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The Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
GK Barry reveals reason I'm A Celeb cast no longer speak seven months after show – and Maura and Danny's drunken kiss
I'M A Celeb star GK Barry has split the tea on her relationship with her former campmates - and who she's still in contact with. Speaking on The Katie Price podcast, the GK told the former glamour model how the group has disintegrated - just seven months after forming a jungle bond. 5 5 TV star Katie inquired if she still communicated with her 2024 camp buddies. The 47-year-old asked: 'Have you kept in contact, because this is another thing, when I've done Big Brother and all of that, you're like, Yeah, I'll stay in contact... "But you know the ones you'll stay in contact with and some you just know… in the beginning you text and then…' GK admitted: 'We had a group chat. It has died down slightly as you can imagine, it's died down." She added: 'But I still keep in contact with the Rev [ Richard Coles] - and Dean [McCullough] I still keep in contact with a little bit, but mainly the Rev and Melvin [Odoom]." The 25-year-old concluded: 'I keep in contact with Melvin quite a lot.' The internet personality entered the I'm A Celeb Jungle last year and quickly became a fan favourite and ended up placing fifth. Following her TV stint she went on to make multiple appearances on daytime TV show Loose Women. Back in April, the group was still active and radio star Dean lifted the lid on what went on in the cast's infamous WhatsApp thread. Before the group fell apart, he said: "No, no one's left. Everyone's in it. Everyone's chatting away. "I just love it because you'll just wake up one morning, and there'll just be a picture of Coleen [Rooney] on the school run with the kids, or Richard the other day sent us a picture of him at 10 o'clock in the morning in full fancy dress. "He was dressed as a nun. Everyone's in it, of course, and excited to meet up again." While love is in bloom for GK and her footballer girlfriend Ella Rutherford, McFly star Danny 's marriage to his wife Georgia has been rocked since appearing on the show. Singer Danny, 39, has been trying to move on from the fall out from his "drunken kiss" with Maura Higgins, 34, at the Brit Awards. The pair starred alongside GK in the 2024 series of I'm A Celeb. Wife and podcaster Georgia - who briefly moved out of the family home following the kiss scandal - was reportedly "furious" at the way the Star Girl singer had handled the aftermath of the scandal. A few of the campmates are set to be working together soon, which could make things very awkward for Maura and Danny. Georgia broke her silence on social media after three months on from the kiss and posted her first photo of her husband in a Father's Day tribute. 5 5 5
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE I discovered I was expecting after doctors gave me a terminal diagnosis - mother shares 'miracle' pregnancy journey on new Mail podcast
Podcast All episodes Play on Apple Spotify A young mother has shared the extraordinary story of her 'miracle' pregnancy while facing a terminal diagnosis, in the latest episode of the Mail's The Apple & The Tree podcast. Fiona Hinton, 42, spoke to her father, Steven Speakman, 71, about the challenges of balancing motherhood with advanced pulmonary fibrosis. The podcast, hosted by the Reverend Richard Coles, brings together parents and their adult children to answer questions about their shared family history. Pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive lung disease where scar tissue builds up in the lungs, making it increasingly difficult to breathe and ultimately proving fatal as the lungs lose their ability to transfer oxygen to the blood. 'I was 35 and I had a cold that just rambled on and on', Fiona said. 'Doctors told me I had asthma, but it didn't feel like asthma. Nothing would relieve this cough – I tried inhalers and various other things. 'I was a client director, so I would go to London a lot to present at conferences. It got to this point where I would get breathless going up on stage. 'I would never say I was the pinnacle of athletic health – but this seemed very odd, the breathlessness kept getting worse and worse.' Fiona revealed her symptoms reached a crisis point during a business meeting when she couldn't catch her breath after climbing just one flight of stairs. 'The CEO turned to me and said: "Fiona, you look really uncomfortable", she recounted. 'I could barely breathe in this meeting - he told me to go home and go to A&E. 'My dad took me to the hospital, and we had to petition for the nurses to take me seriously. I remember saying: 'I can't go home, I can't breathe, I can't wait and see – I think I'm dying.' After being transferred to a specialist treatment centre, doctors told Fiona she had pulmonary fibrosis, an 'extremely rare' diagnosis for her age. Steven, a former teacher from Manchester, told the podcast that he has struggled to accept the devastating news. He said: 'It's this slow and ratcheting thing to conclude that your daughter's life is going to be limited. 'I still hold out hope for a cure because it's been difficult for me. I think of myself as physically robust and you're my junior; I struggled to accept it. 'I have come to terms with it now: we're all limited in life – there is a beginning and an end and there's a brevity to your life that's hard upon us to accept.' While coming to terms with her terminal diagnosis, Fiona 'miraculously' fell pregnant despite having previously struggled to conceive. 'Something that lifted the mood for us all was the arrival of Harry', she said. 'I have a two-year-old and he came about quite miraculously after the diagnosis. My husband and I had IVF for several years and had no success. We decided to give up. 'By some miracle, we fell naturally pregnant – my son arrived in 2022, and he's been the light of lives, raising everybody's spirits.' Fiona broke down when candidly discussing the challenges of new motherhood while facing her own mortality. She said: 'I have to plan ahead all of the time now - that is tedious sometimes. I am a strong person, but it's difficult being put in that vulnerable position all the time. 'Disease doesn't discriminate – it gets you wherever you are and whoever you are. 'It's not guaranteed I will grow old with my husband or see my son grow up – and that's hard. Sometimes, it's too awful to contemplate. 'All I see is Harry's little face and that's a dagger to heart. Nobody loves you like your mum loves you. 'I just have to think one day at a time because the alternative is total and utter despair. 'I want to play a role in Harry's life – to let him know who I was, because I won't necessarily be there to do that forever.' To listen to full episode, search for The Apple & The Tree, wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes are released every Thursday.
