'NARA SHOULD BE PERMANENT!' Fans call for Towie guest stars Nathan Massey and Cara De La Hoyd to be made show regulars

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #232327; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px;">Love Island winning couple were seen going for a bowling date in Essex</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #232327; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span><div class="article__content article__content--intro" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">THEY won over viewers on Love Island after being crowned the winning couple on the recent series and now Nathan Massey and Cara De La Hoyd appear to have done it all over again after making a cameo on The Only Way Is Essex.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">The cute duo – collectively known as Nara – stepped out in Essex for a double date with Towie regulars Tommy Mallett and Georgia Kousoulou.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Despite it only being billed as one-off, their appearance seemed to go down a storm with fans who took to social media to call for them to be made show regulars.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">User @_tonichadavis tweeted: “I hope Nathan and Cara are regulars on Towie.”</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="0" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1611984/fans-call-for-towie-guest-stars-nathan-massey-and-cara-de-la-hoyd-to-be-made-show-regulars/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Love Island" class="wp-image-1574941 size-thesun-article-image" height="744" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000257688943.jpg?w=960" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="960" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">XPOSURE</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1611984/fans-call-for-towie-guest-stars-nathan-massey-and-cara-de-la-hoyd-to-be-made-show-regulars/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">2</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">Cara De La Hoyd and Nathan Massey looked right at home as they strutted their stuff in their Towie debut and fans couldn’t get enough</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Agreeing, @greglee91, chipped in: “Nathan and Cara should be on the show permanently!”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">For some this crossover was just a bit too much with @ellywatson declaring: “Nathan and Cara on TOWIE is the most excitement I’ve had in like two weeks.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">@bethtayxxx agreed, she said: “Nathan and Cara on TOWIE tonight. Still have a Love Island size hole in my heart,” followed by a heart and couple emoji.</div><div class="sun-grid-container sun-grid-container--white" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"><div class="sun-row rail-video-index" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; max-width: 980px; padding: 0px;"><div class="col sun-col-6" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 620px;"><div class="rail rail--trending theme-showbiz" data-slide-count-tablet="4" data-slide-count="4" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 21px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><div class="swiper-container swiper-container-horizontal" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; overflow: hidden; position: relative; z-index: 1;"><div class="swiper-wrapper" style="box-sizing: content-box; display: flex; height: 220px; margin-top: 10px; position: relative; transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px); 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right: 0px; top: 132.5px; width: 32px; z-index: 10;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1611984/fans-call-for-towie-guest-stars-nathan-massey-and-cara-de-la-hoyd-to-be-made-show-regulars/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Love island" class="wp-image-1574937 size-thesun-article-image" height="960" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000257688936.jpg?w=759" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="759" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">XPOSURE</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1611984/fans-call-for-towie-guest-stars-nathan-massey-and-cara-de-la-hoyd-to-be-made-show-regulars/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">2</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">With Nathan looking to buy a new flat in Essex, a full-time move to Towie doesn’t seem out of the question</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Not everyone was waxing lyrical however.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">@_chloehx_ scoffed: “Not a fan of Nathan and Cars on the show #TOWIE.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">While equally unimpressed, @ZeenaXena remarked: “I knew Nathan and Cara would end up in #towie typical lol.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Tommy and Nath are old pals having once worked together when Nathan was Tommy’s apprentice at a carpentry company and the boys have since stayed in touch.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">With Nathan currently looking to buy within the same block of flats as Tommy and Georgia, perhaps him and his gorgeous other half could well be set to become a fixture on the ITVBe show.</div></div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #232327; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px;">Actress earns rave reviews for Netflix series Stranger Things and hopefully she's back for good</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #232327; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span><div class="article__content article__content--intro" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">TWENTY years ago Winona Ryder was an A-list superstar making millions in the movies, dating the hottest Hollywood hunks and ­dazzling on the red carpet.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">After finding fame with offbeat Eighties hits Beetlejuice and Heathers, she won critical acclaim for her performances in Mermaids, Edward Scissorhands and The Age Of Innocence.