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Lucas Bravo has hit out at Emily in Paris once again – and suggested that he might quit the show.

The French star, who plays chef and Emily’s on-off love interest Gabriel, has made no secret of his dissatisfaction with his character’s storylines – and recently doubled down on that stance.

Now, Bravo has criticised the Netflix series once again, explaining why he is “frustrated” with his character’s journey and why starring in the show is no longer “fun”.

“The ‘sexy chef’ was very much part of me in season one and we grew apart season after season because of the choices he makes and because of the direction they make him take,” he said in a new interview, adding: “I’ve never been so far away from him.”

He told IndieWire that, despite trying to voice his frustration, “it kind of became not fun for me to shoot or to see a character I love so much and brought me so much, being slowly turned into guacamole”.

Bravo continued: “I really grew apart from him. I tried for seasons to bring nuances but we don’t have much liberty on set. We cannot change a word or an emotion. They know what they want and we just have to comply.”

The actor is so concerned about the direction of his character that he is now questioning whether he wants to be a part of it, acknowledging the “lack of risk” in the show’s storytelling.

“It makes me question if I want to be part of season five… because my contract ends at season four,” he said.

“I really want to see if Gabriel gets back to his fun, cheeky, playful, alive self. Because three seasons of playing melancholic, sad, depressed, and lost is not fun anymore. It’s a comedy, everybody is having fun around me, everybody is jumping around, and I’m just slowly sinking into god knows what.”

However, Bravo said that he “loves the show” as “it started everything for me”.

He said in the interview: “I love the show and the people in it. With saying that, I feel like I am not being nice or grateful, but when you love something you want it to be…you want the best version of it.

“I’m not going to lie, I’ve been frustrated with the direction my character is taking. But we’ll see where it goes. The show is not over.”

A BELOVED couple faces a surprising split after 15 years, while another pair keeps their romance hidden in Emmerdale.

Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler) confirms that she and the kids are moving out next week on the ITV soap.

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This comes after Nicola and Jimmy King (Nick Miles) to hit the rocks over abuser Tom King’s (James Chase) revelations.

The married couple struggled to agree over Tom after Jimmy noticed several tell-tale signs suggesting that Tom can’t be trusted.

Nicola realised that her young stepson Carl (Charlie Munro Joyce) seems scared and uncomfortable around Tom.

This followed Tom threatening Carl over his missing tablet computer, which he was desperate to retrieve as it contained damning evidence proving his abuse of wife Belle.

Nicola tried to gently quiz Carl on why he’s upset with Tom. However, just when it seems like Carl might share the details, the scared schoolboy spotted Tom arriving home and clams up.

Nicola was frustrated that Carl can’t be honest with her, so she realised that she had to change tactics.

In a phone call with Jimmy, Nicola shared her belief that Carl’s strange moods are all down to Tom.

Her detective work continued when she spotted the radio-controlled car that Tom tried to bribe Carl with, which is now in the bin.

Nicola quizzed Carl on where the expensive toy came from, but he remained reluctant to tell her the truth.

Finally losing patience, Nicola turned her scrutiny in Tom’s direction and demanded to know what’s going on.

Tom tried his best to cover up his lies, and Jimmy was concerned to hear Nicola turning on a member of their own family.

But Nicola refused to back down and threatened Tom with the police.

Can the couple make it work with Tom out the way?

Meanwhile, having seen how hurt Ella (Paula Lane) is, Chas (Lucy Pargeter) and Liam (Jonny McPherson) decide to keep their relationship private for the time being.

Best soap affair love triangles

LOVE triangles are a fundamental part of soap-land, but which ones have become the most iconic?

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Bradley/Stacey/Max: Stacey Slater began an affair with boyfriend Bradley Branning’s dad Max in 2007.

Despite their romps, Stacey still married Bradley, but their deceit came out in an iconic Christmas Day episode that year.

