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The Irish Sun
27-05-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Luke Littler, 18, full of energy for Premier League Darts finals… as teenager credits cutting out live TV appearances
LUKE LITTLER feels more relaxed heading into this season's Premier League Darts finale after cutting out the live TV show appearances. The Nuke was a boy in demand this time 12 months ago, Advertisement 2 Luke Littler has admitted cutting down on TV show appearances have helped his game Credit: Alamy 2 Littler appeared on the Jonathan Ross Show alongside the likes of Liam Gallagher Credit: Rex In May 2024, the teenage wonder showed his promise by shocking And then historically, he lifted the Sid Waddell Trophy in January 2025, 18 days before his 18th birthday. A conscious decision has been made by him and his team to reduce the number of times he appears on chats shows. Advertisement READ MORE IN DARTS 'A lot of shows, like The Jonathan Ross Show, which was really good. 'I found out while I was doing the first Premier League that the travel was Thursday night, and then on Friday night we'd have to rush down to a European Tour. 'But this year it has been a lot more relaxing, which we wanted, in terms of the shows and stuff. 'That was good for my socials last year. This year it's all about kicking on. Advertisement Most read in Darts BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK 'I've 'This is one of the biggest ones out there.' Luke Littler and Luke Humphries play out 'best darts match ever' as Wayne Mardle says 'even they're finding it funny' On Thursday night, in semi-final one, Littler faces bogeyman Advertisement In the other semi-final, world No 1 Humphries tackles Nathan Aspinall, with £275,000 on the line for the eventual winner at London's O2 Arena. Another chapter in the Littler versus Humphries rivalry will be a fitting conclusion to a brilliant Premier League campaign. Littler beat England World Cup team-mate Humphries 6-3 in the final in Sheffield last week — after the pair had averaged 115.96 and 110.01 respectively in the quarters for The Nuke's 6-3 triumph in Aberdeen. Cool Hand, 30, said: 'I enjoy playing Luke as I know I have to be at my best. Advertisement 'I hope this rivalry will flourish, it's good for the game. When it was Phil Taylor and 'Of course, we want to beat each other, we want to win everything. 'But also we get on really well.'
The Sun
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Luke Littler, 18, full of energy for Premier League Darts finals… as teenager credits cutting out live TV appearances
LUKE LITTLER feels more relaxed heading into this season's Premier League Darts finale after cutting out the live TV show appearances. The Nuke was a boy in demand this time 12 months ago, appearing on ITV's The Jonathan Ross Show and BBC's Comic Relief following his extraordinary run to the World Darts Championship final. 2 2 In May 2024, the teenage wonder showed his promise by shocking Luke Humphries in the Prem final, hitting an outstanding nine-darter after a key TV ad break. And then historically, he lifted the Sid Waddell Trophy in January 2025, 18 days before his 18th birthday. A conscious decision has been made by him and his team to reduce the number of times he appears on chats shows. Littler — who has more than 1.9million followers on Instagram — said: 'I did a lot of stuff for social media. 'A lot of shows, like The Jonathan Ross Show, which was really good. 'I found out while I was doing the first Premier League that the travel was Thursday night, and then on Friday night we'd have to rush down to a European Tour. 'But this year it has been a lot more relaxing, which we wanted, in terms of the shows and stuff. 'That was good for my socials last year. This year it's all about kicking on. 'I've secured top spot in the league and playing that first semi-final is so crucial. 'This is one of the biggest ones out there.' Luke Littler and Luke Humphries play out 'best darts match ever' as Wayne Mardle says 'even they're finding it funny' On Thursday night, in semi-final one, Littler faces bogeyman Gerwyn Price, who has won six of their past eight meetings. In the other semi-final, world No 1 Humphries tackles Nathan Aspinall, with £275,000 on the line for the eventual winner at London's O2 Arena. Another chapter in the Littler versus Humphries rivalry will be a fitting conclusion to a brilliant Premier League campaign. Littler beat England World Cup team-mate Humphries 6-3 in the final in Sheffield last week — after the pair had averaged 115.96 and 110.01 respectively in the quarters for The Nuke's 6-3 triumph in Aberdeen. Cool Hand, 30, said: 'I enjoy playing Luke as I know I have to be at my best. 'I hope this rivalry will flourish, it's good for the game. When it was Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld, everyone loved it. 'Of course, we want to beat each other, we want to win everything. 'But also we get on really well.'
