In the midst of a long-standing health issue, singer Max George has made a sincere vow to his fans.
The 36-year-old Wanted star spent weeks in the hospital shortly before Christmas after being discovered with a heart irregularity. He finally managed to return home after having a pacemaker fitted and having a successful operation. Max has been keeping his fans informed about his health and paused to reflect on his New Year’s resolutions.
He shared a photo of himself performing on stage, his surgery scar, a photo of his kissing partner Maisie Smith, and a photo of him from his hospital bed from 2024. Alongside the images, Max emotionally shared: “2024.. Certainly a year I won’t forget! I feel so fortunate to live in this manner. I can’t wait for the next chapter, no matter what challenges lie ahead.
” I wish everyone an amazing night tonight.. and that 2025 brings you good health and the best year! Max admitted to the hospital that he had a “block” in his heart and that the procedure took about two and a half hours. A scar on his collarbone, which is located just below his late bandmate Tom Parker’s birth tattoo, was shared by him.
Max will be going back to hospital for a check-up (instagram.com/maxgeorge)
He had a pacemaker fitted just before Christmas (maxgeorge/Instagram)
Max and Maisie, his girlfriend, and their dog, have reconciled since returning home. As he revealed that he was returning to the hospital this week, Max issued a request for information on pacemakers. In a video message shared on Instagram, Max said:” Hey guys, hope you’re good. Just a little update and… well, actually, a question for those of you that have been in touch that have a pacemaker done.
“I’m in the hospital tomorrow for another checkup because my chest feels like it’s flicking.” I’m actually getting it now. And I was wondering if you guys, as doctors aren’t all that sure about it, knew what it might be or had it yourself.
He continued, “I’m all ears because all I’m doing right now is y’know doing research and stuff, cause I know nothing about pacemakers, and hopefully it will be… y’know maybe it’s touching a nerve and will go away in time, or they may have to move the wires slightly.” This completely unexpected occurred. Therefore, any help would be greatly appreciated. […] Thanks again guys”.
Sharing the news of his pacemaker last month, Max wrote: “Say hello to my little friend! This is the best Christmas present I could have ever wanted, given the last ten days. The game is in. Operation took around 2 and half hours. The main issue was that some of my veins had erupted where the wires were supposed to go. However, the NHS’s hospital surgeons, doctors, and nurses have been amazing.
” I owe everything to them. My pacemaker was kindly positioned just below my very special tattoo, thanks to the surgeon. So I’m sure it’s being looked after. Due to my lungs’ inflamed lymph nodes, there will be some extra testing, but it’ll be simple work! Time to relax and then resume life. Thank you for all your support. It’s meant a hell of a lot to myself and my family. “
Although David and Victoria Beckham are one of the most famous couples in pop culture history, shocking affair allegations have previously sparked controversy.
Rebecca Loos, David’s former personal assistant, claimed she and the England star had a steamy night of passion together shortly after he was signed from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2004 when she sold a scandalous story to the now-defunct News of the World.
Rebecca, whose allegations quickly catapulted her to household name status, had been assigned to look after David, now 49, during his 2003 transfer. According to Rebecca, now 47, she and David first became intimate after a group night out, which led to a four-month illicit affair. In the four-part Netflix series Beckham, the Beckhams have consistently denied this claim, but have previously admitted how it affected their relationship.
Rebecca, a media personality turned yoga instructor, has once more come out in a powerful new interview to refute the rumors. Here, the Mirror takes a look at Rebecca’s affair bombshells, including the apparent olive branch she recently extended to Spice Girl Victoria…
Victoria olive branch
Rebecca has remarked upon a similarity she and Victoria share (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
(Dave Benett/Getty Images for Har) She appears to have offered an olive branch.
Rebecca appeared to offer an olive branch to Victoria in a recent interview with James English for his Anything Goes podcast, implying that they had both received “s***.”
During their chat, podcaster James said to Rebecca: “You have to take accountability. You had sex with a married man. Rebecca then admitted: “I’m no angel”, to which James responded: “You’re gonna get s***. It’s understandable”.
The number of reality show appearances Rebecca had agreed to after her affair claims made headlines, including The Farm and Celebrity Love Island, was then noted by Glaswegian broadcaster James. With this in mind, James posited: “But you then created this celebrity lifestyle as well. You lapped it up”.
