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Graziadaily
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Graziadaily
Love Island: Here's What Actually Went On Between Megan And Tommy
In a Love Island first, the islanders have spilled news from the outside world, just days from the final. In a shock twist this season, dumped islander Megan Clarke returned to the villa alongside Blu Chegini. In a chat on Wednesday's episode, she gave the villa the DL about speaking with dumped islanders Tommy Bradley and Lucy Quinn on the outside. It all unfolded when Dejon spoke to the boys about how he thinks Megan is acting differently since her return. Blu chimed in, saying he heard Megan had been in touch with Tommy on the outside. As a quick reminder, Tommy left the villa with Lucy, but more recent reports have suggested that the pair have split. According to Blu, 'Megan and Tommy were speaking before they came in here. I've heard it... When Tommy and Lucy were in Tape [the London club], cracking on... she was fuming.' In last night's episode, Megan admitted she had sent some 'flirty' texts to Tommy and that the pair had been 'talking' while she was on the outside. When Megan first left the villa, she expressed support for Tommy's new pairing with Emily Moran, but admitted that she was emotional about their breakup in the villa - more than was shown on TV. 'That day me and Tommy called it off and it looked like I cried for all of three seconds and then was laughing again,' she told Closer magazine. 'That made me look insane. I did cry more, I promise. That wasn't a great day for me, to be fair. It gets on top of you sometimes. More so than not, I was very cheery and laughy, but that was a tough day.' That said, there's nothing to suggest Megan and Tommy actually got back together or are planning on rekindling when Megan leaves the villa for a second time. According to eagle-eyed social media users, many believe he's back with old Love Island flame Emily Moran with reports claiming Lucy and Tommy have parted ways. How did Tommy end up being the playboy of the villa? That's an entirely different debate...
Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Alison Hammond feeling 'sexier than ever' as she talks wedding plans with toyboy lover
This Morning star, Alison Hammond, has achieved an incredible body transformation as her relationship with Russian masseuse, David Putman, heats up Alison Hammond is reportedly feeling "sexier than ever" after her recent weight loss as her relationship with toyboy lover, David Putman, heats up. The This Morning star, 50, met the 27-year-old in 2023 after booking in for a massage therapy session with the Russian masseur, who is said to be a huge fan of Alison's incredible new look. The bubby Brummie, who shot to fame on Big Brother, recently admitted she was once close to 30 stone, but is now in the "17- 16 ½ range" after hiring a personal trainer and hitting the gym as she thinks about walking down the aisle with David. Talking to Closer about the star's stunning makeover and future wedding plans, a source said: "People think maybe Alison's achieved her weight goal, but she's going to keep going and get as fit and slim as she can, because she wants to look the best she can for her wedding day. It's the new-look Alison, and David thinks she looks sensational. "Two months ago Alison had lost 13st, and now friends think it's more like 14st. She looks even smaller. Alison's never felt happier. Work, love… everything is going right for her, and she's thrilled with the way she looks. It's made her more confident on TV, and she's feeling happier and sexier than ever." While Alison, who is a proud mum to son, Aiden, 20, has not addressed the wedding rumours directly, she did say she "wouldn't say no" to marrying David. The Bake Off star, who had a gastric band fitted in 2007, but had it removed three years later because her body rejected it, revealed in May that she had hired a personal trainer. Alison also said she doesn't deny myself anything, explaining: "I eat everything, but in moderation". On the weekend, the presenter shared a loved-up snap of and her and David on her Instagram Stories, snuggled up together, sporting matching baseball caps with the caption: "Happy holidays to you all. Remember, always choose love." Alison tends to keep her relationship private and doesn't usually features David on her Instagram page. However, in April 2024 she went public with the masseuse by posting a series of pictures online with him. Previously speaking about their relationship, Alison explained how David is very supportive of her and her TV career. She told Heat magazine: "He loves it. He just supports me. Anybody who I bring into my life supports me and whatever I do. They're so happy for me. "I don't like to go into detail about him, because it's my private life, and I want to respect his life as well. But you know I'm loved-up, everyone knows that!" The Mirror has contacted Alison's rep for comment on this story.
