Fox News – the Perfect Springboard for Megyn Kelly – BUT the “Steel Rose” left and chose a failure at NBC – Could she, and Would she, come back?
Starting as a lawyer, Megyn Kelly pivoted to TV and soon conquered Fox’s prime time. Her sharp, ice-cold style and fearless questions made her a “steel rose” of cable news. The turning point came in 2015 when she directly challenged Donald Tr::u::mp on his derogatory remarks about women, catapulting her to global fame. She left Fox for NBC, hoping to replicate success, but “Megyn Kelly Today” fell short. Still, her unflinching stance and strong persona keep her among the most influential anchors. Kelly once declared: “I’m not the story – but I won’t be silenced.”
Bill O’Reilly of Fox News, from Hero to target of Criticism – Fox News’ decision to Cut ties sparked the Biggest Regret among Media audiences!
For two decades, Bill O’Reilly was a ratings powerhouse on “The O’Reilly Factor,” often drawing over 3 million nightly viewers.
His blunt, combative style and refusal to play it safe turned him into a TV phenomenon, immortalized by the catchphrase: “We’re looking out for you!”
Yet in 2017, it all collapsed after a series of s3xual h2rassment allegations forced Fox News to cut ties.
Even off air, O’Reilly kept a loyal fanbase, thanks to his unfiltered persona and “bad boy” charisma. His downfall became both a cautionary tale and proof that American television is as much scandal as stardom.
ITV rocked: Latest moves by Lorraine Kelly, Dermot O’Leary and Alison Hammond spark speculation of a historic ITV “EXODUS”?
This Morning presenter Dermot O’Leary ‘lands major new Channel 5 gameshow’(Image: ITV)
This Morning star Dermot O’Leary has reportedly landed a role as a presenter on a new Channel 5 sports-themed gameshow from the same creators as hit shows, Gladiators and The Wheel. The 52-year-old star is known for presenting the likes of The X Factor, This Morning, The One Show and more.
And now, he’ll try his hand as a quiz show host alongside Olympic hockey star Sam Quek. The Hungry Bear-produced show is an American football-themed programme that is said to still be in its early stages, with sources claiming Dermot and Sam have good chemistry for it.
Dermot O’Leary has reportedly landed a new hosting gig
“The show is at pilot stage but Dermot and Sam have really good chemistry so everyone is excited about taking this to a full series at some point,” a source claimed to The Sun.
“Hungry Bear are the masters in this realm, and NFL is such a growth area.” The Mirror have reached out to Channel 5 for comment.
Meanwhile, Sam is known for her stint on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! where she reached the final four. She was also a guest panellist on sports panel game show Play to the Whistle and BBC’s A Question of Sport
It’s said Sam Quek is also joining the programme(Image: PA)
She’s also bee the presenter on sports shows, such as The NFL Show, rugby union on Channel 5, field hockey on BY Sport and football for Channel 4. Most recently, she was a contestant on the 22nd series of Strictly Come Dancing/
It comes as Olivia Attwood has her eye on former X Factor star Dermot’s role on This Morning, expressing that she’d love to host alongside Alison Hammond on the show.
She is already a regular on the Loose Women panel and has been since 2023 but now Olivia is taking the plunge and moving on to her next venture.
Fans of This Morning will know, that Dermot host Friday episodes alongside Alison. In a recent interview with Closer magazine, Olivia spilled her excitement, saying how she couldn’t wait to present the show with the former Big Brother star.
Speaking about her new role, she told the publication: “Everyone’s been so welcoming.” She added: “The whole team’s been lovely, and I’m just excited to get stuck in and learn from people I really admire.”
When touching on who she’d love to present with the most, Olivia said: “If I ever get to host with Alison, I’m so sure we’d just laugh for two hours straight. Probably three.”
“I’m really Excited to be BACK” – Colson Smith sends Corrie fans into meltdown: Was Craig’s D3ath just a sh0cking twist secretly planned by producers?
