The 9 0'Clock News – Mon 24 Nov

Posted by heatworld on Monday 24 Nov 2008

Filed under: Dannii Minogue, Diana Vickers, Eoghan Quigg, Gordon Ramsay, Jonathan Ross, Lily Allen, Louis Walsh, The X Factor

Gordon Ramsay refuses to deny affair allegations:
Gordon Ramsay has refused to comment on allegations that he has been having an affair for the past seven years. The notoriously outspoken chef kept his lips tightly shut as he posed defiantly with wife Tana outside their London home yesterday, merely saying to reporters, "It's time for Sunday lunch. I'm starving." A newspaper this weekend claimed that Gordon has been having a secret fling with 38-year-old Sarah Symonds for the past seven years, and that they had met up in a London hotel just last week. Sarah, who wrote a book about being a mistress following a high-profile extra-marital fling with former politician Jeffery Archer, has refused to comment on the allegations, saying, "I've got nothing to say on the matter." Gordon's spokesman said yesterday, "Everything is fine. Life is good and it's business as usual for their marriage." Gordon, who has always maintained his devotion to wife Tana and is a dedicated family man, is now at risk of his untarnished reputation being muddied by these claims. The woman who he is alleged to be seeing advises women in her book to "never date a poor married man" and "leave boring duties to a man's wife". Charming.

X Factor in bullying row
Oh dear – more scandal has hit The X Factor. This time, insiders are claiming that Dannii Minogue is being bullied, after Saturday night's show, which saw the Aussie judge break in tears on the live show. Dannii and Louis spent most of Saturday's show arguing about song choices, with Louis accusing Dannii of 'stealing' Rule The World for her act, Rachel Hylton. Dannii eventually crumbled, breaking into tears at the judges' desk. But that's not all – there's more X Factor drama, as the song choice for the winner of the show is a verison of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, which Diana has already sung during the show. Show sources say the other acts are furious, claiming, "Tempers are running high. They feel it is the latest in a series of stunts that have left them wondering if the competition has already been won." Oh dear. Oh, and incase you missed it, the weekend has seen even more reports that Diana and Igor – sorry, Eoghan – are getting it on, with show inders saying, "Everybody knows they're a couple now". Everyone apart from Diana's boyfriend, it seems...
 
Jonathan Ross to lose radio show?
More bad news for Jonathan Ross – it looks like he's going to lose his Radio 2 show. BBC bosses have been holding meetings over "phasing out" his show, which is currently suspended, and replacing him with Terry Wogan. Insiders say BBC bigwigs fear that Jonathan's Saturday morning show will never be the same again due to the fact he will be under contsant scrutiny every time he goes live on air. Oh dear – do you think Jonathan deserves this, or has it all gone too far?

Lily Allen speaks out about miscarriage
Singer Lily Allen has spoken out about her tragic miscarriage, and admits that she has been seeking therapy to help her come to terms with what happened. The 23-year-old lost the baby of her then-boyfriend Ed Simons back in January this year, and now says, "I was in a very, very dark place after the whole thing happened. That was the toughest thing I've had to go through in my life." The young singer says she has spent months having one-on-one sessions with a therapist, saying, "He's really, really helping me. I feel it's getting better and everything's going to be OK." Good for you, Lily!