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Harper Beckham is already becoming a mini fashion icon thanks to her stylish parents, and on Monday morning the little girl swapped her  school uniform in favour of a animal print onesie!

Victoria Beckham shared a photograph of her youngest child dressed in a very festive one-piece, which featured a reindeer hood complete with antlers.

“Wear it wild day at school for Harper,” the former Spice Girl captioned the post. Recently, Harper changed her school  uniform in preparation for the winter months ahead,

and was pictured on her mum’s Instagram account wearing a purple winter dress teamed with a stripy purple shirt and a matching purple beret.

“The beret is back! Bring on the winter uniform!” Victoria wrote besides the photo.

Victoria and husband David Beckham take it in turns to do the school run, and prioritise spending as much time as possible with their children.

The pair encourage their children’s talents, and Harper has been demonstrating her creativity, enjoying everything from drawing to making biscuits with Victoria, while at the same time having fun attending weekly football lessons – much to David’s delight. Victoria told British Vogue of her only daughter: “She’s been able to run in Alaïa platforms since she was three. But only at home – she would never be allowed to leave the house in heels. Ditto makeup, that’s where it stays.”

Harper and her siblings and dad at Victoria’s fashion show

The fashion designer, 44, added: “On the one hand, she’s quite girly, but on the other hand she has three big brothers and likes to run around and play football. She’s not scared of being pushed over. Confident and bright, Harper could be the brains of the family. She wants to be an inventor.”

Over the summer, Harper also proved that she has a mind of her own after asking her parents to let her cut her long, Rapunzel-like hair. David had previously expressed his desire to keep it long, and had refused to let anyone cut it from when she was a baby. However, David soon warmed to the idea, and even played a part in cutting it. He later said that he didn’t think that Harper could look anymore beautiful than she already did, and that he was a fan of her new short hair.
Harper Beckham continues to make waves in the fashion world, showcasing her unique style at a young age. Recently, she caught everyone’s attention by trading in her school uniform for a fun and festive animal print onesie. Victoria Beckham, her fashion-forward mom, proudly shared a photo of Harper rocking the reindeer hooded outfit for “Wear it wild day” at school.It’s no surprise that Harper is already showing signs of creativity and individuality. She has been spotted in a chic purple winter dress paired with a matching beret, proving that she has a flair for fashion just like her mom. Victoria and David Beckham make it a priority to spend quality time with their children, nurturing their talents and interests.Harper’s versatile personality shines through as she enjoys activities ranging from drawing to baking with her mom, Victoria. She even shares her dad’s love for football, attending weekly lessons with enthusiasm. Victoria once mentioned in an interview that Harper is both girly and adventurous, not afraid to play rough with her three older brothers.During the summer, Harper surprised everyone by requesting to cut her long, flowing hair. Despite David’s initial hesitation to part with her Rapunzel-like locks, he eventually joined in on the haircutting process. The proud dad later gushed about how beautiful Harper looked with her new short hairstyle, showcasing her confidence and self-assuredness at such a young age.Harper’s bold choices and unique fashion sense continue to captivate onlookers, making her a mini fashion icon in her own right. Whether she’s experimenting with new styles or exploring her interests, Harper stands out as a bright and creative individual with a promising future ahead. Stay tuned for more updates on Harper Beckham and her exciting journey through childhood and beyond.

Saira Khan is set to join former This Morning host Eamonn Holmes on his GB Breakfast show every Monday and Tuesday

Former Loose Women star Saira Khan has joined Eamonn Holmes on GB News following a “toxic” fallout with ITV bosses.

The telly personality, 53, is the latest famous face to be enticed over to the right-leaning channel.

She’s set to join former This Morning host Eamonn on his GB Breakfast show every Monday and Tuesday, according to the telly star.

Taking to his Instagram, Eamonn, who is married to ITV star Ruth Langsford, to announce his excitement at being joined by one of his “best friends”.

Alongside a snap of the pair beaming, Eamonn wrote: “Your Mon/Tues line up on GB Breakfast.

“Looking forward to hooking up with one of my best friends Saira Khan.

 

 

Saira will join Eamonn Holmes on Monday and Tuesday mornings on GB Breakfast ( 
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“We will be your presenting duo. Expect the unexpected 6 – 9.30 am.” [sic]

Eamonn joined the controversy-prone channel a year ago after co-presenting episodes of This Morning alongside his wife for 15 years.

He recently reignited his feud with ITV after making savage comments during his show, admitting that there are certain people who are “dead” to him.

