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Faye Winter, who appeared on the ITV dating show, said it was “pretty terrifying” to be subject to botched Botox treatment in the weeks leading up to her Love Island appearance11:16, 07 Aug 2025Reality star Faye Winter appeared on Good Morning Britain to discuss her cosmetic surgery bad experience(Image: Getty Images)Reality TV personality Faye Winter has described her experience with botched Botox as “pretty terrifying” in the run-up to her Love Island appearance.Her revelation comes as Government ministers unveil proposals to clamp down on “cowboy” cosmetic procedures through stricter regulations on who can access and deliver such treatments.Winter, 30, from Exeter, who featured on the ITV2 dating programme in 2021, has welcomed the Government’s initiative as “a massive step in the right direction” whilst arguing that the NHS shouldn’t foot the bill for corrective procedures following botched cosmetic work.Discussing the weeks before her Love Island debut on ITV’s Good Morning Britain (GMB), she revealed: “It was pretty terrifying. I wanted to look a certain way. I wanted to look the best version of myself, knowing that I was going on national television.”I went to somebody to do my Botox that I hadn’t been to before, and he told me that he was medically trained. I believed him, as so many of us do.”She later discovered the practitioner’s shocking deception: “I later found out that he was a property developer, and he had put too much Botox into my forehead, meaning my full forehead just had nothing in it. I couldn’t move it and it was fully relaxed.”The ordeal left her face temporarily paralysed: “It was paralysed, and I literally had to wait it out, not knowing if it (the feeling) was or wasn’t going to come back.”Winter detailed how her forehead “had relaxed” whilst her eyelids and eyebrows had “drooped” as a result of the bungled treatment. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that measures will be implemented to shield the public from “rogue operators” lacking medical qualifications who frequently carry out “invasive” treatments in residential properties, hotels and temporary clinics.Content cannot be displayed without consentThe DHSC has also indicated that introducing these fresh restrictions will cut the financial burden on the NHS when rectifying bungled procedures.Winter commented: “I think obviously it’s a massive step in the right direction. This is only for four years I’ve been speaking about (it).”So for the Government to even acknowledge it is amazing. But there’s also parts of it that I do think, where they say, you know licences… what are they going to look like?”.”Does somebody just need a passport number at a UK address and they still get a licence? We don’t know what that quite looks like yet, and I think it’s really important that we know those finer details.”When questioned about whether the NHS should fund remedial treatments, she stated: “I don’t think that we as taxpayers should be paying for that. I never asked anybody to pay for my correction work, and that was on me, and I had to learn the hard way.”Winter appeared on series seven of the ITV dating programme Love Island and was spotted pairing up with Teddy Soares.Article continues belowPrior to these proposed regulations taking effect, the Government has encouraged individuals considering cosmetic treatments to enquire about their provider’s credentials and insurance coverage, whilst remaining cautious of “suspiciously cheap” deals. This follows health officials initiating an investigation after several individuals experienced reactions to Botox injections earlier this year. More

Renowned keyboardist Eddie Palmieri has passed away at the age of 88. His demise was confirmed by his daughter, who disclosed that he succumbed to an “extended illness”. The artist, a pioneer in the rumba and Latin jazz genres, had a glittering career spanning 70 years during which he bagged eight Grammy Awards. This follows […] More

