2 h. ago Strictly star called off wedding hours before ceremony after feeling 'manipulated'

A discussion about being stood up at the altar arose on Thursday's edition of Loose Women, with the panel sharing their thoughts on the topic

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2 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing star called off wedding after feeling 'manipulated'

A discussion about being jilted at the altar took place on Loose Women on Thursday, with the panellists sharing their thoughts

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6 d. ago The Wrong Paris review – Netflix Bachelor romcom makes few right choices

Miranda Cosgrove plays a woman involved in some reality show drama in another of the streamer’s many low-grade background watchesOne could argue that The Bachelor, the ABC reality juggernaut that has reified Christian-lite dating norms for 27 seasons, should be considered scripted content. The connections can be genuine, and the feelings often real, but the situations are contrived and manipulated, a pioneering brand of deliberately saccharine, hokey and ridiculous in the name of love and for the sake of entertainment. Watching The Bachelor and its spinoffs, as I occasionally have over its two-plus-decade run, is to be baffled, frustrated, annoyed and ultimately hooked. The show, with its in-group rituals and shocking sincerity, casts a strange spell over its contestants and its viewers; if you stick through one episode, you’re liable to start caring about what happens.No such spell exists for The Wrong Paris, Netflix’s latest attempt to build an in-house Hallmark Channel, in which ...

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8 d. ago Strictly fans demand 'manchild' Thomas Skinner be dropped after walking out of interview

Fans of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing have called for controversial reality TV star Thomas Skinner have called for the former Apprentice star to be axed from the upcoming series

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3 w. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Angela Scanlon calls out famous star for acting like a 'creep' on The One Show

The One Show presenter admitted that she felt she could not call him out on air as it would be 'unprofessional'.

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3 w. ago Alison Hammond's fiery response as fans call for Strictly star to replace her on ITV show

This Morning star Alison Hammond didn't hold back as she slammed criticism aimed at her, after taking over hosting duties on a popular ITV show

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last month My husband treats me as his dirty little secret – and won’t have sex at home

He prefers to get intimate in anonymous spaces and initiates sex every time we’re at someone else’s house. I love the excitement, but feel manipulatedMy husband and I never have sex at home, only at our friends’ places or in hotel rooms. We’ve lived together, improbably, for four years now. When we hooked up six years ago I never expected anything serious, just a one-night stand with a hot flight attendant.After 15 casual sexual encounters we had a screaming row about my sleeping with someone else, and after the 16th, we decided to be in an exclusive relationship. After 40 meet-ups, he brought home an exotic strain of gonorrhoea; when we had got over the shock, and finished a course of antibiotics, we started planning the wedding.Pamela Stephenson Connolly is a US-based psychotherapist who specialises in treating sexual disorders.If you would like advice from Pamela on sexual matters, send us a brief description of your concerns to private.lives@theguardian.com (please don’t send at...

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