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Daily Mail
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Billie Piper 'rekindles relationship with ex boyfriend Johnny Lloyd as they're spotted kissing during family outing with their daughter at London pub'
Billie Piper has rekindled her relationship with ex boyfriend Johnny Lloyd, according to a new report. The actress, who made her sensational return to Doctor Who on Saturday night, confirmed she had split from musician Johnny, who is frontman of the band Tribes, in March 2024 after eight years together. But fans have now spotted the exes kissing during an outing last week with their daughter Tallulah, seven, at a London pub. The family were enjoying a country music gig on Thursday at a Notting Hill bar, with Billie, 42, spotted beaming as she and Johnny, 39, chatted to friends outside. An onlooker told The Sun: 'Billie and Johnny were all over each other. They looked really cute together. Billie beamed as their daughter Tallulah sat on her lap. 'Billie rested her elbow on Johnny's shoulder as the band belted out country music covers - they all looked blissfully happy. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. 'The family trio left around 8, thanking the band with handshakes and kisses as they left the venue.' Representatives for Billie and Johnny have been contacted by MailOnline for comment. In March 2024 Billie confirmed her split from Johnny following an eight-year romance. Sources had said that 'like many couples, lockdown was quite tough for them, so they have had time to really think about what they want their future to look like.' In a British Vogue spread, the actress confirmed they had separated but did not reveal any further details other than her three-word verdict on Johnny, calling him a 'very good man.' Billie and Johnny welcomed their daughter Tallulah in January 2019 after it was confirmed in July 2018 that Billie was expecting her first child with the rocker. The couple ex first met at the Boogaloo pub on London's Archway Road in 2016. In April 2019, Johnny revealed that a lot of his success was down to Billie's support as she helped him get to the end of a sometimes bumpy journey. When they met the attraction was reportedly instant and mutual. 'She challenged me. She kept asking me questions like, What's your five-year plan? Where are you headed musically? And telling me I had to be accountable for everything I did,' he said 'I felt my head had been stuck in this way of just thinking next job, next tour and I wanted to keep talking to her. Luckily she felt the same way about me. 'She's made my life better in so many ways and I just feel I now know who I am, I know what I can do, I know where I want to be. And that's with her.' Billie was previously married to DJ Chris Evans, whom she famously wed when she was 18 and he was 35. She shocked fans when it emerged they had tied the knot in a casual Las Vegas wedding in 2001 - with just six guests - and just a year after meeting on Chris' TV show TFI Friday. She later admitted to being 'completely hammered for three years' during their marriage and split from Chris in 2004. The divorce was finalised in 2007. Following her marriage to Chris, Billie tied the knot again with controversial activist Laurence Fox in 2007. She was granted a 'quickie' divorce from him in 2016. The actress shares sons Winston and Eugene with the controversial activist and the pair were embroiled in a lengthy custody dispute after their split. Speaking about how past trauma impacted her relationships, Billie mused in her Vogue 2024 interview: 'It's coming out of your 20s, there's enough stuff in your life to look over and go, "Oh, that's been a pattern of behaviour." 'There was a point where I realised I had been drawn into siding with men on a lot of things. I became incredibly frustrated and angry about that. 'I felt very unhinged in my early 30s and kind of mentally not well. There was something very, very sobering about that time and letting go of people that weren't very healthy for me. Unfortunately, a lot of that has been in relation to men I suppose.' She added that finding fame at a young age and working in a male-dominated music industry also impacted her love life. 'Sometimes I wanted to appeal to them, so that I could feel safe. Sometimes I wanted to be them because it looked like they were having a better time than I was', Billie explained. 'It was a period of time in the 1990s where it was just very, very male heavy. I felt a huge amount of frustration about that and I carried that into my romantic relationships.' Billie is on a career high, shocking fans with her return to Doctor Who in a surprise appearance for the series finale on Saturday night. In 2020 Billie starred in the critically acclaimed Sky series, I Hate Suzie. She then landed a lead part in the 2024 Netflix drama Scoop, a dramatic retelling of the process of securing and filming the 2019 Prince Andrew interview with Newsnight. The series was praised by viewers and critics alike, with a whopping 2.75 million households tuning in for the first week alone and Billie also secured a TV BAFTA nomination for her role. That same year, she starred in another Netflix series, Kaos - a contemporary re-imagining of Greek mythology - where she played prophetess Cassandra. Next up is a part in Netflix megahit Wednesday, as Isadora Capri, Nevermor Academy's new head of music. Billie will then be kept busy filming for Doctor Who after the jaw-dropping finale saw her unveiled as the next incarnation of the Time Lord. The actress is well-known to longtime Who fans, having previously played The Doctor's companion Rose Tyler, and The Moment interface in the show's 50th Anniversary Special. Ncuti Gatwa became the 15th Doctor in 2023 but during Saturday's episode it appeared that Ncuti's Doctor, had regenerated into Billie, with her first words being: 'Oh hello!' Billie will now be the second woman to take on the role as the Time Lord after Jodie Whittaker portrayed the 13th doctor. However, while her reveal understandably sparked a huge frenzy on social media, others have been quick to spot one key problem with her regeneration, following Ncuti Gatwa's long-speculated exit from the show.
