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Ferne McCann doesn't want to date George Shelley.
The 'Only Way is Essex' star, 25, developed a flirtatious bond with the Union J singer, 22, when they appeared in 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' earlier this month but, despite being inseparable after they left the jungle, she doesn't think there's a future for them as a couple anymore.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror newspaper, she explained: "Every day I would look at him and I would think, 'I really fancy you. I want to jump in your hammock and make mini Union Js.' When we came out, we were inseparable.
"Since coming back, wanting to be with him has passed. You spend so much time with each other. Obviously you want to be your complete self with your significant other, but we talk about things that are more on a friendship level.
"We get on amazingly, there is chemistry there. When I'm with him I want to cuddle him and be close to him.
"But when I'm away from him, I can easily switch off from that. We're lifelong friends."
The blonde beauty, who has already been on a number of dates since she returned from Australia, is adamant she's "100 per cent single" but is on the lookout for The One.
She said: "I'm really ready to meet my Prince Charming ... I celebrate being single and I'm happy being single.
"If a guy was to come into my life, that would be a bonus. I want to live with a guy. I'm ready to move out of mum's and be an adult."
Ferne McCann rules out future with George Shelley
Ferne McCann doesn't want to date George Shelley.
The 'Only Way is Essex' star, 25, developed a flirtatious bond with the Union J singer, 22, when they appeared in 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' earlier this month but, despite being inseparable after they left the jungle, she doesn't think there's a future for them as a couple anymore.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror newspaper, she explained: "Every day I would look at him and I would think, 'I really fancy you. I want to jump in your hammock and make mini Union Js.' When we came out, we were inseparable.
"Since coming back, wanting to be with him has passed. You spend so much time with each other. Obviously you want to be your complete self with your significant other, but we talk about things that are more on a friendship level.
"We get on amazingly, there is chemistry there. When I'm with him I want to cuddle him and be close to him.
"But when I'm away from him, I can easily switch off from that. We're lifelong friends."
The blonde beauty, who has already been on a number of dates since she returned from Australia, is adamant she's "100 per cent single" but is on the lookout for The One.
She said: "I'm really ready to meet my Prince Charming ... I celebrate being single and I'm happy being single.
"If a guy was to come into my life, that would be a bonus. I want to live with a guy. I'm ready to move out of mum's and be an adult."
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Simon Cowell reportedly regrets choosing 'Forever Young' as Louisa Johnson's 'X Factor' winners single.
The 56-year-old music mogul is disappointed the 17-year-old singer's rendition of Bob Dylan's hit has flopped in the charts and believes a more up-tempo song would have earned her this year's coveted Christmas number one.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "It's an embarrassing result for Syco. Even though Louisa had two fewer days of sales, they expected the single to fare much better.
"On reflection, they feel picking a more up-tempo, anthemic song would have been a better idea.
"But they are fully behind Louisa and insist the poor chart position was down to the song, not the performer."
However, despite the bad start for the Essex beauty, Louisa hasn't let it dampen her spirits as she hopes to be selling out arenas and have a few albums under her belt in five years.
She said recently: "In five years I want to be selling out arenas, have a few albums out and a big fan base that respects me. I am just going to work as hard as I possibly can and concentrate on myself. That is the only way to do it.
"I want my album to connect with the fans. Obviously I'm young and I don't have a huge amount of life experience, so I want it to connect with other people."
Simon Cowell regrets Louisa Johnson’s X Factor winners song
Simon Cowell reportedly regrets choosing 'Forever Young' as Louisa Johnson's 'X Factor' winners single.
The 56-year-old music mogul is disappointed the 17-year-old singer's rendition of Bob Dylan's hit has flopped in the charts and believes a more up-tempo song would have earned her this year's coveted Christmas number one.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "It's an embarrassing result for Syco. Even though Louisa had two fewer days of sales, they expected the single to fare much better.
"On reflection, they feel picking a more up-tempo, anthemic song would have been a better idea.
"But they are fully behind Louisa and insist the poor chart position was down to the song, not the performer."
However, despite the bad start for the Essex beauty, Louisa hasn't let it dampen her spirits as she hopes to be selling out arenas and have a few albums under her belt in five years.
She said recently: "In five years I want to be selling out arenas, have a few albums out and a big fan base that respects me. I am just going to work as hard as I possibly can and concentrate on myself. That is the only way to do it.
"I want my album to connect with the fans. Obviously I'm young and I don't have a huge amount of life experience, so I want it to connect with other people."
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EastEnders' Shabnam Masood is set to be struck with more "heartbreak and grief" after the festive season.
