Helen Skelton and Gethin Jones split as he joins notorious dating app on lads' holiday
The TV presenters have been close pals for a while, but their friendship is said to have developed into something more after they were spotted leaving the BAFTAs together back in May. Though they had yet to confirm they are in a relationship, they have been spotted hanging out off set and enjoying a spa day at a country club recently.
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The Guardian
13 hours ago
- The Guardian
‘You killed her!': My 100% faithful attempt at Traitors Live Experience
Things are not going well. Halfway through my attempt to play the real-life version of the smash-hit reality BBC reality TV show The Traitors, I realise something: I may be less charming than I'd hoped. 'I don't trust him,' intones a player to my left, scowling at my face as though she has just found it on the bottom of her shoe. 'Yeah, he seems shifty!' exclaims her friend. I try to defuse the tension by smiling winningly. 'Look at that smirk. He's definitely a Traitor.' Oh dear. In retrospect, this should not have come as a surprise. Since The Traitors first burst on to our screens in November 2022, it's become obvious that it's not easy to convince people you're telling the truth while being subjected to death-ray stares. Watching contestants go head to head as either traitors (who lie, scheme and murder fellow contestants by night) or faithfuls (who try to banish traitors so they can share a cash prize with fellow honest players) has united the UK around its TV sets. The show has won Baftas and Emmys, and drawn up to 10 million viewers an episode, and it's largely down to the sheer unpredictability of what people will do when they're put in a pressure cooker environment and suspicion is allowed to fester. It's also what made Neil Connolly, the creative director behind The Traitors: Live Experience, decide to replicate the interior of a Scottish castle in Covent Garden in London and have players roleplay the TV show in groups of up to 12. 'I wanted to make people's hearts race,' he will tell me on the phone the following day. 'That moment when you feel your heart pounding in your chest, I know that I've done my job correctly.' Well, as I play the game, his wishes are coming true. Largely because I am a faithful, who is doing a terrible job of convincing anyone. Along with a group of other journalists, I'm sitting in a wood-panelled room containing an impressive replica of the round table around which all the TV show's fiercest debates take place. Occasionally, our host – a tartan-clad Claudia Winkleman-channelling actor – announces that it is now 'night' and instructs us to put on a 'blindfold' (more commonly known as 'blacked-out ski goggles'). We wait while the Traitors remove theirs and plot who to kill – or secretly recruit. And then, masks removed, fierce debate breaks out. 'The way you reacted there was a bit 'Hugh Grant in a romcom',' declares one player, casting suspicion towards a particularly emotive participant. 'Bit strange.' It's not long before all the tropes of the TV show pop up. People begin to form cliques. The phrase '100% faithful' is repeated time and again. Rather than evicting people based on any form of evidence, players are banished purely due to looking a bit odd. Hugh Grant ends up being evicted – and turns out to be a faithful. Randomness rules. 'We had one woman who voted for someone, then said: 'It's because you remind me of Miles Jupp from Balamory,'' laughs Connolly. 'One guy turned around his slate and said: 'I've voted for you, Tom, because I don't know how to spell the other person's name.'' I, however, am determined to learn from everything I've seen on the TV show. I refuse to go with the herd. I vote on the basis of evidence, rather than conjecture about facial tics. And I never throw around baseless accusations, lest I kill one of my own. In short: I repeatedly vote for the person next to me, as I'm convinced I heard him removing his goggles during the night-time. As the debates go on, I somehow attract more suspicion. The number of votes against me increases. Luckily, my methodology proves popular and we successfully evict two traitors who were overly noisy when removing their blindfold. Less luckily, a faithful player announces that she'd like to banish me and then is murdered by the traitors. 'You killed her!' declares her friend, to the gasps of the room. Sign up to What's On Get the best TV reviews, news and features in your inbox every Monday after newsletter promotion These traitors know what they're doing. Fortunately, tension defuses as we break to play a game. We solve clues to find numbers hidden around the room, which we then put in the correct order by communicating with 'the dead' – the players who have either been banished or murdered, and are now watching us on TV from a nearby room. Unlike the TV show, in which these tasks earn contestants money for the prize pot, we get points for our total on the daily leaderboard. As we go back into another debate, it turns out that my dogged voting for the same player is paying off. Enough other people have become suspicious, and he is evicted. 'What a relief,' he announces before he leaves the room. 'I was a traitor.' Suddenly, people are looking at me differently. For the rest of the session, not a single player votes for me, until our host announces: 'It is now time for the end game!' Dramatic music swells and we're told to press a button. We can vote either to end the game if we believe everyone to be faithful or to continue banishing if we don't. Over three stressful rounds, we're whittled down from six players to three. The game ends, and we have to declare. Are we all faithful? In which case we all win. Or is there a traitor among us? In which case only they are victorious. I declare first. Then player number two proves to be on the side of good as well. And, finally, the last player announces: 'I'm a faithful.' We won – and I'm in shock. Surely it doesn't normally go this smoothly? 'Oh no,' laughs Connolly. 'At the end of one game, a player had to tell his fiancee he was a traitor. Before he even finished speaking, she had ripped off her engagement ring and thrown it on the floor.' Wow. Thank god I'm 100% faithful. The Traitors: Live Experience is in Covent Garden, London.
