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The Independent
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Stephen Fry on the secret to a successful relationship
Stephen Fry has discussed his marriage with Elliott Spencer, who is 30 years his junior, on Rylan Clark's podcast, highlighting their connection since meeting in 2012 and marrying in 2015. Fry emphasised the importance of cheerfulness as key to their successful relationship. He mentioned how he had to adjust his energetic mornings to accommodate Spencer's quieter nature, and vice versa. Fry noted that their age gap keeps the relationship interesting, with Spencer introducing him to new things like Kendrick Lamar and WWE (professional wrestling). Fry has become a fan of WWE and even purchased tickets for WrestleMania in Las Vegas, thanks to Spencer's influence.
Daily Mail
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Rylan Clark admits he felt like a 'complete failure' after his divorce from ex-husband Dan Neal
has emotionally admitted he felt like a 'failure' following his divorce from ex-husband Dan Neal. The TV presenter, 36, split with Dan in 2021 after six years of marriage when Rylan admitted he cheated on him. On what would have been their ten-year wedding anniversary this year, Rylan got candid about how he felt following the divorce. Speaking on his new podcast Rylan: How to Be in Love with Stephen Fry, he said: 'We got married in 2015. 'That same year, yeah. So it would have been my 10 year anniversary this year.' 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. Stephen then asked if Rylan felt any kind of responsibility to represent gay marriage, as one of the few LGBTQ + celebrities. He asked: 'But did you feel also that - when it broke up and you were divorced – did you feel that there was in some sense you were letting down the idea of gay marriage, because we have a duty to show that our marriages are as robust and strong as any heterosexual?' Rylan said: 'There was part of me that just felt like a complete and utter failure. I felt like I'd failed personally, but I felt like I'd found publicly on behalf of - the gays! You know, I'm not, I'm not 'head gay', it's not that.' Stephen reassured: 'No, you're not, exactly. You're not a poster child for gayness.' Rylan continued: 'But you do feel like, yeah I'm going to get married, I want to get married, I can get married. 'But when it doesn't work out you don't want people to go, "you see that's why they f****** shouldn't get married".' Stephen was quick to insist: 'You can get married again if you want…', causing Rylan to hint at his divorce struggles as he quipped: 'Yeah with a prenup this time, I'm not going through that again.' Rylan previously revealed his own infidelity during his marriage with Dan caused the downfall of their relationship. After he revealed that he had been unfaithful, Dan eventually ended the relationship after the heart-wrenching confession. Following the heartbreak and the deterioration of his marriage, Rylan had suicidal thoughts and his weight dropped to just nine stone. He opened up about these challenging times in his second autobiography, TEN: The Decade That Changed My Future. In the book, he penned a candid reflection and said: 'I got in a relationship quite young and just went with it. Now I know I'm my own person. I'm not going to settle for something that's not right. In a way it's been a bit of a gift.' 'I'm happy to have sex with someone and that's that, that's not a problem. But do I want more? Of course I want more. Am I going to enjoy myself on the way? Abso-f***ing-lutely.'
Daily Mail
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Stephen Fry, 67, shares the secret to marriage with husband Elliott Spencer, 36, and the impact of their 30-year age gap in rare interview with Rylan Clark
Stephen Fry has shared rare comments about his 10-year marriage to Elliott Spencer, as he opened up on his romantic history to Rylan Clark on his new podcast, Rylan: How to Be in Love. The actor, 67, tied the knot with Elliot, 36, in January 2015, just 10 days after they announced their engagement. The couple are believed to have met in 2012 after being introduced by mutual friends at a house party, causing sparks to fly and they began dating shortly after. Despite Elliot being nearly 30-years his junior, Stephen told Rylan about how their age-gap has aided their relationship, as he revealed the secret to a successful marriage. The comedian began: 'I can tell you how to have a successful relationship with Elliot, but that's probably not very helpful.' 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. Stephen Fry has shared rare comments about his 10-year marriage to Elliott Spencer, as he opened up on his romantic history to Rylan Clark on his new podcast (seen together in 2019) He then went on: 'But I guess it's all the normal human virtues - some of which are forgotten virtues - but one of the most important human virtues, I think, isn't even really considered a virtue. 