The strong-willed shop assistant hasn't had a good year after she lost her stillborn baby, was attacked by a gang of girls and discovered her daughter, who she abandoned as a youngster, has Cystic Fibrosis, but things are set to get even worse for the brunette beauty as she goes into 2016.
Rakhee Thakrar, who plays Shabnam in the BBC One soap, told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Shabnam has had quite a heartbreaking year as viewers will know. Her baby died inside the womb so it was a stillborn storyline.
"Coming up to Christmas it's only five months into their grief. There is one more thing that is added to her backpack of pain - which you will see in the run up to Christmas."
The gut-wrenching heartache is thought to stem from the revelation that her husband Kush Kazemi (Davood Ghadami) and pregnant best friend Stacey Branning (Lacey Turner) had an affair and her unborn baby belongs to him.
Meanwhile, not only will Stacey have to deal with the truth unravelling about her affair, the market-stall holder - who was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder in 2009 - will also be entangled in her own tearjerking storyline as she battles with postpartum psychosis after welcoming her second child.
'EastEnders' executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins said earlier this month: "Stacey's mental health story will be one of our biggest storylines over Christmas and the beginning of 2016 as we explore Stacey's bipolar disorder and its effects on her and those closest to her.
"We have always had a big commitment to Stacey's story and this time we want to explore the effects of postpartum psychosis on those with bipolar - something which, although a rare illness, is unfortunately more common when mothers with bipolar give birth - and look at what we are doing as a country to help mothers experiencing this."
EastEnders’ Shabnam Masood hit with more heartache after Christmas
EastEnders' Shabnam Masood is set to be struck with more "heartbreak and grief" after the festive season.
The strong-willed shop assistant hasn't had a good year after she lost her stillborn baby, was attacked by a gang of girls and discovered her daughter, who she abandoned as a youngster, has Cystic Fibrosis, but things are set to get even worse for the brunette beauty as she goes into 2016.
Rakhee Thakrar, who plays Shabnam in the BBC One soap, told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Shabnam has had quite a heartbreaking year as viewers will know. Her baby died inside the womb so it was a stillborn storyline.
"Coming up to Christmas it's only five months into their grief. There is one more thing that is added to her backpack of pain - which you will see in the run up to Christmas."
The gut-wrenching heartache is thought to stem from the revelation that her husband Kush Kazemi (Davood Ghadami) and pregnant best friend Stacey Branning (Lacey Turner) had an affair and her unborn baby belongs to him.
Meanwhile, not only will Stacey have to deal with the truth unravelling about her affair, the market-stall holder - who was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder in 2009 - will also be entangled in her own tearjerking storyline as she battles with postpartum psychosis after welcoming her second child.
'EastEnders' executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins said earlier this month: "Stacey's mental health story will be one of our biggest storylines over Christmas and the beginning of 2016 as we explore Stacey's bipolar disorder and its effects on her and those closest to her.
"We have always had a big commitment to Stacey's story and this time we want to explore the effects of postpartum psychosis on those with bipolar - something which, although a rare illness, is unfortunately more common when mothers with bipolar give birth - and look at what we are doing as a country to help mothers experiencing this."
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Boy George and Paloma Faith had an "explosive" row while filming the audition stages of 'The Voice'.
The two new coaches, who have replaced Rita Ora and Sir Tom Jones on the panel for series five of the show, are set to "shock" viewers with their on-screen squabbling after they clashed over a contestant in a forthcoming episode.
Marvin Humes - who co-hosts the show with Emma Willis - said: "There were tears. It was an explosive day. You will see it on the show. It went on for about half an hour."
The exciting cat fight saw the 'Karma Chameleon' hitmaker, 54, blast superstar Paloma, 34, for being "bitchy" and "rude", before the pair finally settled their differences.
But, despite the on-screen tension, Marvin, 30, believes Boy George and Paloma create a great atmosphere on the programme and work really well with returning mentors Ricky Wilson, 37, and will i.am, 40.
Speaking to Alan Carr on the Christmas Day edition of 'Alan Carr: Chatty Man', Marvin explained: "People are going to be blown away by these two. They are really, really great for the show and Will i.am and Ricky Wilson do a great job anyway, but I think people are going to be very shocked."
Meanwhile, 'The Voice' is set to return to television screens across the nation in January for its last series on BBC One after ITV - which airs rival show 'The X Factor' - poached it for 2017 in a deal worth an estimated £33 million.
The Voice’s Boy George and Paloma Faith’s ‘explosive’ row
Boy George and Paloma Faith had an "explosive" row while filming the audition stages of 'The Voice'.