</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="0" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610477/troubled-star-winona-ryder-makes-unlikely-comeback-in-stranger-things-after-drug-and-theft-scandals-that-shocked-hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="'Homefront' film press conference, Los Angeles, America - 17 Nov 2013" class="wp-image-1610532 size-thesun-article-image" height="784" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000259247049-e1471203624502.jpg?w=960" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="960" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">REX FEATURES</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610477/troubled-star-winona-ryder-makes-unlikely-comeback-in-stranger-things-after-drug-and-theft-scandals-that-shocked-hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">8</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">Ryding high  . . . Winona is earning rave reviews after comeback</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">She showed her versatility by turning action hero in 1997’s Alien: Resurrection opposite Sigourney Weaver.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">But when Winona was arrested for shoplifting in 2001, having taken a cocktail of illegally procured prescription drugs, her world fell apart.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Relationships cracked, her mental health suffered and Hollywood gave her the cold shoulder.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Now, thanks to her starring role in the must-see telly smash Stranger Things, Winona is back on top.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">The eerie <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/netflix/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; text-decoration: none;">Netflix</a> series, inspired by Eighties classics such as ET and The Goonies, stars Winona as single mum Joyce Byers, whose son Will has gone missing in bizarre circumstances.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Fans and critics alike agree the part is perfect for her.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">The 44-year-old, who was raised in a commune without a TV, made her big-screen debut in 1986 aged 15 when she was cast in Lucas opposite Corey Haim and Charlie Sheen.</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610477/troubled-star-winona-ryder-makes-unlikely-comeback-in-stranger-things-after-drug-and-theft-scandals-that-shocked-hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="NINTCHDBPICT000259295645" class="wp-image-1610530 size-thesun-article-image" height="621" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000259295645.jpg?w=960" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="960" /></a><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610477/troubled-star-winona-ryder-makes-unlikely-comeback-in-stranger-things-after-drug-and-theft-scandals-that-shocked-hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">8</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">1990 . . . starring with former fiancé Depp in Edward Scissorhands</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Then came gothic comedy Beetlejuice, followed by cult hit Heathers.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">By 1990 she was the belle of Hollywood, with Edward Scissorhands co-star Johnny Depp on her arm.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">They were soon engaged and he famously got a tattoo reading “Winona Forever”.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">After a painful public split, he had it changed to “Wino Forever” and moved on to model Kate Moss.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Winona was hit hard. She called it her “first real break-up, the first heartbreak”.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">She pulled out of The Godfather Part III citing exhaustion, signalling the start of a spiralling depression that would continue to haunt her.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">She said: “It was really ironic because everybody else thought I had everything in the world.</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="2" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610477/troubled-star-winona-ryder-makes-unlikely-comeback-in-stranger-things-after-drug-and-theft-scandals-that-shocked-hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="NINTCHDBPICT000259293711" class="wp-image-1610528 size-thesun-article-image" height="891" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000259293711-e1471203660840.jpg?w=960" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="960" /></a><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610477/troubled-star-winona-ryder-makes-unlikely-comeback-in-stranger-things-after-drug-and-theft-scandals-that-shocked-hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">8</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">1998 . . . pally with Gwyneth Paltrow</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">“I had no reason to be depressed. Everything was sort of at its peak but inside I was completely lost.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">High-profile romances followed with Soul Asylum rocker Dave Pirner and movie superstar Matt Damon, while she picked up Oscar nominations for turns in The Age Of Innocence and Little Women.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">But she won neither and was humiliated in 1999 when her former flatmate Gwyneth Paltrow won the Best Actress Oscar for Shakespeare In Love.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Rumours persisted that Winona had been offered the part — but that Paltrow found the script sent to Winona and quietly sought out producers to bag the role.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">The pair had been best friends and while Winona was dating Matt Damon, Gwyneth was seeing his buddy Ben Affleck.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Their feud ­deepened when Gwyneth wrote a blog about an unnamed “frenemy” that many took to be Winona.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">That year, Winona took on the pet project of Girl, Interrupted which she executive-produced and starred in.