(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
Colson Smith left his role as PC Craig Tinker on Coronation Street when his alter-ego was brutally killed off earlier this year, but he has now landed a new TV role. The former soap star, 26, was seen on Monday’s This Morning where he appeared live from Weymouth to host an item on the best sand castles in the UK.
Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard introduced viewers to the segment, and an excited Colson began to deliver a piece to camera.
Despite being known for starring on the Manchester-based soap, Colson revealed to viewers that he was actually born in Dorset.
Joking that the some fans may have been “fooled” by is Northern accent, he explained that his grandparents live just minutes from where he was presenting.
Standing in front of a massive sand sculpture, Colson was joined by master and expert Mark Anderson and the pair chatted as they made their way through Sandworld.
Mark noted that the sculptures behind them can take anywhere up to a “couple of months” to produce, and Colson set to work building his own castle.
Colson Smith’s character Craig Tinker was killed off Coronation Street earlier this year(Image: ITV/Danielle Baguley)
Getting his hands dirty, the former Big Brother star joked that a new job offer could be on the table and then took viewers round the famous characters on display at the tourist destination.
The attraction already has a host of Disney favourites on display, but Colson left hosts Cat and Ben shocked with the revelation that they have been constructed in sand and seated on the famous ITV sofa.
While Ben declared the construction was “amazing”, Cat attempted to recreate her sandy alter-ego’s pout. Experts revealed that the sculpture had taken over a week to produce, and Colson confirmed to viewers that the pair will be on display all summer.
Colson first appeared on Coronation Street in 2011, when he was introduced as the son of Beth Tinker (Lisa George) and she took him along to an ill-fated date with Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson.)
Over the years, he featured in a number of storylines that saw him battle OCD and then have an on/off romance with Faye Windass (Ellie Leach) before he ultimately qualified as a police office.
But things ended in tragedy for Craig when he was murdered by Mick Michaelis (Joe Layton), and Colson recently teased that new things were on the horizon for his career..
While he didn’t specify what it was or whether it was TV or something else, he did confirm he was already working on something with other big plans ahead. He spilled: “There are irons in the fire, but I will do the typical showbizzy thing of just teasing.
“Everyone always thinks there’s nothing going on, but there actually is. So you know, I’ve got stuff going on. I’m excited. I’m going through the process still of winding down from having been somewhere for 14 years, but I’m excited to see what’s next, and hopefully I can find somewhere to go to work and have fun.”
BEYOND SH0CKING: Coleen Nolan of Loose Women and a sh0cking S3XUALITY REVELATION that left fans completely stunned!
Coleen Nolan opened up about her love life on Loose Women(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Coleen Nolan has admitted that she doesn’t feel “s3xy” unless she is on holiday. The Loose Women favourite, 60, candidly spoke of her discomfort during the rising temperatures, and insisted that she couldn’t stand the thought getting int1mate with anyone after she had been looking after livestock on her farm amid the intense heat.
During a discussion with fellow panellists Jane Moore and Judi Love and anchor Christine Lampard about feeling attractive in the heat on Monday’s episode of the ITV chat show Coleen confessed: “On holiday, yeah but not here.”
She added: “This weekend, for instance, it was so hot and I stank of horses. I was sweating from places I didn’t even know existed and then I thought if I had have a partner, he would have not a chance in hell because I’m too hot!”
When former I’m A Celebrity star Jane pointed out out that, according to a psychologist, sunshine was what was needed to boost l1bid0, Coleen quipped: “And a really good fan…”
The innuendo prompted fits of laughter from the studio audience, before she clarified her joke by waving her hand in front of her face.
Coleen, who split from Michael Jones in December 2024 – three years after they matched on Tinder – then claimed that she needed to “get a boyfriend” in order to fully understand the benefits that the effects the sunshine had to offer her.
The former Nolans star split from Michael Jones in December, three years after they met on Tinder (Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
The I’m In The Mood For Dancing songstress, who recently enjoyed a holiday abroad and documented the trip for her Instagram followers, admitted that she and Michael “would rather just stay friends,”, so they went their separate ways.