'But it is one that changes the world. And it's not kindness, which obviously is important, but it's a subset of kindness, perhaps. And it's cheerfulness.' The presenter explained: 'When you're in the presence of a cheerful person, It makes everything better. They're like their own sunshine. So that's one of the things. If one is down to help the other come up... 'And understand each other's differences as emotional human beings. For example, I had to understand, and he had to understand, that I am extremely energetic and bouncy and chatty in the mornings at breakfast and he is not. 'So I had to find ways of just calming myself and he had to come up a little bit and not be quite so kind of, "will you shut up Stephen!"' Stephen added that their age gap also meant that Elliot was always introducing him to new things, causing him to develop an unexpected love of wrestling and rap. He said: 'He teaches me things I just didn't know. He introduced me to Kendrick Lamar, which was a great thing to do because Kendrick Lamar I've decided is a great poetical spirit, a really remarkable figure. 'But that plus, now you're really going to laugh here because I thought, is he insane? He has a great affection for, and I guess you could call it ironic, but it's real - for WWE...' In a heartwarming insight into their happy marriage, he gushed 'I'm a lucky man' in the caption alongside the black and white photo from their wedding day Rylan was quick to check if Stephen had developed his own appreciation for the entertainment, asking: 'Are you now a fan of WWE?' Stephen sheepishly admitted: 'I kind of am yeah, and I just don't know whether I can reveal this extraordinary truth, but I have bought a couple of tickets for WrestleMania in Las Vegas.' Stephen and Elliot have kept a low profile during their relationship and haven't been pictured together for six years. But in January, the QI star shared a heartfelt tribute to him on Instagram to mark their 10th wedding anniversary. In a heartwarming insight into their happy marriage, he gushed 'I'm a lucky man' in the caption alongside the black and white photo from their wedding day. He wrote: 'Ten happy years to the day since we were joined in marriage. I'm a lucky man.' Stephen also recalled his first crush as a boy and how it was caught caused him to explore his sexuality for the first time, as well as the impact of living through the AIDS crisis and his self-imposed 15-years of celibacy. Reflecting on his discovery that he was gay, he said: 'I must have been 14 and he was 13, so he was a year younger than me. 'And I took one look at him and my heart had leapt into my throat. I just didn't know what was going on. I was obsessed. 'I just stared at him and stared at him and then I shook myself and then realised when I went to bed I was thinking about him and then in the morning I woke up, I was still thinking about him and I took another look at him and I was like, "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh." 'And I took an age to diagnose it to see what it was. It seemed like an illness. But being the kind of person I am and have a literary turn of mind, as it were, I just sort of emptied myself into the libraries to look up the symptoms, if you like, to see that it was love and to see that I was not alone in falling in love in the school.' Rylan also got candid about his own relationship history, admitting he felt a sense of 'failure' following his 2021 split with ex-husband Dan Neal after six years of marriage. He said: 'We got married in 2015. That same year, yeah. So it would have been my 10 year anniversary this year.' Stephen then asked if Rylan felt any kind of responsibility to represent gay marriage, as one of the few LGBTQ+ celebrities. He asked: 'But did you feel also that - when it broke up and you were divorced – did you feel that there was in some sense you were letting down the idea of gay marriage, because we have a duty to show that our marriages are as robust and strong as any heterosexual?' Rylan admitted: 'Yeah, there was part of me that just felt like a complete and utter failure. I felt like I'd failed personally, but I felt like I'd found publicly on behalf of - the gays! You know, I'm not, I'm not 'head gay', it's not that.' Stephen reassured: 'No, you're not, exactly. You're not a poster child for gayness.' Rylan continued: 'But you do feel like, yeah I'm going to get married, I want to get married, I can get married. 'But when it doesn't work out you don't want people to go, "you see that's why they f****** shouldn't get married".' Stephen was quick to insist: 'You can get married again if you want…', causing Rylan to hint at his divorce struggles as he quipped: 'Yeah with a prenup this time, I'm not going through that again.'