Rebecca replied: “The funny thing is, I got the s***, Victoria]Beckham] got the s***, David f****** never got any s***. That’s the world we live in”. When asked whether “that upsets her”, Rebecca recalled: “That made me want to keep]saying] ‘ hello, this is unfair’. ]It] didn’t upset me, it’s the world we live in”.
Hotel ‘ lie ‘
According to Rebecca, David lied to her during their first night together (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
She reportedly soon ‘ saw a different side to him ‘ (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
In the explosive interview, Rebecca opened up about a supposed “lie” David had told her during their first night together, which she claims she fell for “hook, line and sinker”. Rebecca told podcaster James: “The first night I stayed with him in his hotel, I expected]he’d done this] with many girls. He’s a football player, and the way he looked at girls]was telling]”.
She remembered: “And I did say to him, ‘ You must do this so often, you can have whoever you want'”. Recalling David’s alleged reply, Rebecca continued: “And he just looked at me and said, ‘ I’ve never done this before, you’re the first'”.
She then divulged: “I fell for it hook, line and sinker. I felt on top of the world. But that didn’t last long. Two weeks later, I saw a different side to him”. Rebecca claimed: “He met someone else”.
‘ Amazing lover ‘ confession
Former PA Rebecca has praised David as an ‘ amazing lover ‘ (WireImage)
In 2004, during an interview with Sky News ‘ Kay Burley, former PA Rebecca claimed David was an “amazing lover”, alleging that they “couldn’t keep their hands off each other”. Remarking upon their alleged “chemistry”, she stated: “We were just locked into each other all night conversation-wise, other people noticed… we just connected. I think the chemistry between David and I was so strong… people were aware, and they weren’t very happy”.
The turning point for waitress
Rebecca was horrified after an alleged incident at a restaurant (Getty Images).
David’s alleged treatment of a waitress prompted Rebecca to sell her story (FilmMagic)
For the first time since David’s alleged treatment of a waitress in Madrid prompted her to make an appearance in Tom Bower’s bombshell book, The House of Beckham, which was released last summer.
Author Bowe wrote: “The turning point for Loos was realising Beckham’s double standards. Beckham didn’t leave a tip after eating at Madrid’s Hard Rock Cafe for SFX employees. The following day, the waitress gave Loos a note for Beckham”. She claimed she could not live off the tips, and she was upset that someone as well-known and wealthy could be so cruel.
“After reading the note, Beckham was alarmed. ‘ Give her this’, he said, handing over a thick wodge of euros. Loos was upset when he questioned Beckham’s accusations that she had lied to and played her in February.
One demand for Victoria
The Beckhams have refuted the claims as “ludicrous” (PA)
Their marriage almost broke apart as a result of the kiss and tell (PA).
Rebecca made it clear during her sit-down interview with Sky that she wanted to prevent anyone from treating her like a child. Rebecca explained: “I don’t expect any sympathy from her whatsoever. Without expecting any kind words of sympathy, I believe that doing what I have done is bad enough for me to do it.
I sincerely hope they pass it, ” Before I even started dating them, I believe the issues with their marriage were. I have no intention of breaking up their marriage, especially if they have young children. I hope they stay together. “
Football legend David has always vehemently refuted the speculations that surround him and Rebecca, who he has previously called “ludicrous.” The then-28-year-old said in a statement when the allegations first surfaced that she had grown to love reading more and more ridiculous stories about her private life. I’m happily married, in plain English, to be honest. My wife and my two children are wonderful. Any third party can’t change these facts, in my opinion.
Touching upon this painful period in their 2023 doc, some 20 years later, Beckham revealed:” I don’t know how we got through it in all honesty. I value Victoria above all else. To see her hurt was incredibly difficult. But we are fighters. And we also had to fight for our families at the time. And it was worthwhile to fight for what we had. But ultimately, it’s our private life. “
Mirror Online has previously reached out to David and Victoria’s reps for comment.
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As they arrived at his Mar-A-Lago Club on New Year’s Eve, Donald Trump and his wife Melania struggled to look together.