After the split, Coleen said: “It’s nothing to do with anyone else, it’s nobody’s fault. But I’m really busy and when I’m not really busy with work I’m busy on the farm and I feel personally that I can’t give time to everything. We still get along great and hopefully we can continue to be friends, who knows?”
While she’s still officially single, Coleen said she’d “probably date again”, but was waiting for the right time – and the right person to come along.
“The men I meet are either married or g2y, so I’ve no hope in the industry I’m in,” she exclusively told OK!. “And I don’t go out to bars, unless they’re serving me a cup of tea.”
With limited time for dating, Coleen didn’t rule out signing up to a dating app to find her perfect match.
“Apparently, there’s one that’s aimed at country folk, called Muddy Matches, so that’ll be the one I try when I’m up for it,” she said.
“But whoever I date, I’m not sure I want their toothbrush in my bathroom. I’ve been in relationships my whole life and I’m enjoying having my house to myself, not worrying about anyone else.”
Charity’s sh0cking SURR0GATE REQUEST sparks fury among Emmerdale fans – Some call for Boycott!
Emmerdale fans have slammed Charity’s new motives (Image: ITV)
Emmerdale fans have hit back at ITV script writers after Charity Dingle (played by Emma Atkins) reached new lows to keep her granddaughter Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) happy in the days after her emergency hyst3rect0my as a result of cervical cnc3r. In the past few months, the 20-year-old has shared how desperate she is to become a mother and the operation has also proved to be a devastating blow.
In Monday’s (July 14) episode, after hitting a wall with surr0gate agencies, Charity looked closer to home and resorted to asking Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) to be Sarah’s private surr0gate. However, Victoria is completely blindsided by the proposal and overwhelmed wth immense pressure. Although she wants the best for Sarah, she does share understandable hesitation about carrying the baby for her, which fans also agreed with as they took to social media with fury. One commented: “The writers have reached new depths of ‘ridiculousness’ with this surrogacy storyline & Cain & Charity running around trying to arrange it all-beyond stupid.”
Victoria felt blindsided by Charity’s proposal (Image: ITV)
A second fan fumed: “wtf?!Charity asking Vic to be Sarah’s surr0gate with no warning or build-up to it just felt wrong.”
As another noted: “I know Cain and Charity are desperate but to go to Aaron and Victoria of all people is kind of insensitive.”
“This is the most ridiculous pointless storyline ever, they’re trying to give a girl who is supposed to have a short life expectancy a baby.#Emmerdale,” a fourth fumed.
While one fed-up viewer said: “The village is full of idiots but asking Victoria to be a surr0gate is right up there with the stupidest things ever.”
During their conversation, Charity admitted: “I know it’s a big ask after everything you’ve been through, and I hate that I’m even putting it out there. If we weren’t desperate.” However, before she could finish, Vic interrupted and asked: “Why me?”
Charity asked Victoria to be Sarah’s surr0gate (Image: ITV)
She explained: “Because you’re family. Sarah can trust you, and we can trust you. I know it sounds mad, and it is mad, but you know the hard part’s done.
“Sarah’s already had her eggs harvested, Jacob’s passed all the tests,” which prompted Vic to interject: “Jacob?”
After Charity doubled down and claimed: “That’s not set in stone,” the chef added: “It’s not that I don’t feel sorry for Sarah, of course I do.
“But, it’s not just her to think about, there’s this baby too, who’s going to be around for the next however many years, who might have to grow up without a mum. I’ve been there, I know how that feels,” she added.
Trying to convince her, Charity responded, “I can hear what you’re saying, but isn’t that the same for anyone? Any one of us could go out there tomorrow and get hit by a bus, but that doesn’t mean we should stop living our lives.”
SH0CKING: Coronation Street viewers furious over ITV’s “too weak, pointless” warning – BUT what happened next left everyone stunned!
Coronation Street fans complain just minutes in (Image: ITV)
Fans of Coronation Street were left fuming as ITV issued a major warning before Monday evening’s episode aired. Viewers of the popular soap, based in the fictional town of Weatherfield, took to social media to share their frustrations with some branding the need for a warning “pathetic”.
