After five years on the ITVBe reality show, the original cast member shared the sad news in a personal video message on Twitter.
The 30-year-old explains: ‘I just want to let you know that after five amazing years on The Only Way Is Essex it’s time for me to step away. I’ve had thee best time and I’d like to thank you all for your support. You will be seeing me soon and I’ll still be keeping you up to date with all the goss in Essex.’
Obviously we are super sad about one of our favourite reality stars leaving one of the best shows, but is this a sign of a different career path. Should we be ready for Jess Wright: popstar!?
Despite picking up three awards, sad Taylor Swift was filmed crying following her Grammys performance
It should have been a brilliant evening for Taylor Swifton Monday, what with her winning three awards at The Grammys – so why was she left CRYING on her big night?
The 1989 hitmaker was caught on camera wiping away tears and being comforted by her gal-pal Selena Gomez as she returned to her seat following her show-opening performance of Out Of The Woods.
The reason for the upset? Was it because boyfriend Calvin Harris wasn’t at her side? Was she still smarting over that spat with Kanye West?
Nope. It turns out she was annoyed with herself for missing a SINGLE note in her performance.
In the vid, Taylor – sporting her sparkly stage outfit and a killer new haircut – can be see mouthing ‘I missed that note’ to a concerned friend who leans in to check on her.
Talk about being your own worst critic!
Selena – Tay-Tay’s date for the evening after Calvin couldn’t get away from the studio where he’s currently working on new material – did her best to comfort her pal, snuggling in to her and putting a supportive hand on her leg. That’s what #GirlSquads are for!
A defiant Taylor told the audience: ‘As the first women to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice I want to say to all the young women out there: there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame.
‘But if you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people side track you, someday when you get to where you’re going; you’ll look around and you’ll know that it was you and the people who love you that put you there and that will be the greatest feeling in the world.
Geordie jungle babe Vicky Pattison admits she feels under pressure in the public eye
Queen of the jungle Vicky Pattisonhas been burning the candle at both ends since her stint in the Australian camp, and has admitted she’s super stressed out as a result. Slow down and take a breather, pet!
She revealed: ‘Sometimes I can’t cope. Sometimes I want to cry. There’s so much pressure to keep up pretences, I just wanted to put it out there that sometimes the nasty comments and untrue reports break my heart.
‘I’m run-down, tired, I miss my family and friends.
‘No matter how strong you are, it’s OK to be sad sometimes. I’m only human after all,’ she wrote in her column in New!
As we reported, Vicky posted a cryptic post on her instagram which first sparked concern she was struggling with her very busy schedule. It reads: ‘She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible. She walked with the universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings’ and captioned it: ‘But inside she was a mess.’
This is certainly one in demand chick. Since being crowned queen of the jungle, 28-year-old Vicky has been here, there and everywhere boosting her profile, and proving she’s no longer the girl getting mortal on Geordie Shore.
She’s joined the Loose Women ladies as a panellist, been busy running her nutrition website and released a new clothing range. She’s also just launched a search to find a new face to model her Mini V fitness range, as well as tonnes of endorsements and PAs.
Pluuus, on top of all that she’s also finding time to work on her autobiography, a lifestyle book and a new novel.
Phew! No wonder she’s stressed, we’re exhausted just thinking about it! You deserve a spa day, girl.
We don't believe for a second that North West isn't going to get spoiled this Christmas!
North West practically lives the life of a princess and now she’s starting to act like it after this totally ADORABLE video on mum Kim Kardashian’s Instagram.
As her superstar mum tries to film her, she screams: ‘No pictures!’ before falling off a bed in terror. Supermodel aunt Kylie Jenner says what the world is thinking with: ‘that’s amazing.’
Channeling her inner-Kanye West, the little queen screamed at a paparazzi as she was leaving ballet. Her dad also has a notoriously rocky relationship with photographers, so we’re glad she’s learning from the best at least. Maybe keep her away from Twitter.
2) Front row pictures to fashion shows
It helps that her entire family are involved in the fashion industry because it means North gets to go to literally every event she wants, in the front row, like the Givenchy show last year. She doesn’t even care if she upsets fashion maestro Anna Wintour.
3) She has her own fashion blog
Currently under wraps, Kim Kardashian has set up a fashion blog for her daughter where she uses an interface to drag photos that she likes. She also asked Kim to write ‘fierce’ under an Alexander McQueen jacket because that’s what she does.
