Strictly’s Brendan Cole confirms AJ Pritchard and Mollie King DID get together on the show
BRENDAN COLE is already spilling Strictly Come Dancing secrets – two weeks after being axed from the show.
The professional dancer has confirmed MOLLIE KING and AJ PRITCHARD’s relationship — 70 days after I first revealed the pair, who danced together on the last series were secretly in a romance.
Speaking from the stage on his All Night Long tour, Brendan blurted out to fans that he caught THE SATURDAYS singer Mollie and pro dancer AJ getting cosy backstage on Strictly during a show.
He revealed: “One evening I went in the boys’ changing room, walked in the door and there were AJ and Molly.
“I wouldn’t have thought anything of it if they had gone, ‘Hey, Brendan, nice to see you’. But when I walked in the door, they went, ‘Sorry, sorry! Didn’t see you there’.
“Two young single people who get together on the show — it’s great, right?”
Kiwi Brendan also opened up about being fired — admitting he will particularly miss one of his fellow pro dancers. He said: “The worst thing about leaving is that ANTON DU BEKE has outlived me on the show.
“He’s my best friend, he’s great.”
I’m not so sure Brendan feels the same way about his former Beeb bosses.
Katie in new Alex threat
I spent two years writing about the going on between KATIE PRICE and ALEX REID and really hoped I'd heard the last of them in the same story. But sadly they are still trying to ruin each other, with the Loose Women panelist even threatening to "destroy" him in newly unearthed audio days after she fiercley denied having any photos or videos of Alex.
It follows reports she flashed X-rated images to a TV audience and had been reported by him to police.
But the recording - which you can head on - seems to indicate Katie hasn't been entirely honest about content she's saved on her phone.
Showing off the snaps at her book launch last October, she can be heard saying "I think Alex Reid better shut up, don't you? He must be obsessed with me. He doesn't like that I keep saying I could destroy himn in seconds - and I literally could.
"So Alex better shut the f*** up."
Katie ends her rant by saying: "Yeah, carry on, Alex, and I'll f***ing screw you up is all I'm saying."
She adds: "I think he's still in love with me. But he's got no money - I suppose I'm his income."
Justin feeling blue
IF you’ve been wondering what JUSTIN BIEBER’s been up to since abruptly cancelling his Purpose tour last July, JERRY SEINFELD has the answer.
The American stand-up stopped for a catch-up with the singer, after his teenage daughter Sascha spotted the Canadian driving this electric blue Lamborghini.
Justin had been cruising around Beverly Hills, California, in the less-than-conspicuous sports car.If Justin really is trying to go under the radar these days, he might want to swap it for a Ford Fiesta.
James: My wife thinks it's time I had the snip
AS the voice of Peter Rabbit in the new animated movie, JAMES CORDEN clearly knows a thing or two about kids.
But the Late Late Show host and dad-of-three has revealed he won’t be having any more of his own after being pressured to get the snip by wife Julia.
In an exclusive chat, James said: “My wife has started making not very subtle hints at medical procedures for me.”
The couple’s youngest daughter, Charlotte, was born in December and joins brother Max, six, and sister Carey, three. James admits the boosted brood has left him exhausted.
But he said: “After the birth of my son, I felt it just couldn’t get better.Then Carey came along, I have reached peak happiness, it can’t go further. And now No3 is here, it has.”
It sounds like he’s already talking himself into a fourth.
Bizbit
SKEPTA and CHILDISH GAMBINO will headline Lovebox Festival in London’s Gunnersbury Park on July 13/14. N.E.R.D, DIPLO, MABEL, JACOB BANKS and THE INTERNET are among other artists at the event, now in its 16th year.
Camila Fabello
CAMILA CABELLO’s British boyfriend has clearly been telling her how good his homeland is.
Dating guru Matthew Hussey was photographed kissing the former FIFTH HARMONY singer in Mexico last week – and now she has announced a UK tour.
After spending five weeks at No1 with Havana last year, Camila will perform at the O2 Academy Glasgow on June 4, the O2 Academy Birmingham on June 6 and the O2 Academy Brixton on June 12 before playing the Isle of Wight Festival the next week.
Tour Tickets go on sale on Friday. The shows will be her first here since quitting Fifth Harmony in 2016. They should be an improvement.
Idris Elba jumps on the decks
IDRIS ELBA will soon be busy booking a DJ to play at his wedding to model SABRINA DHOWRE.
But before that he’ll take to the decks for his first gig since proposing last weekend.
The actor will go back-to-back with dance legend PETE TONG at the Warner Music and Ciroc Brit Awards after-party at the Freemason’s Hall in London next Wednesday.
He’ll be spinning the tunes for the record company’s finest ED SHEERAN, DUA LIPA, STORMZY and RITA ORA.
I can also reveal that in their Brit goodie bags recipients will find Ciroc Vodka, personalised Wrangler jacket, DSquared jewellery, Tom Ford nail varnish and a Reviv Vitamin drip.
That’s the hangover sorted.
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Meghan ab fab
JOANNA LUMLEY is clearly looking forward to the royal wedding. She told OK!: “The royals are always unbelievably courteous to me and Meghan is enchanting. She’s American, she’s got fabulous exotic parentage, she’s in our business, she’s been married. This is fantastic.”
Patt yer bags
HER wedding has been put back and now VICKY PATTISON says she “struggled with the transition” having moved to Newcastle with fiance JOHN NOBLE. The former Geordie Shore regular tells New: “Now I work in London a couple of days a week, so when I go back I appreciate it.”
Kate a winner
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE has thanked KATE WINSLET for improving his acting while shooting Amazon Original drama Wonder Wheel. He told Heat: “Every second together, I was learning an invaluable lesson. I can say I’ve improved my range, and Kate has been instrumental to that.”
Class act
SHE has a life many uni students only dream of, but BBC Music Sound of 2018 winner SIGRID might consider swapping concerts for lectures. She told Grazia: “I would love to study maybe history or politics. Or geology. I love volcanoes and tectonic plates.”