</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="3" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610477/troubled-star-winona-ryder-makes-unlikely-comeback-in-stranger-things-after-drug-and-theft-scandals-that-shocked-hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Arrivals at the 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards" class="wp-image-1610521 size-thesun-article-image" height="960" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000259247199-e1471203683763.jpg?w=911" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="911" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">REX FEATURES</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610477/troubled-star-winona-ryder-makes-unlikely-comeback-in-stranger-things-after-drug-and-theft-scandals-that-shocked-hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">8</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">2000 . . . dating Hollywood big hitter Matt Damon</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Based on a true story, Winona’s character has a nervous breakdown, overdoses on pills and checks into a psychiatric hospital.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Winona cut her hair short and talked fearlessly about her battles with mental illness, confessing in one chatshow: “I didn’t want anyone to think I was crazy — and I felt like I was going crazy.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">“I was really freaking out. I was scared I might do something stupid.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">“I wasn’t thinking of suicide in that way but I was getting thoughts like, ‘I don’t want to be here any more’.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">“The only thing they offered was a room and a bed. They put me on a psychiatric ward.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">The movie industry’s reaction was swift and brutal.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">n — won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild award for Best Supporting Actress, while Winona received nothing.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">For the troubled star, the role and subsequent fallout merely cemented her ­unpredictable reputation.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">She later said: “By doing that, maybe coupled with my physical size, there’s this ‘crazy’ thing. I’ve realised recently it’s impossible to try to change that story.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Yet her lowest point was still to come. Her arrest in December 2001 for shoplifting knocked the hunt for Osama Bin Laden and the aftermath of 9/11 off the front pages.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Winona was caught stealing 20 items worth £3,800, including a white Gucci dress, from the posh Saks department store in Beverly Hills.</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="4" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610477/troubled-star-winona-ryder-makes-unlikely-comeback-in-stranger-things-after-drug-and-theft-scandals-that-shocked-hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="'Girl, Interrupted' film - 1999" class="wp-image-1610527 size-thesun-article-image" height="643" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000259247385-e1471203711654.jpg?w=960" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="960" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">REX FEATURES</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610477/troubled-star-winona-ryder-makes-unlikely-comeback-in-stranger-things-after-drug-and-theft-scandals-that-shocked-hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">8</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">Troubled times . . . playing a depressed teenager in 1999’s Girl Interrupted</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">She claimed during a televised trial she had been researching a film role playing a kleptomaniac.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">The jury also heard about her use of drugs, including oxycodone, diazepam and Vicodin without valid prescriptions.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Found guilty of grand theft, shoplifting and vandalism, she was fined and given community service, also being ordered to attend a drugs and counselling programme.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Her career died and for years she took only cameos and roles in low-budget short films.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">She returned to her family in California and largely disappeared from public view.</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="5" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610477/troubled-star-winona-ryder-makes-unlikely-comeback-in-stranger-things-after-drug-and-theft-scandals-that-shocked-hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="NINTCHDBPICT000001762082" class="wp-image-1610523 size-thesun-article-image" height="694" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000001762082-e1471203732126.jpg?w=960" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="960" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">AP:ASSOCIATED PRESS</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610477/troubled-star-winona-ryder-makes-unlikely-comeback-in-stranger-things-after-drug-and-theft-scandals-that-shocked-hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">8</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">2001 . . . Ryder blamed her own mental health struggles for her shoplifting</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">She said later: “Psychologically, I must have been at a place where I just wanted to stop.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">“I went back to San Francisco. A lot of people had the perception that I just ­disappeared in the 2000s. And I did, but only from that world.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Woody Allen wanted her to star opposite Robert Downey Jr in 2004’s Melinda & Melinda but thanks to Winona’s legal troubles and Robert’s numerous drug arrests he could not get insurance on his leads.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Will ­Ferrell and Radha ­Mitchell were cast instead.</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="6" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610477/troubled-star-winona-ryder-makes-unlikely-comeback-in-stranger-things-after-drug-and-theft-scandals-that-shocked-hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="NINTCHDBPICT000001977844" class="wp-image-1610522 size-thesun-article-image" height="960" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000001977844.jpg?w=836" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="836" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">AP:ASSOCIATED PRESS</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610477/troubled-star-winona-ryder-makes-unlikely-comeback-in-stranger-things-after-drug-and-theft-scandals-that-shocked-hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">8</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">2002 . . . which led to a court appearance the following year</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">A role in 2010’s well-received ballet flick Black Swan as troubled dancer Beth brought her back into the public eye and while promoting the film, Winona suggested she was ready to take on more mature roles.