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Daily Mirror
8 hours ago
- Daily Mirror
Jade Thirlwall admits 'daily battle' to not take Ozempic after cruel comments
Singer Jade Thirlwall has revealed that in the past, she has considered taking Ozempic after some social media users shared cruel comments about her weight Jade Thirlwall has revealed she's facing a 'daily battle' to not take Ozempic after receiving comments on social media about her weight. The 32-year-old has previously been open about her years of struggling with eating disorders, and despite being the healthiest she's ever been, she's still having to deal with scrutiny about her weight. But in a heartfelt admission, the Plastic Box songstress has revealed that she's considered medication in the past to deal with her weight. Speaking in a new interview, former Little Mix singer Jade said: 'I have a daily battle with myself not to go on Ozempic. 'I don't judge people that do, but because I have a history of eating disorders, I don't know where taking something like that would end for me. 'Now I'm in my 30s and the healthiest I've ever been, but every time I post a picture, there are comments saying, 'She must be pregnant.'' It comes after one TV star admitted she sleeps in separate bed to partner as she fumes over pregnancy. Jade added to The Guardian: 'The sad thing is that it's usually women. But people are used to seeing me in a group environment five or 10 years ago when I was stick-thin because I was in my early 20s with an eating disorder.' Although some people use Ozempic to aid weight loss, it is not licensed for this and should only be used by people with diabetes to aid their symptoms. This isn't the first time the ITV star has opened up about her weight struggles and the constant scrutiny about whether she's pregnant. Her Little Mix bandmates Perrie Edwards and Leigh-Anne Pinnock have gone on to have children, and fans are constantly asking her when she'll become a mum. The singer, who has been dating Rizzle Kicks star Jordan Stephens for five years, said she finds the speculation about her being pregnant 'invasive'. She starred on ITV's The Assembly earlier this year and expressed: 'The thing that annoys me the most is 'Am I going to have children, am I pregnant? 'I find it weird that people ask that, as they don't know what my circumstances are. You don't know if someone can't have children, they don't want to or aren't ready yet." She shot to fame on The X Factor in 2011, where she and the rest of Little Mix became the first female group to win the show and went on to have a successful career before the band went on a hiatus in 2021. Jade launched her own solo career last year with hit single Angel of My Dreams, which won best song at this year's Brit Awards. This year alone she's performed at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend Liverpool, Capital's Summertime Ball, Glastonbury and BBC Proms. During her Glastonbury set in June, Jade took the opportunity to give a shoutout to her former bandmates Perrie and Leigh-Anne as she got emotional. Jesy Nelson was also part of the group originally, before her departure in 2020. While performing at the music festival, the singer said: "Firstly, shout out to Little Mix. I can't begin to explain how grateful I am to those girls for literally changing my life and who would have thought then that we would have a Little Mix girlie up here on the Glastonbury stage. But I can't lie, it feels good doing my own songs that I've written from my heart." She continued: "That was the old me, now it's time for something new." She then told the crowd she would bring out some special guests, as she welcomed Confidence Man to the stage. Jade also used her performance to boldly express her disdain for Reform UK while delivering a rousing rendition of her hit FUFN. The track, an acronym for 'F*** you for now', features a segment where JADE reels off a list of things she'd like to give the middle finger to. During her set, she chanted: "Reform! Transphobia! Selling arms! Genocide!", with the crowd echoing back a resounding "F*** you."
The Guardian
11 hours ago
- The Guardian
My Cultural Awakening: Years & Years helped me accept my bisexual identity
I first discovered Olly Alexander, of Years & Years, by accident. I was teaching English as a foreign language in South Korea, and I showed a video of a BBC Glastonbury roundup on the projector as part of the lesson. I remember glimpsing an incredibly cute blond guy on stage, and being transfixed. I knew immediately that he was gay because the way he moved was unashamedly fluid and graceful. He was doing a pirouette. The clip was so short there wasn't even a mention of the name of the band, so I had to do some detective work. I Googled something ridiculous like 'bleached hair gay man Glastonbury 2015' and trawled through hundreds of search results until I found him. I was 24 and out as bisexual, but I had never done more than kiss a man. I grew up on the west coast of Ireland, and while my area was relatively liberal, we still used the F-slur regularly and referred to anything remotely crap or weak as 'gay'. At school, I liked girls enough to distract myself from the fact that I also liked boys – but by the time I was in my final year of university, I wasn't able to ignore my feelings for men any more. I told friends and family I was bisexual, but I did it in an almost aggressive way. My attitude was: 'I'm bisexual and if you have a problem with that, I don't want to hear about it.' Looking back, I think I was being defensive: I didn't want to discuss my sexuality because I wasn't entirely comfortable with it yet. It made me feel vulnerable to accept that I was interested in men because it messed with my sense of masculinity. I am still often perceived by strangers as straight. When I did develop a crush on a boy, growing up, it would be a macho lad who liked football and girls. Discovering Olly Alexander was seismic for me because it was the first time I fancied a man who was openly gay in his presentation. In the weeks after I found Olly online, I listened to Years & Years' debut album, Communion, on repeat. In a few songs, Olly refers to his love interest as 'boy', and I remember listening out for that word and feeling electrified by it. I was taking taekwondo lessons in my spare time, and I suggested to my instructor that we put Communion on in the background while we trained. Because it's a form of combat, taekwondo is a hypermasculine sport, but it is also elegant and feminine in the sense that it is like a dance. Listening to that music while