TFI Friday hosts now - Billie Piper divorce, yacht death tragedy and heroin addiction
dailystar.co.ukChannel 4, when it ran from 1996 until 2000.With presenter Chris Evans at the helm, the show even inspired its own spin-off, OFI Sunday, and became renowned for its interviews with celebrity guests, game show segments and, bizarrely, a TFI Friday mug Chris Evans kept on his desk.While these mugs were available to buy for a very limited time, the remaining stock was destroyed live on-air when a washing machine was dropped onto the ceramic mugs from high above the studio.During its last series, a string of guest presenters including the Spice Girls, the Big Brother cast and even Davina McCall took Chris’s place in 2000.The show was revived for a short time in 2015, with one series airing in October that year - but by 2016, Channel 4 had confirmed there were no plans to make any further series of the programme.But where are the presenters now?
From a devastating yacht accident to divorces, we take a look.It’s fair to say that Chris Evans has faced his fair share of public scrutiny - especially after his stint as Top Gear host was reviled by viewers when he took over from Jeremy Clarkson.But his personal life has also been full of its own dramas - including his divorce from Doctor Who star Billie Piper.The pair initially tied the knot in 2001, a year after TFI Friday was axed, when Chris was aged 34 and Billie was just 19 - and the pair lasted until 2004 before going their separate ways.They eventually divorced in 2007, but remain close pals.Billie later explained that she needed to “fall apart” as a way to cope with the stress of being famous from an early age and dealing with the attention on her relationship.She explained that while many people saw her behaviour as “horribly debauched” and “irresponsible”, Billie said it.
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