The two new coaches, who have replaced Rita Ora and Sir Tom Jones on the panel for series five of the show, are set to "shock" viewers with their on-screen squabbling after they clashed over a contestant in a forthcoming episode.
Marvin Humes - who co-hosts the show with Emma Willis - said: "There were tears. It was an explosive day. You will see it on the show. It went on for about half an hour."
The exciting cat fight saw the 'Karma Chameleon' hitmaker, 54, blast superstar Paloma, 34, for being "bitchy" and "rude", before the pair finally settled their differences.
But, despite the on-screen tension, Marvin, 30, believes Boy George and Paloma create a great atmosphere on the programme and work really well with returning mentors Ricky Wilson, 37, and will i.am, 40.
Speaking to Alan Carr on the Christmas Day edition of 'Alan Carr: Chatty Man', Marvin explained: "People are going to be blown away by these two. They are really, really great for the show and Will i.am and Ricky Wilson do a great job anyway, but I think people are going to be very shocked."
Meanwhile, 'The Voice' is set to return to television screens across the nation in January for its last series on BBC One after ITV - which airs rival show 'The X Factor' - poached it for 2017 in a deal worth an estimated £33 million.
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Danniella Westbrook is "smitten" with her new toyboy lover.
The former 'EastEnders' star, 42, hasn't had the best of luck in the romance department since splitting from her fiancé Tom Richards, 25, earlier this year, but it seems things are finally starting to look up for the blonde beauty as she's fallen head over heels for her new beau George Arnold, 23.
Taking to her Twitter account last night (21.12.15), the troubled actress wrote: "'After a 12hr day on set crying in every scene but 2, I'm now driving 190 miles 2 c a certain someone for 24 hours #smitten. #southlondonbeau (sic)."
But, despite being loved up, Danniella is adamant she won't let her "intense therapy sessions" slip following her recent attempts to end her life by overdosing on cocaine.
She said earlier this month: "I've just gone back to doing therapy again, quite a lot of intense therapy. I think you can never stop working on yourself and if you want to prevent things happening in your life, you need to keep moving on and moving forwards. I do feel very blessed that I'm still here and I do feel ashamed that I made a huge mistake with my relapse and everything. I do feel ashamed for my weakness. I have to keep that at the forefront of my mind [because] if I don't, it's a very dangerous place for me."
Danniella Westbrook ‘smitten’ with new toyboy lover
Danniella Westbrook is "smitten" with her new toyboy lover.
The former 'EastEnders' star, 42, hasn't had the best of luck in the romance department since splitting from her fiancé Tom Richards, 25, earlier this year, but it seems things are finally starting to look up for the blonde beauty as she's fallen head over heels for her new beau George Arnold, 23.
Taking to her Twitter account last night (21.12.15), the troubled actress wrote: "'After a 12hr day on set crying in every scene but 2, I'm now driving 190 miles 2 c a certain someone for 24 hours #smitten. #southlondonbeau (sic)."
But, despite being loved up, Danniella is adamant she won't let her "intense therapy sessions" slip following her recent attempts to end her life by overdosing on cocaine.
She said earlier this month: "I've just gone back to doing therapy again, quite a lot of intense therapy. I think you can never stop working on yourself and if you want to prevent things happening in your life, you need to keep moving on and moving forwards. I do feel very blessed that I'm still here and I do feel ashamed that I made a huge mistake with my relapse and everything. I do feel ashamed for my weakness. I have to keep that at the forefront of my mind [because] if I don't, it's a very dangerous place for me."
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EastEnders' Samantha Womack's stalker has been handed a suspended sentence after he pleaded guilty to stalking.
Peter Rombough, 22, was dished an eight-week prison sentence suspended for two years at Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court on Monday (21.12.15) after he admitted to travelling 93 miles to deliver handwritten love letters to the actress and camping outside her home in Bedfordshire.
The 43-year-old actress, who plays malicious Ronnie Mitchell in the BBC soap, told the court the incident led to her fearing for the safety of her children Benjamin and Lily.
In a statement read to the court, she added: "These events have had a massive impact. I can't stop thinking about it. He's a total stranger but I'm concerned about his well-being and do hope he is okay and needs to seek some help."
Prosecutor Josephine Jones told the court Rombough first went looking for the property in May but could not find the house, before going to the home again on September 3.
On September 10, Samantha saw a light outside her house in the early hours of the morning and sent her husband Mark to investigate the frightening situation.
He found Rombough sitting on a wall and asked him to leave but CCTV footage showed he stayed in the vicinity.
Magistrate Robin Hornby also made Rombough, who sought psychiatric help after an earlier hearing, subject to a two-year restraining order and a mental health programme.