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Grant/Sharon/Phil: Heading even further back in Walford history, EastEnders fans were gripped in the 90s as Sharon Watts had a one-night stand with her brother-in-law Phil Mitchell.

Sharon confided in best friend Michelle Fowler – not realising it was caught on tape – and her husband Grant eventually found out and played it in front of everyone at the Queen Vic.

Syed/Amira/Christian: Syed Masood was engaged to Amira before realising he had feelings for another man, Christian, which he confessed to him on his wedding day.

A devout Muslim, Syed refused to admit his true sexuality and went ahead and married Amira anyway, but when they returned, the two men started an affair before being caught in the act by Amira.

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Shelley/Peter/Lucy: Peter Barlow took the concept of a love triangle and ran with it in Coronation Street – extending it to bigamy.

He was in a relationship with Shelley Unwin but started dating Lucy Richards, and quickly married her after she fell pregnant with his son, Simon.

But it didn’t stop him also marrying Shelley, but he was eventually caught when Lucy turned up in Weatherfield and the two women confronted him.

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Ken/Deidre/Mike: Back in 1982, Deirdre Barlow started sleeping with her husband’s nemesis Mike Baldwin in secret, before confessing all a year later.

When Mike turned up at the marital home, Deirdre was being throttled by her husband who then kicked her out, but years later they reconciled.

Maria/Aidan/Eva: In 2017, Aidan Connor started sleeping with girlfriend Eva Price’s best friend, Maria Connor.

Eva eventually found out and she decided to take revenge by faking a pregnancy, spending his money and planned to confront him on their wedding day.

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But she had a change of heart when a remorseful Aidan confessed, and decided to marry him anyway, only for Maria to arrive and expose her fake pregnancy.

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Ross/Debbie/Pete: Debbie Dingle found herself torn between two brothers, Ross and Pete Barton in 2015 in Emmerdale.

She eventually decided to marry Pete but yet again, a soap wedding day was ruined when the groom learned of his bride’s betrayal via a recording played at the wedding.

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Chrissie/Robert/Aaron: Robert Sugden was married to Chrissie White and all seemed well – until he began a steamy affair with Aaron Dingle.

Robert’s ex Katie Sugden almost exposed the affair – but fell to her death before she had the chance.

However, a guilty Aaron eventually cracked and told Chrissie about the affair – after which she announced it to the whole pub.

Earlier this year, Liam and Chas began to explore their romantic connection, but put the brakes on their budding relationship when Chas was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Chas debated revealing her feelings for Liam, and later decided she’d missed her chance when she saw Liam kissing Ella.

However, unbeknownst to Chas, the doctor was secretly unsure about his future with Ella.

More recently, viewers saw Liam and Chas sharing a heartfelt moment following the sad news of Zak Dingle’s death.

Liam comforted a devastated Chas, who opened up about her loss.

A call from Ella interrupted the pair and Chas told Liam that his girlfriend was waiting for him. “So? I want to be with you,” he replied.

Chas encouraged him to leave before he said something he regretted, but then Liam made a bold move.

He confessed his feelings for Chas and she reciprocated his affection as the former flames shared a kiss.

With his new connection blooming, Liam prepares to break up with Ella. But with three hearts on the line, will it go to plan?

Chas actor Lucy Pargeter recently spoke to Digital Spy about her character’s potential romance with Liam.

She said: “I think Liam and Chas make an interesting couple. When Paddy was with Chas, a lot of people said that they weren’t a good match.

“I think Liam’s quite different to Chas but I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. They could be a good match.”

Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV1 and streams from 7am on ITVX.

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FANS of the Great British Bake Off were left absolutely enraged by the latest elimination from the competition.

Viewers tuned into Channel 4 to watch the bakers compete in the autumn themed week of the show.

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Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding fronted the latest edition, whilst Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith served as the judges.

On the recent edition of the Great British Bake Off, the amateur cooks were tasked with a series of autumnal themed challenges.

They had to make delicious autumnal pies in the signature and cook up the perfect Parkin in the technical.