doing those moves made me feel as if I was pulling together the two parts of my own nature, and finding some balance between the masculine and the feminine. Sign up to Inside Saturday The only way to get a look behind the scenes of the Saturday magazine. Sign up to get the inside story from our top writers as well as all the must-read articles and columns, delivered to your inbox every weekend. after newsletter promotion At the point in the session when we were doing a particularly high-intensity kicking routine, the song King would start playing on the record – which is all about being desired by another man on a night out. My instructor loved the record too, although he was a very traditional South Korean man, and from small comments he had made I could tell he was casually homophobic. He had no idea that he was enjoying an album about gay men in the club. The music unlocked something in me. I began to pursue boys and go to gay first sexual experiences with men happened at precisely the same time as I was discovering Communion. When I listen to Shine now – which is about the magnetic feeling between two men – I still get this feeling in my stomach. It's difficult for me to disentangle the feeling of desire from the excitement I feel when I hear the opening bars. I started dating my first boyfriend around the time Years & Years' second album, Palo Santo, came out, so Olly Alexander's music doesn't just sound like lust to me. It also sounds like love. Anonymous Did a cultural moment prompt you to make a major life change? Email us at You can tell us how a cultural moment has prompted you to make a major life change by filling in the form below or emailing us on Please include as much detail as possible Please note, the maximum file size is 5.7 MB. Your contact details are helpful so we can contact you for more information. They will only be seen by the Guardian. Your contact details are helpful so we can contact you for more information. They will only be seen by the Guardian. If you include other people's names please ask them first.
Metro
a day ago
- Metro
I know what the gimmick for the next Zelda game could be - Reader's Feature
A reader tries to figure out what Nintendo will do in terms of Zelda games for the Switch 2 and uses Brütal Legend as a starting point. I know some people are getting a bit antsy about the future of the Switch 2, but I do think they need to be patient. We've already had two great games and after Metroid Prime 4 we'll probably have three. That is a good result for less than seven months of a new console. I get it though, obviously I want to see a new Smash Bros. and 3D Mario and all the rest. But the biggest question is the next mainline Zelda. The last game only came out in 2023, so it's almost impossible, unless they use a completely different team, to get another one much before the end of the decade. I've been talking to friends and trying to figure out what Nintendo is going to do, but it's basically a mystery. Nobody knows and there's nothing to go on. But I have a few ideas, based on what they've done before and how they said they're not going back to the Breath Of The Wild map again. I'll get the more obvious stuff out of the way first: there's bound to be a bunch of remakes and spin-offs between now and then. A Link To The Past using the same graphics as Link's Awakening seems a no-brainer, but that's almost the least interesting thing to do, if you imagine what a remake of Zelda 1 or 2 would be like. Although I do feel they need a new, simpler art style. As for spin-offs, a sequel to Echoes Of Wisdom seems a dead cert but beyond that Nintendo could end up doing anything, especially as they let other developers make spin-offs. If they let nobodies like Koei Tecmo make then then why not an action game by PlatinumGames or a beat 'em-up by Bandai Namco? (I'd say a Soulslike by FromSoftware, but let's not get upset about things that aren't going to happen.) My big idea could actually be a spin-off or a mainline game but what I think Nintendo will definitely do is make some kind of real-time strategy game. Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. Nintendo always try to use the new gimmicks of a console in its Zelda games and you only have to look at Drag x Drive to see how creative they got with mouse controls straight out the gate (full disclosure: I have not played Drag x Drive but I hear at least the controls work well). Now maybe there's some weird use of the mice that Zelda can come up with, but I would bet it'll use aiming like Metroid Prime 4 and maybe even motion-controlled fighting, like a more advanced version of Skyward Sword, but the elephant in the room is just using the mouse… like a mouse. At some point Nintendo has got to do a strategy game, but the only series they've got like that is Pikmin. And the last one of those, they took out almost anything that resembled a real-time strategy. Not only that but it was the best-selling entry by a mile, so they're obviously not going to walk that one back. They could do a Pikmin spin-off, but it's still not that big a series. Or they could do new game or a spin-off of something else (Star Fox would probably work well), but no, I think they'll they use Zelda for the experiment. There're already big armies in Zelda and I always felt Tears Of The Kingdom would work better if you could control your allies, especially in those battles where you're clearing out the monster nests but you can't really influence it except just fighting as normal. Imagine a Zelda game where you can meet and recruit armies and allies and then control them all in epic Lord of the Rings style battles. I'm thinking something like Brütal Legend (love that game!) where you can still fight on your own but when you get into a big battle it turns into a real-time strategy. More Trending That's my idea anyway. I know you shouldn't try and predict Nintendo, but I do feel convinced that Nintendo will try to make a real-time strategy at some point, and to me a Zelda game makes most sense. By reader Dr Connery The reader's features do not necessarily represent the views of GameCentral or Metro. You can submit your own 500 to 600-word reader feature at any time, which if used will be published in the next appropriate weekend slot. Just contact us at gamecentral@ or use our Submit Stuff page and you won't need to send an email. MORE: Here's the one reason why I'm not buying Battlefield 6 - Reader's Feature MORE: Top 5 video game developers that have wasted their talents - Reader's Feature MORE: Road Rash Is the best Sega Mega Drive racing game – Reader's Feature