Holly Willoughby looked carefree as she posed in a plunging white swimsuit in a throwback snap from her Portuguese break09:20, 07 Aug 2025Updated 09:34, 07 Aug 2025Holly Willoughby looked gorgeous as she headed on a day at the beach(Image: @hollywilloughby/Instagram)Holly Willoughby appeared as joyful as ever during a beach outing in a white swimsuit.The 44-year-old former This Morning presenter was seen throwing her hands up in the air as she ventured into the sea during her holiday in Portugal.Opting for a vintage-inspired look, Holly donned a plunging swimsuit and let her beachy waves frame her face. She completed her beach ensemble with a pair of large brown sunglasses, basking in the sun’s glow.The mother-of-three captioned her photo with wave, sun, and beach emojis, quickly receiving a flood of compliments. This comes after David Beckham swapped his iconic tiny trunks for a yacht trip with Gordon Ramsay’s family.Many fans left red heart emojis under her post, with one commenting: “You look so beautiful.”Holly Willoughby looked gorgeous as she headed on a day at the beach(Image: hollywilloughby/Instagram)Another said: “Enjoy your holiday holly.”, reports the Mirror.A third remarked: “You’re absolutely gorgeous Holly, so beautiful babe.”Holly has been soaking up the sun in Portugal this summer, even confessing to missing Oasis’ massive reunion concerts at Wembley Stadium.She sported a black strapless bikini and a matching Adidas bucket hat, revealing that she wouldn’t be attending the shows. “When you’re not in Wembley but your head is… have fun tonight if you’re lucky enough to be going,” she admitted.Holly is ensuring she enjoys her downtime, as for the first time in years, she doesn’t have an upcoming TV show. This summer marked a milestone in her career, as it’s the first time in 21 years she hasn’t had a programme lined up.(Image: PA)Holly’s regular stint on Dancing On Ice has concluded as the show has been cancelled. Her other presenting role on Bear Hunt with Bear Grylls won’t be returning either, as it too has been axed.She decided to step down from You Bet!, leaving co-host Stephen Mulhern to present the show solo. However, Holly’s husband Dan Baldwin reportedly has a plan in the works.He is rumoured to be developing a reboot of Record Breakers, potentially providing Holly with a new presenting opportunity. An insider told The Sun that it would make “perfect sense” for Holly to be considered for the role.The source stated: “Record Breakers is likely to be a prime time hit and it would make perfect sense for Holly to take the reins. She has worked alongside Dan before and the pair know what it takes to make great telly.”Holly made her return to television last year after an 18-month hiatus. She chose not to participate in Channel 5’s documentary, The Plot To Kill Holly Willoughby, which detailed the plot by obsessed security guard Gavin Plumb to kidnap, rape and murder her.This harrowing experience led her to resign from her role on ITV1’s This Morning and take a break from television altogether.Article continues belowHave you joined Threads? Follow Daily Star to keep up to date on all things showbiz hereWant all the biggest Showbiz and TV news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our free Daily Star Showbiz newsletter More

Kelsey Parker has spoken for the first time about the tragic stillbirth of her third child, a son she named Phoenix, who she shared with her new partner Will Lindsay08:11, 07 Aug 2025Updated 09:01, 07 Aug 2025Kelsey Parker has opened up about suffering the loss of her baby(Image: OK! Magazine / Chelsea White)Kelsey Parker is “taking each day as it comes” as she speaks publicly for the first time about losing her baby Phoenix. The podcast presenter and widow of The Wanted’s Tom Parker heartbreakingly revealed her third child was stillborn at 39 weeks in June.She had been eagerly anticipating the arrival of her first baby with partner Will Lindsay, whom she found romance with two years following Tom’s devastating death from an inoperable brain tumour in 2022. Following her pregnancy announcement in January, five months later Kelsey shared the crushing news that their little boy, whom they had called Phoenix, was stillborn.A devastated Kelsey stepped back from social media and her professional commitments. In her first interview since the heartbreak, Kelsey revealed: “I didn’t think I’d be living a relived experience, first losing Tom and now losing Phoenix.”But I think with any grief and loss, you have to take each day as it come and work through it.”, reports the Mirror.Kelsey Parker with her partner Will Lindsay and children Aurelia and Bodhi Parker(Image: OK! Magazine / Chelsea White)Kelsey is mother to Aurelia, six, and Bodhi, four, with The Wanted star, and the family has now faced bereavement once more with their youngest sibling.”For the kids, it just breaks my heart for them because obviously we wanted the happy ever after and to have Phoenix but that didn’t pan out for us,” Kelsey explains. The mum revealed that when it came to delivering the devastating news to Aurelia and Bodhi so shortly after losing their father, she drew upon her initial experience with bereavement to navigate this fresh tragedy.”I spoke about it like I did with Tom, I just told them the truth.”I think that’s all you can do with your children, in anything you’re going through, be honest. Because I think people underestimate their children and what their children can cope with. Children have little ears and they listen to a lot of conversations.”Kelsey has opened up about sharing the heartbreaking news with Aurelia and Bodhi(Image: OK! Magazine / Chelsea White)During the filming of her documentary, Kelsey Parker: Life After Tom, the mum encountered a family whose father had taken his own life. “The children said they felt so shut out because all the adults kept coming and having conversations in rooms and shutting the children out and I think they felt isolated. Whereas I don’t want my children to feel like that, they are very involved in the conversations.”Kelsey disclosed that losing their father Tom actually assisted Aurelia and Bodhi in processing Phoenix’s death. “I think for them it actually makes it easier because they’ve gone through loss, they understand what death is.”We’re sort of almost like the Addams Family because we’ve gone though so much death and darkness. The children are very aware.”Aurelia likes to tell people that her dad’s died and her brother’s died. She will openly say it, but it’s other people’s reactions. They can’t cope with how honest and open we are.Kelsey lost her husband Tom two years ago”But it’s a fact of life, we are all going to die that is one thing guaranteed. We’re going to be born and we’re going die.”Throughout this heartbreaking period, Kelsey has been surrounded by love from her family and continues to receive unwavering support from Tom’s parents, with whom she maintains a close bond.”Noreen and Nige, Tom’s mum and dad, have literally been there for me every day since. We were absolutely devastated. I call Noreen all the time, we always talk.”We’re going through grief again.”Kelsey Parker is supporting Virgin Media O2 and Hubbub’s Community Calling initiative to encourage people to donate unwanted smartphones to those who need them. Through Community Calling – an initiative set up to tackle digital exclusion – unused, working devices can be rehomed to someone in need. More information can be found at https://hubbub.org.uk/community-calling.Have you joined Threads? Follow Daily Star to keep up to date on all things showbiz hereArticle continues belowWant all the biggest Showbiz and TV news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our free Daily Star Showbiz newsletter More