For the showstopper, they were tasked with baking a cake which featured autumnal vegetables as a main ingredient.

Dylan struggled with his Diwali themed showstopper which the judges did not find to be illuminating.

However, it was Nellie who struggled the most throughout the week as Paul and Prue found her multilayered cake to be too dense.

As soon as Noel revealed the news, the effervescent baker elaborately stood up in front of everyone.

The fan favourite personality joked: “I’m not going anywhere,” which received a round of laughter from everyone in the gingham tent.

However, many viewers were not laughing, as they took to X – formerly known as Twitter – to vent their rage at her elimination.

“I genuinely just shouted ‘no!’ at that bake off eviction 🙁 caught me off guard,” exclaimed one viewer.

As a second fan stated: “RAGING. Nelly was the life of the tent.”

While a third raged: “I don’t think I can watch this now Nellie is gone.”

As someone else angrily posted: “Oh no! Nelly has been one of the best contestants of all time!”

And a fifth user was incandescent with rage at the judges as they added: “Oh Paul Hollywood, you will pay for getting rid of THE queen.”

Great British Bake off cast 2024

The Great British Bake Off is back for another series of the heartwarming Channel 4 show.

Legendary judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith are back to give their expert opinion, while hosts Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond are on hand to lift the bakers spirits.

Here are the amateur bakers all taking part in 2024.

• Andy, 44, car mechanic.
• Christiaan, 33, menswear designer.
• Dylan, 20, retail assistant.
• Georgie, 34, paediatric nurse.
• Gill, 53, senior category manager.
• Hazel, 71, former nail technician.
• Illiyin, 31, birth trauma specialist midwife.
• Jeff, 67, former university lecturer.
• John, 37, NHS directorate support manager.
• Mike, 29, farmer.
• Nelly, 44, palliative care assistant.
• Sumayah, 19, student.

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The Great British Bake Off is available to watch on Channel 4.

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Anna Maxwell Martin has laid bare the grief and fear she went through following the death of her husband and Notting Hill director Roger Michell.

The couple first met when Michell directed Martin in the 2004 adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel Enduring Love. The actor was 26 at the time, while the director was 48.

Marrying in 2010, they went on to have two daughters. In 2020, the Line of Duty actor announced that the pair had separated. A year later, Michell suddenly died of an undisclosed cause, aged 65.

The Motherland star, now 47, said that the experience had left her in a state of “financial terror”.

“My husband died three years ago and things were really difficult on every aspect of our lives,” she told BBC Woman’s Hour on Tuesday (29 October).

“One of those was that there’s a lot of stuff that comes with grief, and one of them is financial terror. And then there are real practicalities around your children and their mental health, and supporting them, which is your priority.”

Describing the aftermath of the death, the mother-of-two said, “Looking back, I was probably in a state of shock, and fear, and a heightened state, for a long time actually, until very recently.”

She continued, “I’ve tried this road before, of grief, and sudden traumatic death. I’ve done it before, and so in a way I could pick myself up and do it again.

“It was horrible to have to see my children walk that road, but I’m pretty gritty, I’m pretty strong, and I think I’m quite deft, I hope, at navigating life. And I thought, ‘I’ve just got to keep the motor chugging on.’”

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Describing her first experience of loss, she explained: “When it happened to me [for the first time] and I was 24, I was very lonely. I was very isolated because no-one had been through what I’d been through. I didn’t know those people.

“And then when it happened with Rog, I saw it more as, ‘We’ve all got to keep it together for the kids.’”

Martin explained that as a woman in her 40s she was grateful for “having the best friends and best people around”.

She added, “You’ll have stopped making mistakes in that area of your life. And I really did, I had exceptional friends, an exceptional support network.”

MARRIED At First Sight star Ryan has revealed he’s returned to his day job after his shock exit from the show.

Ryan tied the knot with Sionainn Carmichael before they quit show.

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Yesterday it was revealed he would be making a dramatic return for the reunion with fellow co-star Hannah Norburn.