The incoming US president was joined by Melania for the black tie bash in Palm Beach, Florida, ahead of his January 20 inauguration. Trump’s wife wore an elegant asymetrical black dress slashed at the thigh while his wife donned a bow-tie and three-piece suit for the occasion. To highlight her toned legs, she finished her look with a pair of pointed stilletos.
However, Melania appeared awkwardly apart from her husband as the couple walked side-by-side with Trump as they walked into the club. She omitted any gesture of affection and continued to walk side by side.
Elon Musk, Trump’s close friend, was present as well, who appeared to be smiling inside while carrying his mini-me son X AE A-Xii, who was dressed in a nearly identical suit to his father. Elon grinned as his son leaned onto his face to support him against the papal wailing.
Trump’s New Year’s Eve party came at an unfortunate time after losing an appeal against E Jean Carroll’s sexual abuse verdict, forcing him to pay the agony aunt millions in damages.
At the party, Melania and Donald Trump made an awkward face.
The journalist’s defamation and sexual abuse award was upheld by the second US Circuit Court of Appeals’ written opinion from yesterday. At a 2023 trial, the long-time magazine columnist claimed that Trump had morphed a casual conversation into a violent attack after they accidentally entered the dressing room of the store.
Trump ostensibly denied that the attack ever occurred, so he omitted the trial. But he briefly testified at a follow-up defamation trial earlier this year that resulted in an $83.3 million (£66.4 million) award. Following Carroll’s initial public admission of the accusations in a memoir, the second trial was the outcome of remarks made by then-President Trump in 2019.
A three-judge panel of the appeals court upheld Trump’s attorneys’ claims that trial judge Lewis Kaplan had made numerous decisions that ruined the trial, including permitting two additional women who had accused him of sexually abusing them to testify in its decision. The judge also had allowed the jury to view the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape in which Trump boasted in 2005 about grabbing women’s genitals because when someone is a star, “you can do anything”.
Trump’s New Year’s Eve party came at a particularly awkward time (Getty Images).
The 2nd Circuit ruled that “we don’t believe Mr. Trump has demonstrated that the district court erred in any of the challenged decisions.” “Further, he has not carried his burden to show that any claimed error or combination of claimed errors affected his substantial rights as required to warrant a new trial”.In September, both Carroll, 81, and Trump, 78, attended oral arguments by the 2nd Circuit.
A statement from a Trump spokesperson, Steven Cheung, stated that the electorate had given the president an “overwhelming mandate” and that they wanted the Democrats to stop using political weaponization and stop the Democrats from pursuing any appeals.
Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer who represented Carroll during the trial and is not related to the judge, said in a statement: “Both E. Jean Carroll and I are gratified by today’s decision. We appreciate the Second Circuit’s thorough analysis of the parties’ arguments.
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Dr. Alex George’s transformation into overweight after using alcohol to deal with his grief has been made public.
The 33-year-old medical professional rose to fame in 2018 while appearing on Love Island’s season four. Since then, he has used his medical background to fuel his TV career, appearing on programs like This Morning and Naked Education to offer medical advice and observations.
Following the suicide of his younger brother Llr in 2020, Alex has been open to discussions about mental health and grief. After admitting to turning to alcohol following the tragic news, the TV star completely changed his lifestyle. After making the decision to become sober, he now has revealed that he has lost a staggering 6st.
“I stopped drinking in December 2022, at the time I was 20 plus stone in weight – I am 14 something stone now”, he said on the ‘ I’m ADHD! No, You’re Not, ‘ podcast with Dr Mine Conkbayir and Paul Whitehouse. At the time, I was over 20 stone, and both my physical and mental health were at risk.
Alex said he weighed over 20st at his heaviest (@dralexgeorge/Instagram)
He has gone sober since using alcohol to cope with grief (dralexgeorge/Instagram)
Alex added: “I was using alcohol to cope with grief. Either I was burying things or drinking heavily. Not a good combination for those two. I was never addicted. I’ve never had addiction, so don’t confuse that with a problem. There is a big difference between alcoholism and alcohol addiction, and we discuss both.
The reality star’s decision to stop drinking impacted his whole lifestyle. He shared that “I didn’t have a hard time putting the bottle down, but I had a hard time adjusting to life without it.” “How do you see friends? How do you do different things? You relearn. I’ve experienced completely new life. I see friends and we go and do runs, we go on the motorbike. More socialization is occurring now than it was in the past.