As well as Eamonn, Saira joins an on-air line up which includes the likes of the Daily Mail’s Andrew Pierce, Camilla Tominey from the Telegraph and polarising figure Nigel Farage, who fronts GB News’s most popular show.

Her career move come just months after she exclusively revealed the real reason she quit Loose Women to the Mirror.

Saira is the latest famous face to be enticed over to the right-leaning channel
The former panellist claimed bosses tried to make her join soft porn site OnlyFans as a PR stunt.

Saira told how the “shocking” request was the final straw in what she alleged were a string of desperate bids to get publicity for the ITV programme as ratings slipped.

She revealed how she was also asked to have a mould made of her vagina for a Body Stories campaign.

Saira alleged bosses cared more about viewing figures than her mental health.

Speaking about ITV culture in the wake of Jeremy Kyle and Love Island scandals following the suicides of contestants, Saira said: “The straw that broke the camel’s back was when one of the young producers was sent running after me to ask whether I would be prepared to open an OnlyFans account.” OnlyFans is a site where users post soft porn images of themselves for cash.

“To say I was shocked was an understatement,” Saira added. “I could see she herself was mortified to ask me. I replied, ‘You’re asking an Asian woman who has a husband and kids and comes from a Muslim family to open an OnlyFans account?’

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The former panellist claimed bosses tried to make her join soft porn site OnlyFans as a PR stunt ( 
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“There and then, I knew my time was up on the show. I felt humiliated, angry, disappointed and like fodder.”

ITV has come under mounting pressure over the mental health of employees after a series of high-profile suicides, including that of former Love Island host Caroline Flack aged 40. And The Jeremy Kyle Show was axed in 2019 after Steve Dymond, 63, killed himself just seven days after taking part in the programme.

Mum-of-two Saira said: “The system is toxic. They do not have people who have the expertise to introduce wellbeing and mental health care.”

She said: “I love TV presenting, but I knew that for the sake of my mental health and my family, I just could not carry on in such toxic working conditions.”

She claimed that the culture of Loose Women encouraged the presenters to argue which made her “into a bitchy person I don’t want to be”. She added: “I started to realise they just wanted me to tick the box of ‘gobby Muslim woman’.”

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Saira, who quit the show in 2021, claimed comments taken out of context would be packaged up and used as clickbait, and often she would have to deal with the subsequent trolling and death threats. “I was never sat down and reassured to make sure I was OK,” she said.

A spokesman for Loose Women said at the time of her claims: “We strongly refute all of these claims. Duty of care is of paramount importance for all of our panellists. Saira left the panel almost two years ago and we wish her well.”

Another former panellist also spoke out about their reasons for leaving the daytime show recently.

Jenny Powell revealed she quit Loose Women, claiming she felt “intimidated” by her fellow panellists.

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The presenter, 54, who left the show in 2005 but has since appeared as a guest, hit out at the ITV daytime show as she explained her reasons for “sacking it off”.

Jenny said it wasn’t one happy family behind-the-scenes and there was a bad energy brewing between the panellists at the time she decided to leave the show.

The TV star was on the programme with the likes of Coleen Nolan, Carol McGiffin, Kaye Adams and Ruth Langsford in the early 2000s, but didn’t give away any names when she spilled all on her time there.

“I sacked it off. I didn’t like the energy behind the scenes,” she said last year.

“I always felt a bit intimidated of the other women. Maybe I’m just a bit sensitive.”

 

Loose Women star Stacey Solomon has given birth to her fifth child, and third with husband Joe Swash – six months after their stunning wedding at Pickle Cottage

Stacey Solomon has given birth to her fifth child.

The Loose Women star, 33, and husband Joe Swash, 40, shared their happy news with fans on Instagram after weeks of speculation about their new arrival.

Following days of silence on social media the star took to her Instagram Stories this evening to address her unusual lack of online activity, sharing a snap of herself taken while pregnant and writing: “To my little family on here…

“I didn’t realise I wasn’t quite prepared for the crazy quick whirlwind that occured right after I took this picture.

“I’m so excited to share with you that….”

Stacey has shared the first snap of her baby girl

Stacey and Joe are proud parents to another baby girl
Stacey also shared a grid post, sharing the first snap of her newborn baby girl as she revealed that she gave birth in Pickle Cottage.

“She’s Here. Our beautiful, daughter born at home with all of your brothers and sister ready to snuggle you forever and ever.

“You literally flew into our world and none of us can quite believe your thick dark head of hair that we just can’t get over.