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">She found love with US designer Scott Mackinlay Hahn after years with no serious boyfriend.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">But it is her star turn in Stranger Things, released last month on Netflix to huge acclaim, that has won back the adulation and respect.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Playing a terrified mum who believes her son was abducted by unseen spirits, Winona could draw on her own tough times to create a powerful lead performance.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">She said: “I spent two months basically crying every day. To ­sustain that all day, you have to drink a lot of water and stay in this dark place. It was exhausting.</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="7" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610477/troubled-star-winona-ryder-makes-unlikely-comeback-in-stranger-things-after-drug-and-theft-scandals-that-shocked-hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Winona Ryder" class="wp-image-1610520 size-thesun-article-image" height="671" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000259215785-e1471203772157.jpg?w=960" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="960" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">WWW.LMKMEDIA.COM</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610477/troubled-star-winona-ryder-makes-unlikely-comeback-in-stranger-things-after-drug-and-theft-scandals-that-shocked-hollywood/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">8</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">Winner . . . back on top in hit series Stranger Things</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">“It was draining but in the end, it was gratifying. I’m so sick of people shaming women for being sensitive or vulnerable. It’s so bizarre to me.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">“There is a perception that I’m super-sensitive and fragile. And I am super-sensitive and I don’t think that’s a bad thing. To do what I do, I have to remain open.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">It is the comeback no one expected. But Stranger Things’ co-creators, brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, knew from an early stage they wanted Winona, with Ross saying she “has that movie-star ­presence where you just point a camera and she pops off the screen”.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Millions of fans agree — and with Stranger Things securing a ­second series, Winona is surely back for good.</div></div>

RYDING HIGH Troubled star Winona Ryder makes unlikely comeback in Stranger Things after drug and theft scandals that shocked Hollywood

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UP FOR THE CUPS Coleen Rooney splashes around in Portugal on luxury holiday as husband Wayne makes waves against Bournemouth

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="article__content article__content--intro" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/coleen-rooney/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; text-decoration: none;">COLEEN Rooney </a>splashes around on her summer hols in <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/where/portugal/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; text-decoration: none;">Portugal </a>– as hubby <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/wayne-rooney/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; text-decoration: none;">Wayne</a>also makes waves back home in the footie.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">The sun-loving <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/wags/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; text-decoration: none;">WAG</a> soaked up rays on a girls’ weekend at the posh Quinta do Lago resort in the Algarve.</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="0" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610944/coleen-rooney-splashes-around-in-portugal-on-luxury-holiday-as-husband-wayne-makes-waves-against-bournemouth/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Coleen and her friends stayed at the luxury Quinta do Lago resort in Portugal " class="size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1611062" height="720" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict0002592114061.jpg?w=960" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="960" /></a><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610944/coleen-rooney-splashes-around-in-portugal-on-luxury-holiday-as-husband-wayne-makes-waves-against-bournemouth/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.5938px;">4</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">Coleen and her friends stayed at the luxury Quinta do Lago resort in Portugal</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Mum-of-three Coleen, 30, was quick to adjust her bikini top after a quick dip in the pool.</div><div class="sun-grid-container sun-grid-container--white" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"><div class="sun-row rail-video-index" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; max-width: 980px; padding: 0px;"><div class="col sun-col-6" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 620px;"><div class="rail rail--trending theme-showbiz" data-slide-count-tablet="4" data-slide-count="4" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="960" /></a><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610944/coleen-rooney-splashes-around-in-portugal-on-luxury-holiday-as-husband-wayne-makes-waves-against-bournemouth/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.5938px;">4</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">The mum-of-three sunned herself in a stylish blue and white-striped bikini</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">But while she chatted with pals and topped up her tan, Wayne was getting back down to work 1,500 miles away in the UK.