4) North West is a mermaid
If North and baby BFF and cousin Penelope Disick want to be mermaids then they are mermaids. Real life mermaids.
5) She gets the best presents
Did anyone else get a £32,000, diamond-encrusted tiara for their first ever Christmas? No? Well North West did.
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Katie admits during an honest discussion on Loose Women that she was upset by talk about her lifestyle
Katie Price on ITV's Loose Women, 16 February 2016
Katie Price has revealed how hurt she was by inaccurate suggestions her lifestyle during pregnancy might have affected son Harvey’s health.
The 37-year-old stressed that she lived healthily whilst carrying her eldest child during an honest discussion on Loose Women about pregnant women smoking and drinking today, yet some critics at the time seemed to think that she might have somehow caused Harvey’s disabilities.
Katie was pictured going out sometimes but made it clear that she didn’t have any alcohol.
‘I was driving. I wasn’t drinking,’ she said.
‘[People were] making out I was out drinking. They were so horrific to me.
‘Stories were coming out saying “it’s your fault”.’
Harvey, who Katie had with former footballer Dwight Yorke, was born blind in 2002.
He has also been affected by other conditions as he’s grown, including autism, ADHD and Prader-Willi syndrome.
Katie admits that learning about Harvey’s conditions was difficult enough, so hearing false stories linking her lifestyle to his disabilities was very upsetting.
‘It was so hurtful,’ she explained to fellow Loose Women panellists Coleen Nolan, Linda Robson and Janet Street-Porter.
‘I’m quite resilient but I’m not going to lie, it really hurt me.’
Katie added about Harvey’s health issues: ’I know it’s not my fault.
‘It’s just something that happened. I was good as gold [during the pregnancy].’
During the discussion – which was prompted by pictures of pregnant Kristina Rihanoff appearing to take a sip from a glass of champagne – Katie made it clear that she doesn’t approve of women having alcohol when expecting.
‘I’d think, “What on earth are you doing?”’ she says of seeing pregnant women drinking.
Katie’s opinions on the controversial topic seeemed to go down well with many viewers who agreed with her.
We’re already looking forward to seeing what she has to say during her next appearance on the panel!
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that Zayn Malik’s first solo song and video, Pillowtalk, is out – and having reached the number one charts in at least sixty countries on the day of its release, it’s fair to say that it’s gone down pretty well.
But there’s someone in particular who has shown themselves to be a rather big fan of the track too – none other than Zayn’s girlfriend, Gigi Hadid.
In a short video posted to her Snapchat story on Tuesday, Gigi mouths a few lines to the sultry song as it plays in the background: ‘nobody but you, bodies but me, bodies together…’
A video posted by Gigi Hadid❤️ (@gigihadidsnapchat) on
Ahh – what better way to show some support for your beau?
Granted, it’s no big surprise that Gigi, 20, would be pretty fond of the track – she appears in the video alongside Zayn, and despite Zayn being a little coy about their relationship status (awkwardly calling them just ‘good friends’) they give quite the steamy display…
Interestingly, in an interview with DJ Zane Lowe in January, 23-year-old Zayn revealed that all the songs in new album Mind Of Mine, were written well before winter 2015 when he and Gigi first got together.
Since he only broke off his engagement to Little Mix gal Perrie Edwards in August, this has led to speculation that Zayn’s songs, including Pillowtalk, are inspired by their relationship… which could make things a little awkward for him and his new girl.
But whether inspired by Perrie or not, it hasn’t stopped Gigi from expressing how much she loves the song. Looks like someone’s smitten!
From boyband sensation to smouldering solo artist, Zayn’s changed so much over the years…
After not being pictured together for a while, Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris caused a bit of worry for fans, who feared their relationship was had cooled down.
However, they’ve put rumours of a breakup firmly to rest with a brand new shot of them together – showing Taylor planting a big ol’ kiss on Calvin’s cheek. Aww!
Posted to Calvin’s Snapchat story on Monday night, the pair are pictured with some friends at the Hyde Club in West Hollywood, following a night of Grammys fun.
The musical couple have been together since early 2015, but this is the first time that TayTay’s appeared on his Snapchat – and for her debut to show her giving him a cute smooch shows that they are stronger than ever!
