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Inside James Corden’s love life – Sheridan Smith split, awkward encounter with Lily Allen and ‘huge mistake’ with wife
James Corden, who will be starring in this year’s Gavin and Stacey Christmas special, is happily married to actress-turned-TV producer Julia Carey. However, that doesn’t mean he hasn’t still had a colourful love life.
Former chat show host James Corden married wife Julia in 2012 with whom he shares three children, Max Carey, and Charlotte. That said, their relationship blossomed after a rough time in James’ life.
James Corden’s relationship with co-star Sheridan Smith
Before settling down, James formed a romance with his Gavin and Stacey co-star Sheridan Smith in 2007. The pair formed their relationship after working on the show, where they played brother and sister Smithy and Rudi.
Their relationship, however, was short-lived as they split the following year. At the time, reports suggested things came to an end after James was flirting with Lily Allen during an interview on her chat show, Lily Allen and Friends, in 2008.
During their chat, things got flirty after Lily complimented James’ eyes. He replied: “I don’t think you know how lovely you are.”
After the pair endured in back-and-forth banter, Lily jokingly remarked, “Just [bleep] me,” adding: “That’s how you get into a girl’s pants.”
Lily Allen sets the record straight
Years later, singer Lily set the record straight about the awkward encounter via her X, formerly known as Twitter, account, after it began to do the rounds online.
The Smile chart-topper wrote: “No, I wasn’t horny for James Cordon either, he came on to me in front of a studio audience, if I’d have shut him down, I would have been labeled [sic] cold or up myself or snobbish.”
Rumours suggested that Lily and James went on several dates but nothing came out of it. At the time, James opened up about wanting Lily to be his girlfriend. He said: “I made it my aim to make Lily mine. I guess we were friends but, for my part, I definitely wanted more than that.”
James declared Sheridan was the ‘love of my life’
In February 2008, James and Sheridan rekindled their relationship. James even went as far as to tell The Mirror that Sheridan was the “love of my life”.
“Yes, Sheridan and I are back together and it’s going brilliantly,” he said, adding: “I couldn’t be happier. I want to marry my girl.”
Sheridan, on the other hand, didn’t feel the same way and the pair split for the final time in 2009. “I was a lot wilder back then. I wasn’t someone who was in a frame of mind of settling down,” she later said.
During an interview with The Times, James admitted he was left heartbroken over the split.
“I’d had a relationship with Sheridan which was heartbreaking, when you think something might work and it doesn’t. And I felt a bit lost,” he said.
“And feeling lost, and feeling heartbroken, and feeling single for the first time in your adult life, at the very moment when you become a little bit famous, is quite a potent mix.”
James Corden feels ‘lucky’ he met wife Julie Carey
Things started to look up for James, however. Six months later, he met his wife Julie Carey, and knew she was someone special.
While praising his wife, James Corden joked on Good Morning Britain about how lucky he is to have her.
“I absolutely knew minute one that I couldn’t do any better than this. When I met Jules, I was like it’s a miracle every day. She must just look at me and think, ‘What did I do. This was a huge mistake’,” he said.
During his Tony acceptance speech, James credited his wife for his success. “Seriously, I would not be holding this if it wasn’t for her. She made me say ‘us’ instead of ‘I’ and ‘we’ instead of ‘me’ and I love her. Thank you very much,” he expressed.
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Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott split after five years recently, with the couple’s relationship being pulled into the spotlight in recent weeks.
Now, the real reason behind their split has seemingly been revealed.
Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott split
Earlier this month, it was reported that TV’s golden couple Sam and Zara had split after five years together.
A source alleged to the MailOnline: “Sam and Zara have ended their relationship. It’s been an incredibly difficult decision for them to part ways, they still care and have a lot of love for each other.
“But after a tough year of working hard at their romance, they have split. They will be focusing on their individual careers going forward into 2025,” they then continued.
“There has been no scandal or fallout between them, it’s just the result of a difficult year, where they both had to spend a lot of time focused on their own projects.”
‘Real’ reason Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott split revealed?
Now, according to a source speaking to The Sun, Sam and Zara reportedly split because Sam wasn’t “prioritising” their relationship.
“Zara never felt like she was the priority with Sam. He always seemed to find someone or something to put before her,” they said.
According to the source – allegedly a friend of the couple – Sam’s “immature” personality pushed the couple further apart when they were planning their future together.
This then led to them spending Christmas apart – before ending their relationship for good.
‘Things in the relationship weren’t right’
The source then continued.
“Zara loved Sam, but things in the relationship weren’t right. They are both selfish in their own right and want to be successful in business as individuals – but of course that comes at a price. Sam is very childish – it’s even become a part of his ‘showbiz persona’ – but Zara feels as though she’s getting older and wants to start being taken more seriously. She knows she’ll want to start a family soon, but Sam thinks they’re both way too young and should focus on their careers,” they then said.
They’re both quite insecure and that came with its own issues.
“Sam’s family felt Zara didn’t make good choices and so they couldn’t see him with her long term. They’re both quite insecure and that came with its own issues. After her affair it built a wedge with Sam’s family and Sam looked at them for their approval. It was always an uphill battle to prove she had changed. Sadly they ended up growing apart rather than together and their relationship became more like friends who are housemates rather than lovers,” they then added.