</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="2" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610944/coleen-rooney-splashes-around-in-portugal-on-luxury-holiday-as-husband-wayne-makes-waves-against-bournemouth/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Taking a dip... Coleen enjoys the hotel's swimming pool " class="size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1611059" height="720" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict0002592094421.jpg?w=960" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="960" /></a><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610944/coleen-rooney-splashes-around-in-portugal-on-luxury-holiday-as-husband-wayne-makes-waves-against-bournemouth/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.5938px;">4</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">Taking a dip… Coleen enjoys the hotel’s swimming pool</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">He netted in a <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/1609054/bournemouth-1-man-united-3-jose-mourinho-gets-off-to-a-flying-start-with-thumping-victory/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; text-decoration: none;">3-1 win over Bournemouth to get United’s Premier League campaign off to a flyer</a>.</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; 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KELLY'S TELLY WELLY BOOT Kelly Brook axed from ITV nature show before filming even begins

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #232327; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px;">Kelly was brought on board to bring glamour to the series, but has already been dropped in the latest of a string of high-profile failures</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #232327; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span><div class="article__content article__content--intro" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Kelly Brook has been axed from ITV’s Countrywise before she even made it to the screen.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">The show, ITV’s lacklustre equivalent of the BBC‘s hugely popular Countryfile, had signed up the former Big Breakfast host to provide some glamour to the new series and boost their audience.</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="0" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1611107/kelly-brook-axed-from-itv-nature-show-before-filming-even-begins/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="NINTCHDBPICT000203595128" class="wp-image-1611267 size-thesun-article-image" height="960" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000203595128.jpg?w=640" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="640" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">LIPSTICK SYNDICATION</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1611107/kelly-brook-axed-from-itv-nature-show-before-filming-even-begins/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.5938px;">4</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">Calendar shoot . . . Kelly shows why producers first thought she could glam up the series</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">But despite agreeing to get on board in a feature where she would talk about issues relating to the countryside Kelly has already been dropped.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Other stars she would have been appearing alongside include Zoe Ball, Martin Kemp and Ian Botham.</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1611107/kelly-brook-axed-from-itv-nature-show-before-filming-even-begins/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Countrywise, intended as a competitor to BBC's popular Countryfile, " class="size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1611742" height="672" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000193195594.jpg?w=960" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="960" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">HANDOUT</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1611107/kelly-brook-axed-from-itv-nature-show-before-filming-even-begins/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.5938px;">4</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">Countrywise, intended as a competitor to BBC’s popular Countryfile, invited Kelly on to talk about issues relating to the countryside, but she has been dropped before filming even began</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">A source said: “Countrywise wanted to inject some fresh blood into the show by including some high-profile guests and Kelly was one they had in mind.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">“But viewers won’t be seeing Kelly in her wellies anytime soon as the idea has now been canned and she’s been replaced.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">“They’d hoped she would inject some much-needed glamour into the show to take on Countryfile in the ratings.”</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="2" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1611107/kelly-brook-axed-from-itv-nature-show-before-filming-even-begins/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Kelly has suffered a series of high-profile failures including being dropped from Britain's Got Talent" class="size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1611740" height="631" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000259349735-e1471218873149.jpg?w=960" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="960" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">REX FEATURES</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1611107/kelly-brook-axed-from-itv-nature-show-before-filming-even-begins/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.5938px;">4</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; 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font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="3" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1611107/kelly-brook-axed-from-itv-nature-show-before-filming-even-begins/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="She admits she doesnt have a good track record with TV, as shows like US sitcom One Big Happy have also folded" class="wp-image-1611739 size-thesun-article-image" height="640" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000259349971.jpg?w=960" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="960" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">GETTY IMAGES</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1611107/kelly-brook-axed-from-itv-nature-show-before-filming-even-begins/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.5938px;">4</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">She admits she doesn’t have a good track record with TV, as shows like US sitcom One Big Happy have also folded</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">It is the latest high-profile failure for the former model, who has previously been dropped as Britain’s Got Talent judge, Big Breakfast host and from US TV series One Big Happy.