“We can’t believe your here. Welcome to the world beautiful girl, thank you for the last few months in my tummy, we can’t wait to love you forever and ever we are so grateful we get to be your family.”

Stacey gave birth in Pickle Cottage

The new mum gushed over her new little girlProud new parents Stacey and Joe have yet to reveal the name of their little one.

“Exquisite! Just beautiful! Mazeltov to the whole family,” Vanessa Feltz commented as Stacey shared her happy news on Saturday night.

“The joy I feel for all of you is overwhelming,” mum-to-be Jessie added, as Loose Women’s official Instagram account wrote: “Congratulations Stacey she’s beautiful.”

Stacey is now a proud mum to the newborn, one-year-old daughter Rose and son Rex, three, who she shares with Joe, and sons Zachary, 14, and Leighton, ten, from relationships before she met the EastEnders star.

While Joe is also dad to son Harry.

Stacey and Joe revealed they were expecting their fifth baby in December, with Stacey admitting it was a ‘huge surprise.’

The news came three months after their wedding at Pickle Cottage in July.

Stacey Solomon has welcomed her fifth child
In an adorable reveal video, Stacey filmed the moment Joe discovered he was going to be a dad again as she presented him with her positive pregnancy test.

The actor looked stunned as he gasped ‘You’re joking!’ before sinking to his knees.

Stacey then posted to her social media followers: “‘I can’t believe we are having another baby! We are sooo excited. I’m nervous for my noon, but so so excited.”

Stacey shared with fans the adorable moment she revealed her pregnancy to husband Joe ( 
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Stacey had previously said that daughter Rose would be her last baby as she and Joe had to ‘live within their means.’

Speaking to You magazine in 2021, the TV star said they felt ‘grateful’ to even get pregnant with their second child.

“We have to live within our means. We want to be the best parents we can.

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“And when we were trying to have this baby, it wasn’t the process we thought it would be, so we were just so grateful to even get pregnant.’

“I don’t want to push it any more. This is enough,” she insisted.

As she opened up to 5.4million Instagram fans in a candid Q&A about her pregnancy, Stacey revealed she’d been completely surprised and learned she was pregnant at her July wedding.

The mum said she was ‘a lot further along’ with her baby than when ‘you usually tell people’ when she found out the news.

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“I must have missed periods at the beginning, but I was breastfeeding Rose and when I stopped breastfeeding my periods were a bit all over the place anyway,” she explained. “So it didn’t even cross my mind because I just thought they’ll eventually go back to normal, but they never did.”

She went on: “We really wanted it to ourselves for the beginning bit, but we missed the beginning bit if that makes sense. We didn’t have to keep it a secret for 8 months because we didn’t know for 8 months.

“My periods were irregular from breastfeeding, we were planning a wedding then getting married, and then just crazy life and it honestly didn’t register.”

Saira Khan was a Loose Women pannelist on the ITV chat show from 2015 until 2021 – when she shocked fans as she announced she was quitting the daytime programme

Saira Khan was a fan favourite on the Loose Women panel as she appeared on the ITV daytime chat show with her strong opinions and eloquent ways of debating tricky topics.

Viewers of the show were left surprised when Saira, 52, announced her decision to quit the ITV daytime show in 2021.

At the time, Saira claimed she made the difficult decision after the coronavirus pandemic sparked her to reassess her priorities.

In her column with the Mirror, Saira explained the pandemic “certainly made me assess my priorities, values and how I want to move forward with my life”.

However, since leaving Saira has continued to spill on her time on the show and her reasons for leaving.

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Saira is preparing to join Eamonn Holmes on his GB News Breakfast show and will co-host the programme every Monday and Tuesday with former This Morning star Eamonn, 63.

Eamonn announced the news as he posted a photo of the pair smiling widely and wrote: ” Your Mon/Tues line up on GB Breakfast.

“Looking forward to hooking up with one of my best friends Saira Khan.

“We will be your presenting duo. Expect the unexpected 6 – 9.30 am,” he teased.

As Saira gears up for her new role, we take a look at the reasons why she left Loose Women…

‘Life changing’ decision

After claiming the pandemic spurred her to throw in the towel in her column with the Mirror, Saira said her time on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins also sparked her to make the “life changing” decision.

Saira’s time on Celeb: SAS Who Dares Wins sparked her ‘life changing’ decision ( 
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Explaining her reason for leaving the show, Saira said SAS: Who Dares Wins taught her to “depend upon herself”.