Daily Mail
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Danny Dyer was so skint when BBC offered him EastEnders role that he 'couldn't even afford to buy the execs a lager' - but these days his kids get driven to private school in a Bentley
He recently revealed his children get driven to their swish private school in a Bentley, after his role in EastEnders and a series of top films saw his bank account swell. But it all could have been so different for national treasure Danny Dyer, after he went broke following a string of box office flops in the 2000s. Things got so bad for the actor, 47, that he couldn't even afford to buy BBC execs a lager when they met him to offer him a role in their flagship soap in 2013. He previously told the Jonathan Ross Show: 'I didn't have an audition, they rung me up, I had a touch. 'They said, "Listen we want you to come in the show, take over the Queen Vic" and at the time I was skint and I just had about enough petrol money to get there, that's the truth. 'They thought I was a multimillionaire and I met them in the hotel and I walked in absolutely skint, not a bean about me. I thought, I hope they don't ask me to get them a lager because I've got no dough. 'They sat me on a throne and said how great I was and how they wanted me to come in and take over the Vic and [I was] going to have a really big storyline about having a gay son.' Danny explained he made out it was no big deal, but secretly he was overjoyed by the career-saving offer. He said: 'I was like, "Wow, I want to do a cartwheel in front of them" but I thought, "Play it down, don't show your bolt too early." 'I went, "I'll think about it" and then I walked out and I did a couple of backflips on the way out! I played it right down, I didn't want to look desperate and I was desperate.' Speaking about what he might have had to do if the role didn't come up, Danny said: 'I might have had to go and load skips Jon, I just couldn't catch a cold, I was doing nightclub appearances.' In 2023, the Marching Powder star put his past financial woes down to a run of 's*** films' including 2012's Run For Your Wife which made just £602 in its opening weekend. He told The Sun: 'I was on my a**e. I was f***ed. I had made too many bad films. I'd had my shot and made some good stuff. I had resorted to going to nightclubs and waving off balconies. 'That chips away at your soul that I'll tell ya. Where do you go from there? He added: 'I f***ed it. I got a call from Dominic Treadwell Collins who asked me to come for a meeting. I had just about petrol money to get there. I swear to god I was on my a**e. He told me about this part – Alpha male who wears a pink dressing gown. 'And his first storyline is going to be about his son coming out to him as gay and you just put your arm around him and tell him you love him. 'I said "wow you f****** get me." I thought I'm going to come in and chase Phil about. Six months or maybe a year. You can't take Phil on. 'But no he said take over the Queen Vic and come with a family. They didn't know I was skint.' His life now is worlds away from the dark pre-EastEnders days and Danny told ITV's new show The Assembly last month that his kids head to their private school in Chigwell in style. Each episode of the series sees a different celebrity face questions from a group of autistic, neurodivergent and learning disabled people, which will force them to cast aside their media training, with no topic off limits. And in last week's instalment, he said that because of his fame, his kids have never been on a bus and instead get driven 'door to door in a Bentley'. He was asked by one of the interviewers: 'How working class are you to send your son to a private school?' Dyer responded: 'I am a working-class kid and I am very proud of my roots. We moved to a better place where we could bring the children up. 'I have put my children in a private school, but now they're not street wise. I don't regret it but there's a part of me that I wish I could instil a little bit of knowing what it's like to struggle into them. 'But like anyone, if you have kids you want to give them everything you can and it can backfire on you slightly, because now, they get driven around in a Bentley. 'I've got a Bentley. I walked everywhere as a kid or got a bus. 'My kids have never been on a bus, they don't have to. Because they get driven door to door in a Bentley.' Danny, who hails from east London, has three children with his wife Joanne – Sunnie, 18, Arty, 11, and reality star Dani, 28, who won the fourth series of ITV dating show Love Island. He revealed in March that they were going to send his son to a private school in Chigwell. Asked on The Assembly show how he felt about her going on the show and being a nepo baby, he responded: 'She is but by default and I think that's why she got on the show. 'I never wanted her to do it because I heard people have sex on that show. As a father I don't want to see any of that. 'She didn't tell me until the last minute and she just went. She was such a beautiful human being on it. So actually, it worked out really well with her. She was working in a pub before that. 'She is a nepo baby but what's wrong with that?' Revealing all, the the Rivals star said he was paid £100,000 for his BBC gig presenting The Wall and that meditation and therapy has helped him become a better person. Having accrued a vast sum of money from his successful acting career, Danny has now handed over the reins of his bank account to wife Joanna Mas, owing to his previous wild behaviour. Last week, he broke down in tears as he revealed his partner controls all their finances. Their on-off relationship was marred with cheating allegations in the past, although they eventually got back together for good and married in 2016 after Joanne proposed a year before. Back in 2000, Danny's wild behaviour culminated in Jo catching him cheating on her, causing her to kick him out and clear their bank account. And during his grilling on The Assembly, the Marching Powder star was asked by group member Chardonnay if the couple share a bank account now, 25 years later. But Danny admitted: 'She controls everything now', before explaining: 'Yes, she did kick me out because I was a pr***. And she deserved better.' He recalled: 'Sometimes I would go out and get off my head, take drugs, and I wouldn't come home for three days. 'I had issues - I never wanted the party to end. She had every right to throw me out.'
