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The Irish Sun
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Judy Finnigan reveals how she lost two stone after she ‘nearly died'
THIS Morning legend Judy Finnigan has revealed she "nearly died" from a ruptured stomach ulcer. The ITV daytime alum recently 6 Judy Finnigan has revealed she 'nearly died' after developing a terrifying stomach ulcer in 2018 Credit: Instagram/Chloe Madeley 6 The former This Morning anchor, who is married to GMB host Richard Madeley, has opened up on the scary incident Credit: Getty 6 The ITV daytime stalwart has revamped her lifestyle Credit: Rex Judy also showcased her Yet the broadcaster has now opened up on the terrifying reason behind her new look - and the health scare that proved life-changing. In 2018, Judy needed Opening up on the horror incident, which could have seen her "bleed out within an hour" she has told READ MORE JUDY FINNiGAN "Totally out of the blue never experienced anything like it before and hope to god I never will again. "I survived thanks to exceptionally swift arriving and skilled ambulance crew and superb emergency treatment at London's Royal Free Hospital and two major life-saving blood transfusions." Since then, The change took her Most read in News TV Speaking on Loose Women, she explained how her mum's diet consisted of raw fish and healthy whole grain salads, though she wasn't interested in gym workouts. She said: "I was as surprised as anyone else when I opened the fridge on coming home on the weekend and saw superfood salads and soups, I thought, what the hell is going on! Richard Madeley takes a swipe at This Morning saying his show with Judy was different because 'we're trained journalists' "I have to say her diet is now amazing. Her palate has changed. She has got into sushi, raw fish and whole grain salad. She has dropped the pounds naturally." Earlier this month, mum of one Chloe then shared a selection of snaps from Judy's family birthday celebrations at home. She wrote in the caption: ""Rosé flowing with your chosen family. "Happy birthday to my favourite woman in the world." LOVE STORY Judy's birthday celebrations come after Richard gave an update on their working relationship. The pair rose to fame co-hosting ITV's This Morning and their eponymous Channel 4 program, Richard & Judy. Judy retired from working on TV in 1986, but Richard decided to stay on and his currently a co-host on ITV's Good Morning Britain. The pair spoke about their relationship during a joint interview on Kate Thornton's White Wine Question Time. Judy explained: "We are incredibly close, we always have been. "Obviously, I think working together for so long has bonded us more tightly than if we had two completely separate jobs." She added: "I think the thing is, when you're presenting a show like the kind that we presented, it's very instinctive, you're doing interviews all the time." "By the time I decided I'd had enough, you and I were something completely different anyway, it just didn't matter, it didn't make any difference at all. "When you go and do GMB, I'm still here in bed, I'm happy to stay when he gets up, it doesn't make any difference at all to our relationship." Richard explained: "I can see that from the outside, it looks as if... as you say, we were bonded in our professional lives together and now we're not, but actually, here on the inside, we still are." 6 Judy told how her life-threatening diagnosis came out of the blue Credit: Rex Features 6 Judy's daughter PT Chloe Madeley has been training her parent and re-vamping her diet Credit: Instagram/Chloe Madeley 6 Richard, 69, recently opened up on his enduring bond with his wife Credit: Getty
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Hannah Waddingham's rise to fame, from West End shows to Hollywood stardom
Hannah Waddingham's star continues to rise year after year, with roles in two major Hollywood films which are set to open on the same day. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning and Lilo & Stitch will both see her grace cinema screens on Wednesday, 21 May. Waddingham has landed the role of Rear Admiral Neely in the Tom Cruise action thriller's latest instalment, as well as voicing an alien leader in Disney's live-action remake of the family favourite Lilo & Stitch. The London-born star has not had a typical Hollywood movie career - she started out as a West End musical theatre actor and enjoyed plenty of success on the stage before moving into TV and film, with many of her biggest hits having come later in her career. We take a look back over Waddingham's rise to fame and the biggest moments in her career - including taking on sexism on the red carpet in an infamous rebuke to a photographer. Waddingham began her career treading the boards of the West End in the late 90s, with her first notable role in sci-fi musical Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens. She went on to land parts in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Beautiful Game, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods, The Wizard of Oz and Kiss Me, Kate. Perhaps her most famous musical theatre role was in Monty Python's Spamalot, where she played the Lady of the Lake and also took the show to Broadway. In her early days as an actor, Waddingham also dipped her toe into TV work, with small roles in the likes of Brookside, Hollyoaks: Let Loose, Footballers' Wives, Doctors and Agatha Christie's Marple. She had a seven-episode run in Benidorm in 2014, but it was Game of Thrones that gave her an unexpected big break in 2015 when she won the role of Septa Unella whilst heavily pregnant. Talking to the White Wine Question Time podcast in 2021, she