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Ian Hislop exchanged words with former Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns during Friday’s (11 October) episode of Have I Got News For You.

The awkward exchange was ignited when Jenkyns praised former prime minister Boris Johnson, prompting groans from the audience in the studio. At this point, she accused the long-running BBC panel show of deliberately selecting its audience to be stacked with people critical of the Conservative party.

Hislop, one of the team captains on the series alongside comedian Paul Merton, described the claim as “b*****ks”.

Jenkyns served as the Member of Parliament for Morley and Outwood from 2015 to 2024, but lost in the election earlier this year.

During Johnson’s controversial time in office, she was made Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills. Johnson’s stint as prime minister was widely criticised for his handling of the Covid pandemic, and the violation of his own lockdown restrictions in the scandal that became known as “partygate”.

Speaking about the possibility of Johnson returning to politics on Have I Got News For You, Jenkyns said: “I don’t think it’s over for him. I still think Boris was one of our better prime ministers.”

This remark drew groans of dissent from the studio audience. Jenkyns then turned to Hislop and said: “I see you’ve selected the audience. The people who don’t like Boris or Conservatives.”

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“You can’t just say, ‘You’ve selected the audience,’” Hislop responded. “You’ve got no evidence for that, no proof. It’s just b*****ks. This isn’t GB News.”

Viewers shared their reactions to the exchange on social media, with some deeming the encounter “awkward”.

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Earlier this month, Hislop made headlines when a taxi he was travelling in was briefly thought to have been targeted by gunfire.

The panel show stalwart, who is also the longstanding editor of Private Eye, was travelling through Soho, London on Tuesday morning when the window of his car suddenly shattered.

Urgent forensic examinations were undertaken, but showed that no firearm had been discharged. Instead, it is believed that a mechanical fault may have caused the window to shatter, according to the police.

Hislop and Merton subsequently saw the funny side of the incident during an episode of Have I Got News For You, with Merton quipping: “I have an alibi.”

SIR Steve Redgrave took a face-first tumble as he pulled on his skates to train for Dancing On Ice.

The retired rower, 62, revealed his spot on the nail-biting ITV reality series during an interview on This Morning.

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With the full Dancing On Ice 2025 cast line-up now confirmed – and Holly Willoughby‘s show kicking off in January – Sir Steve has taken his first glides on the ice.

Yet images show while he’s a natural on water, on a frozen surface, it’s a different story.

Wrapped in a blue jumper and dark trousers, he took his first tentative moves accompanied by a male pal.

He held his arms out for balance as he made his way across the rink.

Yet before he could reach the other side of the hoardings he fell face first – putting his arms out to support his fall.

Sir Steve then sparked concern as he lay with his cheek on the freezing cold ice before his companion helped him up.

The sports ace, who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games, recently spoke out about his Dancing On Ice debut.

He told This Morning hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley: “I must be closest to being one of the oldest, if not the oldest, on the show, but I’m certainly the heaviest that’s ever been on the show.

“120 kilos, so that’s around 20 stone, so I’m not light.

“And I’ve been asking [for] somebody big that can lift me.”

When asked why he was giving it a go, Sir Steve laughed: “I don’t know!

“But earlier this year on the series it was Torvill and Dean‘s 40th anniversary of winning their gold medal, and it’s my 40th anniversary as well … and we’re friends.

“Some of my friends are saying it’s a midlife crisis, but I’m too old for a midlife crisis!”

The real reason Sir Steve decided to sign up for the series was recently revealed – this being to keep fit and lose weight.

He has also been candid about being a Type 2 Diabetic.

After the full line-up for one of telly’s most daredevil shows came to light, fans were left moaning how Love Island’s Chris Taylor is “on every show.”

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An emotional interaction between Miranda Hart and Selena Gomez on The Graham Norton Show reduced viewers to tears on Friday night (11 October).

British comedian Hart, 51, opened up about her struggles with lyme disease in a new autobiography I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You.

Appearing on Graham Norton’s BBC talk show, she credited fellow guest Gomez with inspiring her to speak openly about her diagnosis. Gomez, the 32-year-old star of Only Murders in the Building, starred in a 2022 Apple TV+ documentary called My Mind & Me, which tracked her life and wellbeing after being diagnosed with lupus and bipolar disorder.

When both stars shared the sofa on The Graham Norton Show, Hart began thanking Gomez for giving her the “courage” to write about her own medical crisis.

“I watched Selena’s documentary and it gave me the courage to be vulnerable and share my feelings about my disease,” she said. “It kept me writing.”

Gomez can be seen tearing up at the admission – and so, too, did viewers at home.

Fans of The Graham Norton Show shared heartfelt reactions to the moment on X/Twitter.

“This is so touching,” one wrote. “A Miranda Hart and Selena Gomez interaction in 2024 is still so surreal to me.”