Former Hollyoaks and Coronation Street star Nikki Sanderson has been enjoying a week of catch ups with her loved ones and shared a series of snaps on social media07:48, 07 Aug 2025Former Hollyoaks actress Nikki Sanderson has shared a series of photos on social media with her lookalike mum(Image: Anthony Devlin, Getty Images)Former Hollyoaks actress Nikki Sanderson has shared a series of photos on social media with her lookalike mum.The 41-year-old star, who earlier this year left her role as Maxine Minniver in the Channel 4 soap, has been spending quality time with her loved ones.She’s been posting daily updates about her “week of catch ups”, from celebrating a friend’s 40th birthday in Wales to attending Mamma Mia The Party for a hen do.On Wednesday (August 6), Nikki posted a collection of photos with her mum Jude, marking “day three of her week of catch ups”.Her post read: “Wednesday Day 3… Quality time with my best friend.”, reports the Manchester Evening News.The 41-year-old star, who earlier this year left her role as Maxine Minniver in the Channel 4 soap(Image: Rowan Griffiths / Daily Mirror)Article continues below”My beautiful mummy @judesanderson and I went on a lovely trip away. A few days of mummy daughter time that we both loved.”I’m blessed that my mum isn’t just my mum but my best friend too.”I’m grateful for every day I get to spend with my mum, especially with everything she’s been through, so trips like this are invaluable. Love you Mama.”The former Coronation Street star received a flood of supportive messages from her followers in the comments section.Nikki’s mum Jude responded: “I was truly blessed to have the most loving, caring and beautiful daughter.Content cannot be displayed without consent”My best friend forever. Spending time with you is a joy and being able to laugh and have fun together is so special.”I owe you so much poppet. You and your bro mean with world to me. You two are the reason I breathe and. Get to spend these wonderful times with you.”Can’t wait to do it again. I love you to infinity and beyond.”Followers were quick to notice the remarkable similarity between Nikki and Jude, with one commenting: “You’re so beautiful like your mum.”Nikki bravely recounted the horrifying incident on BBC’s Morning Live when Jude collapsed at their family home following two cardiac arrestsSomeone else gushed: “You look gorgeous. You look like twins.”A third admirer observed: “Is that your mum? My goodness you can see where you got your beauty from.”Back in June, Nikki bravely recounted the horrifying incident on BBC’s Morning Live when Jude collapsed at their family home following two cardiac arrests.Looking back on that terrifying day, she revealed: “I remember screaming to the operator, just begging ‘please help us’. We knew she’d gone but we desperately wanted her to come back.”Article continues belowSwift intervention from emergency services, combined with life-saving CPR administered by Nikki’s brother, ultimately rescued Jude from the brink of death.Hollyoaks airs Monday to Wednesday on E4 at 7pm and first look episodes can be streamed Channel 4 from 7am More

