Los Angeles hospitals by masked men.

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Pearce was found guilty of the horrific crimes in February. He was also sentenced for a series of other sex abuse and rapes on seven other Jane Does between 2007 and 2021.

In the 146-year sentence, Judge Eleanor Hunter ordered the maximum sentence of 25 years to life for each murder. Additional sentences were also handed out to Pearce for the rape victims.

She told the producer: “You’re the worst kind of criminal, Mr Pearce…You’re charming, you’re smart, you’re a manipulator, and you’re extremely goal-driven.

“You fit the role … Not once have I seen a genuine issuance of some sort of remorse. No sense of compassion for Hilda and Christie or anyone else.”

While Cabrales-Arzola was able to be revived in hospital after the ordeal, a lack of oxygen had left her brain dead. She remained in a coma for almost two weeks before dying on November 24.

Sadly, Giles was already dead when she was dropped off at hospital. It was claimed during the trial that Pearce had told a friend “dead girls can’t talk”. Prosecutors said this showed Pearce was wanting the victims to die.

Pearce denied giving the two women the drugs that killed them and said he “didn’t personally see” them take any drugs after they returned to his home. His defence team also tried to suggest that the drug may have been “accidentally ingested” after being mistaken for cocaine.

In testimony, Pearce also denied sexually assaulting the two women. He also denied the seven other counts of sexual assault.

Cabrales-Arzola’s sister, Fernanda Cabrales-Arzola had previously hit out at why Pearce wasn’t already jailed before the crime. She told the Daily Mail she felt he should have been behind bars ‘years ago.’

A report in the Los Angeles Times said the LAPD presented rape allegations against Pearce on at least three times prior to the crime. It’s thought these were between 2007 and 2020.

Pearce’s co-defendant Brandt Walter Osborn, 45, who faced two counts of accessory after the fact, saw the jury unable to reach a verdict on the charges against him. Hunter declared a mistrial after jurors told her they were deadlocked.

After a judge found the Hollywood producer guilty of the murder of two women and the rape and sexual abuse of seven others, David Pearce is currently serving the rest of his life behind bars.

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A disgraced Hollywood producer has been sentenced to almost 150 years behind bars after being found guilty of raping and killing two model. A judge ruled on Wednesday that David Pearce will die in jail after being told his sentence will run until 2171.

The notorious sentence comes after he was found guilty on November 13, 2021, for the overdose deaths of 24-year-old model and aspiring actress Christy Giles and her 26-year-old friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola.

The disgraced star, 42, plied the women with fatal cocktail drugs at his Beverly Hills home after meeting at a warehouse party a few hours earlier. The pair were dumped and left for dead outside different Los Angeles hospitals by masked men.

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In February, Pearce was found guilty of the heinous crimes. Between 2007 and 2021, he also received a number of other sex abuse and rape convictions for seven other Jane Dos.

Judge Eleanor Hunter imposed a maximum sentence of 25 years to life for each murder in the 146-year sentence. Pearce’s rape victims received additional sentences, as well.

You’re the worst kind of criminal, Mr. Pearce, she claimed to be. You’re charming, smart, manipulative, and very goal-driven.

You fit the role, but I haven’t once witnessed any genuine apology. No empathy for Christie, Hilda, or anyone else.

After the ordeal, Cabrales-Arzola was able to recover from hospital care, but her brain was dead due to a lack of oxygen. Before going into a coma on November 24 and passing away, she remained there for almost two weeks.

Sadly, Giles had already passed away when she was taken to a hospital. Pearce allegedly told a friend that “dead girls can’t talk” during the trial. This, according to the prosecution, demonstrated Pearce’s desire for the victims’ deaths.

Pearce claimed that he didn’t personally witness “them take any drugs after they returned to his home and that he had not given the two women the drugs that killed them. His defense team also made an effort to make the suggestion that the drug may have been “unintentionally ingested” after being mistaken for cocaine.

Pearce also denied sexually assaulting the two women in the witness accounts. He also refuted the other seven sexual assault counts.

Fernanda Cabrales-Arzola, Cabrales-Arzola’s sister, had previously criticised Pearce for not having been sentenced before the crime. She claimed to the Daily Mail that she thought he ought to have been imprisoned “many years ago.”

According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, Pearce was accused of rape at least three times before the crime. It’s thought these were between 2007 and 2020.

The jury was unable to reach a decision on the charges against Pearce’s co-defendant Brandt Walter Osborn, 45, who was facing two counts of accessory after the fact. After jurors informed her that the case was deadlocked, Hunter ordered a mistrial.

Busted star Matt Willis has candidly spoken about his time as King of the Jungle as he admitted it was all an attempt to promote his career as a solo singer that backfired

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Matt Willis has admitted he made ‘a bit of a mistake by signing up for I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! The singer, 42, competed in on Ant and Dec’s ITV1 reality survival series, which is just weeks away from returning to screens, in 2006, where he reached the final alongside fellow pop stars Myleene Klass and Jason Donovan before emerging victorious from the whole thing as King of the Jungle.

But nearly 20 years later, Matt, who has been married to former Big Brother host Emma Willis since 2008, has spoken candidly about how he felt after his time on the show. He recalled being encouraged to go on it in an attempt to raise his profile while trying to launch a solo career away from Busted, with whom he had enjoyed success with tracks like What I Go To School For and Year 3000 in the years prior.

