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Norman Cook recalls feeling lost amid COVID crisis
Norman Cook felt lost amid the COVID-19 lockdown. The 58-year-old DJ - who is also known as Fatboy Slim - admits he didn't know what to do with himself at the start of lockdown. The 'Right Here, Right Now' hitmaker shared: "My whole job is to make large amounts of people commune and do everything that we weren’t supposed to be doing. For the first couple of weeks, I thought: what do I do?" Norman ultimately kept his "mental health on track" by posting weekly mixes online. The DJ - who has Woody, 21, and Nelly, 12, with his ex-partner Zoe Ball - said: "I had the summer off that I’d always promi...
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Zoe Ball excited to be 'mum' to ducklings
Zoe Ball is hoping to become "a mum again" - to ducklings. The BBC Radio 2 DJ - who has son Woody, 21, and daughter Nelly, 12, with ex-husband Norman Cook - has revealed she and her partner Michael Reed have bought ducks who they've given names to, including Daffy Duck after the famous cartoon, and they are hoping they will mate. She said: "He [Michael] recently built a duck house in our garden, but no ducks would settle so we ended up buying some. "It's lovely! "They're called Candice-Marie, Keith and Daffy Duck. "They might have ducklings - you never know, I might be a mum again soon! I will...
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Liam Gallagher will get double hip operation next year
Liam Gallagher will get a double hip replacement next year. The former Oasis singer, 49, had insisted he was shunning doctors’ orders to get the operation. Speaking about how he has done a U-turn following pleas for him to go under the knife, Gallagher said: “Hips, man, they’re both bashed up. But I just went to get these injections the other day actually, so now I am buzzin’ mate, I’m like (dancer) Louie Spence. “I might go and ruin my career at Knebworth and go and start doing some high kicks like Mick Jagger, and everyone’s going like, ‘I want my money back, we only come to see him stand st...
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Liam Gallagher might have hip replacement next year
Liam Gallagher is considering having a hip replacement operation next year. The 49-year-old rocker revealed last month he needs the joints replacing because he suffers from arthritis as a result of a longstanding thyroid problem but had so far refused to go under the knife. And though he's relying on painkilling injections to get him through his huge concerts at Knebworth next weekend, he's now having second thoughts about his previous surgery stance. Speaking to Zoe Ball on 'The Radio 2 Breakfast Show', he said: "Hips, man, they’re both bashed up, but I just went to get these injections the o...
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Sam Ryder given confidence boost after Eurovision success
Sam Ryder says coming second in the 'Eurovision Song Contest' has made him realise he's born to be on the stage. The 32-year-old singer - who hails from Essex, South East England - started out making covers on TikTok from his garden shed, but on Saturday (14.05.22), he took to the stage to represent the UK at the song contest in Turin, Italy, and was watched by nine million viewers as he performed 'Space Man'. Sam, narrowly missed out on winning 'Eurovision', with Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra taking first place, but he's come away with the confidence he's on the right career path after being ove...
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Liam Gallagher is a babysitting star
Liam Gallagher has been babysitting for Debbie Gwyther's family. The 49-year-old star - who got engaged to his partner in 2019 - admitted he was impressed with what he saw of new Disney animated blockbuster 'Encanto' after watching a bit of it with his future sister-in-law's children. Speaking to Zoe Ball on Friday (04.02.22) on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, he said: "I was babysitting Debbie's sister's kids the other night and they had it on downstairs and they were making some racket, but I watched a little bit of it and then scarpered. "So I have seen bits of it, yeah. It's good." Liam ha...
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Kerry Katona wants independent kids
Kerry Katona wishes her kids were more self-sufficient. The 41-year-old star - who has Molly, 20, Lilly-Sue, 18, Heidi, 14, Max, 13, and Dylan-Jorge, seven, from three relationships - admires Zoe Ball and Fatboy Slim's son Woody for his decision not rely on hand-outs from his famous parents and wishes her own brood were more independent because only her eldest daughter is willing to work for what she wants, and her son is the only one of her children who will help out around the home to earn cash. She wrote in her column for New! magazine: "Zoe Ball and Fatboy Slim’s son Woody Cook has admitte...
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Adele will perform 'on tube' if she can't tour
Adele will "busk on the tube" if she can't tour. The 33-year-old star is making her musical return with new album '30' after more than four years out of the spotlight and though she'd love to go on the road in support of the record, she doesn't have any "solid plans" to do so because of the coronavirus pandemic but she's hopeful she'll be able to sing for fans in some way. Asked if she'll tour on 'The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show' on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds, she said: "I don’t have any solid plans because of Covid. It’s so hard to plan a global tour or a global thing, in person and stuff like th...
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Chris Martin's mum tests positive for coronavirus
Chris Martin's mum has tested positive for coronavirus. The Coldplay frontman admitted his mother Alison has an "interesting relationship" with the group's songs but she wasn't able to see them perform 'Human Heart', her favourite song from their new album 'Music From the Spheres', with Fleur East in London earlier this week because she's been forced to isolate at home after contracting the virus. Asked about dedicating the song to his mum at the show, he told ‘The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show' on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds: "I did. She has a interesting relationship with our songs, my mum. "The wa...
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Zoe Ball 'cuts off' son financially
Zoe Ball and Fatboy Slim have “cut off” their son financially. The former couple – who have a combined worth of around £35 million – are keen for Woody Cook to be “self-sufficient”, and the Bristol University student is happy to make his own money, even though he has been struggling to buy essentials. He told the Sunday Mirror newspaper: “My parents make it clear that I was born into a privilege they have had to work their ass off to get. “My parents have cut me off completely. They are like, ‘Do you want to be a trust fund child or do you want to work?’ I want to work, so I am now self-suffic...
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