The legendary rocker reckons the gigs will be a big “cultural moment” but he’s passed on tickets, preferring to watch Billie Eilish insteadSam Mayers04:00, 07 Aug 2025Paul Weller hasn’t bothered going to any Oasis gigs(Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)He’s good pals with Noel Gallagher but Paul Weller decided to snub the Oasis gigs because he can’t stand big production shows. The Modfather reckons huge stadium shows are pretty pointless because you never get a decent enough seat – even if you’re rock royalty.Paul admitted: “I’ve not been to see them, no. I am not a big fan of big gigs and I said to Noel a few weeks ago, a few months ago, or whatever ‘are you gonna do any warm ups?’ Which he wasn’t.“So I would go and see anything like that in a smaller venue. I just don’t like big gigs, it doesn’t matter who it was really.”Paul isn’t a fan of stadium gigs, it seems(Image: AFP via Getty Images)Explaining his reasoning, Paul added: “Inevitably it doesn’t matter too much where you are sitting, unless you are in the front row, you end up watching the screens and it kind of spoils it for me because I wanna be able to see whoever is playing or singing, I wanna see them.”However, the 67-year-old did watch Billie Eilish at London’s O2 Arena last month.Article continues belowSpeaking to Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2, he said: “I took our daughter to see Billie Eilish the other week and she was great. She’s great, I like her, we were quite close to the stage.“Whether that makes a difference, I don’t know, it had a roof on it that makes a difference but it was good.”Perhaps Paul is bitter that Noel didn’t give him the heads-up about the reunion, as the legend admitted he found out “when everyone else did”.And years of playing live shows has started to take its toll on Paul. He said: “It’s getting worse and worse, my wife keeps complaining that I speak quietly now which I can only fear is because I am getting more deaf, I thought I’d shout more.”Paul’s latest album El Dorado is out now.Jonas Brothers assumed Barry Gibb would deny their sampleThe Jonas Brothers got a great surprise(Image: Ralph Bavaro/NBC via Getty Images)The Jonas Brothers waited seven years to ask for Barry Gibb’s permission to sample Stayin’ Alive.Speaking about their latest turn No Time To Talk, which samples the iconic chorus, Nick revealed: “The crazy thing with this song is that I started writing it like seven years ago and just assumed it would never get cleared up by the Bee Gees and Barry Gibb.“But then finally at the top of this year I pulled it back out of the vault, and I was like ‘we need to finish this song’.”Article continues belowHe added that they “got word back within a couple of days that it was approved” after they finally got the courage to ask Barry.Want all the biggest Showbiz and TV news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our free Daily Star Showbiz newsletter. More

The 5’4” actor, best known for playing Baldrick in the comedy series Blackadder, said that nobody remarks on other aspects of people’s looks03:00, 07 Aug 2025 More

BBC EastEnders star Jessie Wallace refused the idea over Zoe Slater return as she would feel the audience had been “completely conned” as actress Michelle Ryan makes Albert Square comeback01:00, 07 Aug 2025(Image: BANG Showbiz)Jessie Wallace has dismissed the notion of recasting Zoe Slater, arguing that EastEnders fans would feel “completely conned”.The 53 year old actress expressed her belief that she “wouldn’t be able to give my best performance” as Kat Moon, Zoe’s mother, if Michelle Ryan’s character was replaced by another actor in the popular BBC One soap.However, EastEnders’ Executive Producer Ben Wadey, 31, managed to persuade Michelle, 41, to reprise her role. She made a triumphant return to Walford in an episode aired on June 16, marking her first appearance since June 2005.Speaking to Radio Times magazine, Jessie revealed: “I said to Ben: ‘It has to be Michelle. It won’t feel right if Zoe is recast.'”. I wouldn’t be able to give my best performance. The audience would feel completely conned.”Michelle, whose character left Walford for Ibiza, Spain, in 2005 to distance herself from Den Watts’ murder (played by Leslie Grantham), committed by Chrissie Watts (Tracy-Ann Oberman), had been invited to return to EastEnders previously, but the timing hadn’t been right until now.Jessie Wallace and Michelle Ryan(Image: @rachellouisebrownstudio/Radio Times.)She explained: “In the past, the timing just wasn’t right. I didn’t feel a need to do it and, for me, there always has to be a need. This time, I surprised myself with how open I was to it.”Michelle, who joined the soap in 2000, departed EastEnders in 2005 at the age of 21, feeling “done at five years”, and chose to “jump” onto other projects instead of “doing the same sorts of storylines”.Zoe made a brief return to screens in June, but it was short-lived as she fled to Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, after confiding in Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) and Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) about her troubles.Jessie Wallace and Michelle Ryan glad to reunited(Image: @rachellouisebrownstudio/Radio Times.)Unbeknownst to Kat, her husband Alfie travelled to Spain in an attempt to bring Zoe back to Albert Square, deceiving Kat by claiming he was going to Australia for cancer treatment.Upon Alfie’s return to Walford, he informed Stacey that Zoe was still missing, prompting Kat to label him the “biggest liar in Walford”. However, Zoe is set to return to Albert Square in the summer, reuniting with her mother, Kat.Michelle spoke highly of working with Jessie again after 20 years, saying: “Jessie is one of the best actresses I’ve ever worked with. “The rapport we have and our friendship off screen as well, it all just feeds into that mother-daughter bond.”On set, it’s like having someone in your corner all the time and always knowing that I’ll be fine. I can just talk to Jessie. We have a shorthand, and we have a similar kind of view on the characters and their journey.”Michelle first joined the long-running drama in 2000, with her character Zoe becoming central to one of the most unforgettable storylines in soap opera history – the shocking revelation that she wasn’t Kat’s (Jessie Wallace) little sister, but actually her daughter.ZArticle continues belowZoe remained in Walford for five years before departing for a fresh start in Spain, following her confession about her involvement in Den Watts’ (Leslie Grantham) death More