AFP
6 days ago
- Politics
- AFP
Story of dead surgeon linked to Brigitte Macron is fabricated
"Surgeon linked to Brigitte Macron transgender speculation found dead," says a July 3, 2025 post on X. "Solidifies suspicion that Macron is married to an XY Groomer." The video opens by showing first responders parked below a Parisian building, with a voiceover and subtitles claiming it is the site where the surgeon, François Faivre, fell to his death. The clip goes on to depict what purports to be an interview with the dead man's sister, Anne Dupont. Then it claims to show a portion of an initial interview the surgeon gave about Brigitte Macron to the magazine Closer before his death. "According to Ms. Dupont, her brother is a colleague of the famous doctor Patrick Bui," the subtitles say. "François Faivre had promised journalists he would shed light on the controversial surgical operations of Mrs. Brigitte Macron." The rumor that a surgeon died before releasing further information on Brigitte Macron spread in articles and in posts across Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok and YouTube. The claims were widespread in French and also appeared in Catalan, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese and Russian. Many posts reference the "Enquête du jour" website, where the video and an accompanying article appear to have originated. Image Screenshot of an X post taken July 25, 2025 Image Screenshot of an Instagram post taken July 25, 2025 The claims followed years of transphobic disinformation targeting the French first lady. In January, Owens released the "Becoming Brigitte" series, which claimed without substantive evidence that Brigitte Macron was not only formerly a man, but also Emmanuel Macron's blood relative. It also alleged Emmanuel Macron became France's president as part of CIA mind-control program, reigniting longstanding French conspiracy theories. On July 23, the Macrons filed a defamation suit against Owens in the US state of Delaware. More iterations of the dead-doctor narrative followed. "Of course they waited until now the file this lawsuit," says one July 24 Facebook post. "The doctor who did Brigitte's surgeries conveniently died last month." But like Owens's allegations about Brigitte Macron's gender history, the online claims that her surgeon died under suspicious circumstances are unfounded. The doctor referenced in the claims does not appear to exist, and the purported news reports cite evidence that is manipulated or entirely invented. The fabricated "François Faivre" The video claims François Faivre worked at the American Hospital of Paris alongside Patrick Bui, who supposedly spoke to him about Brigitte Macron undergoing a transgender surgery operation. While Bui does appear on the hospital's website, the medical center told AFP July 8 it had "no record of a cosmetic surgeon named François Faivre being able to practice there" (archived here). Searches of the French health insurance directory surfaced no matching results for a doctor named "François Faivre." Image Screenshot of the French state health insurance directory taken July 25, 2025 The video's depiction of the alleged doctor further suggests his identity was invented. The rail moulding on the wall disappears abruptly, and one of the hanging certificates trails off into illegible gibberish -- both common indicators of images generated be artificial intelligence. Image Screenshot of a YouTube video taken July 25, 2025 with highlights added by AFP AFP attempted to identify "François Faivre" by plugging the video's visuals into the facial-recognition tool PimEyes. The results uncovered an image of an individual on the iStock photo bank of Getty Images, published May 28, 2017 (archived here). Image Screenshots of an X post and the iStock photo library both taken July 25, 2025 The same face appears in different pieces of commercial content that are otherwise disconnected (archived here, here, here and here). AI technologies can create deceptive content based off existing photos. Further inconsistencies Other elements of the supposed report showed evidence of manipulation. For example, the images of the alleged crime scene are actually footage of Paris that AFP published October 15, 2022, nearly three years before the surgeon was claimed to have died (archived here). Image Screenshot of a Facebook post taken July 25, 2025 Image Screenshot of an AFP YouTube video taken July 25, 2025 The deepfake detector in the Verification Plugin, also known as InVID-WeVerify, assessed that the voices in the video were "very likely generated by AI." Image Screenshot of the results accessed via the Verification Plugin tool on July 25, 2025 The shot of the doctor's supposed sister also shows signs of manipulation. The size of her eyes changes frequently, while her blinking appears irregular, again pointing towards the use of . Image Screenshot of a video on the Enquête du jour website taken July 7, 2025 Invented reports, impersonated journalists Closer, the magazine alleged to have interviewed the surgeon, confirmed to AFP July 11, 2025 that none of its journalists had ever spoken to the supposed doctor. The "Enquête du jour" website that laundered the claims, meanwhile, was created June 25 -- just one week before the article appeared -- according to domain registration data (archived here). The site was registered in Delaware under the name "Ano Nymous." As of July 25, the site is no longer available. Image Screenshot of search results for the site taken July 7, 2025 The site's articles also appropriated the identities of at least six French journalists. Audrey Parmentier, whose byline accompanied the report about the surgeon's death, confirmed to French media she did not author the stories on the website. Freelance journalist Aurélien Defer told AFP July 3 he was "completely taken aback" to discover he had been impersonated. "From what I understand, almost all of the published articles serve to give this site the appearance of a reliable and general information source in order to be able to spread false information about Brigitte Macron," he said. Image Screenshot of Enquête du jour taken July 3, 2025 Defer said the method of impersonating journalists resembled Russian disinformation campaigns, a connection also made by the misinformation monitoring service NewsGuard. NewsGuard wrote the "François Faivre" claim used similar tactics to the Russian influence operation Storm-1516 (archived here). Brigitte Macron is among a group of influential women -- including former US first lady Michelle Obama and Canada's Diana Fox Carney -- about whom AFP has debunked gendered disinformation.