Just seconds before the show began, an ITV announcer could be heard warning the audience, saying: “Now on ITV1, with themes of violence, thr3at and distress, it’s Coronation Street.” However, many fans were not thankful for the trigger warning and complained on X, formerly known as Twitter. Posting to the social media platform, one viewer raged: “@itvcorrie also giving warnings prior to broadcast. Pathetic, #Corrie.” Another moaned: “#corrie Violence, thr3at & distress. Things ain’t what they used to be.” A third fan quipped: “Violence, thr3at and distress….Has Sean broken a nail? #corrie,” while one more sarcastically said: “Scenes of violence, thr3at and distress….goody #corrie.” Someone else added: “More violence and distress #Corrie.”
Mick locked the school staff in an office before going on a violent rampage (Image: ITV)
The warning referred to some very tense scenes which saw kl Mick Michaelis (Joe Layton) escape from prison and become hellbent on going on the run with Brody (Ryan Mulvey), and daughters Joanie (Savanna Pennington) and Shanice (Molly Kilduff).
In on the plan, Brody visited the kids’ foster parents, Sally (Sally Dynevor) and Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine), to try and collect the girls when he discovered that Joanie was actually on a taster day at school in Weatherfield High.
An angry and cut-up Mick then made his way to the school as Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) and Mrs Crawshaw (Carla Mendonça) came face to face with the villain. He demanded that they hand Joanie over to him, not knowing that Sally had already picked Joanie up after the youngster was upset by the kids’ comments about her parents.
Mick and Kit came to blows on Coronation Street (Image: ITV)
Eventually, Mick learnt that Joanie was already gone and locked the teachers in the office before doing a runner. In a violent scene, the criminal made his way to the factory, where Sally had been showing Joanie around, as Mick found Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) who he grabbed hold of and put into a headlock as he told Tim he better help him find the young girl.
Sally almost walked in on the commotion, Joanie in tow, as she realised what was happening and decided to hide. Meanwhile, Mick thr3atened to kl Sarah and Tim before Brody’s biological father Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) soon caught up with his enemy and things only went from bad to worse.
In an aggressive show down, the two came to blows with them punching and kicking each other, while running through the factory. Eventually, Mick reached into his pocket and pulled out a bl2de before delivering a devastating blow to Kit and leaving him to bleed out.
“I’m NOT afraid of DY1NG anymore!” – Davina McCall sh0cks fans sharing moment facing D3ath on 0perating Table!
Davina McCall opened up about her brain tumour (Image: BBC)
Davina McCall opened up about being diagnosed with a brain tumour (Image: Getty)
The telly presenter had to face her fears when she went under the knife last year to remove the colloid cyst that could have put her in a c0ma if she’d left it untouched. And Davina says facing the ticking time bomb in her head has changed her perspective on life. She confessed: “It was the best gift because I am not afraid of dy1ng anymore. I have lived the life I wanted and I am not lying there going, ‘I wish I’d done that thing. I wish I’d done that job. I wish I’d not stayed in this relationship. I haven’t lived the life I want.’ I mean, it’s a really amazing place to get to, not being scared of dy1ng.
She added : “I think having no regrets and feeling like you are living fully in the life you want to be in, it’s quite rare.” Davina discovered the tumour in her brain during a random health check in 2023 and says she spoke to four different neurosurgeons around the world before she agreed to have it removed in November. Fearing she might not make it off the operating table, she says she “went forensic” on her children’s lives to come to terms with how they’d cope without her as well as discussing with partner Michael Douglas.
Davina McCall underwent an operation earlier this year (Image: Getty)
And realising Holly, 23, Tilly, 21, and 18-year-old Chester were thriving in life gave the 57-year-old the confidence to go under the knife.
“I was really worried about my kids,” explained Davina, as she opened up about facing her mortality when doctors discovered she had a colloid cyst that could have put her in a c0ma if she’d not had it removed.