At an earlier hearing the court heard how the man admitted to police that his fantasies about the actress began in 2009 when he was just 16 years old.
Samantha Womack’s stalker handed suspended sentence
EastEnders' Samantha Womack's stalker has been handed a suspended sentence after he pleaded guilty to stalking.
Peter Rombough, 22, was dished an eight-week prison sentence suspended for two years at Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court on Monday (21.12.15) after he admitted to travelling 93 miles to deliver handwritten love letters to the actress and camping outside her home in Bedfordshire.
The 43-year-old actress, who plays malicious Ronnie Mitchell in the BBC soap, told the court the incident led to her fearing for the safety of her children Benjamin and Lily.
In a statement read to the court, she added: "These events have had a massive impact. I can't stop thinking about it. He's a total stranger but I'm concerned about his well-being and do hope he is okay and needs to seek some help."
Prosecutor Josephine Jones told the court Rombough first went looking for the property in May but could not find the house, before going to the home again on September 3.
On September 10, Samantha saw a light outside her house in the early hours of the morning and sent her husband Mark to investigate the frightening situation.
He found Rombough sitting on a wall and asked him to leave but CCTV footage showed he stayed in the vicinity.
Magistrate Robin Hornby also made Rombough, who sought psychiatric help after an earlier hearing, subject to a two-year restraining order and a mental health programme.
At an earlier hearing the court heard how the man admitted to police that his fantasies about the actress began in 2009 when he was just 16 years old.
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Sir David Attenborough almost died after he plunged "40 feet" off a cliff in the Lake District as a youngster.
The 89-year-old naturalist recalled the moment his life flashed before him when he went rock climbing up Walker's Gully - a mountain trail in the national park - lost his footing and slipped 15 metres down on to a small grass verge.
Asked if he's ever thought he was about to die, he said: "Once, yes once. I used to be a mad rock climber, I mean an obsessive rock climber and I fell off in the Lake District [at a place] called Walker's Gully and I came down about 30 or 40 feet... and I landed on a patch of grass hardly bigger than that [cushion] and I was absolutely sure I could have died."
And, as well as fearing his life was about to end during the ordeal, the legendary presenter also remembered being struck with guilt about how he'd let his parents down.
He explained: "I thought how ungrateful I was and what my parents would think. They'd spent all this time, looking after me and being nice to me and that was what their reward was. I felt desperately sorry that I'd let my parents down."
Meanwhile, the wildlife presenter may be set to turn 90 in five months' time, but shows no signs of slowing down.
Speaking about his retirement on 'Good Morning Britain' this morning (22.12.15), he said: "Well until I fail to do what I do and that's going to happen, something's got to go! And I don't know what it is, I've got new knees, I can go faster than I used to five years ago. That's a huge gift."
Sir David Attenborough almost died after rock climbing incident
Sir David Attenborough almost died after he plunged "40 feet" off a cliff in the Lake District as a youngster.
The 89-year-old naturalist recalled the moment his life flashed before him when he went rock climbing up Walker's Gully - a mountain trail in the national park - lost his footing and slipped 15 metres down on to a small grass verge.
Asked if he's ever thought he was about to die, he said: "Once, yes once. I used to be a mad rock climber, I mean an obsessive rock climber and I fell off in the Lake District [at a place] called Walker's Gully and I came down about 30 or 40 feet... and I landed on a patch of grass hardly bigger than that [cushion] and I was absolutely sure I could have died."
And, as well as fearing his life was about to end during the ordeal, the legendary presenter also remembered being struck with guilt about how he'd let his parents down.
He explained: "I thought how ungrateful I was and what my parents would think. They'd spent all this time, looking after me and being nice to me and that was what their reward was. I felt desperately sorry that I'd let my parents down."
Meanwhile, the wildlife presenter may be set to turn 90 in five months' time, but shows no signs of slowing down.
Speaking about his retirement on 'Good Morning Britain' this morning (22.12.15), he said: "Well until I fail to do what I do and that's going to happen, something's got to go! And I don't know what it is, I've got new knees, I can go faster than I used to five years ago. That's a huge gift."
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Aliona Vilani has quit 'Strictly Come Dancing'.
The professional dancer, who guided The Wanted singer Jay McGuiness to victory this season, has decided not to return to the show next year.
She tweeted: "Going into this Strictly Come Dancing series 13, I decided that no matter what would happen, it will be my last one."
"After 7 years on Strictly Come Dancing, as my finale, this has been my best Strictly experience ever by a long way!"
Aliona joined the BBC show in 2007 and previously won with McFly's Harry Judd.