She told The Sun : “I did take big drastic steps. I left Loose Women and, interestingly, Andrea McLean left Loose Women after doing SAS. It changes your life. You realise you’ve got to cut through the s**t and start living.

“When you’re stripped of everything as a naked woman all you have to depend upon is yourself.

“That’s very telling, very strong and most people will never experience that.”

‘Toxic’ row and OnlyFans claims

In October last year, Saira claimed she quit the show after bosses tried to make her join OnlyFans, which is a subscription site where people share adult content to their paid followers.

Saira said the “shocking” request from bosses was the final straw in what she alleges was a string of desperate bids to get publicity for the ITV programme as ratings slipped.

Saira claimed she got a ‘shocking’ request from the show’s staff

She claimed how she was also asked to have a mould made of her vagina for a Body Stories campaign.

The TV star told the Mirror: Saira said: “The straw that broke the camel’s back was when one of the young producers was sent running after me to ask whether I would be prepared to open an OnlyFans account”

“To say I was shocked was an understatement,” Saira added. “I could see she herself was mortified to ask me. I replied, ‘You’re asking an Asian woman who has a husband and kids and comes from a Muslim family to open an OnlyFans account?’

“She said, ‘It’s just on your social media you’ve been posting images in your underwear and we thought if you could go undercover to see the kind of response you get from men, it would make a great story’.

Saira said she felt ‘humiliated’ by the request
“There and then, I knew my time was up on the show. I felt humiliated, angry, disappointed and like fodder.”

However, a spokesperson for Loose Women denied the claims. They said: “We strongly refute all of these claims. Duty of care is of paramount importance for all of our panellists. Saira left the panel almost two years ago and we wish her well.”

A source added: “Loose Women Investigates is a strand which has seen reports into a range of topics. Sites such as OnlyFans could always potentially be the subject of an investigation. The Body Stories campaign tackled the taboo of vagina dysmorphia back in 2017. Saira was not involved in this campaign.

“We were told Saira was leaving to focus on her ‘businesses and online’ and that ‘she has nothing but good things to say about the show’.

“We are therefore surprised to hear these claims.”

Tensions between the Loose Women

After leaving the show, Saira revealed the panellists aren’t as friendly as they appear on screen.

When asked who out of the Loose Women panel she’d stay friends with, Saira said: “You make friends with some people, you tolerate some people, and some people you just have to do the job with.”

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But, she deflected when grilled on names, replying: “I’m not going to go into the nitty gritty there now. There are some friends, people I will be close to because we get each other.

“And there are some I really don’t miss at all, who I was just like, ‘I just have to tolerate you to do the job.’”

Saira went on: “You have to be professional about it. You can’t pretend that everyone is going to be your best friend. Especially on a show with different opinions, you’re not going to tolerate everybody’s opinion.

“That’s fine. That’s not a problem, just do it with respect and you have to be open minded.”

Saira doesn’t follow Nadia Sawalha on social media ( 
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She added: “Sometimes I’d go in with an opinion and someone would say something different to me and I’d think “Do you know what I never saw it from that point of view!’”

Following her comments, it was revealed Saira didn’t follow Nadia Sawalha or Kaye Adams.

She also added in a chat: “It was a mixture of things. Firstly, I’d outgrown the programme. There were some women that I just thought, “I’ve got to just tolerate you to do the job and in real life you wouldn’t be my friend.”

“They’d say the same about me. Plus, I shared a lot about myself on that show – my abuse, adoption, arranged marriage and a lot of relationship stuff. You don’t get a lot of thanks for that. My family hasn’t asked to be related to someone famous but I felt like I was putting them into a precarious situation.”

Online trolling

Saira also revealed how the trolling on social media was a motivation for leaving the programme.

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The former panelist previously said: “You’re on there discussing a subject with your friends in a very innocent way, but the amount of trolling you get online is horrendous.

“It just becomes toxic for women. It’s a show for women but I don’t feel like it empowered me.”

After walking away Saira revealed she was subjected to much less trolling as she said: “Yes, 100%. I feel much more confident. I feel like on my social media platforms they know me, they get me.

“I’m glowing because I’ve removed myself from the situation that I didn’t want to be in. If you can’t do that by the age of 50, then that’s nobody else’s fault but your own.

“Those women on the telly, they’re happy and that’s perfect for them, but it became too toxic for me and I had to remove myself.”

