Gavin and Stacey Christmas controversy - homophobic slurs, 'cheating scandal' and future in doubt

The Valentine's Day proposal came after a courtship of almost two years.The happy couple first met after Jonathan caught Simone's eye - and, taking a modern approach to finding romance, she readily admits that she "slid into his DMs".She revealed to the Wall Street Journal: " I was like, 'Oh, he's pretty cute,' so I said hi … and then I saw that he was in the Houston area, so we started chatting a little bit, and then we went to hang out a week or two later."He admitted to having been totally clueless about who the medallist was when she originally contacted him, telling Texas Monthly: "I didn't know!"However, perhaps tiring of social media adulation, Simone was glad to be able to pursue a date anonymously."I just hadn’t heard of her, and when I told her that, that’s one of the things she liked," Jonathan explained."[We ended up] hanging out right before the pandemic."It was one of the few times in her life where everything was just shut off and she couldn't do anything, so we used [the lockdown] to get to know each other — really get to know each other. It created our bond and made it stronger.

“The White Lotus” and “Euphoria” — but Hollywood’s power players didn’t always believe Sydney Sweeney was fit for television. In a new interview with British GQ, the 24-year-old talked about her teenage years spent struggling to secure gigs, leaving her cash-strapped family living out of a budget motel room. “A casting director told me once that I will never be on a TV show,” the Spokane, Washington native revealed.

Miguel took to Instagram to reveal that they'd repaired their relationship nearly four months after they announced their separation. The couple split in September after nearly three years of marriage and 17 years together, but, according to their Instagram posts, they've healed those wounds. Nazanin posted a slideshow of photos with her and the singer playfully posing in a stairwell and an armchair.

Gemma Collins proved hers and Rami's relationship is going from strength to strength as they enjoyed a romantic Valentine's Day.The loved-up couple stayed in for the special day and enjoyed a delicious meal, with the TOWIE star documenting the evening on Instagram.The blonde star, who recently posted a rare snap from her childhood, shared a photo of herself with a huge bouquet of red roses, with her 2.2million followers. Flashing a smile, the 41 year old penned: "Lovely surprise whilst doing my house work.

Clayton Echard's journey hasn't always been easy. The current franchise lead appeared on the latest episode of Nick Viall's podcast, and revealed that he regretted signing on to the show when it started airing on TV.«I think the first three weeks of the show airing, I definitely thought that, because you just don’t know what to expect going into it,» he said of regretting his decision to become the Bachelor, immediately after appearing on Michelle Young's season of .«Having no frame of reference, not really watching prior shows. I went straight from Michelle's season to jumping into my own, so I didn't have that time in between to really reach out to [past] Bachelor, Bachelorettes, ask them these questions that now I'm asking,» Clayton explained.

Molly-Mae Hague sent tongues wagging as fans noticed a huge clue she could be starting a family soon with boyfriend Tommy Fury.The former Love Island star, who has penned an autobiography at the age of 22, has previously revealed she is not on contraception and instead relies on an app to monitor her fertility. And the 22 year old continued to hint at baby news as she celebrated Valentine's Day with Tommy on Monday evening. Molly gifted the professional boxer a scrapbook of all their smitten pictures, and fans couldn't help but notice that she had written a note in which they referenced parenthood being at the top of their list.

Kanye West sounded much differently in the message he posted on Tuesday (Feb. 15) than on the prior weekend. First off, Ye, 44, was had taken off Caps Lock. “I’ve learned that using all caps makes people feel like I’m screaming at them,” wrote Ye, who then acknowledged that he is “working on my communication” after he spent a weekend attacking Pete Davidson, turning on Kid Cudi, taking a shot at Machine Gun Kelly, and leaking the private text messages between him and his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian. That last offense — particularly how Kim, 41, was afraid that Ye’s antics would get Pete, 28, hurt – got West thinking.

Emmerdale's Meena Jutla, Dawn Taylor and Billy Fletcher stars have shared behind-the-scenes secrets from the ITV soap's chilling hostage scenes on Tuesday night. In a video released after the explosive episode, Paige Sandhu, who plays Meena, Olivia Bromley, who plays Dawn, and Jay Kontzle, who plays Billy, gave fans a tour on set.