Meanwhile, Jay recently called Aliona his "best friend" and said their chemistry on the show was all part of the act.
He explained on ITV's 'Lorraine' chat show: "When you dance with someone you have to create romance sometimes and people then want to see that almost.
"We did something that so few people do together, I genuinely will treasure it forever.
"Honestly, you spend that many hours together you talk about every single thing, like the most trivial and the most pretentious, literally everything. No matter what happens you get a best friend out of 'Strictly'."
After announcing her 'Strictly' departure, Aliona jetted off to Florida with her husband Vincent Kavanagh.
She posted a picture of them on Twitter and wrote: "Florida bound to see family! #HappyHolidays (sic)."
Aliona Vilani quits Strictly
Aliona Vilani has quit 'Strictly Come Dancing'.
The professional dancer, who guided The Wanted singer Jay McGuiness to victory this season, has decided not to return to the show next year.
She tweeted: "Going into this Strictly Come Dancing series 13, I decided that no matter what would happen, it will be my last one."
"After 7 years on Strictly Come Dancing, as my finale, this has been my best Strictly experience ever by a long way!"
Aliona joined the BBC show in 2007 and previously won with McFly's Harry Judd.
Meanwhile, Jay recently called Aliona his "best friend" and said their chemistry on the show was all part of the act.
He explained on ITV's 'Lorraine' chat show: "When you dance with someone you have to create romance sometimes and people then want to see that almost.
"We did something that so few people do together, I genuinely will treasure it forever.
"Honestly, you spend that many hours together you talk about every single thing, like the most trivial and the most pretentious, literally everything. No matter what happens you get a best friend out of 'Strictly'."
After announcing her 'Strictly' departure, Aliona jetted off to Florida with her husband Vincent Kavanagh.
She posted a picture of them on Twitter and wrote: "Florida bound to see family! #HappyHolidays (sic)."
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Cilla Black was drinking champagne and watching 'The Jeremy Kyle' show on the day she died.
The beloved TV presenter passed away in August following a fall at her home in Spain but her son Robert Willis said his 72-year-old mother had been in high spirits before her death.
Speaking in the documentary 'Our Cilla', he said: "During the last two years she began to suffer fairly standard things that people as they get older would suffer.
"Her hearing had started to go, so she had to start wearing hearing aids. Typical of my mum, she wouldn't wear them.
"She was sitting around having a glass of champagne killing herself laughing at 'Jeremy Kyle' - without the hearing aids obviously - so blaring out across Marbella.
"We hung out and at about one o'clock, I said I was going to do a shop. I said goodbye and that was the last time I saw her."
And Cilla's good friend Paul O'Grady revealed the 'Blind Date' presenter was convinced her late husband Bobby had been reincarnated as a pigeon.
He explained: "We were on the roof in Barbados and there was this pigeon used to land on the terrace, it was a one-legged pigeon. Poor old manky old thing and she used to say 'That's Bobby. Bobby's come back as that pigeon.'
"I'd say 'Ok. If you believe in an afterlife, you go to heaven or wherever, you can come back as anything you like. Do you honestly think Bobby is gonna go back as a one-legged pigeon covered in tar?'"
'Our Cilla' will air on ITV at 10.45pm on Christmas Day (25.12.15).
Cilla Black’s final hours
Cilla Black was drinking champagne and watching 'The Jeremy Kyle' show on the day she died.
The beloved TV presenter passed away in August following a fall at her home in Spain but her son Robert Willis said his 72-year-old mother had been in high spirits before her death.
Speaking in the documentary 'Our Cilla', he said: "During the last two years she began to suffer fairly standard things that people as they get older would suffer.
"Her hearing had started to go, so she had to start wearing hearing aids. Typical of my mum, she wouldn't wear them.
"She was sitting around having a glass of champagne killing herself laughing at 'Jeremy Kyle' - without the hearing aids obviously - so blaring out across Marbella.
"We hung out and at about one o'clock, I said I was going to do a shop. I said goodbye and that was the last time I saw her."
And Cilla's good friend Paul O'Grady revealed the 'Blind Date' presenter was convinced her late husband Bobby had been reincarnated as a pigeon.
He explained: "We were on the roof in Barbados and there was this pigeon used to land on the terrace, it was a one-legged pigeon. Poor old manky old thing and she used to say 'That's Bobby. Bobby's come back as that pigeon.'
"I'd say 'Ok. If you believe in an afterlife, you go to heaven or wherever, you can come back as anything you like. Do you honestly think Bobby is gonna go back as a one-legged pigeon covered in tar?'"
'Our Cilla' will air on ITV at 10.45pm on Christmas Day (25.12.15).
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