Denise Welch shared her concern for the NHS during Tuesday’s edition of Loose Women, amid the ongoing GP crisis hitting millions of Britons, but things turned awkward when Coleen Nolan called her co-star a conspiracy theorist

Denise Welch was forced to deny that she’s a conspiracy theorist during today’s edition of Loose Women thanks to an awkward exchange with co-star Coleen Nolan.

The former Coronation Street actress, 64, was discussing her fears for the future of the NHS amid the news millions across the country are struggling to get a GP appointment.

After Denise stressed how much pressure the state-funded service is under, and admitted she’s been forced to use a private GP, it was time for Coleen to add her thoughts to the debate – but not before branding her co-star ‘a conspiracy theorist’.

The latest Loose Women debate comes as it’s revealed the GP system is on the brink of collapse after hundreds of doctors confessed they are ­cutting hours because they can’t afford to heat their surgery.

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More than one in 10 self-employed GPs – called partners – have been forced to reduce the time they see patients due to soaring energy bills, which may be one of the reasons people are struggling to nab an appointment at their local surgery.

Speaking about the crisis on Loose Women today, Denise delivered a passionate argument for funding the NHS alongside admitting the online booking system for her local GP isn’t suited to her.

The Waterloo Road star stressed how she is tech-savvy but finds booking an appointment online impossible and admitted she’s been forced to see a private GP due to the changes.

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Denise went on to show her support for doctors and nurses under pressure and implied the crisis is due to the current government’s refusal to adequately fund the NHS.

After Denise finished her plea, it was time for Coleen to offer her thoughts – starting off saying: “Unlike Denise, I’m not a conspiracy theorist.”

As her fellow panelist made the cheeky jibe, Denise looked unimpressed and declared: “I’m not a conspiracy theorist.”

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“Just watching Loose Women. Why does Colleen Nolan feel it ok to call @RealDeniseWelch a conspiracy theorist? Thank goodness there are people on tv who take time to actually research both sides. I wear my tin hat too Denise,” one viewer wrote on Twitter as the awkward moment aired.

Since 2020 Denise has won fans – and gained critics – for her strong opinions about the government’s handling of the ongoing pandemic that she often shares on social media and when appearing on Loose Women.

When asked by the Mirror last year if she sometimes ever regrets being outspoken, she confessed she does “almost every single day” due to how people “spin things”.

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“I was incredibly informed and was always backed up by data,” Denise recalls. “I was never a conspiracy theorist and I spoke to some of the most clever, intelligent people in the world.

“Before I said one thing on Loose Women – I wasn’t going to name those people – but I would always show my producers the text conversations we had.

“So they knew that when people were on Twitter saying ‘Oh lets listen to Professor Welch who says she’s talking to an epidemiologist’ I actually was.

“It was when I couldn’t go in an ambulance with my dad but people could go to a football match, that’s when… Not having it again. Not going through it again.”

Coleen Nolan was in a savage mood during today’s edition of Loose Women, as she branded Denise Welch a conspiracy theorist and poked fun at Ruth Langsford’s fashion sense

Coleen Nolan couldn’t resist making a cheeky dig at one of her Loose Women co-stars during today’s edition of the ITV show.

Ruth Langsford was leading the panel during today’s discussion, which saw Coleen brand Denise Welch ‘a conspiracy theorist’ during a passionate chat about the GP crisis facing the NHS.

Not content with taking a swipe at Denise, Coleen also found the time to make Ruth the butt of one of her jokes as the show aired – with Ruth brushing the jibe off and telling the audience not to encourage her.

The awkward exchanges during today’s edition of Loose Women come as it’s rumoured many of the panellists don’t get along when the cameras stop rolling – with Denise breaking her silence on the drama earlier this month.

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During today’s offering from the panel, Ruth revealed a little off-camera jibe from Coleen.

“Sorry but do you know what she just said to me?” Ruth began telling viewers.

“Glad you could make it in from EasyJet today,” she went on to reveal – looking down at her bright orange shirt as she shared the joke.

“Don’t encourage her,” Ruth pleaded with the audience as they burst into laughter.

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Giggling, Coleen declared: “You look lovely!”

Denise denied a feud between herself and her Loose Women co-stars earlier this month, but revealed she’s not afraid to be passionate during fiery debates.

The ITV daytime show often sees the regular commentators clash over wide ranging topics, and reports of infighting between the stars have surfaced through the years.

However, Denise is keen to put the rumours to bed. It comes after she hit out at reports of a feud between herself co-star Charlene White over her time with Matt Hancock in the jungle.