Just a week after Ryan’s exit was aired, the groom has revealed that he’s returning to his job as a bin man.

During an Instagram Q&A, one fan asked: “What’s next for Ryan?”

He simply replied: “Back on them bins.”

While Ryan also insisted that he was currently single, despite his recent romance with Hannah.

A fan quizzed him on his relationship status.

He revealed: “I’m very much single, most single I’ve ever been actually. It’s hard work.”

It comes after the news that Ryan and Hannah were an item.

Hannah was initially paired up with Stephen Nolson but cheated on him with Orson Nurse who was married to Richelle Cade.

But the other brides and grooms were left shocked when Hannah and Ryan arrived to the reunion hand-in-hand, in scenes yet to air.

Now fans think they’ve found proof it was third time lucky for Hannah as Instagram posts revealed she and Ryan attended the same festivals over the summer after the cameras had stopped rolling.

Snaps show them at Forbidden Forest in Leicestershire in June and that same month they were also both at Parklife in Manchester.

Yesterday MailOnline revealed Hannah and Ryan stunned their fellow brides and grooms with the shock relationship reveal.

A TV source told the website: “The entire cast was left openmouthed when Hannah walked into the reunion hand in hand with Ryan.

“She had made a big point about her friendliness being taken the wrong way and how the female members of the group had misjudged her intentions.

“But after kissing Orson in secret and growing close to Ryan off camera, it seems some of the suspicions from her co-stars were accurate.”

Hannah and Stephen’s marriage was short-lived after their furious fights on honeymoon.

Ryan and Stephen previously went head-to-head in dramatic scenes as Stephen revealed plans to make a move on Sionainn.

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The new Netflix series Territory is earning rave reviews from critics while fans on social media have compared it to hit shows Yellowstone and Succession.

The Australian series arrived on the streaming service last week.

An official synopsis says: “When the world’s largest cattle station is left without a clear successor, generational clashes threaten to tear the Lawson family apart.

“Sensing this once great dynasty is in decline, the outback’s most powerful factions – rival cattle barons, desert gangsters, Indigenous elders and billionaire miners – move in for the kill.”

On reviews aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes the series is rated 80% fresh, with Hollywood Reporter critic Daniel Fienberg declaring: “The cattle in Territory may not have a lot of genetic diversity — it’s a plot point! — and the hats may look a bit worn around the edges. But whatever you’re looking for, this series has a lot of it.”

On social media, viewers pointed out the similarities to Yellowstone with one writing: “I’m just 1,5 episodes in, but if #Netflix cancels this Aussie Yellowstone gem of a show, they are damn fools and we all should cancel subscription and renew it for a month when a particular show comes out, because COME ON! #Territory”

Another viewer added: “the new Netflix show ‘Territory’ is a mixture of Yellowstone and Succession. 9/10”

Others were less complimentary about the parallels, with one writing on X: “Territory is just Yellowstone with accents.”

Another said: “Netflix just dropped a new series called Territory that’s basically Yellowstone (hate to admit, it’s an admittedly great show)…”

In a B- review for AV Club, critic Todd Lazarski said he found the show both “bloody” and “soapy.”

“With such a shotgun-and-pickup-truck swagger, and a plot in conversation with season two of Fargo, Netflix seeks to get in on the wide-open-spaces itch of fans of Yellowstone, or Tulsa King, or whatever else Taylor Sheridan is cooking up under the expansive stars of his ranch,” wrote Lazarski.

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“But it’s not long before the tough-guy-and-girl schtick runs a bit toward pulpy, ending frequently in the realm of soapy. And for stretches, it can read as downright sudsy, with a love story sparked around an awkward request to take iPhone vids of some sweet horseback-riding moves. A Road House-esque brawl is precipitated by the kind of bar entrance where you hop on your buddy’s back and jostle his hat down over his eyes and then start a for-fun quarrel with bottles smashed over heads.”

Territory is on Netflix now.