Telegraph
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
‘Trendy' Luke Littler to headline pop festival with Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo are among the headline acts booked for the annual series of British Summer Time Hyde Park concerts. The third headliner is more unexpected. Luke Littler will take to the stage in a darts tournament, as promoters cash in on the sport's soaring popularity with young audiences. The 18-year-old features alongside Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen and Fallon Sherrock in the championship on July 8. The tournament will take place on an outdoor stage in the Royal Park and has been masterminded by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). The event will be held two days after Carpenter performs a double bill of weekend concerts. Rodrigo will open the festival, which ends with gigs by Neil Young, Stevie Wonder and Jeff Lynne's ELO. Matthew Porter, the chief executive of the PDC, described it as 'a really exciting concept' and said: 'We're really looking forward to putting on a world class darts show.' He added: 'The organisers approached us to say they had a gap in their music schedule. We normally only stage professional tournaments but this is something a bit different, something with a nice profile. 'It shows where darts is positioned in the cultural landscape now. It's in a very different place to where it was 20 or 30 years ago. And, spearheaded by Luke Littler, the sport is younger – not just the audience but the players are from a younger demographic. People like the fact that it's authentic. It doesn't have that Premier League feeling of elitism. Part of the appeal is that it's normal people playing elite level sport, and in a fun environment.' Spectators will be seated at bierkeller-style trestle tables, as they are at Ally Pally. Porter said: 'Outdoors and darts don't generally mix, for obvious reasons. But the stage will be protected from the elements. 'It's an opportunity to watch the best players in the world and with all the elements that you see on TV: fancy dress, 180 cards and a few drinks.' The four players are expected to compete against one another in a knockout tournament before ending with a pro-am session in which they will be partnered with celebrities including Olly Murs, Roman Kemp and Dion Dublin. Dublin, the former footballer turned Homes Under the Hammer presenter, said: 'Never thought I'd swap the pitch for the oche, but I'll give it a go. Music, legends and darts – what more could you wish for?' Ticket holders will be encouraged to wear fancy dress, just as they do for the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace. The action begins at 6.30pm and organisers hope that people will flock to the park after work. Tickets include access to a craft drinks festival with street food and DJs. Littler has been credited with making darts cool to Gen Z after he became the youngest World Darts Championship finalist in 2024, aged 16, and the youngest world champion a year later. His last brush with showbiz was an appearance on ITV's Jonathan Ross Show, where he demonstrated his darts skills to the Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown, who was a fellow guest on the programme. But this will be the first time he has shared a bill with pop stars. While Littler has made history at the oche, Sabrina Carpenter has set records of her own. The former Disney Channel star had the most-streamed song of 2024 with Espresso, and one of the most complained-about performances of 2025 with her raunchy opener at the Brit Awards. Littler's competitors at the tournament are also the sport's biggest names. Humphries tops the PDC Order of Merit, based on prize money won over the last two years, and beat Littler in the 2024 PDC final. Michael van Gerwen is the three-time PDC world champion from the Netherlands, while Fallon Sherrock made history as the first woman to beat a man at the world championship.
The Independent
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Freddie Flintoff reveals he was unable to leave the house for eight months after Top Gear crash
Freddie Flintoff has revealed he couldn't leave the house for eight months after his terrifying Top Gear accident. The 46-year-old sportsman was involved in a near-fatal incident that left him with significant facial injuries and broken ribs while filming the motoring show in December 2022. Britain's most renowned cricketer subsequently developed anxiety over leaving his house and almost entirely stepped away from public life following the crash. Speaking to Jonathan Ross on his ITV chat show, Flintoff said of the aftermath: 'The only times I was leaving the house was for medical appointments and surgeries. 'I was struggling with crippling anxiety. I had to have about five or six goes at leaving the room – had to have a chat with myself in the mirror. 'I'd not shown myself without a face mask to anyone. It was like starting again,' he added. Flintoff said that he eventually travelled to London while wearing a bucket hat, glasses, and a mask. In the capital, he was spotted by a friend, who said: 'F*** me – it's the invisible man.' The cricketer has been driving a Morgan Super 3 three-wheeled sports car when it flipped over and crashed off of the Top Gear test track in 2022. The crash led the BBC to suspend production for the 'foreseeable future', deeming it inappropriate to continue. He received £9m in compensation as a result of his injuries. Flintoff returned to screens last year with a BBC series titled Freddie Flintoff 's Field of Dreams on Tour, in which he opened up about that crash. He revealed that he still suffers nightmares and flashbacks. Speaking in Field of Dreams, he said: 'I don't want to sit and feel sorry for myself. I don't want sympathy. I'm struggling with my anxiety, I have nightmares, I have flashbacks – it's been so hard to cope. But I'm thinking if I don't do something, I'll never go. I've got to get on with it.' This month, Flintoff will explore the ramifications of his accident in a new Disney+ documentary, Flintoff, which will premiere in the UK and Ireland on 25 April. 'I've lived under [the] radar for seven months,' Flintoff said in the trailer. 'One of the real frustrations was the speculation – that's why I'm doing this now. What actually happened.' Speaking about his 'life-altering' injuries, the cricketer said: 'I'm not saying I'm embracing them, but I'm not trying to hide my scars.' He added: 'It's almost like a reset. I'm trying to find out what I am now. I've always seemed to be able to flick a switch, I've got to find that switch again.' The Jonathan Ross Show airs on ITV on Saturdays at 9.20pm