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In November, Denise appeared to hint on Twitter that she wasn’t too happy at seeing Charlene get on with the former health secretary, but she then clarified that she knows “how tricky it is to be that environment”.

“I’m not afraid to be passionate and committed about something, we all have different views, we’re great friends,” she told The Sun.

“I do get upset that people are trying to make out that we’re always in some backstage feud.”

The former Dancing on Ice star added: “I haven’t fallen out with any of them in 20 years – but we have very feisty debates.”

*Loose Women airs weekdays from 12.30pm on ITV

Johnny Vaughan and Denise Van Outen shared an electric chemistry on The Big Breakfast but reportedly didn’t talk for seven years after their relationship fell apart

Johnny Vaughan and Denise Van Outen’s powerful chemistry was one of the main reasons so many tuned into The Big Breakfast.

Encapsulating the matey lad culture of the ’90s, the couple bantered and flirted their way through the mornings in a riot of laughter.

The iconic pairing almost didn’t happen. Denise, then 23, had been brought on as a traffic and travel presenter but was covering for host Sharron Davies in September 1997 while Johnny stood in for Rick Adams.

Their two-week stint on the show was enough to convince bosses they had something special.

And naturally, viewers were convinced they must be together in real life.

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Denise left the show after a row about pay
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Not so, said Denise, who was seeing Jamiroquai lead singer Jay Kay at the time.

“Everyone expected we had a little thing going on. But I think the reason we could take it so far and flirt so much on TV was because we were both in very secure relationships,” she said.

Indeed, Johnny was in a 10-year relationship with costume designer Antonia Davies, who he married in August 1999.

But the good times came to an abrupt end in February 1999 when Denise announced she was leaving, ostensibly to pursue an acting career in ITV sitcom Babes In The Wood.

But there were rumours of a huge fall-out between her and Johnny, although no-one knew the reason.

Teenage model Kelly Brook was drafted in for a disastrous few months that saw her struggle over big words such as ‘satirical’ and ‘intrepid’.

Presenters Gaby Roslin and Chris Evans initially hosted The Big Breakfast
Bosses also tried Liza Tarbuck as Johnny’s sidekick, but the killer chemistry just wasn’t there.

Ratings plummeted and the show was unsalvageable. Denise finally returned in September 2000 to join Johnny for the Big Breakfast’s final four months.

But it would take almost two decades for Denise to reveal what went wrong.

Like so many showbiz partnerships, it turned out the argument was over pay.

“At that time we were like brother and sister. We were best friends, unbreakable…” she told ITV’s Loose Women in 2017.

“The whole relationship fell apart when we started to renegotiate our contracts because I always felt we worked together as a team and that’s how it should be. We created it together.

Denise returned for Johnny’s last show“Not just us but the rest of the team working on the show. I always had that mentality that it was about all of us. But Johnny and I know there are other influences involved, and agents and everything – but he was negotiating separately from me.

“I found out and obviously confronted him and I realised then that our friendship had gone in two different directions and for me it was tarnished.”

Realising that their chemistry would “never be the same”, she quit. And when she returned in 2000 she hoped things would be different

“Obviously I gave it a second go but a similar thing happened again. It’s hard because I loved him so much and I still do,” she continued.

“I could still be angry about it now, but I have seen him since and, whenever I see him, because I love him so much and he makes me laugh so much, more than anyone I’ve ever met, I just forget about it.

“We were really, really good friends, I just don’t know if it would ever be the same again.”

Johnny was paired with Kelly Brook
A 2008 attempt to turn Johnny and Denise into Capital radio stars ended in even more animosity when Denise accused him of turning down her microphone. She walked after just six months and part way through her contract.

“He wouldn’t let me speak, would tell me when I should and shouldn’t speak and would also constantly not mention that we were joint presenters. It was always: ‘This is Johnny Vaughan, you are listening to Capital Radio,’ and there was no mention of my name,” she told the Daily Mail.

“I was on the other side of the desk. He had control of the desk and when I would go to speak he would fade my microphone down.”

Confronted with her claims, Johnny said she must have been pulling the interviewer’s leg, insisting, “She must be taking the p**s because anyone who has ever known me in radio knows that I can’t operate any of the machines…”

The problem, according to Johnny, was that she struggled with radio and he hadn’t been as ‘reassuring’ as he could have been.

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“She came to Capital, where I’d been for five or six years. She’d come from TV and theatre and wasn’t used to radio – it’s not a place where after the show everyone says, ‘Great show everybody’. It’s quite tough,” he told The Mirror.