recalled the Game of Thrones audition: "I was nearly eight-and-a-half months pregnant, like pregnant from the cheekbones out, you know, when your face joins in, in the last month! I walked in, and honestly, I genuinely thought I was in the wrong place. Because all the women were like, 70-odd, about five foot two and about 20 foot wide. I was like: 'Right. I appreciate that I'm pregnant at the moment but I'm definitely in the wrong casting.'" She added: "I went along as a kind of 'hello, I clearly can't help you out at the moment, I'm about to give birth. But I just wanted to come and say hello for next time', which I think a lot of actors would do." However, Waddingham was offered the role and flew out to Dubrovnik to begin filming, bringing her then eight-week-old daughter. Waddingham was famously waterboarded in one scene and said: "Was it massively uncomfortable, and easily the worst day other than my gruelling childbirth? Yes. And I don't care who knows it. And they all know it." Her best known TV role is as football club owner Rebecca Welton in Ted Lasso, and she told White Wine Question Time she had asked the universe for a great job close to home after a scary experience being stuck in Belfast filming Krypton when her daughter fell unexpectedly ill. She said: "I'm not joking, within two months, the audition came in for Ted Lasso that shoots 40 minutes away from my house!" She said of her audition with Jason Sudeikis: "We just immediately got on like a house on fire in a very low-key way. I think just on a very basic level, Jason and I just got on. And he obviously liked what I did. And then when I came home, I didn't hear anything for ages. And I just thought: 'Okay, well that was that. I couldn't have done any better with the material. I felt the character really rippled through my bloodstream.'" Of course, Waddingham was offered the role eventually and found out Sudeikis had wanted her for the show immediately: "He had just gone: 'I knew it was her when she walked in the room and why do you need to go for someone else when she is how I imagined her sounding, how I imagined her looking?' And as we left the room, I had said to our casting director Kimberley: 'But Rebecca doesn't sing does she?' And Jason was walking in front of us and under his breath he went: 'She does now'." Waddingham has also starred in Sex Education, Tom Jones, and narrated the adaptation of Julia Donaldson's Tiddler. Success on stage and screen has made Waddingham the perfect choice for some high-profile hosting roles. In 2023 and 2024 she was the host of The Olivier Awards, and she was also invited to present the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023 when it was hosted by Liverpool. Speaking to Yahoo UK at the time, she said: "It's kind of been accidental, I was asked to host the Oliviers and was so blown over to be asked, then I was asked to do Eurovision [and] I genuinely thought somebody had dropped out. So when I heard they hadn't I just thought, 'Oh my God'. "I don't know how this has come about, but I'm so grateful that it did. And I would happily present [Eurovision] every year if I could, and be the new Katie Boyle or Terry Wogan." She also landed her very own Christmas TV special in 2023 for Apple TV. However, her delight at hosting the 2024 Oliviers came under a slight cloud when a photographer on the red carpet ahead of the ceremony asked her to "show some leg" from under her dress as she posed for pictures. An outraged Waddingham was caught on a fan's video, posted to X, responding: "Oh my god, you'd never say that to a man, my friend. Don't be a d***, otherwise I'll move off. Don't say, 'Show me leg.' No." Waddingham was cheered on by the crowd, as well as many of those who saw the video afterwards. Hannah Waddingham, "You'd never say that to a man, my friend" when a photographer demanded she show some leg. — AskAubry 🦋 🐆🦝 (@ask_aubry) April 15, 2024 Speaking to The One Show about the incident, she said: "I'm good, I called out what needed to be absolutely necessary to call out and I've received a written apology and now I'm so ready to move on. "I'm not having it overshadow what was the most glorious, joyful, positive night. I don't usually say this, but I was really flipping proud of that night. It did exactly what we wanted it to, the whole place erupted like a bunch of lunatics, so that's what the takeaway should be." Not content with dominating theatre and the small screen, Waddingham is now branching out into Hollywood film stardom, too. In 2024, she had a role in The Fall Guy alongside Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, and voiced a character in The Garfield Movie. This week sees two films opening on the same day featuring Waddingham. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning sees her star as Rear Admiral Neely alongside Tom Cruise, and she can also be heard voicing an alien leader in the live-action remake of Disney's Lilo & Stitch. Upcoming roles include a voice role in Smurfs later in the year, and an appearance in the adaptation of Ruth Ware thriller The Woman in Cabin 10, starring Keira Knightley and Guy Pearce. In 2024 she told Michelle Visage's BBC Radio 2 Rule Breakers podcast that she had been determined to make it as a screen star after some harsh criticism earlier in life: "I had one drama teacher that said to the whole class 'Oh Hannah will never work on screen because she looks like one side of her face has had a stroke'. And I thought, 'I will do, I will do. Come hell or high water, I will work on screen'... and it gave me a complex for years." Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning and Lilo & Stitch are both released in cinemas on Wednesday, 21 May.