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Last week Kelly admitted to having a terrible track record in the <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/tv" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; text-decoration: none;">TV</a> business, conceding: “Everything kind of comes to an end with me”.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; 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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #232327; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px;">Funnyman and former Cold Feet favourite is internet dating and didn't want to look like a 'bald thug</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #232327; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span><div class="article__content article__content--intro" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">FAST Show comic John Thomson has had a hair transplant in the hope of boosting his love life.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Divorced John, 47, is trying internet dating but feared he would look like “a bald thug”.</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="0" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610840/telly-funnyman-john-thomson-has-hair-transplant-as-he-admits-hes-starting-to-look-for-love-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="John Thomson" class="size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1610959" height="960" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000259231928-e1471208362982.jpg?w=779" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="779" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">REX FEATURES</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610840/telly-funnyman-john-thomson-has-hair-transplant-as-he-admits-hes-starting-to-look-for-love-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.5938px;">4</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">Fringe benefits? … Thomson was concerned his lack of hair was making him look like a ‘bald thug’</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">So he had the op on his bonce like ex-Cold Feet co-star James Nesbitt, 51.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">He said: “I realised I was losing my hair so I thought I’d get it done at the Farjo Hair Institute.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">“I might have got away with a bald head if my build was different. But thin men carry it off better.”</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610840/telly-funnyman-john-thomson-has-hair-transplant-as-he-admits-hes-starting-to-look-for-love-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="John Thomson" class="size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1610960" height="960" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000209789147-e1471208467111.jpg?w=922" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="922" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">ITV</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610840/telly-funnyman-john-thomson-has-hair-transplant-as-he-admits-hes-starting-to-look-for-love-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.5938px;">4</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">Hair today … Thomson‘s new approach came after the Cold Feet star started internet dating</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">John, whose most memorable Fast Show character was a cheesy jazz club host with the catchphrase “Nice!”, was divorced from Samantha Sharp last year.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">But he told The Sun his search for new love online had been unsuccessful so far because most of his potential conquests are convinced his dating profile is a fake.</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="2" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610840/telly-funnyman-john-thomson-has-hair-transplant-as-he-admits-hes-starting-to-look-for-love-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="John Thomson" class="size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1385136" height="640" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/nintchdbpict000249124328.jpg?w=960" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="960" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">PA:PRESS ASSOCIATION</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610840/telly-funnyman-john-thomson-has-hair-transplant-as-he-admits-hes-starting-to-look-for-love-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.5938px;">4</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">Quick joke … Thomson found fame after starring alongside Paul Whitehouse and pals in The Fast Show</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">The dad of two, who did not say he was an actor on his profile, explained: “People did recognise me but didn’t believe it was the real me.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">“There were lots of messages from people saying, ‘You must think I’m mad.’ ‘What a joke.’ ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.’”</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="3" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610840/telly-funnyman-john-thomson-has-hair-transplant-as-he-admits-hes-starting-to-look-for-love-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Cold Feet" class="size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1610966" height="640" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict0002546073432.jpg?w=960" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="960" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">ITV PICTURE DESK</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1610840/telly-funnyman-john-thomson-has-hair-transplant-as-he-admits-hes-starting-to-look-for-love-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.5938px;">4</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">In good company … Thomson‘s Cold Feet co-star James Nesbitt (pictured above, second left), has also had a recent hair-op to address the issue of balding</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">He added: “The bottom line for me is shared experiences. That’s the nice thing, creating memories with people. It’s not like sex is the be all and end all.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;"><br /></div></div>