Calvin, 38, wasn’t by Taylor’s side at the star-studded awards ceremony at LA’s Staples Center – she instead had her long-time bestie Selena Gomez as her date, and they posed up a storm on the red carpet:
*slay, girls!*
However, Taylor reunited with Calvin soon after for a celebration – and after such a succesful night, some partying was most definitely in order! She walked away with three gongs, including the coveted ‘Best Album’ for 1989 (which, by the way, is still a favourite around the Now office).
Now that Tay has made her Snapchat debut, the next step is for her to get her own account – our fingers are tightly crossed for the day where she’ll treat us all to #squad selfies and kittens galore!
Calling the baby ‘Player 2’ is a reference to the lovely way in which childhood sweethearts Tom and Giovanna announced their pregnancy – a very cute YouTube video, about video gaming (watch it here!)
He then followed up with an emotional message about feeling ‘completely overwhelmed with love’ for his new son – grab your tissues for this one, folks…
Completely overwhelmed with love for our second son Buddy, and can’t wait for him to meet his big brother. Thanks for the lovely messages. X
Laura Whitmore reportedly lived every girl's dream by partying with Hollywood hunk Leonardo DiCaprio until the early hours. Jealous!
She’s our finest telly totty, so we’re not surprised to learn that Laura Whitmore apparently caught Leonardo DiCaprio‘s eye as he celebrated his BAFTA win at the weekend.
The movie star – who won Best Actor for his role in The Revenant at the bash – allegedly partied with the Irish beauty in his hotel room until 5am.
According to The Sun, the Hollywood heartthrob picked lovely Laura out of a group of several ladies vying for his attention at the official after-party, with a source saying that the I’m A Celebrity star ‘loved the attention’ from the 41-year-old star.
Well, she’s only human, isn’t she!?
The onlooker told the paper: ‘Leonardo was completely taken by Laura. She was playing it cool but he made a beeline for her and they instantly started flirting.
‘She loved the attention and they were all over each other, getting on like a house on fire.
‘Leo made it clear he wanted her to come back upstairs to his suite at the hotel to continue the party afterwards.’
Laura, 30, reportedly followed Leo back to his swish suite at the Rosewood Hotel along with a group of pals around 3.30am, where they continued the party until gone 5am.
A partygoer revealed: ‘He was all over Laura until after 5am.
‘At one point he held her face in his hand.’
Ooh, we do so hope that Leo took Laura’s digits – this could be the start of something very beautiful.
Earlier in the night, Laura stunned in a turquoise blue gown as she hosted the red carpet coverage for BAFTAs sponsors EE.
Meanwhile, Leo had a successful night at the office – in addition to picking up Best Actor, Team Revenant also won Best Director and Best Picture.
TOWIE is getting two brand spanking new cast mates in the shape of Chloe Meadows and Courtney Green
TOWIE is about to add two more beautiful babes to its cast, with the arrival of newbies Chloe and Courtney.
We got all excited when we heard someone talking about it in the CelebsNow office earlier, before we realised that their names were spelled with a ‘C’ and not a ‘K’ – but still, the news is pretty major.
Their full names are Chloe Meadows and Courtney Green, and they’re set to join the ITVBe show when it returns later this month. Whoop!
The girls are best mates, and 23-year-old Chloe also counts CBB’s Megan McKenna as a close pal.
And with their glam looks, their as fabulously Essex as you’d expect.
Secretary and part-time barmaid Chloe is currently single after her last boyfriend dumped her to go back to his ex whilst she was on holiday last summer. Pretty harsh!
Junior PA Courtney, 20, is also currently single and has lost a whopping two stone in weight since her last break-up.
They both know members of the existing cast – Chloe is mates with Lewis Bloor, Jake Hall and Dan Edgar, whilst Courtney is chummy with Mike Hassini and Liam Blackwell.
The star, one of the last-remaining original cast members, explained in a video message on Twitter: ‘I just want to let you know that after five amazing years on The Only Way Is Essex it’s time for me to step away. I’ve had thee best time and I’d like to thank you all for your support. You will be seeing me soon and I’ll still be keeping you up to date with all the goss in Essex.’
We’ll miss you, Jess! Chloe and Courtney definitely have big spike-heeled shoes to fill.
The two former TOWIE ladies have never seen eye to eye, so this is a juicy turn of events!
CouldSam Faiers and Lauren Goodger be about to put their differences behind them? It seems an olive branch has been offered, and it comes from Lauren sticking up for her frenemy over the backlash she received for her Baby Diaries documentary.
Yup, we’re talking about the one where boyfriend PaulKnightley kissed his mum on the lips, and didn’t hold back on how exactly he wanted his porridge.
