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      I fled creepy director who tried to make me do a sex scene – I was only 20, says Oscar winner Penelope Cruz

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      SHE is one of Hollywood’s sexiest bombshells but Penelope Cruz says there was once a time when she refused to film naked love scenes.During her stellar career the 49-year-old Spaniard has stunned movie-goers with raunchy roles such as her strip to stockings and a sexy laced corset in 2009 movie Nine and scorching sex scenes with Emile Hirsch in 2012 drama Twice Born.
      Penelope Cruz’s first audition didn’t go to planCredit: Rex
      The star fled when a film director tried to get her to do sex scenesCredit: Supplied by LMK
      But as a 20-year-old wannabe actress she turned down her first big break in America after discovering she would have to strip off for steamy sex scenes.
      Young Penelope — whose latest movie, the biopic Ferrari, is out on Boxing Day — flew from her home in Spain to the USA to audition for the part, but on arrival she was horrified to learn the German director had failed to tell her she would need to get naked for the role.
      She explains: “The first opportunity I had to do a casting the director said, ‘You need to sign this clause that says you will do a couple of sex scenes’.
      “I was very shocked by that because it was not in the script before. I was in LA alone and I said, ‘I don’t understand because I had this script for a year and that was not there’.
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      “I didn’t like that game, I didn’t like that I was not told before I got on that 14-hour flight.
      “I said, ‘No I am not signing’. They said, ‘OK, you’re not doing the screen test’.
      “I went into the room and I spoke very little English, but for some reason that day I could speak English.
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      “I said, ‘Listen, my values that my parents taught me mean a lot to me and this is a test. It’s not right or wrong to do those scenes. The problem is the ethical issue that you didn’t tell me before I got on the plane and you sent me a different script.
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      “But I want to do the test for the script that you sent me a week before’.
      “I knew from their faces that they were going to let me do the screen test because they knew what I was telling them was true.
      “And I knew I was not going to get the movie because the director was very angry that I didn’t sign.”
      She was right about not getting the part, yet Penelope says it was the best decision she ever made.
      She reveals: “It was a power thing and I had zero power but I had my dignity and my values. It was very sad. I remember, on the flight back to Spain, I knew I had done the right thing.
      “It was the time in my life I felt most proud of something I had done in my career.”
      She added on the Five Things With Lynn Hirschberg podcast: “I had to do other scenes that were love scenes or sex scenes, nothing hardcore, but at that moment I was not ready and it was a proud moment for me.
      “It made me best friends with myself. I didn’t get the part and I didn’t care.”
      Two years earlier she had appeared topless in her first role, in 1992 Spanish movie Jamón Jamón, alongside Javier Bardem, now 54, who later became her husband.
      But looking back she admits she was too young and not “ready” for the nudity.
      Years on, Penelope has gone on to become one of the most successful modern stars in Hollywood.
      She has made more than 60 films and in 2001 alone she made Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise, who she went on to date for three years, Don’t Tempt Me alongside husband Javier, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, starring Nicolas Cage, and crime thriller Blow.
      In 2008 she received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, another flick starring her actor hubby as well as Scarlett Johansson, and she has received numerous other awards and nominations.
      It is safe to say many of her provocative performances leave little to the imagination.
      As well as Nine and Twice born, she sizzled in thriller The Counselor, with co-star Michael Fassbender.
      By 2014 Esquire magazine voted her the Sexiest Woman Alive — and she has been in hot demand ever since.
      In Ferrari this month she features, with castmates Adam Driver and Shailene Woodley, as Laura, the wife and business partner of Italian motor racing mogul and supercar firm founder Enzo Ferrari.
      Set in the summer of 1957, the plot details how Ferrari’s car empire was in crisis and the ex-racer-turned-entrepreneur pushes himself and his drivers to the edge as they launch into the Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy using normal roads.
      Yet despite all the accolades, starring roles and her new movie, Penelope says that family is what she cherishes the most.
      She has two children, son Leo, 12 and daughter Luna, ten with Javier, who she married in secret in 2010. The family live in Madrid.
      On balancing motherhood with being a movie star, Penelope told the Chanel Connects podcast: “My number one priority is raising my children and not being away from them.
      “I feel I have been very lucky, because for the last few years I have been working in the summer somewhere we can all go together.
      ‘It is always the sea and the beach’
      “If I am working in the winter I have been able to do it in the place where we are living, so they are going to school and we are going to work.
      “I knew that is what I wanted from the moment I became a mother, and we are very lucky because we are able to depend on others.
      “I feel that I have to balance both but I am very grateful for the opportunity. I have to say no to a lot of things, but I don’t have that ambition. My number one ambition is to raise the children and be with them and be able to combine that with my job so they can see that mum enjoys her work.
      “They come to the set and see that our work is teamwork and I am not so important but we all need each other to make it happen.”
      As she approaches her 50th birthday next April there is no doubt the chatty, down-to-earth actress has figured out how to lead a full and happy life.
      And these days her idea of living heaven is being at the beach with her hunky husband and kids or in the privacy of their home, thousands of miles away from the glitzy Hollywood scene.
      “It’s always the sea and the beach,” she says.
      “Looking at the sun and touching the sea recharges my batteries more than anything else. One day there can make me feel so much stronger and connected to myself and to everything important. I wish I had it closer to where I live.
      “I like being on a boat but it’s different when you have children because you cannot relax for one second.
      “Of course, I like it, but I don’t want to go on holiday without my kids.
      “My husband also loves the sea and he was born on the Canary Islands, where my best friend is from.
      “I don’t go so often to the sea because I live in the city and the closest thing would be four hours by car. I think people are great here and there are so many things to love, like the food and the history.
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      “Also because I think it’s a really healthy lifestyle when you are raising children because of all the families here.
      “I love my city and I love my country very much and that is why this is the place we chose to live.”
      Penelope says that family is what she cherishes the mostCredit: EPA
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      Actress who accused Hollywood star Gerard Depardieu of sexual assault ‘takes her own life’ on same day documentary airs

