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Davina McCall gets body-conscious watching herself on TV.
The 46-year-old presenter - who fronts 'Got To Dance' on Sky 1 - is known for her enviable physique, but says she still suffers from the occasional insecurity.
Speak to OK! magazine, she said: "On 'Long Lost Family', they filmed me from behind and I look at my bum and go, 'Good God - it's just so wide!'
"But I've got to say a big thank you to Kim Kardashian because she's made the bottom a hallowed thing. I'm so happy that my big bottom doesn't look that big anymore."
Davina ran, cycled and swam 500 miles from Edinburgh to London for Sport Relief in February and recently admitted that she and husband Matthew Robertson were in a "tough place" in the lead up to her challenge.
She said: "We had a really difficult six months. Matthew's dad was ill, I was doing the challenge and he'd hurt his shoulder."
She added: "When you're in your twenties and you have a tough six months then that's a break up. But when you're married it's nothing. You always have to think when you are in a relationship that if you have a tough six months then it's nothing in the grand scheme of things."
Davina McCall gets body-conscious on TV
Davina McCall gets body-conscious watching herself on TV.
The 46-year-old presenter - who fronts 'Got To Dance' on Sky 1 - is known for her enviable physique, but says she still suffers from the occasional insecurity.
Speak to OK! magazine, she said: "On 'Long Lost Family', they filmed me from behind and I look at my bum and go, 'Good God - it's just so wide!'
"But I've got to say a big thank you to Kim Kardashian because she's made the bottom a hallowed thing. I'm so happy that my big bottom doesn't look that big anymore."
Davina ran, cycled and swam 500 miles from Edinburgh to London for Sport Relief in February and recently admitted that she and husband Matthew Robertson were in a "tough place" in the lead up to her challenge.
She said: "We had a really difficult six months. Matthew's dad was ill, I was doing the challenge and he'd hurt his shoulder."
She added: "When you're in your twenties and you have a tough six months then that's a break up. But when you're married it's nothing. You always have to think when you are in a relationship that if you have a tough six months then it's nothing in the grand scheme of things."
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Harry Derbidge has spoken out about his decade-long eating disorder.
'The Only Way Is Essex' star admitted his anorexia almost sent him to rehab after his weight plummeted to just seven-and-a-half stone.
Speaking on ITV's 'This Morning', he said: "I used to look at food and if I didn't like the look of it or smell of it or touch of it, I'd always make sure that I'd hide it behind my tongue and I was forever going to the toilet and spill it all out. That would happen two or three times during a meal."
It wasn't until his mum, Karen, sent Harry to the doctor that the star finally saw what he was doing to his body.
He said: "My mum would forever be sending me to a doctor because she'd be worried about my weight, and 18 months ago we went in and I weighed seven-and-a-half stone ... and for a boy, that's really, really bad. The average should be 10-stone or 11.
"[The doctor] said to me, 'If you continue to keep losing weight, we are going to have to send you into a clinic' ... and for me that was the scariest point ever."
Harry even explained how his eating disorder left him fearing restaurants and family gatherings where he couldn't be in control of the food he was being served.
He said: "I'd always have a bit of a panic when I was going out for a bit of dinner, just because I knew I wouldn't eat anything on the menu. Half the time I would create my own menu ... and Christmas dinners, my mum would just bring it out how I like it."
Now on the path of recovery, the 20-year-old reality star said: "It took a long time, but I literally found what I enjoyed eating. I would eat six meals a day but make them small and still plain, maybe nuts during the day, protein shakes ... right now, I'm at 10 stone and I'm more happy in the way I look and how I feel, if I could put on another stone that would be perfect."
Now Harry wants to help others by visiting schools and working with eating disorder charities to raise awareness. He added: "I want to go into schools to talk about this and turn my negative into a positive... and hopefully work with a charity."
Harry Derbidge opens up about eating disorder
Harry Derbidge has spoken out about his decade-long eating disorder.
'The Only Way Is Essex' star admitted his anorexia almost sent him to rehab after his weight plummeted to just seven-and-a-half stone.
Speaking on ITV's 'This Morning', he said: "I used to look at food and if I didn't like the look of it or smell of it or touch of it, I'd always make sure that I'd hide it behind my tongue and I was forever going to the toilet and spill it all out. That would happen two or three times during a meal."
It wasn't until his mum, Karen, sent Harry to the doctor that the star finally saw what he was doing to his body.