In her column for new!, Lauren’s comments about Sam are totally positive, saying she actually ‘loved’ watching the show. She revealed: ‘I was sad that she got such backlash for it. Yeah [Paul] wants his dinner and has his opinions – it’s the way some men are.
‘It was beautiful to watch and bought a little tear to my eye – I think it’s because I’ve known her for so long. Even though we’re not that close, I’m really happy for Sam.
‘She looked lovely and seems very settled and I want to wish her lots of love. I keep meaning to text her.’
Wait, what?! This is like that Amber Rose and Kim Kardashianselfie all over again, and we are just SO confused.
The former castmates have had a long running feud ever since the early seasons of TOWIE, – back when Marg (Mark and Arg) were the funniest double act on our screens since Ant and Dec.
Lauren was of course engaged to Mark Wright, but he had also dated Sam, who wanted to be with him, so she declared her love to him. He was confused but said he still wanted to be with Lauren, and they became embroiled in a messy love triangle – with a LOT of arguments. And we were totally gripped!
Now that Mark is well and truly out of the equation, maybe the two ladies can talk about things over a few cheeky bevvys down The Sugar Hut – what do ya say girls, for old times sake?
Former TOWIE favourites Gemma Collins and Amy Childs have already filmed scenes for the news series of the reality show
Things are about to get a whole lot more exciting down Brentford way, because Gemma Collins ANDAmy Childs are set to make a a return to The Only Way Is Essex.
The much-loved former stars of the ITVBe show have already been spotted filming scenes at the now-iconic Sugarhut club for the show’s special 200th episode.
Speaking to The Sun, a source said: ‘It’s true that both Amy Childs and Gemma Collins were among other former TOWIE stars invited back to Sugar Hut last week for filming.
‘As the show that they first found fame on, they were only too happy to participate on filming for TOWIE’s 200th episode and talk about how grateful they are for the chance the show gave them in starting out.’
And, excitingly, a full-time return hasn’t been totally ruled out.
‘I don’t think there’s any talk of a permanent return,’ the source said, ‘although they’re all still Brentwood locals, so never say never!’
SQUEAL.
Gemma quit the show last summer after she burst into the show in 2011 with the legendary line, ‘Gemma Collins, New York, Paris, Milan’, and she recently had us all LOLing our way through the latest series of Celebrity Big Brother.
It’s been much longer since Amy left the show – five long years in fact!
She was one of the original cast members, and enjoyed a brief relationship with Kirk Norcross – remember when he took her to the zoo on a date? Priceless!
She only stayed two series before bidding TOWIE farewell so she could focus on growing her beauty business.
She did a stint on Celebrity Big Brother too, and also had her own fly-on-the-wall reality show, It’s All About Amy.
It most certainly is all about Amy – and Gemma! We can’t wait to see them back to their full TOWIE glory.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock (5587172ci)
Selena Gomez
58th Annual Grammy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, America - 15 Feb 2016
Breaking up with a partner is hard enough without being in the public eye. As well as having eager fans constantly willing you back together, for showbiz exes such as Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, they may find themselves comment on big developments in the other’s life well after the breakup.
Potentially, a very awkward task – however, when Selena was asked her opinion on her former flame scoring his very first Grammy Award, she had nothing but positive remarks.
Talking to news site Entertainment Tonight, she said: ‘I’m very happy for him. Honestly, so cool.’
Justin, 21, won the Best Dance Recording gong on Monday, for the undeniably catchy Where Are Ü Now?, a collaboration with Skrillex and Diplo. Funnily enough, this track has been widely thought to have been inspired by Selena and Justin’s relationship, and how she refused to take him back after his infamous ‘bad boy streak’ in 2014.
Selena continued her praise for Justin’s win: ‘They have such a cool energy amongst all of them to be able to create something like that, it’s really great.’
The Biebs himself was understandably happy about getting the award, having been nominated twice before to no avail:
Beliebers.. We did it! I love you. Now get ready for the show. Not done yet. #GRAMMYs
‘Beliebers.. We did it! I love you. Now get ready for the show. Not done yet. #GRAMMYs’, an appreciative Justin tweeted to his 75.5million followers after learning of his big scoop.
Selena and Justin dated on and off from 2010 until calling time on their relationship for good in 2015. While Justin is now dating model Hailey Baldwin, Selena has moved on with an old friend of Gigi Hadid‘s, Samuel Krost.
