Matt Lucas: Last News

EAGLE-EYED Countdown fans picked up on an apparent blunder from co-presenter Rachel Riley. The Channel 4 competition show features various number and word tests, where its contestants show their ability. During Tuesday's (December 6) episode, Rachel pulled out a series of letters for the celebrity contestants to create a word with.

A BRITAIN'S Got Talent legend has been tipped for next year’s Strictly line-up - but fans all have the same complaint. Diversity's Perri Kiely said he's ready to lift the famous Glitterball - but has faced backlash from fans.

CHRISTINE McGuinness surprised fans with a cryptic post about happiness after her Chelcee Grimes kiss. The 34-year-old  shared her joy with fans on Instagram.

CHRISTINE McGuinness mocked her ex Paddy as they hung out at home together yesterday. The model,  34, couldn’t resist questioning his choice of footwear as he put on a funny show for her - just days after she was seen kissing Chelcee Grimes.

The Great British Bake Off as he could no longer juggle all of his work commitments.Amid tearful farewells for the 48-year-old host, Noel Fielding chimed in on his Instagram page, uploading a photo of the pair together to 1.3 million followers along with a lengthy goodbye message."So sad that @realmattlucas is leaving the show! Farewell buddy thank you for 3 amazing years," he exclaimed."I will really miss your spark and huge smile in the tent and I will miss your kindness as a person and to all the bakers."I will miss your sense of the absurd and your silliness. I will miss all the times the four of us giggled together," he continued."I will miss your ability to turn into a fully formed character at the drop of a hat," Noel added affectionately."I will miss you pretending to be Boris Johnson singing David Bowie songs and i will miss your upbeat nature and positive vibes."You are a huge comic talent but also a lovely man and a good friend.

BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty hit back at a troll who told her that they're 'not a fan'. The journalist, who usually hosts the show alongside Charlie Stayt from Thursday each week, also presents the Radio 5 programme from 10am to 1pm every Monday to Wednesday.

MOTOWN legend Marvin Gaye’s second wife has died at the age of 66, her family has said. Janis Hunter Gaye passed away on Saturday at her home in Rhode Island. A cause of death has not yet been revealed.

SUSANNA Reid faced a fiery clash with the boss of Utilita Energy on Good Morning Britain today who slammed her "ignorance". The heated exchange came after Susanna read out figures from the company's financial statements, which included a turnover of £813million and a gross profit of £81million. "So your profit is £81million?", Susanna asked Bill Bullen, CEO of Utilita Energy.

BBC Breakfast's Sally Nugent has disappeared from today's show. The journalist, 51 - who presents the programme every Monday to Wednesday - was replaced by Nina Warhurst this morning. Nina, 42, and co-host Jon Kay, 53, began Wednesday's instalment of BBC Breakfast by discussing the headlines that have hit the news over the past 24 hours.

GOOD Morning Britain favourite Martin Lewis thrilled viewers by making a return to host the show today. The 50-year-old presented alongside Susanna Reid after taking over from Rob Rinder.

Matt Lucas just confirmed that he is leaving Great British Bake Off after three seasons as a presenter.

DAVID Walliams will return to Britain's Got Talent for one final time after he quit the show. The comedian, 51, is stepping away from the hit ITV series after he made foul-mouthed comments about contestants. However he'll be making one final appearance on the popular variety show this December.

STRICTLY Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas left fans in tears with her emotional tribute to her mum as she revealed her rags-to-riches story. Her fans flocked to Twitter to comment on the head judge's epic life journey which she told on Strictly spin-off show It Takes Two. Shirley stunned fans as she told how she grew up in a council estate just outside of Liverpool with her mum and brother.

Amanda Owen in tears over family memories after 'unreal' farewell"It wasn’t a sexual relationship because I’m not going to cheat on my husband. But, you know, I think there are things that are way worse than sexual relationships, than cheating on someone that way."I consider what I did even worse because I actually let myself fall in love with him and stay in love with him for a long time."Kirstie seemingly didn't hide her love for John very well as she admitted his wife once confronted her about it.The Cheers actor continued: "Kelly came up to me, and they were married then, and she said, ‘Erm, why are you flirting with my husband?’"And that was sort of when I had to make a decision and that was pretty much the end of that."The actress went on to say she had no regrets falling in love with John and believed they "would have devoured each other".Kirstie's death was announced by her children in a statement on social media yesterday.They told fans that she only discovered she had colon cancer recently and died surrounded by her loved ones.Piers Morgan blasts Harry and Meghan for using him in doc trailer [REACTION]Prue Leith breaks silence as Matt Lucas quits Great British Bake Off [REVEALED]Emmerdale's Lisa Riley addresses tough personal news away from soap [EXCLUSIVE]John gushed over the late Cheers actress in a tribute on Twitter following the news.Alongside pictures of her and the pair smiling together, he wrote: "Kirstie was one of the most special relationships I’ve ever had."I love you Kirstie.

