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Reddit to moan about her partner who won't stop walking around the flat "completely bottomless". She said the couple had recently moved in together and she wasn't aware of his unusual ways.Posting on the online forum, the 24-year-old said: "He calls this 'Winnie the Poohing'."He told me he started it during work from home because he thought it was funny to be on Zoom and just not have pants on."I'll be honest it makes me a little uncomfortable for him to just constantly have his penis out in front of me."So I have requested he just wear boxers at least."Want all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletterHowever her request didn't go down too well as her boyfriend called her "controlling" and said he should "appreciate his body".She added: "It just feels kind of unsanitary and weirdly dangerous."He was cooking with oil and a drop of oil spat out of the pan and landed on his penis."So am I the a**hole for not wanting to constantly look at my boyfriend's penis?"The majority of people commenting on the post agreed the woman wasn't in the wrong for telling him to put pants on.One said: "But yeah, after the 2nd day I would just not want his naked a**hole on the shared furniture every single day."This is unsanitary.

toddler in the kitchen unit inside a pizza outlet.The dad, who goes by the name "mixxedjesus" on TikTok, works as a general manager in a Little Caesar pizza chain in US, shared a post of his employees dancing in the kitchen.His toddler daughter stands up in the cot and looks at them while playing the Cocomelon song in the background.The clip quickly sparked concerns from parents who said it's dangerous to place a young child in a working kitchen."Yeah you expect me to believe there's not a single knife in that whole building, not a single one?" a viewer asked.And a second wrote: "This is so unsanitary, can I call corporate for this?"But others supported the dad's decision and said he set a good example to encourage other workplace to be more baby-friendly."I am a single mother who struggles finding and keeping my child safe, I wish my manager let me do this," one said.Another commented: "All respect to their boss for letting parents take their babies to work."A third joked: "This is how people gained their 20 years of work experience when they are still in college."The TikToker also hit back at the trolls by posting another video to show the kitchen.He showed the prepping station and cooking station and showed the location where he put his child."Anything that's grab-able... it's all the way over here," he said while pulling a pizza cutter out from the "knife block"."Does this look like a knife to you? You said my daughter will grab it but she's way over there.

Coronation Street star Jennie McAlpine has been a staple of the ITV cobbles since 2001, when she was just 17 years old. Since then, her iconic character - once the unruly foster child of Roy and Hayley Cropper - has gone through so much on screen it feels like we know her intimately.From being the first actress to ever act out a birth scene live on a soap to Fiz’s marriage to the murderous John Stape, Jennie has dealt with plenty of challenging storylines.But her personal life has also been challenging at times - from battling it out in the rugged conditions of the Australian jungle on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! to the struggles with her family business.To celebrate the star’s 38th birthday, Daily Star takes a look inside her life - from her forgotten Emmerdale role to her chef husband.Jennie has been dating Chris Farr since 2005, and the pair eventually tied the knot back in 2017 at a secret ceremony.The pair actually met after being introduced by Jennie’s co-star Antony Cotton, best known for playing Sean Tully on the cobbles, who phoned her up to bluntly say: “I’m here with your future husband.

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selling a sofa worth over £15,000 for just £370, has used the money she received to buy a brand new sofa. Jules Schreiner, 25, managed to bag $500 (£370) for a couch she had got for free by selling it on Facebook Marketplace.But after she sold the piece of furniture, she went on the savvy buyer's Instagram account and noticed that he had listed it for sale straight away.She told the Daily Star: "After I sold it to him, he Venmoed (sent) me $500 and so I looked up his Venmo name on Instagram and it brought me to a used furniture page filled with couches of the same brand.

Dancing On Ice's Sally Dynevor has opened up on her sleepless nights ahead of the live show on a Sunday, claiming she goes through her routine while in bed.The Coronation Street actress, 58, is currently competing in the ITV programme with professional skater, Matt Evers as the pair battle to become the champions.But appearing on the show is reportedly taking its toll on Dynevor who found fame as Sally Webster on the Manchester-based ITV soap opera.She said that she now "eats for England" following advice from her doctor as her nerves result in her losing more calories. Speaking to The Sun, Sally said: "I'm getting those butterflies again and Thursday night I couldn’t sleep, which happens a few nights before the actual show.

CHRISTINE McGuinness has revealed how she and husband Paddy had to head to the hospital after a Dirty Dancing fail. She detailed how the couple attempted to recreate the iconic dance move from the 1987 film while in the pool on a family trip to Spain. Christine, 33, detailed how she and Paddy, 48, were trying to pull off the move by Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Gray in the pool.

