New! Magazine – 19 August 2019

My brother Michael gave Junior a

haircut and I didn’t realise he’d look

like a younger version of Love Island’s

Tommy Fury! I’m not sure if J is a fan

of Tommy’s, but he’d probably take it

as a compliment because Tommy’s a

boxer and J thinks it’s a cool sport.

Speaking of the fam, Junior, Bista

and my brother Mike and I had an

amazing time in Croatia last week.

Sadly, Emily had to work and she

wanted Amelia and Theo to stay with

her at home.

I’d always wanted to visit the

country, and while I was out there

I filmed a cooking segment for

Lorraine. The kids got stuck in with

the baking – they loved it! I even

caught Bista sneakily eating the

icing sugar. I told her, “That’s

Dad’s job!” Ha!

This week, Pete holidays without Emily and explains why he’s sad Strictly Come Dancing is back...

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BBC veteran Michael Buerk caused outrage last week

when he said that obese people should be allowed to

die early so as to not drain NHS resources.

He explained, “The obese will die a decade

earlier than the rest of us. Give them the facts

to make informed decisions, by all means,

nudge all you like, but in the end leave

couch potatoes alone. They’re weak, not

ill.” What a terrible thing to say!

For a lot of overweight people it can be

a psychological problem. They need help

• not to be pushed aside and ridiculed. Is
  he perfect? What if he had a self-inflicted
  accident after taking part in an activity he
  was told not to? Should the NHS ignore
  him as it was his ‘fault’ – like he says
  obesity is? It’s wrong, Michael!

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It’s been reported that Robbie Williams will make his

big-screen acting debut in the Greatest Showman

sequel after his Hollywood pal Hugh Jackman

offered him the role.

Apparently, Hugh created a part especially for

Robbie after he invited Hugh to perform on his The

Man. The Music. The Show. tour. Obviously I was

unavailable, LOL!

On a serious note, if Robbie has got a part then

good on him. That’s what life in this industry is about

• keep progressing, keep moving forward.
  Speaking of moving forward, I’m reading through
  another film script for the US. I’m still very sad about the
  tragic death of my US manager John Ferriter. I’ll keep
  you posted when I hear more about what I’ll be up to next.

WHAT A SHOWMAN!

Amazon’s Alexa is now updating

its settings to give users the

option to switch off recordings so

that couples can have sex in private.

The move comes after a team

of Amazon employees, who’d been

monitoring recordings to work out why

Alexa gets requests wrong or is wrongly activated,

discovered intimate recordings. Saucy! Could you imagine

how confusing it would be if your wife’s called Alexa?

I’m happy to keep Alexa in the kitchen. If anyone listened

to what ours records, they’d just hear me cursing because

no one’s coming downstairs to eat the food I’ve cooked!

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I can’t believe it’s that time

of the year again – Strictly’s

back! I’m always a bit

sad when the line-up is

announced because it

means summer is nearly over.

This year, celebs including TV

presenter Anneka Rice, rower James

Cracknell, chef and model Emma

Thynn and YouTuber Saffron

Barker are taking part. Viewers

are saying it’s the worst

line-up ever and are

threatening to switch off.

Listen, from someone

who has experienced

the show, it doesn’t

end up being about

the names, it’s about

the journey and the

entertainment. So

many people come out

of the show even

bigger stars, so

let’s give it

a chance.

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