ED! has contacted Zara and Sam’s reps for comment.
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Inside Denise Welch and Lincoln Townley’s vast fortune after selling £20m art collection
Self-taught artist Lincoln Townley sold 22 paintings in 2020 for a whopping £20 million fortune, seven years after marrying television’s Denise Welch.
He cited billionaires like Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk as inspiration for the collection, which was called Universe.
Actor Michael Caine once referred to Townley as the “next Andy Warhol”. Warhol popularised a style known as “pop art”, which involves often simple, repeated images, and deliberately regurgitates iconic images from pop culture, such as the faces of celebrities or brand logos.
Lincoln Townley is 14 years younger than Denise Welch, who is his second wife after a months-long union with Beverley Scales in 1992.
Lincoln and Denise’s ‘unsustainable’ relationship beginnings
When he met Denise in 2012, Lincoln Townley was a man on the edge.
Peter Stringfellow had just fired him from the role of sales director of his exclusive – and expensive – West End nightclub.
He was drinking heavily. Heavily.
The Times wrote in January 2024 that he would drink: two bottles of rioja, three chocolate martinis, four bottles of Stella Artois, a bottle of beaujolais, nine vodka and tonics and snort a gram of coke – by 3pm each day.
For her part, Denise “couldn’t see the red flags,” Lincoln told the paper. Because she was in that world herself.
She’d recently separated from her husband, actor Tim Healy. She and Lincoln drank and fought in a way that was, by his own description, “unsustainable”.
He went cold turkey, shirking Alcoholics Anonymous in favour of simple self-discipline. When he showed Denise a video he’d recorded of her “smashing up his flat in a drunken rage,” she did the same.
“That day was the start of us channelling that dark energy into good things,” he told the Times. “And look at the life we have now.”
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Denise Welch and Lincoln Townley’s £20 million fortune after Universe art sale
In 2020, during the height of the covid-19 pandemic, Lincoln Townley sold a collection of 22 paintings for a total of £20 million.
Investors used cryptocurrency to buy many of the pieces. The Saatchi gallery then exhibited them for a period towards the end of the year.
Lincoln took inspiration from billionaire space-faring projects for his Universe collection. He cites “visionaries” like Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, specifically, as his muses.
“These people are masters of the universe,” The Sun quotes him as saying, at the time.
“I wanted to expand my own creative ideas by creating extremely colourful pictures of achievement and look at the images of the first man on Mars, the first disco on Mars, the first banker on Venus.”
Among the many art pieces Lincoln has sold during his career are a diamond-encrusted portrait of Princess Diana (£1 million) and a painting of Muhammed Ali (£510,000).
The Diana painting featured more than £100,000 worth of diamonds. Its frame alone contains £20,000 worth of sapphires.
Lincoln’s £7 million luxury Chelsea penthouse featuring artworks
In 2019, before raking in £20 million for his Universe collection, Lincoln Townley splashed out on a luxury Chelsea penthouse worth £7 million.
He bought it with the proceeds of his previous Behind The Mask La Biennale and Greed collections, reports MailOnline.
Lincoln wanted to use the house a “unique way to sell art”, and reckoned it was a “world’s first”.
“I am a big believer than no one can sell my art better than I can,” he told the outlet.
“I do have works with some galleries but I am not exclusive to anyone and I’ve always explored alternate markets such as the crypto world and sales generated via social media and online.”
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Fans of The Traitors believe Minah is playing the game so incredibly well.
The 29-year-old call centre manager from Liverpool was chosen to be one of three Traitors by host Claudia Winkleman in this series during the first episode. As she continues to breeze through the game, she remains one of the few contestants to not have been questioned.
The Traitors fans believe Minah ‘deserves an Oscar’
During Friday night’s (January 10) episode, Linda, another Traitor, found herself in the firing line at the round table. However, in order to protect her, Minah deflected from Linda and made the group focus on Dan.
As a result, Dan was targeted and ended up receiving the most votes to be eliminated from the game. Revealing to the group that he was a Faithful, the remaining Faithfuls were one member down again.
Viewers, however, were impressed with Minah’s deflecting skills and believe she is playing a blinder.
“Minah can act. It’s quite terrifying,” one user wrote on X.
“I’ll say this every single night, Minah is too good at this game, the heat is off Linda,” another person shared.
“Oh Minah deflecting from Linda to Dan is a MASTERCLASS in Traitorism,” a third remarked.
“Give Minah an Oscar! I want her to make it all the way,” a fourth viewer insisted.
“Minah deserves the win so much, i hope she gets it,” a fifth person said.
“Give Minah an BAFTA, an Oscar an Emmy all the awards tbh,” a sixth user shared.
Minah’s plan to ‘get to the money’
In her interview with the BBC ahead of the series launch, Minah stated that she had a similar personality to series two winner Harry.
“In this game I will cheer everyone on in the Missions to get them done and to get the money. Secretly you’re thinking, I need this lot to work hard to earn my money that I’m going to take at the end!” she said.
When asked how far she is willing to go to win the game, Minah revealed: “I’m naturally very competitive and because I always want to win, I’d do anything. But I also like to be honest with people and I think I’d struggle betraying people I’d become close to. I think in the back of my mind though I’d think I’m doing this for my family and that trumps any of the friendships I might possibly make.”
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