“I went forensic. I’m thinking about my children and where they were at in their life, what stage they were at. You’re only as happy as your unhappiest child, right?
“And I came to a realisation after about six months of cross-examining them about their life and telling them the whole time how much I’ve loved my life, my eldest daughter caught on.
Davina McCall opened up about her diagnosis (Image: Getty)
“She was like, ‘you are not dy1ng’. But I realised that they would be great, they’d miss me, I want to be with them, but they would be okay.
“I felt like I could go to sleep on the operating table and know that they were all here to help me. But I can let go of the outcome.”
TV host Davina’s operation last year was a complete success and her recovery has been remarkable.
But as she prepared to have the operation it wasn’t just her kids she was thinking about.
Davina also reconnected with her step-mum and came to terms with all the ups and downs in her life including her drug addiction.
Speaking at the Happy Place Festival at the weekend, she confessed: “Part of my, ‘am I okay to let go of my life?’ has been to examine all of my past. And I wouldn’t change anything because without sounding arrogant, because it isn’t, I love myself.
“I have been on a massive life journey and I’ve been through terrible str::ggles. We’ve been talking a lot about a calamity vitae instead of a curriculum vitae because I think when you go for a job, ‘so what you learned at school?’
“It’s like what have you learned at the University of Life? How many calamities have you been through? Because that’s where the learning comes from.
“I’ve learned that if something really hard happens, it’s a good thing.
She continued: “I was like to Michael, ‘If I make it through this brain surgery. It’s going to be the best thing that’s ever happened to me.’ The learning that I have made in the two years since I found out about it, has been so immense and enriching in my life. I wouldn’t change that for the world. But when it happened, obviously it was like another calamity coming. But do not be afraid of d1sasters, they will make you a better.
“How can you think your way out of it? I saw Mel Robbins the other day talking online. And I’ve heard it before, but she has this saying, ‘no one’s coming, you’ve just got yourself’. You can’t keep waiting for somebody else to come and rescue you. You’ve got to rescue yourself and when you do, oh, it feels so good and you feel so proud!”
She added: “It’s bloody hard. And that’s another thing that I’ve had to learn to not be resistant towards hard work on myself, to actually think, ‘great, a juicy bit of hard work on myself’.
“Because almost the harder the work, the more work you have to do, the bigger the reward because if you have to work harder, you are in a darker place.
“But when you see the light, the reward is so massive.
“A couple of people have said today, ‘oh, you look so well’. But it’s because I am in a happy place.
“If you are not in a happy place, you can begin again whenever you want or need to.”
Davina’s been a mainstay of British TV since exploding onto our screens when she was 25 and she’s showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
She’s fronting a new BBC dating series, Stranded on Honeymoon Island, her podcast Begin Again is going from strength to strength and her campaigning around menopause is helping women across the country.
And while she admits she’s always been “annoyingly enthusiastic”, she sees it as her duty to help younger women.
But Davina’s looking to her elders to embrace their eccentricities too.
She said: “Getting older and not caring any more is a gift. There’s got to be a gift with aging because otherwise it could feel like a loss.
“But aging is a loss of one thing, but you gain so much more in another way.
“I saw a girl earlier in a beautiful outfit. I said, ‘you look amazing’. She’s like, ‘no, I think it’s inappropriate. I’m 40. I shouldn’t really be wearing this’.
“And I was literally sweating my ass off, I literally don’t care! The more inappropriately someone dresses, the older they are, the more I love them.
“I need women 60, 70, 80, my older stateswomen, I need you to be outlandish. I need people out there shining the light for me so that life as I get older looks like it’s going to be exciting.
“And that’s what I want to do for you. I want you to look at me and go, ‘oh my God, being in my fifties is going to be great.’
“I’m at a time in my life where even if things go wrong, you don’t perceive it like that, things that go wrong are teaching you something, guiding you somewhere.
“And that is the gift of getting older. You just learn more and more. It’s so great!”
Davina also spoke in February about her brain operation saying she changed her Will to include heartfelt letters to her children ahead of her brain operation – because she feared she could d13.