Wales Online
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Reverend Richard Coles suffered x-rated injury in burger van romp
Reverend Richard Coles suffered x-rated injury in burger van romp The Church of England priest has recalled a moment before he joined the clergy when his hand touched a "hot griddle" Reverend Richard Coles (Image: LD Communications ) Reverend Richard Coles burnt himself while having sex in a burger van. The Church of England priest has recalled a moment before he joined the clergy when his hand touched a "hot griddle" as he and a burger man had "casual sex" in the vehicle, which was parked in a lay-by in the Midlands, England. Chatting on the Rylan: How to Be in Love podcast with host Rylan Clark, he admitted: "I went through a period of having a very interesting and full life ... I discovered casual sex in a place where it wasn't often found, which is on the road network of the Midlands." Rylan chimed in: "Dogging?" Richard replied: "Well we didn't call it that then. It was meeting people in lay-bys ... "It really was like that. There was one chap, I remember. Oh, it's just terrible. There was a burger van out there, and I ended up getting off with the burger man. Article continues below "Anyway he had to sort of draw the shutter down on his burger van, and then it rocked around a bit." Rylan pointed out: "That must have been dangerous with that griddle." Richard revealed: "Well, I put my hand back on the hot griddle, exactly. I got a burn ... I have to say as well, the food hygiene has got a lot better." Richard - who shot to fame as a member of the 1980s pop groups Bronski Beat and The Communards - also revealed he has a lifetime ban from Avis rent-a-car after he got "s***-*****" on "ecstasy and acid" in Ibiza. The 63-year-old star explained: "It was really after the band [The Communards] reached its highest point and we were taking a break which we are still on 35 years later. "That was when sex and drugs and rock and roll came together for me and I took some time out and I went to Ibiza and I just was s***-***** for many, many months. "There was one summer I went, and I went with a bunch of people, and we all just took ecstasy and acid, oh, everything really. And I remember we got barred from Avis rent-a-car for life because we got through a lot of vehicles. "Mavis from Avis, she was furious." Rylan had to check if he heard what Richard had said correctly, and asked: "Stop! Got barred from Avis?" Article continues below Richard confirmed: "Yeah, for life." The former pop star also bought a speedboat, and he does not know its whereabouts. Richard said: "I bought a speedboat and I don't know where it is."
Daily Mail
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Reverend Richard Coles, 62, admits he once burnt himself while having sex in a burger van on the side of the road in the Midlands
Reverend Richard Coles has revealed he once burnt himself while having sex in a burger van. The Church of England priest, 63, has recalled a moment before he joined the clergy when his hand touched a 'hot griddle' as he and a burger man had 'casual sex' in the vehicle, which was parked in a lay-by in the Midlands, England. Chatting on the Rylan: How to Be in Love podcast with host Rylan Clark, the I'm A Celebrity star joked that 'food hygiene has got a lot better' from his wild days. He admitted: 'I went through a period of having a very interesting and full life … I discovered casual sex in a place where it wasn't often found, which is on the road network of the Midlands.' Rylan chimed in: 'Dogging?' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. The Church of England priest, 63, has recalled a moment before he joined the clergy when his hand touched a 'hot griddle' as he and a burger man had 'casual sex' in the vehicle, which was parked in a lay-by in the Midlands, England 'Well we didn't call it that then. It was meeting people in lay-bys', Richard replied. He continued: 'It really was like that. There was one chap, I remember. Oh, it's just terrible. There was a burger van out there, and I ended up getting off with the burger man. 'Anyway he had to sort of draw the shutter down on his burger van, and then it rocked around a bit.' Rylan pointed out: 'That must have been dangerous with that griddle.' Richard revealed: 'Well, I put my hand back on the hot griddle, exactly. I got a burn ... I have to say as well, the food hygiene has got a lot better.' Richard - who shot to fame as a member of the 1980s pop groups Bronski Beat and The Communards - also revealed he has a lifetime ban from Avis rent-a-car after he got 's***-*****' on 'ecstasy and acid' in Ibiza. The reality star explained: 'It was really after the band [The Communards] reached its highest point and we were taking a break which we are still on 35 years later. 'That was when sex and drugs and rock and roll came together for me and I took some time out and I went to Ibiza and I just was s***-***** for many, many months. 'There was one summer I went, and I went with a bunch of people, and we all just took ecstasy and acid, oh, everything really. And I remember we got barred from Avis rent-a-car for life because we got through a lot of vehicles. 