Times
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Times
Sarah Vine's battle of the Notting Hill diaries
As Sarah Vine, the ex-wife of the ex-minister Michael Gove, publishes her memoir, it seems clear that the phrase 'With friends like these, who needs enemies?' was made for the Notting Hill set. The book is throwing fresh paraffin on the ashes of Vine's friendship with former-PM David Cameron and his wife Samantha, and things can only get bitter. So, is it coincidence that the former Evening Standard editor and sister of Sam Cam, Emily Sheffield, has now scheduled a big party to clash with Vine's book launch on June 19? Other groups might settle things physically, but this lot believe the only appropriate way to clash is in the diary. Johnson's busy night 'I feel very popular,' says the columnist Rachel Johnson, who is one of the many who will try to keep both sides of Notting Hill happy on this forthcoming night. She even has a third clash: June 19 is also her brother Boris's birthday. At least we can be sure that neither the Camerons nor Michael Gove will be having to decline an invitation for that one. Turquoise blues Reform UK are so good at winning elections that they're keen to rerun them. A number of their new councillors have already resigned and triggered by-elections, at the cost of thousands of pounds — something Reform's Doge squad could perhaps turn their attention to. Even the party's election campaigns are proving chaotic. In Higham Ferrers, North Northamptonshire, they have nominated three candidates for a two-member ward, splitting their own vote and ensuring that at least one of their people goes home disgruntled. Or maybe this is a valiant attempt to avoid yet another by-election. According to Election Maps UK, one of Reform's three nominees will not take their seat if elected, because they have moved to China. All this from the party of common sense. History mystery Academics can never be too careful with their words. The historian Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads, told London's Institut Français that his book was sailing high in the bestsellers list when a historian he respected called him about a 'problem' with the book. 'Is it too popular?' Frankopan whispered, aware that this could be a cardinal sin in academia. 'No,' said the elder. 'You should have called it 'A New World History', not 'A New History of the World'.' Frankopan (not unreasonably) asked: 'Are they so different?'. The don huffed 'It's like night and day!' and hung up. Frankopan still wonders about the difference. Chip out of the blocks Perhaps we do live in an era of gentler politics. After Saturday's TMS mentioned how Will Self and Mark Francois narrowly avoided an on-air fight, my attention was directed to an incident from 20 years ago where the Labour MP Steve Pound and the Tory MP Philip Davies debated the death penalty on Talksport (you read that correctly). The two resorted to fisticuffs, were broken apart and then resumed when out of the studio. A source says that the pair were finally separated by someone who 'displayed more intelligence than either of the respected legislators'. This was Chip, a guide dog who belonged to a producer, who could see that the two MPs were barking.
The Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Doctor Who's Billie Piper rekindles romance with ex shocking onlookers with raunchy PDA in pub
BILLIE Piper has rekindled her romance with her ex-boyfriend Johnny Lloyd with fans spotting them snogging while out on the town. The actress and rocker Johnny, were seen canoodling at a country music gig on Thursday at a trendy Notting Hill boozer. 6 6 6 It comes two years after they split, having struggled with their relationship during Covid lockdown. They share a daughter Tallulah, now seven. An onlooker said: " Billie and Johnny were all over each other. They looked really cute together. "Billie beamed as their daughter Tallulah sat on her lap. "Billie rested her elbow on Johnny's shoulder as the band belted out country music covers - they all looked blissfully happy. "The family trio left around 8, thanking the band with handshakes and kisses as they left the venue." The Sun revealed the couple split up in 2023 after eight years together and at the time a source said: "It's obviously very sad that the couple have gone their separate ways. "But the relationship ran its course and they decided they would be better off apart. "Like many couples, lockdown was quite tough for them, so they have had time to really think about what they want their future to look like. 'They will always treasure the time they had together and have many happy memories. Billie Piper splits from long term boyfirned Johnny Lloyd 'Now they are concentrating on co-parenting their daughter and their separate careers.' Newcastle-born Johnny, who spent time in LA writing soundtracks for Netflix and TV shows, is in a band called Tribes. 'Big romance' Opening up about the love affair with Billie, Johnny said in 2019: 'It was a big romance. If you meet somebody like that it blows you over. This was who I wanted to be with. Every day she inspires me. 'I cannot stress enough how talented I think she is. 'I was a bit lost before but seeing what she can achieve in a day, the amount of meetings she takes and how she moves her life forward inspires me to work harder. 'She doesn't wait and see if things happen, she goes out and gets them. That's why she's so successful. It's awe-inspiring." "She's ambitious, we both are.' Johnny featured a heavily pregnant Billie cradling her baby bump on the cover of his 2019 solo album, Next Episode Starts in 15 Seconds. He told how his partner had improved his life 'in so many ways'. She challenged me. The singer said: 'She kept asking me questions like, 'What's your five-year plan? "Where are you headed musically?' And telling me I had to be accountable for everything I did.'I felt my head had been stuck in this way of just thinking 'next job, next tour' and I wanted to keep talking to her. 