Jessica Kiang Take one glance at the spectacular landscapes of Greenland and you understand why in Inuit the word for snow has so many variations and derivations. The aerial establishing shot that opens Peter Flinth’s “Against the Ice” alone challenges the descriptive powers of the English language; inhabiting such an environment continually, you would have to find new exotic coinages to communicate the sheer variety of textures that freezing water can exhibit.

 chronicled the stranger-than-fiction story about the multiple kidnappings of Jan Broberg, the story is being revisited as a scripted, true-crime series starring Anna Paquin and Jake Lacy.Adapted by showrunner and executive producer Nick Antosca and directed by executive producer Eliza Hittman, will recount the real story of the teenage girl who was abducted not once, but twice by the same man in several years. That man was the Broberg family’s trusted neighbor, Robert Berchtold, who ended up manipulating and exploiting the parents before turning their daughter against them. “Nick Antosca has created a compelling series in that explores one family’s unimaginable experience with great insight and sensitivity,” said Lisa Katz, president scripted content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming.

The figure skating community is up in arms over Russian skater Kamila Valieva‘s failed drug test.

“Inventing Anna” may be based on true events, but it heightened the drama according to Jessica Pressler.

Kanye West is working on his communication skills.

Emmerdale star Roxy Shahidi has hinted that the return of serial killer Meena Jutla could push Dr Liam Cavanagh over the edge after he found out the truth about his daughter's murder.Liam was driven to murder himself when he first discovered Meena's evil deed, stealing into the forest after her intent on killing her - but she got away.Now that Meena has succeeded in shooting Liam's wife Leyla, actress Roxy has insisted that this could be the thing to finally push Liam over the edge after months of depression.Speaking to Daily Star and other press, she explained: "How much more can the man take?"I don’t know what to say other than more devastation, I don’t think it can get any worse for him. It could push him over the edge for sure.

Princess Eugenie is believed to be the first Royal family member to meet Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's daughter Lilibet. Since her California birth in June last year, baby Lilibet has not been taken to the UK to meet the rest of the Firm.But her dad's cousin Eugenie was pictured beside Harry at the Super Bowl final on Sunday, and as such is thought to be the first Royal to fly to the states and meet the eight-month-old.Eugenie, who was spotted without husband Jack Brooksbank, has been put up by Harry and Meghan at their nine-bedroom Montecito mansion, the Telegraph reports.

Mike Tyson is still competing despite losing four of his last five encountersDanny Williams is yet to finally throw in the towel on a 25-year career in the ring that was full of ups and downs - including a victory over Tyson.The fighter retired in 2020 after losing his 29th bout, going down to Sergei Kharitonov in Russia - but he then came back to face off last month, losing a four-round decision against Serdar Avci in Kyiv, Ukraine.Williams' biggest achievement is certainly beating Tyson in 2004 - though he conquered Iron Mike when the legend was a bit past his prime.The London-born fighter - who is now 48 years old - won his first 15 fights as a professional - losing his first fight to Julius Francis in 1999.His record was a decent 31–3 when he went into the fight against Tyson, who was the favourite going into the bout.At the Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, Williams defeated Tyson by knockout at 2:51 of the fourth round.Tyson had got to his feet again - but the referee had already counted him out.What's the biggest boxing upset you remember? Give us your thoughts in the comments section.Williams four just one of his last five fights, losing four - and he currently has a record of 54-30, with one no contest.Williams told boxingnewsonline: “I’m not being disrespectful but Mike Tyson is not the most handsome-looking man, and with all that money, women he would only [previously] dream of having coming to him came to him. What was he going to do?.“One hundred per cent I believed I’d win.

Jamie Carragher says he thinks Arsenal will scrape into the top four this season, though a Premier League supercomputer disagrees.Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea are expected to secure the top three spots, but with just five points separating the next five teams, the final Champions League space is set to be hotly contested.West Ham United, Manchester United, Arsenal, Wolves and Tottenham Hotspur are all in the running, though Carragher insists he's backing the Gunners."I think it will be tough for West Ham to get in the top four. Arsenal, what a win that was for them away to Wolves.

A Lanarkshire schoolboy has been announced as the youngest artist on this year's TRNSMT festival bill.

Family first. Randall Emmett spent his first Valentine’s Day following his split from Lala Kent celebrating two of his favorite ladies: his daughters.

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Gavin & Stacey Christmas special will not feature the controversial ‘Fairytale Of New York’ lyric that caused a number of viewers to make complaints to the BBC.The uncensored version of the 1987 hit by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, featuring the lyrics: “You scumbag, you maggot/ You cheap lousy f****t/ Happy Christmas, your arse/ I pray God it’s our last“, was performed by Nessa and Bryn during last year’s special.After the episode aired, the BBC received nearly 900 complaints about the lyric.