'Mavis from Avis, she was furious.' Rylan had to check if he heard what Richard had said correctly, and asked: 'Stop! Got barred from Avis?' Richard confirmed: 'Yeah, for life.' The former pop star also bought a speedboat, and he does not know its whereabouts. Richard said: 'I bought a speedboat and I don't know where it is.' It comes after Richard revealed he is now taking weight loss jab Ozempic as a 'birthday present to myself'. The injections have long been hailed as a monumental breakthrough in the war on obesity and type 2 diabetes. Now, the former Communards star said he opted for the drug 'because I'm too fat and I want to lose some weight'. The former Church of England vicar has not yet suffered any unpleasant side effects. He told The Independent: 'My birthday present to myself was Ozempic, because I'm too fat and I want to lose some weight — it's affecting my health I think. 'I could do it the regular way but realistically if I'm very busy I need all the help I can get. 'My stomach feels a bit different, not unpleasantly, weirdly low in appetite. It seems to be diminished.' He added: 'I just don't want to get dependent on something just to keep health-threatening weight off. 'I want to get down to a reasonable weight and then maintain it without the assistance of pharmacy. I want to lose two stone.' At least half a million NHS patients and some 15million in the US are now thought to be using weight loss jabs, which can help patients lose up to 20 per cent of their bodyweight in just a few months. They have also been shown to significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. However, side effects are wide-ranging, from nausea and abdominal pain to severe digestive issues and even bone pain. Other reported problems using the jabs include constipation, fatigue, headaches, dizziness and even hair loss.
Daily Mail
05-06-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE The amputations gave me more than they took away - quadruple amputee recounts sepsis battle that changed his life for the better on new Mail podcast
On the first episode of a new season of the Mail's Apple & The Tree podcast, quadruple amputee Alex Lewis told his mother Doreen about how losing his limbs to sepsis changed his life for the better. The podcast, hosted by the Reverend Richard Coles, pits parents against their adult children to ask questions about their shared family history they have always wanted answered. Alex Lewis, 44, confided in his mother Doreen Jarvis, 74, about the traumatic events that led to his limbs being amputated more than a decade ago. Before contracting Strep A sepsis, Alex ran a pub in Winchester with his wife. He admitted that the constant exposure to drinking turned him into an alcoholic. 'It was November, and I was working in the pub – we had all these people with different lurgies coming in', Alex said. 'I caught a cold and didn't think much of it. But I couldn't shift it. A couple of days later, it became flu, and I remember not being able to get out of bed. 'I didn't even want to drink – that's how much of an effect it had. My body was just a mess. I woke up in the middle of the night, went to the loo, and found blood in my urine. 'The following day, I told my wife about it – and that's when everything unfolded and I was rushed to the hospital.' After collapsing in his bedroom, Alex was taken to Salisbury Hospital where the full severity of his illness became clear. 'I remember waking up and being attached to all these machines. It was nuts – I couldn't see my legs or hands. 'The colour of my body began to change – I could see these huge purple patches start to develop everywhere. 'A doctor came into my room when nobody was there with me: she delivered the news. I remember her saying – you're going to lose your left arm, your feet, and your ankles. She said they would try and save my knees.' In total, Alex lost four limbs to stem the blood infection. Although usually harmless, causing mild infections in the throat, Strep A bacteria can become life-threatening if it enters deeper muscle tissue and triggers sepsis. 'I was just black, my legs were black – my arms were black, my mouth was black. The doctors told me that if the infection got into my upper torso, I would have had it.' After being released from the hospital, Alex remembered how the gruelling process of learning to write again and to walk with prosthetics changed his perspective on life. His challenges also sparked a passion within him to pursue charity work, wanting to improve access to the walking aides he now relied upon. 'The recovery process gave me clarity', Alex said. 'For a start, it gave me nine months away from drinking. I started to see a path ahead of me that I was not on before. 'Here we are now, and I am plotting to row across the North Atlantic. We are going to travel across Africa in 2028 and then cross-country ski across Greenland. 'I got to a stage about four years ago, when I realised I probably didn't want my legs and arms back. 'My condition made me travel more and appreciate just how much we have here in the UK. 'I remember thinking – when I was in Ethiopia setting up a wheelchair factory – this has given me more than it has taken away.' Mum Doreen told the podcast that Alex had become 'more responsible' since surviving the infection. 'I have never seen him be so enthusiastic about work', she said. 'Suddenly, I feel it's all coming together for him. He's still the same boy though, will always make you giggle.' To listen to the full episode with Alex and Doreen, where they discuss his struggles with alcohol and his amazing charity work, search for The Apple & The Tree now – wherever you get your podcasts.