He said: "My mum would forever be sending me to a doctor because she'd be worried about my weight, and 18 months ago we went in and I weighed seven-and-a-half stone ... and for a boy, that's really, really bad. The average should be 10-stone or 11.
"[The doctor] said to me, 'If you continue to keep losing weight, we are going to have to send you into a clinic' ... and for me that was the scariest point ever."
Harry even explained how his eating disorder left him fearing restaurants and family gatherings where he couldn't be in control of the food he was being served.
He said: "I'd always have a bit of a panic when I was going out for a bit of dinner, just because I knew I wouldn't eat anything on the menu. Half the time I would create my own menu ... and Christmas dinners, my mum would just bring it out how I like it."
Now on the path of recovery, the 20-year-old reality star said: "It took a long time, but I literally found what I enjoyed eating. I would eat six meals a day but make them small and still plain, maybe nuts during the day, protein shakes ... right now, I'm at 10 stone and I'm more happy in the way I look and how I feel, if I could put on another stone that would be perfect."
Now Harry wants to help others by visiting schools and working with eating disorder charities to raise awareness. He added: "I want to go into schools to talk about this and turn my negative into a positive... and hopefully work with a charity."
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Vicky Pattison admits she is an "over-opinionated, gobby cow".
The 'Geordie Shore' star has just written her autobiography and she says the new book will give fans of the MTV reality show an insight into her real character.
She told the Metro newspaper: "It gives people a better understanding of my behaviour if they know how the show is made."
Asked whether her strong personality attracts a particular sort of fan, the 26-year-old said: "Strong women tend to like me. Or women who think: 'She's normal and she's stood up for herself, so can I.'
"I'm also a bit bitchy. I don't mean to generalise but gay people tend to like that. I don't go down that well with men. I think it's because I'm an over-opinionated, gobby cow."
Vicky's co-star Holly Hagan recently said that she expects to see Vicky "stir s**t up" following her return to 'Geordie Shore'.
Vicky was axed from the show after she was convicted of assault and ordered to complete 180 hours of unpaid work.
Speaking on last week's show, Holly said: "I am so glad Vicky's back. She's the f*****g queen of this house and when she finds out what's been going on she's going to stir s**t up."
Vicky Pattison is a ‘gobby cow’
Vicky Pattison admits she is an "over-opinionated, gobby cow".
The 'Geordie Shore' star has just written her autobiography and she says the new book will give fans of the MTV reality show an insight into her real character.
She told the Metro newspaper: "It gives people a better understanding of my behaviour if they know how the show is made."
Asked whether her strong personality attracts a particular sort of fan, the 26-year-old said: "Strong women tend to like me. Or women who think: 'She's normal and she's stood up for herself, so can I.'
"I'm also a bit bitchy. I don't mean to generalise but gay people tend to like that. I don't go down that well with men. I think it's because I'm an over-opinionated, gobby cow."
Vicky's co-star Holly Hagan recently said that she expects to see Vicky "stir s**t up" following her return to 'Geordie Shore'.
Vicky was axed from the show after she was convicted of assault and ordered to complete 180 hours of unpaid work.
Speaking on last week's show, Holly said: "I am so glad Vicky's back. She's the f*****g queen of this house and when she finds out what's been going on she's going to stir s**t up."
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Terence Maynard says joining 'Coronation Street' was scarier than filming alongside Tom Cruise.
The actor plays Tony Stewart in the ITV soap and starred opposite the legendary actor in 2014 sci-fi movie 'Edge of Tomorrow', but he insists he was more nervous before his first day in Weatherfield than rubbing shoulders with one of the Hollywood greats.
He said: "I was sweating, the make-up people were mopping my brow. It was more nerve-wracking than on 'Edge of Tomorrow' because when you're in a film with Tom Cruise, he's the one who's got the pressure."
The soap star also admitted he felt nervous working with 'Corrie' stalwart Bill Roache, who plays Ken Barlow.
He added to The Sun newspaper: "I did a scene with Ken Barlow and I felt tense. Bill Roache is a lovely guy and told me he liked my character but I was still nervous filming my first scene at the bar with him- he's part of my childhood".
However, Terence believes part of his nerves stem from him growing up in Liverpool, which is relatively close to the soap's setting of Manchester and therefore he has always held the programme in high esteem.
He said: "It was terrifying at first, because for me, growing up in the North, 'Coronation Street' is embedded in your DNA."