7NEWS
25-07-2025
- Entertainment
- 7NEWS
Champion swimmer Alexa Leary transforms herself for new music career
Australian swimming champion Alexa Leary has been transformed into a popstar. After lighting up the Paralympic pool in Paris with world records, two gold medals, and a silver, Leary has now changed her name and released her debut single. The change of the name is subtle (Lex Leary), but the transformation certainly is not. Complete with a photo of her new popstar look, Leary announced on social media that the single Closer, which also features vocals from Sydney singer XIRA, was 'finally out in the world'. 'This moment is so special to me — it's the start of something I've dreamed about for so long,' Leary said on Instagram. 'From loving dance music, to learning in the studio between training sessions — shoutout to wongo music — to now releasing my first song … this is a dream come true.' She called the new song 'an absolute baddie' and was excited for people to hear it. The national hero also revealed that dance music had been (and still is) a 'huge part' of her recovery. Leary almost died in a devastating accident in 2021. She fell off her bike and was left with brain damage and several long-term injuries. More than once, doctors informed her parents, Russ and Belinda, that they should prepare to say goodbye to their daughter. Searching for answers and hope, Leary's parents turned to a clairvoyant who predicted that the swimmer would rise to become a Paralympic gold medallist .... and that she did. After her record-breaking gold medal swim in the 100m freestyle (S9) in Paris (she set a world record twice in 24 hours), the story of the fortune teller's prediction from three years earlier was re-told. 'It is actually so amazing the fact that when I was in ICU, my dad got a fortune teller,' she said at the time. 'The fortune teller read that I wanted to go to the Paralympics, and now I'm here, I'm like 'wow, I did it'.' Leary said she was 'obsessed' by dance music and it was the 'soundtrack to happiness' and kept her 'pushing on'. 'I have a lot of ideas in my head about dance music,' she said. 'So when I'm not training or doing OT (occupational therapy), I've been creating music with the support of some new friends.' She said: 'My second life is full of opportunity, not letting disability limit me.' When Leary became a national hero, Australian DJ and music producer Fisher congratulated her via video. 'Alexa, you absolute legend,' Fisher said. 'Congrats on breaking that world record. We love ya. You're such an inspiration.' Meanwhile Leary busted out some moves on the podium. 'He's one amazing person and I've always got my headphones in, he upbeats me every single day,' she said of Fisher at the time. 'The best song he plays is World Hold On. 'It gets me going. It gets me in race mode every single time and I don't know, what it is about his music, but he gets me in this rhythm to just go smash it in the water.'
Daily Mirror
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Katie Price breaks silence on JJ Slater split rumours with very telling snap
Katie Price has taken to social media to break her silence after it was reported that she had split from her boyfriend, Married At First Sight star JJ Slater, earlier on in the week It looks like Katie Price has had enough of the rumours surrounding her love life, with the mum-of-five posting a telling statement on social media regarding her romance with JJ Slater. The update from Katie comes after friends claimed he'd moved out and they had called it quits. Earlier this week, reports emerged that Katie, 47, and Married At First Sight star JJ Slater, 31, had parted ways. Closer magazine claimed the couple had "gone their separate ways" with JJ allegedly having "packed his bags and moved out". However, Katie appears to have quashed these rumours by posting a picture featuring JJ prominently. Via her Instagram stories, Katie uploaded an image showing JJ positioned at a laptop. The reality TV star was captured during a photoshoot whilst having her hair and makeup applied. Seated at a table in the photograph was JJ. So it looks like the love story continues for Katie and JJ. The couple first became an item at the end of 2023, and following a turbulent whirlwind romance, but an insider earlier this week that alleged that Katie has grown 'bored' and that JJ has 'lost his sparkle'. "Katie and JJ have decided to go their separate ways, with JJ having already packed his bags and moved out. Ultimately, Katie's gotten bored. Friends and family had been warning JJ for a while that he'd lost his sparkle and that she treated him like a doormat," a source revealed to Closer. The insider went on to disclose that Katie 'isn't upset' about being single once more and has numerous options sliding into her DMs, even making quips to her mate where she compared men to handbags. They continued: "JJ has seen the messages, DM's sliding in and out from other men, Katie isn't upset. She even joked with her pal, 'new house, new start! I change men like handbags, but handbags are more useful!' He's gutted, but Katie claims she has not been unfaithful or been going behind his back and sexting other men." Speaking about Katie's romantic patterns, the source remarked: "Katie loves the excitement of the chase and being chased. If it's naughty, then she's in." Adding: "She craves the dopamine rush and is a self-confessed addict to anything that gives her a rush and instant gratification. She lives for her next hit, and sadly, JJ is just another statistic of collateral damage." Just last month, Katie was photographed getting cosy with several topless blokes whilst holidaying in Ibiza, with the getaway reportedly leaving JJ feeling worried about their relationship. "She can't help but flirt and cosy up to people, it's the life she's always led," a source told OK! The former Page 3 stunner was pictured partying alongside controversial ex-UFC champion Conor McGregor, EastEnders actor Dean Gaffney and nightclub mogul Wayne Lineker, who owns the island's renowned O Beach club. Katie dropped hints that her romance with JJ was in trouble during a May appearance on Paul C Brunson's podcast. She revealed her worries about spending excessive time with JJ and neglecting her mates. She explained: "When you meet someone, it's natural to want to be with them all the time. Then the mistakes I've made in the past are then you're with them all the time." She continued: "I'm a bit worried that I've got like that with JJ."