'Luckily she felt the same way about me. She's made my life better in so many ways and I just feel I now know who I am, I know what I can do, I know where I want to be. And that's with her.' The Doctor Who star was previously married to DJ Chris Evans, who was 17 years her senior. The actress then married actor turned political activist Laurence Fox, 46, welcoming two sons Winston and Eugene before they split in 2016. When Doctor Who was rebooted in 2005 Billie found huge success as the Time Lord's companion Rose Tyler — first alongside Christopher Eccleston and then with David led to a string of other roles, including the raunchy Secret Diary of a Call Girl. She has been nominated for scores of awards, and in 2017 won an Olivier for best actress for her stage performance in Yerma. She briefly dated fellow Doctor Who star Matt Smith in 2006. 6 6 6 Who has starred in Doctor Who? Which actors have portrayed the famous Time Lord over the years? First Doctor: William Hartnell (1963 - 1966) Second Doctor: Patrick Troughton (1966 - 1969) Third Doctor: Jon Pertwee (1970 - 1974) Fourth Doctor: Tom Baker (1974 - 1981) Fifth Doctor: Peter Davidson (1982 - 1984) Sixth Doctor: Colin Baker (1984 - 1986) Seventh Doctor: Sylvester McCoy (1987 - 1989) Eighth Doctor: Paul McGann (1996) Ninth Doctor: Christopher Eccleston (2005) Tenth Doctor: David Tennant (2005 - 2010) 11th Doctor: Matt Smith (2010 - 2013) 12th Doctor: Peter Capaldi (2014 - 2017) 13th Doctor: Jodie Whittaker (2018 - 2022) 14th Doctor: David Tennant (2023) 15th Doctor: Ncuti Gatwa (2023 - present)
Time of India
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Your Love Story Based on Your Birthday Month
January – The Classic Slow Burn Love starts with suspicion, side-eyes, and internal monologues. But once it hits, it hits like the final scene of Notting Hill . Loyal, determined, and into love that ages like wine and old Bollywood songs. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now February – The Unexpected Twist Plot twist: They fall for the last person they expected. Love enters like a meme, stays like a midnight playlist. Emotionally deep with a chaotic good aura, February-borns love hard but also rewrite the script halfway. March – The Dreamy Fairytale Born with a Pinterest board heart, March is soft-focus, gentle hugs, and the kind of love that makes even heartbreak poetic. Think La La Land , minus the traffic jams. April – The Firecracker Romance April's love story is a passionate monologue and a sprint to the airport. It's quick, intense, occasionally explosive, but never boring. Chemistry? Check. Drama? Check. Sparks? Call the fire department. May – The Slow Dance in the Kitchen Love for May is grounded, sensual, and filled with small gestures. It's comfort, stability, and Sunday morning pancakes. Think The Notebook if the rain scene happened after grocery shopping. June – The Rollercoaster Romance This love story has plot twists, dramatic reunions, and multiple sequels. June doesn't just fall in love—they dive , laugh, cry, and then write a playlist about it. Love is an emotional ride, but always worth the ticket. July – The Old Soul Romance Heartfelt, nostalgic, and loyal to the core. July's love story could have been written in a love letter found in a vintage bookshop. Deep emotional bonding, and the kind of partner who remembers every anniversary—even the imaginary ones. August – The Royal Affair August doesn't do low-key. Love is grand, proud, and a little extra. Think red carpet gestures and passionate declarations, like Bridgerton meets DDLJ . Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Drama included. Loyalty guaranteed. September – The Thoughtfully Crafted Romance This is the slow love that builds with subtle glances and shared playlists. September-borns love like they organize: with care, attention, and intent. It's a clean aesthetic with emotionally annotated margins. October – The Balanced Tango October dances between charm and depth. Equal parts romantic comedy and emotional drama. Loves with grace, debates with logic, and kisses like it's an indie film finale. November – The Intense Saga Not just love. Transformation . November's romance has secret pasts, intense stares, and a whole third act revelation. Not for the faint-hearted—but those who stay get the soul-deep bond. December – The Holiday Movie Ending Starts with mischief, ends with fireworks. Love for December is magical, bold, and wrapped with humour. They're the kind of lovers who walk into hearts like confetti storms.
Times
2 days ago
- General
- Times
How the Goves kept up with the Camerons: the cost of richer friends
I f you're keeping up with the revelations from Sarah Vine's new Westminster wife's kiss'n'tell you will know that the best bit of How Not to Be a Political Wife so far is the Gove's fallout with the Camerons. Vine, now the former Mrs Michael Gove and free to do her worst, takes us back to the very beginning (before the Tories did well enough at the 2010 election for Dave and Sam to take up residence in Downing Street … Chequers karaoke nights ahoy!) and painstakingly walks us through the gradual unspooling of their friendship. Was it Brexit that broke these two couples apart — Gove supported Leave, Dave Remain, remember — or was the friendship holed below the waterline by Cameron demoting his friend from minister for education to chief whip two years previously? Hard to say, but the other strong possibility, as Vine admits, is that their relationship was always on a ticking timer with the less powerful Goves scrabbling to keep up with their more affluent and powerful Notting Hill set chums.