Video: The Masked Singer viewers stunned by announcement at end of show (Birmingham Mail)Meet Sandwell's army of litter-pickersBen Shephard left speechless and in laughter at contestants 'Agatha Christie' answer on Tipping PointNorton Motorcycles Solihull HQ TimelapseThe House In Walstead Road, Being DemolishedTasty By Greggs Opens In PrimarkCommunity garden at heart of fiery rowAdele's acceptance speech after winning Song of the Year at Brit Awards 2022This Morning: Alison Hammond reveals she’s ‘had' an older manPlanned restoration of the Grade II Listed Great Barr HallThis is why you may be addicted to prescription drugs without realisingMartin Lewis explains what you can do if you're struggling with your energy billsWe tested the Morrisons Valentine's Dine in for Two dealDWP To Offer Extra Pip Support For Those With Certain Health ConditionsAlison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary will be presenting This Morning all over half termSlanley Road residents voice their problems with HMO plansOther celebrities who have been unmasked during this series include former England footballer Michael Owen, singer Will Young and broadcaster Gloria Hunniford. Australian former tennis player Pat Cash, Keane frontman Tom Chaplin and actress Jaime Winstone have also all competed in this series.

Social media is becoming an important tool for footballers, and gives players a large platform to communicate with their fans across the world. Some use their platform to achieve good, such as Marcus Rashford and his Twitter campaign to end child hunger, whilst others may use it in a more negative way, such as Joleon Lescott “pocket tweeting” a picture of a new car just hours after his side lost 6-0. Footballers are increasingly addicted to Instagram, and the top players in the world have built up followings bigger than the clubs they play for.

Marvel Cinematic Universe is currently up in the air. Following the final episode of the Disney Plus show Loki, and the recently released Spider-Man: No Way Home, the comic book franchise has opened up the multiverse. This means any kind of hero could enter the MCU at any time.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has opened up about his family life, detailing how being a grandfather is one of the “easiest things” he’s had to do. While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on February 10, Schwarzenegger discussed how he has another grandchild on the way, as his daughter, Katherine Schwarzenegger is currently pregnant.

London pub.  The film director turned country squire claimed up to £40,000 to pay for staff at Ashcombe House, his rural retreat in Wiltshire, which he is developing as a resort for shooting and fishing parties. Newly filed accounts show that the partnership which manages the estate was worth £26.

Harpers calling for the end of cancel culture.The letter warns against the development of “censoriousness” and “an intolerance of opposing views”.Rowling, who has recently spoken of her views on transgender rights and has sparked a controversial discussion, said on Twitter that she was “proud to sign this letter in defence of a foundational principle of a liberal society: open debate and freedom of thought and speech.”The letter acknowledges “powerful protests for racial and social justice”, but says “this needed reckoning has also intensified a new set or moral attitudes and political commitments that tend to weaken our norms of open debate and toleration of differences in favor of ideological conformity.”Donald Trump is acknowledged in

put their name to an open letter against ‘cancel culture’.The letter, published in Harper’s Magazine, denounces what is described as ‘restriction of debate’.Praising recent worldwide protests for racial equality and social justice, it warns against ‘intolerance of opposing views’ and ‘a vogue for public shaming and ostracism, and the tendency to dissolve complex policy issues in a blinding moral’.‘It is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought,’ the letter adds – in a veiled reference to the practice of ‘cancelling’ a person via social media.Rowling’s latest move comes after people took issue with her recent comments on the transgender community.Harry

Dozens of artists, writers and academics have signed an open letter decrying the weakening of public debate and warning that the free exchange of information and ideas is in jeopardy amid a rise in what they call “illiberalism.”

Taylor Swift is among those who have spoken out about it, saying in Vogue last year ‘A mass public shaming, with millions of people saying you are quote-unquote canceled, is a very isolating experience.’When you say someone is canceled, it’s not a TV show. It’s a human being.

Since the Covid-19 lockdown was announced last month, reading has been one of the most popular activities Buddies have turned to to keep themselves entertained.

Naman Ramachandran “Harry Potter” writer J.K Rowling, “Handmaid’s Tale” author Margaret Atwood and “Midnight’s Children” writer Salman Rushdie are amongst 150 public figures to have signed a letter condemning the practice of ‘public shaming,’ or cancel culture as it is known popularly.Cancel culture is a term used to describe individuals who have shared an unpopular opinion or have past behavior that’s deemed offensive, who are ‘canceled’ on social media. Rowling is one such example, due to her views on the trans community.The letter, published Tuesday in Harper’s Magazine, states: “The free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted.

Internationally renowned Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood will take part in an online literary conversation with Canada’s former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson on Thursday, April 2, 2020, at 3 p.m. ET on the National Arts Centre’s Facebook page.

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Like so many, Elisabeth Moss is living life one Zoom conversation at a time. She slides into The Hollywood Reporter's virtual chat with The Handmaid's Tale author Margaret Atwood fresh off a regular production meeting about season four of her Emmy-winning dystopic Hulu drama, full of excitement.