All in all, Selena kept it very classy indeed. Now, if this isn’t a lesson in how to co-exist peacefully with an ex in showbiz, we don’t know what is!
From child star to bona fide heartthrob, Justin Bieber has changed SO much over the years! See how in the video below:
Calvin couldn't be prouder of Taylor for scooping the Album of the Year gong
Taylor Swift at 58th Annual Grammy Awards, Press Room, Los Angeles 15 February 2016
Calvin Harris has posted a very public message for Taylor Swift after her Grammys success and it’s adorable.
The DJ, 32, couldn’t help but gush about his other half when he posted a photo of her collecting the Album of the Year prize at Monday night’s ceremony on Instagram.
‘Congratulations to my beautiful girlfriend,’ Calvin captioned the picture. SO adorable!
A photo posted by Calvin Harris (@calvinharris) on
Fans of ‘Talvin’ – who started dating early last year after being introduced by mutual friend Ellie Goulding – were thrilled to see Calvin’s cute post for 26-year-old Swifty.
‘omg stop that!! They are so cute,’ one admirer commented.
Another excitedly wrote: ‘BEST COUPLE’
We’re not surprised that Calvin is feeling proud of Taylor after she had a very successful night at the awards bash in Los Angeles.
As well as earning a prize for her album 1989, the singer was also awarded the Best Pop Vocal Album for the record as well as the Best Music Video accolade for Bad Blood.
Tay was joined at the ceremony by bestie Selena Gomez rather than Calvin, but the loved-up pair proved they’re as happy as ever when Taylor popped up in a Snapchat photo posted by her man later that night.
The Shake It Off star is seen planting a kiss on Calvin’s cheek in the sweet shot as they pose beside friends at the Hyde Club in West Hollywood – awww.
It comes after the couple had some fans a bit worried after not being photographed together for a fair while.
Fortunately we clearly don’t need to fret any more as Taylor and Calvin are obviously as smitten as ever!
We bet Tay appreciate’s her fella’s support following her emotive speech at the Grammys, in which she appeared to make a dig at Kanye West.
After the rapper released a tune featuring lewd lyrics about Taylor along with claims he made her famous, Ms Swift answered back by stressing that she doesn’t let people who ‘ try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame’ get in her way.
‘Today on my app see the red carpet cleavage tape trick I’ve been doing for years!’ Kim captioned the steamy throwback snap, linking to a new post on her website.
She also shared a similarly jaw-dropping picture on Twitter.
Kim’s half-naked shots have certainly got fans talking and seem to have distracted many from Kanye’s bizarre social media sprees.
Some followers even speculated that Kim might have known that her boob pictures would draw focus away from her other half’s Tweeting.
One Twitter user suggested she was ’deflecting the meltdown…interesting but it won’t work….’.
The photos came just as Kanye, 38, was launching into another lengthy rant on social media, this time about the cost of children’s textbooks in America.
Meanwhile Kim is said to be annoyed at her husband’s baffling outbursts, according to new reports.
A source tells People magazine that whilst Kim is a ‘very supportive wife’ and ‘rarely complains’, she’s fuming about Kanye’s Tweeting.
‘What causes friction in the marriage, however, is Kanye’s compulsive tweeting. Kim can’t stand it,’ the insider says.
‘She is all for self-promotion, but doesn’t approve of Twitter drama.’
Kim hasn’t commented on these claims, though recently managed to make a joke about her other half’s tendency to rant.
Earlier this month Kim was having a bit of a moan herself on Twitter to blast reports that she was on ‘self imposed diet exile’ and noticed that she had taken to the site at the same time as Kanye had for one of his own tirades.
Madonna shared an emotional throwback picture of her son Rocco amidst the custody battle drama between her and ex-husband Guy Ritchie.
Rocco has been living with his father since he refused to return to America after spending Christmas with his movie director dad, despite a New York judge ruling that the 15-year-old should return.
So heartbroken Madonna has posted on her Instagram a picture of Rocco on her back as a baby, with the words, ‘Tu me manqué,’ which is French for ‘I miss you.’
She followed it up with an image containing a Lewis Carroll quote from Alice in Wonderland: ‘Alice: How long is forever? White Rabbit: Sometimes, just one second.’ Madonna captioned it with an hour glass emoji.
There’s been an outpouring of support for the Queen of Pop from her dedicated fans, telling her to stay strong during this difficult time for the mum.