Daily Mirror
17 hours ago
- Daily Mirror
JESS BOULTON: 'Strictly star should feel a shiver down their spine after latest move'
Daily Mirror's Jessica Boulton unleashes her latest Jess Saying column: From King Charles to Gwyneth Paltrow to one very brave Strictly star's safe Jessica Boulton works on the Mirror's features desk, specialising in celebrity features and interviews. She also writes a weekly observational comedy column Jess Saying, which runs each Saturday. In addition, she oversees the entertainment pages, helps co-ordinate the Pride of Britain coverage and newsletter and guest edits The Diary. Jessica joined The Mirror's sister paper The People in 2006, and has since worked on the Sunday Mirror and Now magazine. Most likely to be found raving about The Oscars, BAFTAs, Netflix, Friends or Star Wars. Daily Mirror Columnist Jessica Boulton takes you through the up, downs and ridiculous moments of the past seven days in showbiz in the latest instalment of her wry, witty and oh-so-slightly sarcastic weekly column Jess Saying...... And where better to start than with my pictures of the week? Anyone who read last week's column last week will remember my unbridled joy at the prospect of a Dawson's Creek reunion between Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson. So imagine my reaction at now having seen the first shots of them filming in NYC this week? It's been 22 years since we last saw them as Joey Potter and Pacey Witter, two-thirds of the Noughties' most angst-ridden TV love triangle. But from the looks of these pics on the set of romcom Happy Hours, it seems their age-old chemistry hasn't changed a bit. Katie is writing, directing and starring in the movie – about childhood sweethearts who reunite. And talking of exes... Katie's ex Tom Cruise, 63, this week finally went public with long-rumoured love Ana de Armas, 37. Ana has cemented her name as an action star after hits like John Wick's Ballerina. But will thrice-divorced Tom make the relationship work this time? Or will it go up the same creek as his others? And I don't mean Dawson's. Of course, Katie and Joshua were just the cherry on the cake of an deliciously-varied week in the world of celebs..... Good job Monday The Lionesses have done it again! The England Women's Football Team celebrated their Euros victory with a well-deserved open-bus top parade after bringing home yet another major trophy. It was quite the sight to see – and one we rarely get to enjoy. I mean, let's face it the last time I saw The Three Lions bring home a major trophy, I must have been… Um …Let me think…I'm just doing the maths… Yes, that's right …...AN UNFERTILISED EGG. I mean, who would have thought Baddiel and Skinner's '30 years of hurt' would actually end up being a wildly optimistic underestimation? We're now on 59 years and counting. In hindsight, maybe it was a good job the FA had their sexist ban on women women from playing football for so many years. The way The Lionesses are going, they would have filled their share of the England trophy cabinets a couple of decades ago. Still, I suppose they could've borrowed a few empty shelves from the men. Tweed Tuesday Get your coat, Lady Victoria Beckham! There's a new fashion designer hot on your tail. And this one boasts a title that's even more impressive. Yes, King Charles has decided to turn his hand to a new skill and has launched his own range of Sandringham Royal Tweed overcoats. Each comes with a brown collar and belt and costs between £39.99 and £49.99. His models are a bit bitchier than VB's glam pals however. Because the King's clothing line … is just for pups. Or, as the sales blurb says, 'Pooches in the parkland" who "can now look effortlessly stylish.' Obviously his Autumn/Winter pup line sorted. But what will his clients be strutting down the cat, sorry, dog- walk next summer? If it's not a range of tweed dog-kinis, I am going to be royally disappointed… Cry me a river Wednesday I've never been as keen as most on Gwyneth Paltrow. But until this week I could never quite put my finger on why. It wasn't her meme-worthy Oscar-weeping (or the fact she won one for a so-so performance in Shakespeare In Love). It wasn't that her critically lauded take on Emma wasn't a patch on Alicia Silverstone's Clueless take the year before. And it wasn't because she insists on flogging fancy jade eggs for people to put in their, um, hidden little nooks and crannies. No. I actually realised this week it was because everything appeared to come so very, very easy for Miss Paltrow. An intro to Hollywood from her famous parents? Check. An Oscar before she was 30? Check. A hot fiance (or several)? Check, check, check. However a new biography making headlines this week seems to argue Gwynnie hasn't always had a smooth ride. For it reveals she was once forced to make an impossible, unenviable, life-changing, Sophie's choice. Yes, in 1995, she faced a dilemma