Terence Maynard: Coronation Street scarier than Tom Cruise
Terence Maynard says joining 'Coronation Street' was scarier than filming alongside Tom Cruise.
The actor plays Tony Stewart in the ITV soap and starred opposite the legendary actor in 2014 sci-fi movie 'Edge of Tomorrow', but he insists he was more nervous before his first day in Weatherfield than rubbing shoulders with one of the Hollywood greats.
He said: "I was sweating, the make-up people were mopping my brow. It was more nerve-wracking than on 'Edge of Tomorrow' because when you're in a film with Tom Cruise, he's the one who's got the pressure."
The soap star also admitted he felt nervous working with 'Corrie' stalwart Bill Roache, who plays Ken Barlow.
He added to The Sun newspaper: "I did a scene with Ken Barlow and I felt tense. Bill Roache is a lovely guy and told me he liked my character but I was still nervous filming my first scene at the bar with him- he's part of my childhood".
However, Terence believes part of his nerves stem from him growing up in Liverpool, which is relatively close to the soap's setting of Manchester and therefore he has always held the programme in high esteem.
He said: "It was terrifying at first, because for me, growing up in the North, 'Coronation Street' is embedded in your DNA."
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Peter Capaldi is a "rude" Doctor, according to 'Doctor Who' showrunner Steven Moffat.
The 56-year-old actor - famous for playing foul-mouthed political PR guru Malcolm Tucker in satire 'The Thick Of It' - makes his debut in the role in upcoming episode 'Deep Breath' and Moffat admits his interpretation of the Time Lord is more abrupt than predecessor Matt Smith.
The 52-year-old writer told the new issue of SFX magazine: "Peter will still be very much the Doctor. He has a tremendous ability with throwaway humour and a lot of it is around the fact that sometimes he is terribly rude.
"I think kids will think he is the rude Doctor. You might want to cuddle him but he really will resist."
Moffat has also revealed the relationship between companion Clara Oswald - played by 28-year-old Jenna-Louise Coleman - and the new Doctor will be very different to the relationship she had with Matt's Time Lord.
He added: "It's very interesting what's happened to Jenna. From a Doctor she could sort of control because he had a crush on her, she is landed with a Doctor who barely registers at all that she is a girl."
The new series of 'Doctor Who' starts with episode 'Deep Breath' on BBC One on Saturday August 23.
Peter Capaldi will be ‘rude’ Doctor
Peter Capaldi is a "rude" Doctor, according to 'Doctor Who' showrunner Steven Moffat.
The 56-year-old actor - famous for playing foul-mouthed political PR guru Malcolm Tucker in satire 'The Thick Of It' - makes his debut in the role in upcoming episode 'Deep Breath' and Moffat admits his interpretation of the Time Lord is more abrupt than predecessor Matt Smith.
The 52-year-old writer told the new issue of SFX magazine: "Peter will still be very much the Doctor. He has a tremendous ability with throwaway humour and a lot of it is around the fact that sometimes he is terribly rude.
"I think kids will think he is the rude Doctor. You might want to cuddle him but he really will resist."
Moffat has also revealed the relationship between companion Clara Oswald - played by 28-year-old Jenna-Louise Coleman - and the new Doctor will be very different to the relationship she had with Matt's Time Lord.
He added: "It's very interesting what's happened to Jenna. From a Doctor she could sort of control because he had a crush on her, she is landed with a Doctor who barely registers at all that she is a girl."
The new series of 'Doctor Who' starts with episode 'Deep Breath' on BBC One on Saturday August 23.
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Len Goodman is to star in a new series about the history of dance.
The 'Strictly Come Dancing' judge has donned a period costume for the new show - which has already been dubbed 'History Come Dancing' - and according to one eye witness, Len's 18th century scenes were rather steamy.
Historian Lucy Worsley told The Sun newspaper: "Every so often we had to stop for Len to take off his wig to air his head."
The finale to the show - which is to air on BBC Four this autumn - features dances from three different centuries: the minuet, the Charleston and the polka.
Len recently criticised stars for quitting the BBC in favour of ITV.
He hit out at those who begin their careers on the BBC leaving to work for rivals ITV when they're offered more money, like former Strictly judge Alesha Dixon, who joined 'Britain's Got Talent' in 2012.
Len said: "I can't stand these people. The BBC made them what they are and then they shoot off to ITV. You have to be a bit loyal in this game.
"I'd never not do 'Strictly', it's fantastic. I love it and without the BBC I would have got nothing."