He said: “I was thinking of a time when I lost my own narrative. And the one thing that springs to mind the most was leaving I’m A Celebrity. I was in a pretty bad place. The record company basically weren’t going to release my solo album… They said, ‘You’ve got to do something to raise your profile. Will you go on I’m A Celebrity? I went, ‘Yep, absolutely. Anything, please release my album!'”

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But the career move backfired in a sense, because once Matt returned from the jungle, he found that people were far more interested in his time on the reality show than the album he had hoped to promote.

Speaking on his On The Mend podcast, he added: “Once I came out of that show, I realised no one cared that I had a record out. Everywhere I went, they just wanted to talk about I’m A Celebrity. And it really bummed me out. Before I went on that show, I was only really famous to Busted fans. Then I came out and everyone knew who I was.

“When you’re in active addiction – which I was at the time – and you just want to hide, that’s the worst thing that can happen. Suddenly there were paps everywhere I went. I’d get in a cab and the driver would say, ‘Hello Matt’. It was such a weird experience. It was probably a bit of a mistake going on that show.”

Matt had released his solo album, titled Don’t Let It Go to Waste, while he was actually in the jungle in November 2006, and while his debut single Up All Night charted at number seven earlier that year, the album itself only made it to number 66. Following that, he carved out a career in theatre and starred in the musicals such as Footloose and Wicked before enjoying a short stint on EastEnders.

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More recently, he starred opposite former X Factor contestant Lucie Jones in a UK tour of Waitress. The musician has also returned to his roots and reunited with James Bourne and Charlie Simpson for various tours over the years, and they have staged concerts with fellow noughties boyband McFly as a supergroup known as McBusted.

He’s also known for fronting programmes like Netflix’s Love Is Blind and Change your Mind, Change Your Life with his wife. Amid his fame, Matt has been open and honest about his past struggles with addictions but felt that the notoriety that came with winning the jungle allowed others to access ‘areas of his life’ he would rather have kept private.

He added: I felt like I won the show but lost myself. I’d become known for being a celebrity rather than for my music. I was a sneaky little drug addict who didn’t want everyone poking their nose into his life. It was a really strange place to be. I had no privacy. People were looking into areas of my life I didn’t want them to.”

Busted star Matt Willis has candidly spoken about his time as King of the Jungle as he admitted it was all an attempt to promote his career as a solo singer that backfired

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Matt Willis has admitted he made ‘a bit of a mistake by signing up for I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! The singer, 42, competed in on Ant and Dec’s ITV1 reality survival series, which is just weeks away from returning to screens, in 2006, where he reached the final alongside fellow pop stars Myleene Klass and Jason Donovan before emerging victorious from the whole thing as King of the Jungle.

But nearly 20 years later, Matt, who has been married to former Big Brother host Emma Willis since 2008, has spoken candidly about how he felt after his time on the show. He recalled being encouraged to go on it in an attempt to raise his profile while trying to launch a solo career away from Busted, with whom he had enjoyed success with tracks like What I Go To School For and Year 3000 in the years prior.

He said: “I was thinking of a time when I lost my own narrative. And the one thing that springs to mind the most was leaving I’m A Celebrity. I was in a pretty bad place. The record company basically weren’t going to release my solo album… They said, ‘You’ve got to do something to raise your profile. Will you go on I’m A Celebrity? I went, ‘Yep, absolutely. Anything, please release my album!'”

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But the career move backfired in a sense, because once Matt returned from the jungle, he found that people were far more interested in his time on the reality show than the album he had hoped to promote.

Speaking on his On The Mend podcast, he added: “Once I came out of that show, I realised no one cared that I had a record out. Everywhere I went, they just wanted to talk about I’m A Celebrity. And it really bummed me out. Before I went on that show, I was only really famous to Busted fans. Then I came out and everyone knew who I was.

“When you’re in active addiction – which I was at the time – and you just want to hide, that’s the worst thing that can happen. Suddenly there were paps everywhere I went. I’d get in a cab and the driver would say, ‘Hello Matt’. It was such a weird experience. It was probably a bit of a mistake going on that show.”

Matt had released his solo album, titled Don’t Let It Go to Waste, while he was actually in the jungle in November 2006, and while his debut single Up All Night charted at number seven earlier that year, the album itself only made it to number 66. Following that, he carved out a career in theatre and starred in the musicals such as Footloose and Wicked before enjoying a short stint on EastEnders.

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More recently, he starred opposite former X Factor contestant Lucie Jones in a UK tour of Waitress. The musician has also returned to his roots and reunited with James Bourne and Charlie Simpson for various tours over the years, and they have staged concerts with fellow noughties boyband McFly as a supergroup known as McBusted.

He’s also known for fronting programmes like Netflix’s Love Is Blind and Change your Mind, Change Your Life with his wife. Amid his fame, Matt has been open and honest about his past struggles with addictions but felt that the notoriety that came with winning the jungle allowed others to access ‘areas of his life’ he would rather have kept private.

He added: I felt like I won the show but lost myself. I’d become known for being a celebrity rather than for my music. I was a sneaky little drug addict who didn’t want everyone poking their nose into his life. It was a really strange place to be. I had no privacy. People were looking into areas of my life I didn’t want them to.”