Daily Mirror
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Judy Finnigan makes rare public outing as she beams at birthday get-together
Beaming Judy Finnigan looked radiant as she celebrated her 77th birthday with her family this weekend. The TV veteran marked the special day with those closest to her as she smile for some fun-filled snaps. The former This Morning's host daughter Chloe took to Instagram to share the moment with mum Judy, dad Richard Madeley, brother Jack and her young daughter Bodhi. Judy looked fantastic wearing a floral dress for the occasion, and it would be a birthday unless she was treated to cake, balloons, presents and flowers as they all enjoyed the sunshine. Chloe captioned the post: "Rosé flowing with your chosen family. Happy birthday to my favourite woman in the world." It wasn't long before friends, famous faces and fans made sure Judy felt the love. "Happy birthday Queen Judy," reality star Vicky Pattison commented, as Vanessa Feltz said: "Happy birthday Judy. Charlotte Hawkins, Louise Thompson and Bryony Gordon also sent their well wishes. It was a nice relaxing birthday for her, the family went for a walk after they unwrapped some presents and Chloe captured the moment little Bodhi saw her grandparents on a poster for their book club. Then it was back to the house to cut the cake as they enjoyed some time together. Speaking to Kate Thornton recently on her White Wine Question Time podcast, Richard and Judy revealed that although their working relationship has gone separate ways, their love is as strong as ever. The duo fronted This Morning from 1988 until 2001, and then their own Channel 4 chat show Richard & Judy from 2001 to 2009, before embarking on separate professional commitments Judy said: "We are incredibly close, we always have been. Obviously, I think working together for so long has bonded us more tightly than if we had two completely separate jobs." She then explained that the magazine format of the shows they used to front gave both her and her husband of nearly 40 years an "instinct" they'll never shake off. She said: "I think the thing is, when you're presenting a show like the kind that we presented, it's very instinctive, you're doing interviews all the time. By the time I decided I'd had enough, you and I were something completely different anyway, it just didn't matter, it didn't make any difference at all. The couple have two children, Chloe, 37, and son Jack, 38. Richard is also step-father to Judy's twins Dan and Tom, from her previous marriage to David Henshaw. The pair first met on Richard's very first day working at Granada and they quickly became close, and have been together since 1986.