Len Goodman to star in History Come Dancing
Len Goodman is to star in a new series about the history of dance.
The 'Strictly Come Dancing' judge has donned a period costume for the new show - which has already been dubbed 'History Come Dancing' - and according to one eye witness, Len's 18th century scenes were rather steamy.
Historian Lucy Worsley told The Sun newspaper: "Every so often we had to stop for Len to take off his wig to air his head."
The finale to the show - which is to air on BBC Four this autumn - features dances from three different centuries: the minuet, the Charleston and the polka.
Len recently criticised stars for quitting the BBC in favour of ITV.
He hit out at those who begin their careers on the BBC leaving to work for rivals ITV when they're offered more money, like former Strictly judge Alesha Dixon, who joined 'Britain's Got Talent' in 2012.
Len said: "I can't stand these people. The BBC made them what they are and then they shoot off to ITV. You have to be a bit loyal in this game.
"I'd never not do 'Strictly', it's fantastic. I love it and without the BBC I would have got nothing."
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Coronation Street's Neil Beckett is set to stage a rooftop protest.
The oil rig worker - who is portrayed by William Travis - climbs on top of the Rovers Return pub after suspecting he is going to lose his wife Andrea Beckett (Hayley Tamaddon) to cab driver Lloyd Mullaney (Craig Charles).
All hell breaks loose when Neil begins shouting from the top of the pub: "I want you to break off your engagement - you're still married to me.
"No more lies! I heard you in the pub talking about suits and dresses. You must think I was born yesterday."
While Neil is on top of the roof, Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) rings Andrea and tells her to get back to Weatherfield to help get her husband down.
Fortunately for Neil it turns out he has misread the situation and overheard Lloyd in the pub talking about hypothetically marrying Andrea.
However, this was scant consolation for window cleaner Tim who was stuck on a different roof after Neil used his ladder to climb up onto the Rovers' roof.
A show insider told the Daily Star newspaper: "It's a hilarious scene with Neil screaming on one roof and Tim on another.
"But while one of them is desperate to get down, the other refuses to move!"
Pub landlady Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard) was also less than impressed with Neil being on top of her establishment.
She shouted up at him: "What the bleeding hell is he doing up there? He wants his head testing. Those ladders are going nowhere until that lunatic gets down from my chimney!"
Coronation Street’s Neil to stage rooftop protest
Coronation Street's Neil Beckett is set to stage a rooftop protest.
The oil rig worker - who is portrayed by William Travis - climbs on top of the Rovers Return pub after suspecting he is going to lose his wife Andrea Beckett (Hayley Tamaddon) to cab driver Lloyd Mullaney (Craig Charles).
All hell breaks loose when Neil begins shouting from the top of the pub: "I want you to break off your engagement - you're still married to me.
"No more lies! I heard you in the pub talking about suits and dresses. You must think I was born yesterday."
While Neil is on top of the roof, Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) rings Andrea and tells her to get back to Weatherfield to help get her husband down.
Fortunately for Neil it turns out he has misread the situation and overheard Lloyd in the pub talking about hypothetically marrying Andrea.
However, this was scant consolation for window cleaner Tim who was stuck on a different roof after Neil used his ladder to climb up onto the Rovers' roof.
A show insider told the Daily Star newspaper: "It's a hilarious scene with Neil screaming on one roof and Tim on another.
"But while one of them is desperate to get down, the other refuses to move!"
Pub landlady Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard) was also less than impressed with Neil being on top of her establishment.
She shouted up at him: "What the bleeding hell is he doing up there? He wants his head testing. Those ladders are going nowhere until that lunatic gets down from my chimney!"
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Ant and Dec initially didn't bond during their 'Byker Grove' days.
The TV presenting duo are celebrating 25 years in showbiz this year but Dec has revealed he didn't warm to Ant when they first met on the set of the teen soap - in which they shot to fame as PJ and Duncan - in the early 1990s because he thought his co-star had a "miserable face".
He said: "We would mess about and put each other off. I remember seeing Ant in the corner and thinking he's got a bit of a miserable face.
"It's not like we walked into the room and went 'you are hilarious', 'you are hilarious too'."
Ant, 38, admits the feeling was mutual as Dec's terrible jokes put him off being friends with his co-star at first.
He said: "They were awful. Awful. Awful. Awful."
But the pair soon bonded over their mutual love of Newcastle United FC and they haven't looked back since.