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“Don’t think I’ve ever cried at the graham norton show before,” remarked another. “Selena and Miranda are two of my biggest inspirations and being chronically ill myself this moment was just everything to me

“Is anyone else tearing up watching Selena tear up?” wrote the official Graham Norton Show account, prompting several other people to answer in the affirmative.

Hart’s memoir covers her retreat from the limelight in recent years. In the book, she writes that she felt like an “outsider” because of her health issues and anxiety attacks.

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“I was debilitated but also lucky in so many ways – I feared being perceived as complaining,” she wrote. “I realise now why so many experts and therapists became so after their own recoveries – I think in particular of the help I got from the Optimum Health Clinic, and why they, among others, call it ‘chronic invisible illness’. The invisibility is part of the problem.”

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that can cause severe physical and mental problems if allowed to progress. Humans most often catch lyme disease via tick bites, if a tick has previously bitten an infected animal.

Elsewhere in the memoir, Hart also revealed that she had got married at the age of 51.

THE new Dancing on Ice 2025 line-up has been revealed – and viewers are not happy with the inclusion of a reality TV star.

Former Love Island star Chris Taylor has irritated fans by joining the class of 2025 after ‘being on everything’.

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The podcast host announced: “So I’m doing Dancing on Ice. Only felt right to jazz hands the news a bit…

“I’m quivering like a leaf and vibrating like a Nokia 3310 with fear and excitement (in that order). I’m gonna document the quest from (I’m assuming) continuously nutting the ice to slightly less continuously nutting the ice as best I can, so join me for 5 months of me being relentlessly cold and moaning about shrinkage.”

Fans commented on the official Instagram announcement: “Chris again? He’s in every show.”

A second user inquired: “What aren’t you doing at the moment? Swear you’re constantly on my telly these days.”

A third agreed: “Chris Taylor is topping up his bank account big time this year!”

Another noted: “Jesus, no one works harder then Chris’ agent.” One blunt user added: “Talk about being thirsty for work! He is so desperate.” Another penned: “Is there a show he hasn’t been on?”

The Leicester lad rose to fame in season five of the dating show and starred in the 2024 Love Island All Stars series.

The former business development manager, who now works as an influencer, dated Maura Higgins in March 2021, but split six months later.

The Celebs Go Dating star told Heart Radio he is petrified of the rink.

The 34-year-said: “I’m somewhere between absolutely terrified and excited, flitting between the two quite aggressively as well.”

The 2019 Love Island contestant and All Stars islander follows in the footsteps of his co-star and ex Maura Higgins.

He recently opened up about his relationship with Maura in an emotional moment on Celebs Go Dating.

A tearful Chris said: “I became friends with Maura, and then… yeah, like, we were mates for ages, and then it kind of progressed into other things.”

Confirming it had been a serious relationship, Chris confessed that he loved her but didn’t believe that the feelings were mutual.

Joining Chris on the upcoming Sunday night entertainment show is Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey, plus EastEnder star Charlie Brooks, Corrie’s Sam Aston, and Sir Steve Redgrave, Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Chelsee Healey.

The ITV competition will be fronted once again by Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern show will feature a string of soap stars and a Paralympian in the 2025 cast.

Also skating for survival is Towie’s Dan Edgar, 34, who told Heart Radio’s Ashley Roberts: “You see I like to think I’m a good skater, but I’m a terrible dancer.”

Springwatch host Michaela Strachan, 58, appeared on ITV’s Lorraine to reveal she’s signed up.

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EastEnders star Charlie Brooks, 43, will be joining football pundit Anton Ferdinand, younger brother of Rio, who admitted: “So far out my comfort zone but I’m here for it!! Let’s gooooooooo.”

Former Traitors finalist and disability model, Mollie Pearce, 22, who was born with one hand is joining the skating crew.

She told BBC Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts who also has a stoma: “It’s my normal, I was born like it.

“I have never let it get in the way before so I’m not going to let it start now.”

Second Towie star Ferne McCann, 34, is pulling on her skating boots. She told Good Morning Britain she is “competitive” and admitted she can “kind of” skate.

Comedian Josh Jones joins the ice extravaganza and admitted on Gaydio radio station last week: “I’ve not got any skating experience whatsoever.

“My dancing isn’t great either, for a gay man I have no rhythm, I struggle to clap along to a beat so this will be fun.”

Coronation Street actor Sam Aston, 31, is joining the rink.

He said about his DOI audition: “They basically stand you on the ice. But I got a real buzz experiencing it a little bit.”

He added: “It’s nice for the public to see me as me and not Chesney!”

Professional rower and Type 2 Diabetic Sir Steve Redgrave will also be joining the competition. He told This Morning hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard that he will be the the “oldest and heaviest” in the cast, but is keen to keep fit and healthy.