British girl band legend and stunning reality TV favourite sign up for gruelling Bear Grylls’ Netflix show
It’s a telly show that is finally getting me excited again, with Netflix sending a group of celebrities deep into the Costa Rican jungle where they will be hunted down by Bear Grylls.
The casting producers have gone all out to secure some decent names for Bear Hunt, which is being hosted by Holly Willoughby.
I can exclusively reveal Saturdays singer Una Healy and Kate Moss’ half-sister Lottie have both signed up to take part in the series, alongside Mel B, Shirley Ballas and Danny Cipriani.
Insiders told me the pair signed big-money deals to take part with Bear.
And over the weekend, I found myself queuing next to Una in the world’s longest, and hottest, immigration line at Houston’s international airport — as she caught a connecting flight on to South America and I headed off to do an interview with Ronnie Wood.
A source said: “Netflix have chucked a serious amount of money at Bear Hunt and they have worked hard to get celebrities you might not expect to find in the Costa Rican jungle.
“Una has signed up to try and show a different side to her.
“People know her for the Saturdays, and for her short-lived fling with David Haye. Taking part in Bear Hunt will show a side of her that the public haven’t seen before.
“Lottie is very much signed on for the same reason.
“She has become a celebrity in her own right and has a really interesting backstory.
“Lottie is a tough cookie and while she is very glamorous, she loves to get her hands dirty and will put everything into succeeding on Bear Hunt.”
After bumping into Una inside Houston airport, where she was heading to Costa Rica with TV’s Big Zuu, she, like me, looked pretty knackered after the ten-hour flight from London.
But she has got a bit of time to relax now as she is holed up in a very nice hotel in the country with the other stars.
They will be topping up their tans by the pool and getting some rest before having to rough it in the jungle.
I hope they enjoy the complimentary toiletries and mini bar while they can.
Anya and Chris need rain Max
Rain didn’t stop play for Anya Taylor-Joy as she promoted her new film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.
She has replaced Charlize Theron as Furiosa in the movie and was photographed dodging puddles with her co-star Chris Hemsworth.
Despite the showers, Anya looked immaculate in an off-the-shoulder top and burgundy mermaid-style skirt.
The pair were in Circular Quay in Sydney, for their ongoing press tour.
Thor actor Chris looked back on form following a nasty knee injury he picked up during filming for Extraction 2 and said working on the new Mad Max film got him back to his best.
He added: “As soon as I got to rehearsals, everything lifted. I just got reinvigorated.
“Suffering without a purpose is awful. Suffering with purpose can be rejuvenating and replenishing.”
I’ll tell my boyfriend that the next time he tries to throw a sickie when he’s got man flu.
Kendrick Lamar has gone to war with Drake in a brutal six-minute takedown called Euphoria, weeks after the Canadian dropped his own diss track called Push Ups.
While Drake mocked his rival’s height, Kendrick has got far more personal in his new song, calling him a “scam artist”, “mass manipulator” and “liar,” as well as saying he’s a bad father.
The song, which has been released on YouTube, also sees him mock Drake for using an A.I. version of Tupac on Push Ups, with Kendrick saying it would make the late rapper “turn in his grave”.
As if all of that wasn’t clear enough, he raps: “I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk, I hate the way that you dress.”
Something tells me he isn’t a fan.
Damon rakes in £16,000 a day
Three decades have passed since the wild days of Britpop but Blur’s Damon Albarn is still raking it in.
I can reveal the singer has been banking a fortune thanks to his work with Gorillaz, making £16,205 a day according to his latest set of accounts.
Documents filed at Companies House for March 2022 to 2023 show he made £5.9million in profits with his firms G Tour LLP and Humanz LLP. In total, his firms have assets of £10.4million after he set them up the in 2017.
Damon will have made even more money in the past 12 months, given Blur reunited for sell-out shows at Wembley Stadium and had a No1 album. The Ballad Of Darren.
He was furious last month when the band performed at Coachella in California and dimwits in the crowd refused to sing along to some of Blur’s biggest hits.
I wouldn’t worry about that, Damon.
With earnings like these rolling in, you never need to bother with gigs like those again.
Zayn’s sell-out return
Good news for Zayn Malik . he is finally returning to the stage.
The former One Direction star has announced a one-off show at the 2,000-capacity Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London for May 17, which is the same day his fourth album Room Under The Stairs is released.
It is a major U-turn for the singer who hasn’t performed live in eight years. When Zayn went solo in 2016, he played a short set at a festival in California and sang on The Voice USA.
But minutes before he was due to headline Capital’s Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium that year, he pulled out, citing his crippling anxiety.
Anyone hoping to grab tickets will have to pre-order his new album through the link on his social accounts, which have all the details.
Rizzle Kicks singer Jordan Stephens got so drunk at one of Nick Grimshaw’s parties before V Festival that he missed his alarm and had to go on stage still half cut.
Jordan said on the Red Carpet Treatment podcast that he got buzzed by one of his security team and was driven in a van to the gig. He added: “I got woken up, put on stage, 60,000 people.”
Dating disasters for Dua
Even Dua Lipa has been hurt by blokes in the past – so I despair at the chances for the rest of us.
The Illusion singer dated celebrity chef Isaac Carew and model Anwar Hadid before meeting current boyfriend, actor Callum Turner.
Dua, right, said: “I think I’ve had relationships which have been really hurtful, especially earlier on, where I feel like I’ve been made to feel not good enough, or have made me lose my confidence.”
On Apple Music 1, she added: “You learn about your own non-negotiables – that’s an important thing. It’s of course the right person, but it’s really about the right relationship. I want someone who’s loyal, open and honest, and that’s what I’m willing to be as well in return.
“You figure out what those things are for you.”
Lucy: Pal Si is best man
With X Factor pal Simon Cowell walking her down the aisle, Lucy Spraggan is in good hands.
Her wedding is only weeks away and Lucy told me that she is counting down the days until she ties the knot with girlfriend Emilia Smith.
She said: “The wedding is in East Yorkshire, Simon will have to get the chopper over. I’m getting married in a month, well, 49 days.”
Of Simon, who has become a close friend, she added: “He’s definitely a male role model that I look up to a lot and fills a lot of gaps in my life. He’s just a really great guy.”
Chatting with me at Diva’s 30th anniversary party, Lucy also spoke about her relationship with another great man in her life, Robbie Williams.
She opened for him when he played at Sandringham last year and they have since created a reworking of her 2021 song Sober.
Lucy said: “Robbie is a role model of mine and an inspiration.
“The song is going to be re-released as a duet with Robbie, which is a pinch-me moment. I never in my wildest dreams thought that would happen.
“I hope in some way he relates to the lyrics as well. I wrote the song a week into being sober and I wrote it to remind myself why I was making that decision, so it’s a good foundation.”