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tom Daley says getting to know people on Celebrity Traitors felt ‘very intense'
Retired diver Tom Daley has opened up about his time filming The Celebrity Traitors and said he got to know his fellow contestants on a 'much deeper' and 'very intense level' as they were all shut off from the world. The forthcoming BBC show, a charity spin-off of The Traitors, will see 19 famous faces – who include comedian Alan Carr and actor and broadcaster Sir Stephen Fry – gather in the Scottish Highlands for the 'ultimate game of deceit and betrayal'. Speaking about The Celebrity Traitors at a special screening for his new documentary, the Olympian told the PA news agency: 'I'm not sure when it comes out, maybe later this year, but it was a very fun experience. 'And honestly, all I want to do is talk about it, but I'm not allowed. 'All I can say is, it was very fun – the cast and meeting the other people. 'It was great to see everybody and get to know everyone on a much deeper level, and very intense level, because you're completely shut off from the rest of the world. So yeah, it was fun.' Hosted by Strictly Come Dancing's Claudia Winkleman, the nine-part celebrity version, airing in the autumn, will give contestants the chance to win a cash prize of up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice. Daley, 31, also appears in the new Discovery+ documentary, Tom Daley: 1.6 Seconds, which features personal family films and candid interviews with the athlete and those closest to him, including his husband, Oscar-winning screenwriter, Dustin Lance Black. The 90-minute documentary, the name of which references the time between platform exit and pool entry, charts Daley's career, from the build-up to his first Olympics in Beijing 2008 to post-retirement life. View this post on Instagram A post shared by discovery+ UK (@discoveryplusuk) He told PA: 'This documentary is a very vulnerable side to me, like diving into topics that I may not have talked about in such depth before, and it might give people a different perspective of what was actually going on versus what they saw in the media. 'Because growing up is already kind of pretty tough, but then growing up under media scrutiny and having people already having a conception of who you are and how you should deal with things was pretty challenging. 'But then also diving into the archival footage that my dad had seen. For me, it's like hearing my dad's voice that really makes me quite emotional in the documentary. 'I just feel very grateful that I do have this documentary to be able to look back on, and for my kids to be able to see and have those moments kind of made eternal, if you like, with my dad and myself.' Daley's father died from cancer in 2011, meaning he missed seeing the diver secure his first Olympic medal, a bronze, at the London Games in 2012. The diver, who secured his fifth Olympic medal in 2024, announced his retirement from diving following the Paris Games. – Tom Daley: 1.6 Seconds premieres on Discovery+ in the UK and Ireland on June 1.
BreakingNews.ie
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- BreakingNews.ie
Tom Daley says getting to know people on Celebrity Traitors felt ‘very intense'
Retired diver Tom Daley has opened up about his time filming The Celebrity Traitors and said he got to know his fellow contestants on a 'much deeper' and 'very intense level' as they were all shut off from the world. The forthcoming BBC show, a charity spin-off of The Traitors, will see 19 famous faces – who include comedian Alan Carr and actor and broadcaster Stephen Fry – gather in the Scottish Highlands for the 'ultimate game of deceit and betrayal'. Advertisement Speaking about The Celebrity Traitors at a special screening for his new documentary, the Olympian told the PA news agency: 'I'm not sure when it comes out, maybe later this year, but it was a very fun experience. Tom Daley attending the screening for Tom Daley 1.6 Seconds at The Ham Yard Hotel, London (James Manning/PA) 'And honestly, all I want to do is talk about it, but I'm not allowed. 'All I can say is, it was very fun – the cast and meeting the other people. 'It was great to see everybody and get to know everyone on a much deeper level, and very intense level, because you're completely shut off from the rest of the world. So yeah, it was fun.' Advertisement Hosted by Strictly Come Dancing's Claudia Winkleman, the nine-part celebrity version, airing in the autumn, will give contestants the chance to win a cash prize of up to £100,000 (€118,000) for a charity of their choice. Daley, 31, also appears in the new Discovery+ documentary, Tom Daley: 1.6 Seconds, which features personal family films and candid interviews with the athlete and those closest to him, including his husband, Oscar-winning screenwriter, Dustin Lance Black. The 90-minute documentary, the name of which references the time between platform exit and pool entry, charts Daley's career, from the build-up to his first Olympics in Beijing 2008 to post-retirement life. He told PA: 'This documentary is a very vulnerable side to me, like diving into topics that I may not have talked about in such depth before, and it might give people a different perspective of what was actually going on versus what they saw in the media. Advertisement View this post on Instagram A post shared by discovery+ UK (@discoveryplusuk) 'Because growing up is already kind of pretty tough, but then growing up under media scrutiny and having people already having a conception of who you are and how you should deal with things was pretty challenging. 'But then also diving into the archival footage that my dad had seen. For me, it's like hearing my dad's voice that really makes me quite emotional in the documentary. 'I just feel very grateful that I do have this documentary to be able to look back on, and for my kids to be able to see and have those moments kind of made eternal, if you like, with my dad and myself.' Daley's father died from cancer in 2011, meaning he missed seeing the diver secure his first Olympic medal, a bronze, at the London Games in 2012. Advertisement The diver, who secured his fifth Olympic medal in 2024, announced his retirement from diving following the Paris Games. – Tom Daley: 1.6 Seconds premieres on Discovery+ in the UK and Ireland on June 1st.