One fan said: ‘Stay strong Madonna. He knows you love him like no other. Sometimes distance is all that’s needed to clearly see what you are missing.’
While another added: ‘Love knows no time, no distance and no strife. This is temporary circumstance. It will be ok!’
Earlier an insider told Now that Rocco Ritchie has been struggling with the guilt of hurting his mum and half-sister Lourdes, and so has turned to Brooklyn Beckham as a surrogate older brother.
The source said: ‘Brooklyn understands where he’s coming from and the complications of having two completely different families in two completely different countries.’
‘Has shade been thrown?’ is the great question of the internet age and one we have to revisit again: this time between female-empowerment duo Amy Schumer and Taylor Swift.
Tay-tay wowed the world with her bright pink skirt at the Grammys on Monday, and comedian Amy has hit back with her own sexy Instagram post.
The 34-year-old posted a pic at the beach with a friend wearing bikinis, and captioned it: ‘Taylor that’s not a thigh gap. This is a thigh gap.’
Presumably she’s talking about her friend waving her cleavage in the centre of the picture. Regardless, this has caused a storm of people criticizing Amy for ‘body shaming’ Taylor with this post.
A Taylor Swift fan wrote: ‘So body shaming, skinny or fat. Not okay,’ while another wrote: ‘Wow just wow how rude can a person get.’
One angry user wrote: ‘Why? Why? Like honestly how is it any different if you are making fun of someone fat vs making fun of someone skinny. Every body has a different bone structure. I’m glad you’re proud of your body and that’s great but to make you proud you’re putting down someone else.’
Not everyone is against Amy Schumer, with many pointing out that the comedian made a joke.
A fan commented: ‘How is she body shaming Taylor!? She’s not saying it’s bad/wrong to have a thigh gap… she’s simply joking that the woman’s cleavage looks like one.’
It seems like people are in two camps: those that believe Amy Schumer is a shamer and a shader or those that feel it was a simple boob joke at the beach. Maybe this one user summed up the whole Instagram spat the best:
‘I love @amyschumer. I love @taylorswift. Everyone else is stupid.’
Sounds like Georgia is 'finally' getting the love that she wants
Georgia May Foote takes a selfie February 2016
Georgia May Foote has dropped a pretty big hint that her blossoming relationship with Giovanni Pernice is better than any she’s had before.
The actress – who went public with her romance with Giovanni last month – got fans talking when she posted a message about love on Instagram yesterday along with a cryptic caption.
Georgia, 24, shared an image reading: ‘Let someone love you just the way you are – as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you sometimes feel, and as unaccomplished as you think you are.
‘To believe that you must hide all the parts of you that are broken, out of fear that someone else is incapable of loving what is less than perfect, is to believe that sunlight is incapable of entering a broken window and illuminating a dark room.’
Powerful stuff, right? But what really got everyone’s attention was the caption Georgia added.
‘Yes yes yessssss….. #finally x,’ the Strictly Come Dancing star wrote.
Is her use of the word ‘finally’ a dig at ex-boyfriend Sean Ward? Georgia split from her former Coronation Street co-star shortly after the Strictly final in December before she started dating Strictly partner Giovanni in the New Year.
The break-up attracted a lot of attention amid rumours of the ‘Strictly curse’ and so Georgia’s fans are touched by her new message, which seems to suggest Gio loves her just as she is.
‘You are amazing Georgia never forget that,’ one admirer posted. ‘I’m sure the man in your life now loves you just for who you are, your a beautiful young lady and deserve so much happiness xx’
Another added: ‘you are amazing and should have nothing to hide. Everyone should love you for you’
Both Georgia and Sean removed all traces of each other from their Instagram pages following their split and Georgia has since been open about her feelings for Giovanni.
Recently the pair have been spending lots of time together whilst doing the Strictly tour and Georgia posted a special message for Italian Gio, 25, ahead of the last show over the weekend.
‘Happy Valentines to @pernicegiovanniofficial,’ she captioned a picture of her fella. ‘always there for me through everything. My best mate and the kindest person i know. Thank you Gio x’
Awww.
We know Christmas is long behind us, but here’s that excuse to look at Giovanni’s body we know you’ve been looking for…
Kate Middleton - the Duchess of Cambridge - has written an emotive article in the hope to raise awareness for children's mental health #YoungMindsMatter
From where we’re sitting Kate Middleton – the Duchess Of Cambridgeand Prince William are doing a sterling job at being parents but today Kate has spoken out about the struggles parents face when children suffer from mental illness.