“Every day I do three hours, which I think are brilliant – then the house lights go up and you don’t see an audience. It can be a bit of a downer.

“Perhaps I wasn’t as ­reassuring as you can be. We did have a bit of a fallout, but I still love her to bits.”

According to Denise, they didn’t speak for the next seven years.

But in 2018 she extended an olive branch, posting a throwback of their time on the show and sending fans wild in the process.

“tbt to the Big Breakfast 1998 with @johnny_vaughan66 #tbt,” she captioned the snap as her followers called for the show to be resurrected.

But for Johnny, he doesn’t believe the chaotic format and over all outrageousness would work right now.

“People want it to come back, but it was of the moment,” he said.

“Times have changed and so have I. Don’t get me wrong, I really rocked back in the day – the 90s were the glory days.”

Frankie Bridge is gutted she didn’t get to have some fun with Rylan during their teenage years, as the Loose Women presenter learns the former X Factor star once tried to join her first pop group, S Club Juniors

Frankie Bridge has only just discovered Rylan could have been her bandmate back in the day and is stunned by the revelation!

Former I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! star Frankie, 34, made her name in the music world alongside Rochelle Humes back in the 00s, when she was one eighth of S Club Juniors – the miniature version of S Club 7.

Frankie and Rochelle were joined six other young singers in their early teens when the band was assembled on reality TV two decades ago – with Rylan failing to make the final cut despite trying his luck at auditioning.

Taking to Instagram today, Frankie revealed how she discovered pal Rylan wanted to get the S Club party started as a kid and mused how much fun they could have had if the former X Factor star had been picked to join the band.

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“Just heard that @nickichappers said on @bbcradio2 that Rylan auditioned for S Club Juniors [shocked face emoji],” the Loose Women star told her followers on her Instagram Stories.

She went on to add: “How did I not know this?! The fun we could have had!”

Nicki Chapman, who was a key figure during the 90s/00s pop music era, thanks to working with Simon Fuller and his management company 19 Entertainment, working with acts including Annie Lennox, Will Young, S Club 7 and the Spice Girls.

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The Pop Idol judge was involved in creating the S Club Juniors line-up from thousands of hopefuls on the television series S Club Search in 2001.

Reposting Frankie’s Instagram Story on his own page today, Rylan cheekily added: “@nickichappers describes it as the biggest mistake she ever made (jokes).”

The It Takes Two presenter, 33, often pokes fun at his desire to join the band as a teenager, tweeting in April 2020: “Today’s thought: I’ll still never get over the fact I didn’t get into S Club Juniors tbh.”

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While Rylan didn’t manage to follow his pop star dreams as a kid, Frankie and Rochelle did – with Jay Asforis, Daisy Evans, Calvin Goldspink, Stacey McClean, Aaron Renfree, Hannah Richings completing the lineup – before going on to join The Saturdays.

While S Club 7 may be ready to go on tour later this year to celebrate their 25th anniversary, fans of S Club Juniors and The Saturdays shouldn’t get their hopes up about more reunions from 00s bands.

“I just can’t imagine doing it, I’ll be totally honest with you,” Rochelle admitted last year when asked when The Saturdays comeback tour could take place.

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“I’ve been there to see Marvin on the side of the stage, doing the whole groupie wife thing, but [The Saturdays] just feels like a lovely chapter that ended for me.”

Speaking on The Diary of a CEO podcast, Rochelle continued: “It was so lovely and I will always speak of it fondly, but it just feels like a period of my life that’s done.

“It would feel like… look, I’ve got three kids and there’s so many things that I turn down because it wouldn’t work for my life and that [a tour] falls into that.”

Loose Women host Kaye Adams was joined by Kelle Bryan, Jane Moore and Linda Robson in the ITV studio as the lunchtime show discussed the Nicola Bulley case

The Loose Women panel turned heated on Thursday morning as the presenters discussed the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of missing mother Nicola Bulley

The 45-year-old went missing last month during a riverside dog walk in St Michael’s on Wyre and Lancashire Police yesterday announced the mother-of-two had ‘significant issues’ with alcohol brought on by her ongoing struggles with menopause.

Loose Women host Kaye Adams was joined by Kelle Bryan, Jane Moore and Linda Robson in the ITV studio as the lunchtime show discussed the decision to release the fresh information.

The police have been criticised by some for disclosing such personal details about Nicola, but former Hollyoaks star Kelle stressed the importance of the public holding the police to account.