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font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">GBBO champion Nadiya Hussain reveals her wedding was one of the ‘worst’ days of her life</figcaption></figure><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1612310/bake-offs-nadiya-hussain-says-her-wedding-was-one-of-the-worst-days-of-her-life/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Her parents arranged her marriage to Abdal when she was 19" class="size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1612357" height="480" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000192519210.jpg?w=480" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="480" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">FACEBOOK</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1612310/bake-offs-nadiya-hussain-says-her-wedding-was-one-of-the-worst-days-of-her-life/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">8</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">Her parents arranged her marriage to Abdal when she was 19</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Yet aged 19, she said she was obliged to follow an unwritten rule to “behave submissively and look downcast.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Nadiya, the current title-holder of the BBC Bake Off crown, said: “I have to say my wedding day was one of the worst days of my life.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">“I was an emotional wreck and I cried through the whole thing. I didn’t smile very much. You are literally on show and it’s something I was always really uncomfortable with. The bride will often keep her head down. I never really understood it.”</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="2" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1612310/bake-offs-nadiya-hussain-says-her-wedding-was-one-of-the-worst-days-of-her-life/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Nadiya needed the tissues as she cried all the way through her special day" class="size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1612364" height="540" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict0001911955261.jpg?w=960" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="960" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">SUPPLIED BY WENN</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1612310/bake-offs-nadiya-hussain-says-her-wedding-was-one-of-the-worst-days-of-her-life/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">8</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">Nadiya needed the tissues as she cried all the way through her special day</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">She added:  “It’s bizarre a bride is unhappy on her wedding day, when really she should be happy.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Memories of her nuptials were sparked during her new TV series, The Chronicles of Nadiya.</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="3" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1612310/bake-offs-nadiya-hussain-says-her-wedding-was-one-of-the-worst-days-of-her-life/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="She is the current Bake Off champion after impressing judges on the last series" class="size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1612360" height="960" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000192716484.jpg?w=806" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="806" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">BBC</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1612310/bake-offs-nadiya-hussain-says-her-wedding-was-one-of-the-worst-days-of-her-life/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">8</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">She is the current Bake Off champion after impressing judges on the last series</figcaption></figure><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="4" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1612310/bake-offs-nadiya-hussain-says-her-wedding-was-one-of-the-worst-days-of-her-life/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="The Luton lass is all smiles with hubby Abdal" class="size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1612401" height="960" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000259438625.jpg?w=718" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="718" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">INSTAGRAM</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1612310/bake-offs-nadiya-hussain-says-her-wedding-was-one-of-the-worst-days-of-her-life/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">8</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">The Luton lass is all smiles with hubby Abdal</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">The sweet-toothed TV star visited her home country of Bangladesh and the wedding of her distant cousin, Jasmine, which sparked her contemplative state.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">As well as the ceremony, she will be seen all smiles in intimate family moments with her husband and wider family.</div><div class="sun-video-player" data-content-id="JwdTgzeDrKQb2NRwtOrN30FBjo-ruTQb" id="ooyala-JwdTgzeDrKQb2NRwtOrN30FBjo-ruTQb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; min-height: 348px; padding-top: 3px; position: relative; z-index: 1;"><div class="innerWrapper" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; height: 348px; min-height: 348px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 620px; z-index: 10000;"><div class="oo_promo" style="background: url("https://clips.news.co.uk/thesun/JwdTgzeDrKQb2NRwtOrN30FBjo-ruTQb/promo268517190") center center / contain no-repeat rgb(26, 26, 26); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; height: 348px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 620px; z-index: 10001;"><div class="oo_start_button" style="background: url("data:image/png; border-radius: 6px; border: 0px; bottom: 24px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 60px; left: 24px; margin: -35px 0px 0px -35px; opacity: 0.8; position: absolute; top: 174px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div></div><figcaption class="article__video-caption" style="background: rgb(46, 46, 51); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 15px; word-wrap: break-word;">The Great British Bake Off: and the winner is...Nadiya!