so big, it's difficult to understand how she ever got through it… No, it wasn't heating or eating. Or who to save in an accident. It was a choice that was even tougher... BRAD or KEANU? Yup. The biography reveals Gwynnie's big crisis was – did she take a role as Brad Pitt's love interest in Seven? Or did she take a role as Keanu Reeves's love interest in Feeling Minnesota? Schedules would only allow for her to do one…( My heart bleeds. It really does.) Apparently it was her friend who eventually came to her aid with a poignant soul-searching question: 'Well, which one do you want to date?' Obviously for most of us there is no wrong answer. So it was hardly worth losing her head over it. But in the end, she opted for Brad and Seven, so I guess…she, kind of, actually did. Cry me a bigger river Thursday Harvey Weinstein was having a good old whinge from his prison cell this week. The convicted rapist and former Miramax co-founder was – inexplicably – allowed to give a YouTube interview to right-wing podcaster Candace Owens after his latest court appearances. And while I have no intention of giving him a platform to discuss his most recent accusers, there were a couple of other things he said that caught my attention. First, poor old Harvey, ahem, is clearly questioning the Yelp reviews he read of Hotel Rikers Island, aka New York's toughest penitentiary, were wholly accurate. I hate to break it to him but Rikers - the Bronx institution where former 'guests' include Summer Of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz and John Lennon's assassin Mark Chapman - doesn't exactly come with fresh towels, housekeeping and a turn down service. 'This is a very rough place,' he whined. 'It's unhygienic. It took me five days to get a pillow. Rikers Island is medieval.' ( Save it for the 'guest' comment card, Harvey.) And secondly... it turns out he's actually plotting his next film while behind bars. And no, it's not a remake of The Shawshank Redemption. He wants to re-adapt Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel A Farewell To Arms. It was last made into a film in 1957 and has just entered the public domain. However I think I can safely say Harvey's version would be a box-office bomb. Why? Er, 1. His only supporters are likely to be of the right-wing MAGA-loving gun-toting probably assume it's an attack on the Second Amendment. And... 2. He's a rapist. And, don't get me wrong, I like a Monster Movie - but only when the big bad beast is the star of the show, not the producer. Freaky Friday Couples that play together, stay together, or so former Strictly hubby and wife duo Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton will be hoping. The pair are part of the latest line-up for 2:22: A Ghost Story – the smash hit play that appears to have become the universal platform for a certain type of female celeb to reinvent themselves. Just look at the previous names who have previously landed one of the two top female parts: Former popstar-turned-actress Lily Allen, Former popstar-turned-TV judge Cheryl What's-Her-Surname, Former popstar-turned-TV-personality Frankie Bridge, Former Love Island-presenter Laura Whitmore, Former-EastEnder-Since Returned-To-EastEnders Louisa the list goes on. So forget the spooky spirits in the plot. And forget working together night after night means they're practically begging to be hit by the Strictly curse. (Howard Carter emptying King Tutankhamun's tomb was possibly less risky). For, the biggest problem Poor Stace must face are the ghosts: the ghosts of every female celeb who's trodden those very board before her. Lily got a gong. Cheryl got a rave - albeit surprised - response. Laura Whitmore, got, er, um.... well, you get the picture. The thing is, every single star, like Stacey, was a relative theatre newbie, better known for another career. And there's nothing a ghoulish theatre critic likes better, than seeing them come a cropper. So If Stace thought Craig Revel Horwood was harsh on Strictly, the prospect of the first night reviews is what will really send a shiver down her spine. And a little pick-me-up: During a soap wedding almost anything can happen, except the big event going off infidelities, a bride too drunk to say her vows... but none of that happened when Jack P Shepherd, Coronation Street's smart-mouthed David Platt, tied the knot with his real life love Hanni Treweek this week. It must have been a right let down for any of the soap scriptwriters among the guests who were hoping for a bit of inspiration for their next Corrie calamity wedding fact, the closest to a disaster seems to have been a very happy Samia Longchambon sat on the shoulders of husband Sylvain. But fear not, these two have had professional training for lifts like this, from back in their 2013 Dancing On Ice this time there were unlikely to be any slip ups..... as the only ice at the scene was chilling the bubbly.
Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Daily Mirror
Gavin and Stacey reveals plans for James Corden and Ruth Jones' new TV show
What's occurin'? Well if you read on you can find out all about a new TV project from Gavin and Stacey writers James Corden and Ruth Jones as they reunite for a new project Mathew Horne has revealed Gavin & Stacey creators James Corden and Ruth Jones are already working on a new TV project. The duo have said they hoped to work together again after their hit BBC sitcom, but Mathew's revelation means work has already begun. Mathew also said he is hoping for his own mini reunion on stage, as he and actor TV host James have discussed teaming up for a theatre project in 2026. It comes after ITV fans accuse Alan Titchmarsh of 'ruining' garden as foster parents were left sobbing. Helen Skelton and Gethin Jones split as he joins a notorious dating app on a lads' holiday Taylor Swift sparks engagement rumours as fans spot Travis Kelce's lock screen Asked 'Will you work with any of the Gavin & Stacey stars again?', Mathew replied: 'I would love to work with James and Ruth again. In fact James and I have been discussing doing a play because we are both going back into the theatre for a while – but not in the same play. James and I have been talking about doing a play, maybe next year or maybe the year after that. "And as for Ruth, she is writing her novels at the moment. And she has written a new novel (By Your Side) and it is all set on a fictional island in Scotland and my heritage is Scottish, I am actually mostly Scottish by blood. So I am hoping to get into something because a lot of her novels are going to be turned into TV stuff so I'd like to work with her on that level. 'And I know they are doing something with Apple at the moment, they are writing something for Apple. So I think my working relationship with both of them will continue but it may not be imminent but I think we definitely will come back together so that will be really exciting and I would jump at the chance to do that.' A source close to James Corden confirmed he was working on writing new projects with Ruth but said as well as Apple, a number of TV channels and streamers were keen to screen whatever they come up with. It is thought the most likely next series for them could be a comedy drama, as any sitcom would risk direct comparisons with Gavin & Stacey. Speaking in May at the BAFTAs, Ruth had said she wanted to make more TV with her friend and co-star. Ruth said: "I love working with James Corden, I really do, and I hope that we will carry on working together.' Actor Mathew, speaking at a talk he gave in Taunton on Thursday night, also said he was proud to have Gavin & Stacey on his CV and he didn't think there would be a Christmas audience ever again like the 22 million they managed last year in 2024 with the consolidated audience figure. The 90 minute special resolved the cliff hanger from five years before, when Nessa (Ruth Jones) asked Smithy (James Corden) to marry her. Mat, 46, explained: "It is already in the record books with 22 million people watching the show. To be an actor and have that on your CV…. even if my acting career is over and I hope it's not… I have done that! "That is on my CV and I have a lot of friends who are actors and they have gone through their careers without ever doing anything that their parents would be proud of or that their parents enjoyed watching. And I have got that in Gavin and Stacey. "Time will tell whether in 10, 15, 20 years and long, long after I have gone people will still be watching it. Gavin and Stacey is the best representation of love, friendship and family that I can think of. And I genuinely believe that is what is at the heart of the show - and as human beings, I believe, that is what gives us our meaning and that is what we are searching for. "The show does bring families together and going back to that finale at Christmas, maybe three or four generations of families sat in their living rooms and watched it on Christmas Day. The TV landscape at the moment is really up in the air because people watched television in different ways, on their phones, on laptops and they're pausing it and rewinding it. "So that idea of a whole family watching the same programme on the same day and in the same room.. I don't think this is ever going to happen again. I think that is the power of Gavin and Stacey as a show. It brings families together and it brings people together and all generations together." Officially Gavin & Stacey: The Finale is the UK's most-watched scripted show across all broadcasters and streamers since current records began in 2002, with ratings already at 19.3 million according to the latest data.