As part of the #YoungMindsMatter campaign Kate has guest edited The Huffington Post website and written an emotive piece in the hope to raise awareness about the topic. She also speaks candidly about her and William being parent to Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
Kate wrote that for too long parents have been ’embarrassed’ to admit children need psychiatric care, worried of the stigma this may attract.
But she said it was time for our perception of mental illness to change, and admitted that her and Wills, ‘would not hesitate’ to seek help if their children, two-year-old George and nine-month-old Charlotte, needed it.
She wrote: ‘For too long we have been embarrassed to admit when our children need emotional or psychiatric help, worried that the stigma associated with these problems would be detrimental to their futures.’
The Duchess added that parenting is hard enough without letting prejudices stop people from asking for help.
And as a mother herself, she said she and Wills will do all they can to encourage their children to speak about their feelings and seek support if they need it.
She wrote: ‘Like most parents today, William and I would not hesitate to seek help for our children if they needed it.
‘We hope to encourage George and Charlotte to speak about their feelings, and to give them the tools and sensitivity to be supportive peers to their friends as they get older.
‘We know there is no shame in a young child struggling with their emotions or suffering from a mental illness.’
The Duchess – who spends most of her time in Norfolk where George goes to nursary – began campaigning on mental health soon after getting married and is patron of several related charities.
She wrote: ‘As was to be expected, I often heard some heart-breaking stories about lives that had been torn apart, with devastating impacts for all involved, particularly children.
‘What I did not expect was to see that time and time again, the issues that led people to addiction and destructive decision-making seemed to almost always stem from unresolved childhood challenges.
‘It became clear to me that many children – even those younger than five – have to deal with complex problems without the emotional resilience, language or confidence to ask for help.
‘And it was also clear that, with mental health problems still being such a taboo, many adults are often too afraid to ask for help for the children in their care.’
She called for this ‘to change’ and for children’s mental health to be seen as every bit as important as their physical well-being.
From a temporary newsroom set up in Kensington Palace, Kate will discuss articles, blogs and videos she commissioned to raise awareness about the psychological well-being of children.
And she paid tribute to the ‘extraordinary people and organisations; that have contributed to the mental health series.
As Eating Disorders Awareness Week approaches, Gemma shares her experiences to encourage others to speak out
Gemma Oaten talks about eating disorders on ITV's Lorraine, London 17 February 2016
Gemma Oaten has bravely given an emotional TV interview about her 13-year battle with anorexia.
The actress – who’s known for playing Rachel Breckle in Emmerdale – became tearful on ITV’s Lorraine today when she was shown photos of herself when she was younger, given the memories it brought back for her.
‘Seeing those pictures, to be honest I haven’t seen those in five or six years,’ she explained.
‘And wow, it brings back a lot of memories.’
Gemma’s struggles with her eating disorder began at an early age and she admits that it took for her parents to help her understand what was going on.
‘It’s such a weird thing to go through at that age because I don’t think I really understood where I was at and what was happening,’ the TV star revealed.
’It wasn’t until my mum and dad sat me down and said, “Gem this isn’t you, this isn’t the bubbly girl we know”, and this is what anorexia and many mental health illnesses do to young children.
‘It strips away the person they once was and it makes them a shell.’
Gemma, 31, was joined for the moving chat by her mum Marg, who has set up an eating disorders helpline, and stressed how her family were a huge support during her illness.
She also had an inspiring message for anybody struggling with similar issues.
‘That’s one of my biggest heartbreaks and probably why I get upset because of what I put my mum and my dad and my siblings through,’ she told host Fiona Phillips.
‘I think what we want to try and say is that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and people will look at me and mum, and our family unit and see that we went to hell and back but we did it.’
Next week is Eating Disorders Awareness week and Gemma – who is a patron for the eating disorder support service Seed – is doing a wonderful job in raising awareness.
The actress recently spoke of her experiences in detail in a passionate blog post where she voiced her concerns about how eating disorders are diagnosed.
Gemma struggled to get the treatment she needed when her illness began aged 10 and is also frustrated at how mental health sufferers often face long waiting lists, so has vowed to continue to help raise awareness of these issues.
The brave star has since been praised for speaking out and admits the response has got her feeling quite emotional.
‘In tears reading all the messages @itvlorraine just blown away. God love you all. Just amazing x,’ Gemma posted on Instagram.
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