</figcaption><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="5" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1612310/bake-offs-nadiya-hussain-says-her-wedding-was-one-of-the-worst-days-of-her-life/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Sweet Abdal serenades her every morning" class="size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1612403" height="960" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict000259438620.jpg?w=711" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="711" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">NOT KNOWN</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1612310/bake-offs-nadiya-hussain-says-her-wedding-was-one-of-the-worst-days-of-her-life/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">8</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">Sweet Abdal serenades her every morning</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Despite being glum on her big day the bubbly baker is relishing married life.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">She confessed her other half serenades her with Counting Crows classic Accidentally in love every single day after they chose the track for their wedding day dance.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Yet she told The Mirror she wouldn't be ushering her kids along the same wedding route and said: "I want something different for my children. I wouldn’t dream of arranging a marriage.”</div><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="6" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1612310/bake-offs-nadiya-hussain-says-her-wedding-was-one-of-the-worst-days-of-her-life/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="The bubbly baking ace now has a show of her own on the BBC" class="size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1612362" height="960" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict0001924439631.jpg?w=640" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="640" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">PA:PRESS ASSOCIATION</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1612310/bake-offs-nadiya-hussain-says-her-wedding-was-one-of-the-worst-days-of-her-life/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">8</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">The bubbly baking ace now has a show of her own on the BBC</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">Yesterday, woman behind the Queen's Jubilee cake lifted the lid on being victim of horrific racial abuse.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">The <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/where/luton/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Luton</a>-born Muslim, praised for her positive community role, told the Desert Island Discs show on Radio Four she even "expected" to be a target.</div><div class="sun-video-player" data-content-id="t5NmIxMDE66VA_HZRNYJye06ZMkcCKex" id="ooyala-t5NmIxMDE66VA_HZRNYJye06ZMkcCKex" style="background-color: white; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 15px; word-wrap: break-word;">Nadiya Hussain reveals racist threat during Great British Bake Off</figcaption><figure class="article__media" style="background-color: #f3f6f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="7" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1612310/bake-offs-nadiya-hussain-says-her-wedding-was-one-of-the-worst-days-of-her-life/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="She has also opened up on being victim of horrific racial abuse" class="size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1612361" height="960" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nintchdbpict0002590122451.jpg?w=667" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; width: 620px;" width="667" /></a><div class="article__credit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1em; padding: 7px 10px 6px; position: absolute; text-transform: uppercase;">PA:PRESS ASSOCIATION</div><div class="article__gallery-count theme__background-color-rgba-80" style="background-color: rgba(156, 115, 193, 0.8); background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/thesun/css/../images/gallery_icon.svg"); background-position: 13px center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 23px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; height: 32px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1612310/bake-offs-nadiya-hussain-says-her-wedding-was-one-of-the-worst-days-of-her-life/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; text-decoration: none;"><span class="article__gallery-count-value theme__copy-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9c73c1; display: block; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 4px 14px 4px 40px; width: 65.0469px;">8</span></a></div></div><figcaption class="article__media-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Roboto Slab", serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 15px;">She has also opened up on being victim of horrific racial abuse</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">She said: “I love being British and I love living here, this is my home and it always will be regardless of all the other things that define me.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">“This is my home and I want my kids to be proud of that and I don’t want them to grow up with a chip on their shoulder, so I live as positively as I can.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;">The Chronicles of Nadiya starts on BBC1 on August 24 at 9pm, after the first episode of the new series of The Great British Bake Off.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232327; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 13px;"><br /></div></div>

'I CRIED THROUGH THE WHOLE THING' Bake Off’s Nadiya Hussain says her wedding was one of the ‘WORST’ days of her life

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