Strictly Come Dancing in talks with Gordon Ramsay’s daughter Tilly, 18
IT seems bosses behind Strictly Come Dancing aren’t scared of Gordon Ramsay – they have asked his daughter Matilda to go on the show.
The Beeb has approached the 18-year-old TV host, known as Tilly, to appear in the ballroom contest as they think she will be a hit.
A source said: “Tilly is already popular with younger viewers from her shows on CBBC and bosses think she could bring that audience with her.
“They’ve already seen Joe Sugg, Karim Zeroual and Saffron Barker bring in new fans to the show and they hope she could do the same.
“Tilly is keen to be a star in her own right, rather than just being known as Gordon’s daughter, and Strictly could be a great way for her to come out of her father’s shadow.
“They’ve spoken to her formally and said she can take part either this year or next. They’ve left the ball in her court.”
Since 2015 Tilly has hosted Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch and has appeared alongside her dad on This Morning.
The show has seen a drive towards getting younger viewers watching, with YouTube star Joe coming second in 2018 and kids’ TV actor Karim doing the same in 2019.
YouTuber Saffron finished fifth in the same year.
Despite the pandemic potentially making it impossible for Strictly to be filmed as normal, bosses have been stepping up to their efforts to get big names on board.
They’ve also spoken to Jonathan Ross’s wife Jane Goldman, as we revealed last week, and hoped to bag Michelle Keegan but she turned them down.
The source added: “Tilly wants to be known as more than just her dad’s eldest daughter.
"Strictly would be the perfect platform to give her a name in her own right and the chance to take home a trophy that Gordon doesn’t have.”
This year’s Strictly is currently in chaos as bosses attempt to work out how they can maintain social distancing rules and still put on the competition.
One idea suggested is for each professional and their celeb to isolate together, which could fuel the Strictly curse rumour.
I wouldn’t want to be the dancer who had to meet Gordon afterwards if that idea gets the go-ahead.
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Anyone Khlo who this is?
SHE may look stunning but not everyone was impressed by Khloe Kardashian’s latest snaps.
The reality star showed off her blonde highlights in a revealing top that also displayed her bronze tan.
She posted on Instagram: “Location: Under bitches skiiiinnnnn.”
But some fans said she looked unrecognisable in the new selfies and accused the images of being altered.
One said: “Khloe Kardashian has a new face in every selfie, it’s quite interesting.”
Another posted a collage of the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star through the years, adding: “Khloe Kardashian be looking like a different person every year.”
I find it hard to believe a Kardashian would’ve had any form of enhancement.
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GARY Neville has revealed the moment he met David Beckham for the first time as a Man Utd player.
Speaking on Jay Rayner’s Out To Lunch podcast, he said: “I do remember. Gelled hair. Immaculate . . . the rest of us were in scruffy gear.”
Saffron shorts it out
SAFFRON Barker has clearly been blessed with good jeans, as this garden selfie in ripped denim shorts shows.
The YouTuber is feeling fitter than ever – even more than when she was training for Strictly last year after being paired with AJ Pritchard.
She said: “Probably the good things to have come out of lockdown is that I am spending more time by myself. It’s weird. I feel like I am fitter than ever.
At the weekend Saffron held a Lockdown Festival in her back garden, something I can get on board with seeing as I’m missing out on Glastonbury this year.
Zoe and Ronan having a pop at all-day quiz
RADIO 2 kicks off its All Day PopMaster this morning with a host of celebrities taking part.
Radio 1 host Nick Grimshaw, singer Ronan Keating, I’m A Celeb star Fleur East, Love Island host Laura Whitmore and funnyman Jason Manford are taking part in the legendary music quiz.
Proceedings begin on the Breakfast Show, hosted by Dermot O’Leary, as Zoe Ball is on holiday but will be taking part, with normal quizmaster Ken Bruce grilling his fellow stars throughout the day.
Zoe said: “Utterly thrilled and equally terrified to be taking part in All Day PopMaster. If I manage even ‘one year out’ I’ll be happy.
“King Ken is the don and we all stop for PopMaster. Hope I don’t embarrass the family.”
I fancy myself to win it.
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Made In Chelsea star Binky Felstead is ‘loving this red bikini’ on Instagram - and it’s no wonder with a body like that .
George's good karma after 7-album frenzy
BOY George is using the downtime wisely and has rustled up Seven Albums’ worth of music.
The Culture Club singer recently signed a contract with record label Primary Wave and I think they’ll be pretty happy with this news.
The star said: “I’ve written so much music I’ve got enough for six or seven albums.
“I’m not saying every single thing is good but I signed a deal just before Christmas with a company called Primary Wave, whose job it is to go out and place your music in movies.
“I own copyright with them. It’s a new experience for me to own music.
“I don’t own any of the stuff I did in the Eighties – the publishers can do what they want with it and they do do what they want with it.”
He revealed a rather embarrassing version of his hit Karma Chameleon shows the importance of ownership of songs.
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He told Louis Theroux’s podcast Grounded: “Not only do I not own it, they can change the lyrics, give it to a burger shop. They have done that.
“They did a version of Karma Chameleon that was about carrots and peas. Of course we see money from it but I’d pay them not to do that.”
There’s no pleasing some people.
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- After lockdown restrictions almost forced her to abandon her new music, Foxes is back with song Love Not Loving You after three years away. The singer said: “Music has always been an escape for me in tough times, and it’s the same for a lot of my fans, so I wanted to make it happen now more than ever.”
- Simon Pegg has teased a Hot Fuzz sequel and suggested the project could focus on pal Nick Frost’s character, cop Danny Butterman, joining the Met. Simon said: “It’s the one film out of those three that lends itself to a sequel, in that those kind of buddy-cop action movies were often sequelised.”
- Towie’s Harry Derbidge and his fiancé Dean Rowland’s Celebrity Brushes make-up venture is a hit with fellow reality stars Vicky Pattison, Amy Childs and Charlotte Dawson. The pair are set to make a fortune from it – some good news after lockdown meant they had to delay their wedding.
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