Ant told to the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Honestly it was sat there talking about Newcastle United and the games and who our favourite players were and who we didn't like - it's the same chat as we have now to be honest, 25 years on - that's how we bonded really."
Dec, 38, added: "We finished filming the series and Ant sent me a Christmas card that year and it was Fred Flinstone on the front of it and inside it said 'have a yabba-dabba-do Christmas'.
"It had 'PS, fancy going to the Swindon game on Boxing Day?'. So I rang him up and said yes, so that was when we started going to the match and hanging out."
While things were going well on 'Byker Grove', Ant admits he did suffer "a lot of name calling and mickey taking" as school bullies used to target him because he was on the show.
Ant and Dec didn’t get on initially
Ant and Dec initially didn't bond during their 'Byker Grove' days.
The TV presenting duo are celebrating 25 years in showbiz this year but Dec has revealed he didn't warm to Ant when they first met on the set of the teen soap - in which they shot to fame as PJ and Duncan - in the early 1990s because he thought his co-star had a "miserable face".
He said: "We would mess about and put each other off. I remember seeing Ant in the corner and thinking he's got a bit of a miserable face.
"It's not like we walked into the room and went 'you are hilarious', 'you are hilarious too'."
Ant, 38, admits the feeling was mutual as Dec's terrible jokes put him off being friends with his co-star at first.
He said: "They were awful. Awful. Awful. Awful."
But the pair soon bonded over their mutual love of Newcastle United FC and they haven't looked back since.
Ant told to the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Honestly it was sat there talking about Newcastle United and the games and who our favourite players were and who we didn't like - it's the same chat as we have now to be honest, 25 years on - that's how we bonded really."
Dec, 38, added: "We finished filming the series and Ant sent me a Christmas card that year and it was Fred Flinstone on the front of it and inside it said 'have a yabba-dabba-do Christmas'.
"It had 'PS, fancy going to the Swindon game on Boxing Day?'. So I rang him up and said yes, so that was when we started going to the match and hanging out."
While things were going well on 'Byker Grove', Ant admits he did suffer "a lot of name calling and mickey taking" as school bullies used to target him because he was on the show.
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Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has warned 'X Factor' contestants not to cheat on their partners.
The 'Crazy Stupid Love' singer - whose first marriage to Ashley Cole ended amid reports of his infidelity - advised a group of male auditionees not to give in to temptation as they were being questioned by fellow judge Simon Cowell about whether they had girlfriends.
An audience member at the auditions in Wembley on Saturday (02.08.14) said: "Simon was asking if they were hiding secret girlfriends.
"Cheryl just leapt in and said that if they were they mustn't cheat on their lovers. She left them in no doubt she was deadly serious. It raised a few eyebrows, because everyone knows what Ashley Cole put her through."
Meanwhile, the two judges reportedly spent much of yesterday's (03.08.14) auditions squabbling and unable to agree on anything, with Cheryl getting annoyed by Simon constantly interrupting her.
When she asked five guys what made them stand out from other boy bands, Simon objected: "That was a really ridiculous question. They're not a boyband!"
Cheryl protested: "I wasn't talking to you."
The pair continued to bicker, with the former Girls Aloud star eventually telling Simon to shut up and going on to shout: "If he doesn't stop whispering in my ear, I will... Grrrr."
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini warns hopefuls to behave
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has warned 'X Factor' contestants not to cheat on their partners.
The 'Crazy Stupid Love' singer - whose first marriage to Ashley Cole ended amid reports of his infidelity - advised a group of male auditionees not to give in to temptation as they were being questioned by fellow judge Simon Cowell about whether they had girlfriends.
An audience member at the auditions in Wembley on Saturday (02.08.14) said: "Simon was asking if they were hiding secret girlfriends.
"Cheryl just leapt in and said that if they were they mustn't cheat on their lovers. She left them in no doubt she was deadly serious. It raised a few eyebrows, because everyone knows what Ashley Cole put her through."
Meanwhile, the two judges reportedly spent much of yesterday's (03.08.14) auditions squabbling and unable to agree on anything, with Cheryl getting annoyed by Simon constantly interrupting her.
When she asked five guys what made them stand out from other boy bands, Simon objected: "That was a really ridiculous question. They're not a boyband!"
Cheryl protested: "I wasn't talking to you."
The pair continued to bicker, with the former Girls Aloud star eventually telling Simon to shut up and going on to shout: "If he doesn't stop whispering in my ear, I will... Grrrr."