Alex shared a series of self-exposure photos from May last year that showed him looking trim while running in the rain and also featuring throwback topless photos from inside. He explained that in 2022, he realized his health was suffering and made the decision to change.
Alex wrote: “How did I turn my life around? I started showing up for myself. That’s it. I woke up on the 4th of December 2022, and promised myself that from that day forward, I would show up for myself. In everything I do. For Alex. Every day. Whether I could give 3%, 40% or 100%, I just showed up. When I walk into the gym or put on my trainers, I always think back to the day because that’s the hardest part of the job. Whatever I do after that point, is a bonus. Because I showed up that day, I can move forward.
A few years ago, my health and my life were in danger of collapsing. I’ve overcome my relationship with drinking, overcome my inner demons, shed the pounds, and regained my love of movement. I’ve made new acquaintances, discovered new interests, and most importantly, learned who I am and what my life’s goals are.
Ralph Fiennes has over 40 years of acting experience and has a reputation for playing some iconic roles both on stage and on screen.
Ralph is renowned as a successful actor, best known for playing Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter movies and in the recent 2024 film Conclave, and has received millions of compliments for his acting prowess. Or do they?
The actor has previously expressed his irritation with how his name was pronounced earlier in his career.
There is a story, he once told the Hollywood Reporter, and he occasionally regrets fixing it. There is a tradition in the UK, in England of pronouncing ‘Ralph’ as ‘Rafe’. One of those odd English words has a completely different spelling altogether.
“But I believe my father named me after his step-grandfather his name was Ralph Eastwood, nicknamed Rusty, but spelt R-A-L-P-H. And I suppose I should have honoured my parents by spelling this name correctly, but I sometimes feel guilty because it would be simpler. “
He continued, saying that he thought it was “too late” to correct people and that he had a weird way of sticking to what was given. ”
After a Reddit user started a discussion about how to pronounce Ralph Fiennes’ name incorrectly, people were shocked to learn that they had been doing it.
One person said on the site: “It’s pronounced Rafe, and yes, it is some British thing! Some English ractors do it because they were affected by the change in vowel sounds during Shakespeare’s time. The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams is another famous Ralph-pronounced-Rafe from the UK. “
A second person asked: “While we’re at it, the surname: do you or do you not pronounce the s? ” to which another person replied: “I’ve always heard it without the S. So basically ‘Rafe Fine'”
In the UK, I used to believe that Ralph was always pronounced Rafe. But then I saw Pearl Harbor and then Rafe Spall happened, so I realised it’s a different name,” a third person wrote.
While another added: “If you find hi first name tough, wait till you see his FULL name: Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes. “
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame reveals its 2021 Inductees, celebrating the most diverse list of Inductees in the history of the organization. They are:
Performer Category:
Tina Turner
Carole King
The Go-Go’s
JAY-Z
Foo Fighters
Todd Rundgren
Early Influence Award:
Kraftwerk
Charley Patton
Gil Scott-Heron
Musical Excellence Award:
LL Cool J
Billy Preston
Randy Rhoads
Ahmet Ertegun Award:
Clarence Avant
“This diverse class of talented Inductees reflects the Rock Hall’s ongoing commitment to honor artists whose music created the sound of youth culture”, said John Sykes, Chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. “It will make for an unforgettable live celebration of music in October at this year’s Induction Ceremony in Cleveland.”
To be eligible, artists are required to have released their first record 25 years prior to induction. Learn more about the qualifications and categories here: rockhall.com/inductees/categories
Ballots were sent to an international voting body of more than 1,200 artists, including current living Inductees, historians and members of the music industry. Factors such as an artist’s musical influence on other artists, length and depth of career and the body of work, innovation and superiority in style and technique are taken into consideration.
The 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on Saturday, October 30, 2021 at 8 p.m. ET at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio with a radio simulcast on SiriusXM’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Radio channel 310. The Induction Ceremony will air at a later date on HBO and stream on HBO Max. Tickets go on sale to the public and members in July at ticketmaster.com. Select Rock Hall donors and members get exclusive Induction ticket opportunities. Donate or join by June 30, 2021 to be eligible. Visit rockhall.com/join to learn more.