She said: There’s that saying, ‘A life lived in fear is a life half-lived’.
“If you don’t really want to do something, don’t do it. But if there’s something that you want to do, yeah, do it. Write your bucket list now. Write the bucket list now, in your thirties, and go, “What is my bucket list? Like, what do I want to do before I d13? And let’s start doing it now.”
She added: “I’m grateful. Life will never be the same again, but in rather a good way.”
“F…” – SH0CKING SW3AR W0RDS in ADVERT – Jeremy Clarkson banned yet still defiant, sparking heated debate among viewers!
Jeremy Clarkson has blasted the ‘fun police’ after his explicit new beer advert was taken down from screens.
In his ‘most expensive, biggest’ advert yet, Jeremy hoped it would encourage people to buy his Diddly Squat Farm’s Hawkstone lager.
The 65-year-old Top Gear star hired a 34-strong choir of British farmers to sing their own rendition of the classic opera tune – with a twist.
Jeremy and Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper joined the choir in singing ‘F*** me it’s good’, instead of the classic version.
It finishes with Jeremy taking a sip of his pint before saying: ‘Hawkstone. It is f****** good’.
But Jeremy’s version of the song has been banned from TV and radio because it being ‘not compliant’ with broadcasting regulations.
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Jeremy Clarkson, 65, has blasted the ‘fun police’ after his explicit new beer advert was taken down from screens
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In his ‘most expensive, biggest’ advert yet, Jeremy hoped it would encourage people to buy his Diddly Squat Farm’s Hawkstone lager
Jeremy describes his advert ‘the best thing I’ve ever made, apart from a shepherd’s pie in 1988’.
He intended it to be a powerful celebration of British farming, the backbone of his best-selling lager and cider brand, Hawkstone.
Speaking from his Diddly Squat Farm, Jeremy confessed: ‘It’s a cock-up, as usual. I’ve made my biggest, most heartfelt, and frankly, most expensive advert ever, and it’s been banned.
‘The fun police in their beige offices have decided that the public can’t be trusted to watch it.
‘It’s been kicked off the telly, silenced on the radio, and barred from the cinema. Apparently, it’s ‘not compliant’. With what, I have no idea. Common sense?
‘If the regulators won’t let the people see it, then perhaps the newspapers will. I’m asking every editor in the country: will you publish my banned ad?’
Clarkson’s Farm fans make desperate plea to Jeremy and show bosses for next series amid flurry of scathing complaints
Since its launch in 2021, Clarkson’s Farm has received rave reviews, from critics and audiences alike.
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The Top Gear star hired a 34-strong choir of British farmers to sing their own rendition of the classic opera tune – with a twist
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Jeremy and Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper joined the choir in singing ‘F*** me it’s good’, instead of the classic version
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The season is orientated around Jeremy’s aspiration to become a pub landlord, and the creation of his pub, The Farmer’s Dog
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The docu-series, which follows Jeremy Clarkson run his own farm Diddly Squat in Oxfordshire, hit our screens in 2021
It has given audiences a glimpse of the complexities of life on a farm- including the time pressure that goes into ploughing fields and sowing seeds, the sensitivity of crops and the farmer’s connection to the weather cycle and nature.
Despite the chaos, the show consistently showcases the beauty of the verdant Cotswolds and the simple, humorous joys of country life.
However, many ruled that the most recent season of the show took a more pessimistic tone.
Season 4 of Clarkson’s Farm was released in three instalments, with the final two episodes of the season arriving on Prime Video on June 6th 2025.
The season is orientated around Jeremy’s aspiration to become a pub landlord, and the creation of his pub, The Farmer’s Dog.
Fans suggested that the latest episodes are devoid of the first season’s country charm and were even too stressful to enjoy.
On Reddit, a discussion emerged, sparked by one fan, who reviewed the newest season, saying ‘I grew up on a farm. I now keep ducks. I understand mud, mess, and malfunction – I practically thrive in it. But even I found season 4 more existential crisis than entertaining chaos.’