Metro
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Barbara Windsor's widower defends relationship with EastEnders co-star
Scott Mitchell, the widower of late EastEnders star Barbara Windsor, has defended his new relationship with Tanya Franks. Barbara passed away in December 2020 following a heartbreaking six year battle with Alzheimer's disease. The actress kept her diagnosis a secret until 2018, but during that time had reached out to former EastEnders executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins and asked for her character Peggy Mitchell, who she had played for sixteen years and then sporadically from 2013 to 2016, to be killed off. Following her death, husband Scott, alongside many of her former co-stars including Adam Woodyatt, Jake Wood and Natalie Cassidy, began to raise money for Alzheimer's Research UK. It was through their campaign, known as Babs' Army, that he met Tanya Franks who has played Rainie Cross in the BBC soap across several stints over the last seventeen years. The couple ran the 2019 London Marathon together, with Tanya paying tribute to her step-father Derek who was also impacted by the same condition as Barbara. Recently, Scott reflected on his relationship with Barbara and the conversations they had shortly before she died, revealing that Barbara never wanted Scott to be on his own once she had gone. 'I would like to believe that she would be happy that someone was there by my side and that I wasn't on my own. She always used to say to me, 'I never want you to be on your own'', he said during a chat with Kate Thornton on the podcast White Wine Question Time. Noting the comments he's received about apparently moving on too fast, Scott said: 'There was a bit of, 'Oh he's moved on too fast'. And you just think, 'how dare you?' People don't know the pain. They don't know what the grief has been.' More Trending 'I don't think anyone ever gets over a loss of someone they love so deeply. I think we find ways of carrying them with us, and that's what I try to do every day.' Want to be the first to hear shocking EastEnders spoilers? Who's leaving Coronation Street? The latest gossip from Emmerdale? Join 10,000 soaps fans on Metro's WhatsApp Soaps community and get access to spoiler galleries, must-watch videos, and exclusive interviews. Simply click on this link, select 'Join Chat' and you're in! Don't forget to turn on notifications so you can see when we've just dropped the latest spoilers! Last year, Scott and Tanya shared a rare insight into their private life. During an episode of This Morning, Scott said: 'She (Barbara) will always be there and I am very fortunate to have a partner who doesn't make me feel bad about talking about my late wife or keeping this memory alive and working together, we are both equally as passionate.' View More » Tanya added: 'I can do nothing but support him in talking about it. You often feel alone in it when you are caring for someone with Alzheimers.' MORE: Emmerdale's Beth Cordingly reveals 'annoying' thing about working with William Ash: 'Sigh' MORE: Coronation Street star insists show 'needs' her character as she addresses return MORE: Emmerdale star 'welcomed back with warmth' as he reprises role after 19 years
The Irish Sun
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Chloe Madeley shares rare snap of mum Judy Finnigan as she turns 77 after Richard's relationship update
CHLOE Madeley celebrated her mother's birthday and gushed over her in a heartwarming post. The Advertisement 6 Chloe Madeley celebrated her mum, Judy Finnigan's birthday Credit: Instagram/Chloe Madeley 6 The former TV presenter turned 77 Credit: Instagram/Chloe Madeley 6 Judy celebrated with a sunny party in the garden Credit: Instagram/Chloe Madeley 6 She was showered with love from her family Credit: Instagram/Chloe Madeley Chloe shared the moment she brought the chocolate cake out to her TV presenter mum as she sat in her garden on the sunny Saturday. She took to Instagram to share snaps of her mum's special day, which included gifts of chocolates, flowers and balloons. Judy was also snapped sitting on the grass with her hubby and former co-presenter, Richard Madeley. One photo in the post showed Judy smiling happily wearing a stylish floral dress, as her family celebrated her. Advertisement chloe madeley "Rosé flowing with your chosen family. Happy birthday to my favourite woman in the world," Chloe captioned the post on Instagram. Judy's birthday celebrations come after Richard gave an update on their working relationship. The pair rose to fame co-hosting ITV's This Morning and their eponymous Channel 4 program, Richard & Judy. Judy retired from working on TV in 1986, but Richard decided to stay on and his currently a co-host on ITV's Good Morning Britain. Advertisement Most read in TV Richard recently opened up on how they were able to make their relationship work for so long, saying they were mainly "semi-detached." The pair spoke about their relationship during a joint interview on Kate Thornton's White Wine Question Time. Judy explained: "We are incredibly close, we always have been. "Obviously, I think working together for so long has bonded us more tightly than if we had two completely separate jobs." Advertisement She added: "I think the thing is, when you're presenting a show like the kind that we presented, it's very instinctive, you're doing interviews all the time." "By the time I decided I'd had enough, you and I were something completely different anyway, it just didn't matter, it didn't make any difference at all. "When you go and do GMB, I'm still here in bed, I'm happy to stay when he gets up, it doesn't make any difference at all to our relationship." Richard explained: "I can see that from the outside, it looks as if... as you say, we were bonded in our professional lives together and now we're not, but actually, here on the inside, we still are." Advertisement 6 Judy is married to GMB host, Richard Madeley Credit: Getty 6 The pair used to work on TV together Credit: Rex