The Great British Bake Off this afternoon.The host took to Twitter to announce that he has no time in his schedule next year to film the popular Channel 4 show due to other work commitments.In response to his announcement, judge Prue wrote: "I have absolutely loved working with you @RealMattLucas."Thank you for bringing so much laughter and fun to the tent.

Matt Lucas has dramatically quit the Great British Bake Off saying in a statement that it's become clear he can no longer host. He added that after three series and 51 episodes he was "cheerfully passing the baguette on to someone else".

Britain's Got Talent after his disrespectful comments about a former contestant were exposed. However, the star, whose historic gags on Little Britain have also been deemed "controversial" by critics, was even declared "mean" by ex-wife Lara Stone at the height of their romance.Dutch fashion model Lara, 38, married David around one year after meeting him back in 2009, and they were divorced six years later.However, even when the Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Prada model declared herself "madly in love" with him in an interview given just after the pair got engaged, she still admitted he was "a bit mean".She'd added to Interview magazine that she interpreted his mean streak "in a good way".The pair went on to have a son, Alfred, now nine, before ending their marriage in 2015 after David cited "unreasonable behaviour".An anonymous colleague on BGT has since referenced Lara's comments, and added that he previously fell out with his Little Britain co-star Matt Lucas - now more famous for hosting Great British Bake Off - over "nothing".The colleague added in quotes published in the Daily Mail: "If you talk to any of the make-up artists or crew, they will say the same thing, that he just conjures an atmosphere."He will sit there and not speak and everyone ends up on eggshells.

GREAT British Bake Off fans have been left fearing for Noel Fielding following his 'worrying' appearance during the finale. The Channel 4 cooking programme's latest series came to an end on Tuesday night as a new champion was crowned - warning - there's spoilers ahead. Viewers watched as the three finalists Syabira, Abdul and Sandro battled it out for one last time in the big tent.

Britain’s Got Talent in 2020. It is reported that he called one contestant a “c***” and said of another: “She thinks you want to f*** her, but you don’t.”As David continues to face backlash on social media, several of his past appearances have been discussed, including an uncomfortable skit which saw him pull down men’s trousers on stage. The footage, which was filmed in 2007, appears in a BBC documentary that followed David and former co-star Matt Lucas take their Little Britain stage show to Australia.It shows David playing a children’s entertainer called Des Kay who invites men from the audience to play a game of “hide the sausage”. In the disturbing video, David invites one boy on stage who says he is 16, to which David replied: “Bingo! You’re a big boy for 16 aren’t you, eh? That’s what I’ll tell the judge.”  He then proceeds to kiss the audience members on the lips and then pulls down their trousers, leaving a few of them semi-naked on stage and scrambling to cover themselves up.The clips also show David climbing on top of the boys and rubbing against them as part of the skit.Speaking about the skit at the time, David said on the documentary: “It didn’t start like that, it kind of grew when I became greedy for laughs.“You’ve got to know the boundaries, I mean, that is funny, but if I started exposing their penis or something, it would just be horrible, it would just be abuse.” The clip is now circulating again on social media.

Great British Bake Off last year after fending off fellow bakers Crystelle Pereira and Chigs Parmar.Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk Giuseppe revealed exactly what happened behind the scenes on the hit Channel 4 show.Giuseppe's life has been non-stop since he won the show in November last year and quit his job as an engineer to launch his career as a full-time baker.He opened up about what was different on the show when he took part, to when he was a viewer at home.He expressed: "As a viewer of the show I was simply enjoying it as many people do at home.

Nearly a month after the controversial 'Mexican Week' episode of Great British Bake Off, judge Prue Leith is addressing the incident.The controversial episode aired earlier this month, featured the hosts Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas dressed in sombreros and ponchos with Fielding saying they shouldn't make Mexican jokes as Lucas added, 'Not even Juan?'The episode was blasted for those and other insensitive comments, with Leith, 82, insisting they were not trying to offend viewers. Addressing: Nearly a month after the controversial 'Mexican Week' episode of Great British Bake Off, judge Prue Leith is addressing the incident Controversy: Nearly a month after the controversial 'Mexican Week' episode of Great British Bake Off, judge Prue Leith is addressing the incident'There would have been absolutely no intention to offend.