‘This season was too much, it wasn’t the fun farming show with Jezza doing stupid and smart at the same time. It was too stressful to be enjoyable, the last 2 episodes especially,’ said another.
‘Lacking in genuine laughs and feel good moments…’ echoed a third.
UNBELIEVABLE SH0CK – Jay Blades, 55, from The Repair Shop faces SERIOUS ALLEGATI0NS involving Ex-wife – Fans stunned by 20 months Lisa-Marie Zbozen allegedly endured!
Jay Blades was reportedly set to be the face of a major new reality show just weeks before he was arrested for domestic violence.
The BBC presenter, 55, appeared in May to deny the coercive control of his estranged wife over a 20-month period.
The television presenter is alleged to have left Lisa-Marie Zbozen in fear of violence on at least two occasions while in an intimate or family relationship.
During the brief hearing, Judge James Burbidge KC refused a defence request to hear part of the hearing in private.
Jay was charged with a single count of ‘c0ntrolling and c03rcive behaviour’ between January 1 2023 and September 12 2024. He has entered a plea of not guilty.
The charge resulted in Jay being dropped from The Repair Shop‘s live tour and the show’s Christmas special.
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Jay Blades was reportedly set to be the face of a major new reality show just weeks before he was arrested for domestic violence
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The BBC presenter, 55, appeared in May to deny the coercive control of his estranged wife over a 20-month period
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Before being charged, Jay was the lead star of The Repair Shop, having anchored the BBC daytime show since its launch in 2017
However, it’s now been reported Blades was signed up to star in ITV’s new big budget reality show Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters.
A TV insider told The Sun how he was considered a ‘big win for bosses’ but ‘given the boot’ once news of his charge was revealed.
They said: ‘Producers got lucky as they hadn’t started filming or doing any promotion yet so were able to replace him with someone else.
‘There were travel plans in place for the cast taking part in the show so it caused a lot of upset and disruption behind the scenes.’
MailOnline has contacted ITV and representatives for Jay.
Starting tonight, viewers will see Countdown’s Rachel Riley, Amandaland’s Lucy Punch and McFly’s Dougie Poynter take part in Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters.
Also joining them is Ade Adepitan, 52, Helen George, 40, Sir Lenny Henry, 66, and Ross Noble, 48.
Before being charged, Jay was the lead star of The Repair Shop, having anchored the BBC daytime show since its launch in 2017.
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It has now been reported Blades was signed up to star in ITV’s new big budget reality show Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters
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Starting tonight, viewers will see Countdown’s Rachel Riley, Amandaland’s Lucy Punch and McFly’s Dougie Poynter take part in Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters
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Jay’s charge resulted in Jay being dropped from The Repair Shop ‘s live tour and the show’s Christmas special
It even beat This Morning to scoop best Daytime TV Show at the National Television Awards in 2023.
In 2022, a special one-off episode of The Repair Shop for the BBC’s centenary saw Blades and the repair team visit the King, when he was still the Prince of Wales, at Dumfries House in Scotland.
Blades was made an MBE by Charles in May 2022 for services to craft and in recognition of his work promoting heritage craft and restoration in the UK.
He was later invited to the King’s Coronation at Westminster Abbey in May last year.
Blades is a trustee of the Heritage Crafts Association, a charity which aims to safeguard craft skills, of which the King is patron.
And Blades appeared in a Channel 4 documentary last year about his friendship with actress Dame Judi Dench, called ‘Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple’.
Blades also presented ‘Jay Blades: The West End Through Time’, a series that aired on Channel 5 in July about the history of London’s West End.
Starting as a lawyer, Megyn Kelly pivoted to TV and soon conquered Fox’s prime time. Her sharp, ice-cold style and fearless questions made her a “steel rose” of cable news. The turning point came in 2015 when she directly challenged Donald Tr::u::mp on his derogatory remarks about women, catapulting her to global fame.
For two decades, Bill O’Reilly was a ratings powerhouse on “The O’Reilly Factor,” often drawing over 3 million nightly viewers.