Kelle raised the low trust in the police, in the wake of several high profile cases of failings, most recently with convicted rapist Metropolitan police officer David Carrick.

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She said: “People have every right to ask those questions. I’m not talking about keyboard warriors, I’m talking about those people who come from an informed place.”

She added: “As a member of the public, we are entitled to ask those questions,” to which Kaye then cut in to ask whether it was helpful during the ongoing investigation.

Kelle maintained it was, given the police force’s track record, adding: “Some of it’s positive and some it hasn’t been so positive.

“We can look at the Stephen Lawrence case, with a plethora of failings by the police. That family was right to ask those questions. Asking questions is what helps to solve cases.

“I’m not saying it’s right to put things on social media, turn up at the scene or attack the partner, but I do think we have a right to ask those questions.

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“If we look at David Carrick of Wayne Couzens – there are so many cases where the police have had catastrophic failings.”

However, fellow panellist Jane pushed back and noted there are hundreds of thousands of police officers in the country, as she started to add: “To besmirch them all–” before Kelle cut in saying: “I didn’t besmirch them all.”

Jane hit back saying: “You can’t take two cases,” but Kelle cut in: “I didn’t take two, I took three.”

Jane took the conversation back to Nicola Bulley as she praised the work of officers on the ground, concluding: “I think we have to trust them.”

Kelle insisted: “I’ve not in any way said anything about this case in terms of how they are handling it. What I am saying is we have a right to ask questions.”

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ITV)Host Kaye then cut in to take back the reins on the conversation, saying: “I suppose what I might question is whether or not that is useful when it’s a live case, when an investigation is ongoing and everything is critical. I’m not convinced that everybody weighing in –”

Yet Kelle again cut in, apologising to Kaye as she said: “I’m sorry, Kaye, but if Doreen Lawrence hadn’t asked the questions she asked at that time, there’s no way that would –”

Jane again jumped back into the fray as she pointed out Doreen Lawrence was ‘perfectly entitled’ to do so as a member of the family affected by the case.

Jane added: “It’s not Mrs Norrings in Newcastle asking, when she has no involvement in the case whatsoever,” as Kaye agreed: “The family absolutely have every right to question an investigation but the whole world and its wife are weighing in on this one. That’s when I wonder how useful it is.”

Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson came runner-up on The Masked Singer as Phoenix, after Busted star Charlie Simpson clinched the top spot on Saturday

Ricky Wilson has shared details on how he worked out the identity behind a number of his fellow The Masked Singer competitors.

The Kaiser Chiefs frontman came runner-up in the ITV celebrity singing contest under the guise of Phoenix, after Busted star Charlie Simpson clinched the top spot on Saturday.

The 45-year-old singer-songwriter appeared on Monday morning’s instalment of Loose Women and admitted he had impersonated David Tennant during his stint, in an attempt to keep the judging panel off the scent.

However, that did not deter him from trying to piece together who was who in the other costumes and he said he managed to guess both Lulu,who was under Piece of Cake, and Katherine Ryan, who was under Pigeon.

He told the Loose Women panel: “I had an inkling of a few. Like Lulu, it was Lulu.

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“She came out and she was Lula’s height. I’d just done a job with Lulu as well and she sang like Lulu. It was Lulu.

“Katherine Ryan, I lived in her flat for a year, so I knew it was her, just from the way she was walking around.”

Sitting in between host Ruth Langsford and panellists Coleen Nolan, Janet Street-Porter and Kele Bryan, he did stress how little the contestants saw of each other.

He said: “You see them during the group performance and you see them when we’re all on the stage being eliminated, but they keep us very separate.”

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He explained the set-up during rehearsals, which would see the stars spend the majority of their days isolated in a portacabin, between a 9am arrival and 9pm departure.

He said: “You’re just sitting in a portacabin. I just watched Law and Order on TV and thought, this is the best job I’ve ever had.”

Busted star Charlie Simpson was unveiled as Rhino and crowned the winner on Saturday night’s finale, after beating both Fawn and Phoenix, who were unmasked as All Saints star Natalie Appleton and Ricky Wilson.

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When Ricky was unveiled underneath the feathery get-up, a shocked Rita Ora shouted: “Oh my God, we did a whole show together!” after the duo worked side-by-side on The Voice.

Rita had thought that Phoenix was David Tenant and guest panellist Lee Mack had agreed.

“David Tennant, I’m very pleased with that. Yeah, I’m a bit sad I’m not David Tennant either,” Ricky joked as he stood on stage with host Joel Dommett.