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      AN ACTRESS who accused Hollywood star Gerard Depardieu of allegedly sexually assaulting her has taken her own life, French media has claimed.Emmanuelle Debever worked in the 1982 film Danton alongside Depardieu, who strongly denied the allegations of rape and sexual assault.
      Actress Emmanuelle Debever has reportedly taken her own life, French media claimedCredit: YouTube
      The French star accused Hollywood star Gerard Depardieu, pictured, of allegedly sexually assaulting her, claims which he strongly deniesCredit: AFP
      In the movie, she played Louison, the very young wife of Depardieu’s leading man.
      Emmanuelle was known as a promising young talent in French cinema in the 1980s but later pulled back from the limelight.
      She reportedly committed suicide at age 60, reports French paper Liberation.
      In June 2019, the actress posted a short message on her Facebook profile accusing her co-star of allegedly sliding his hand up her skirt during filming.
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      Accompanied by an image of them together, the post read: “Holy Monster had quite a few things going on during this shoot…
      “Enjoying the privacy of inside a caravan.
      “Sliding his big paw under my skirt to feel better to speak…
      “Me, not letting myself be made.”
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      Depardieu strongly denied the accusations and broke his silence in October with an open letter on French paper Le Figaro.
      “I can no longer consent to what I hear, what I have read about myself for several months,” he wrote.
      “I finally want to tell you my truth.
      “I have never, ever abused a woman.
      “Hurting a woman would be like kicking my own mother in the stomach.”
      Emmanuelle is understood to have died on December 7, according to French media.
      On the same day, a documentary on sexual assault allegations against Depardieu was broadcast on TV channel France 2, Daily Express US reports.
      Titled Gerard Depardieu: The Fall of the Ogre, the doc allegedly covered a range of other claims made against the 74-year-old.
      Depardieu is the subject of several sex assault charges, all of which he vigorously rejects.
      French actress Charlotte Arnould had openly accused the actor, a family friend, of raping her twice in 2018 when she was 22 and anorexic, MailOnline reported.
      She stated that she weighed around 81lbs at the time.
      In December 2020, he was placed under formal investigation but was not jailed.
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      This April, French investigative website Mediapart published a report accusing him of molesting 13 more women between 2004 and 2022.
      One of them, actress Helene Darras, filed a sexual assault complaint against Depardieu in September, citing an incident during a film production in 2007.
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      French TV channel France 2 broadcast a documentary titled Gerard Depardieu: The Fall of the Ogre, which allegedly covered a range of other claims made against the 74-year-oldCredit: AFP More

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      Real reason why Phillip Schofield was NOT quizzed over affair with young runner for ITV probe revealed

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      THE REAL reason why Phillip Scofield was not quizzed over his affair with a young runner for an ITV probe has been revealed.The channels long-awaited report into Phillip Schofield’s affair with his colleague on This Morning was released yesterday.
      Phillip Schofield did not speak to an ITV probeCredit: Louis Wood
      Schofield left This Morning in MayCredit: Rex
      Schofield left This Morning in May after admitting to lying about his affair with the male runner, at least 30 years his junior.
      The channel then asked barrister Jane Mulcahy KC to lead a review into its handling of the relationship.
      Phil, 61, and his young lover, a runner, refused to be quizzed.
      And a source close to Schofield has now revealed the reason for this.
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      They told The Sun: “Phil is in an extremely dark place right now and needs all the support he can get.
      “He is unbelievably bruised and broken from these past six months, and was in no state to be interrogated. That is the sole reason he did not contribute to the enquiry — there was no ulterior motive.”
      The unnamed runner also did not co-operate, as he “wanted to move on with his life”.
      The probe said ITV needed to give clear guidelines to household names on how to behave themselves. But it found no evidence of a toxic culture on This Morning or daytime TV at the channel.
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      One staffer spoke of their “sheer bewilderment” at the findings and said: “There is a chasm between this and reality. ITV will need more than policies and procedures to address its culture of silence.”
      Another ITV employee said: “The findings were not surprising to say the least. That’s not to say we all agree with them. Rumours of the affair were swirling around the entire floor from 2019.
      “Even talent — high-profile names — were aware of the gossip even if they had no proof, or didn’t ask the right questions to the right people.
      “It seems utterly implausible only one person knew. It’s a predictably sanitised version of events.
      “But lessons will have been learned and bosses are adamant that they are embroiled in no more scandal. Generally it is a happy ship here. Everyone just wants to move on now and start afresh.”
      The probe found that most senior management claimed to be unaware of the fling. However, one junior staffer DID know about it as early as 2021, but did not tell anybody for fear it might harm their prospects.
      In a damning summary, Ms Mulcahy wrote: “That former junior employee did not report their knowledge at the time.
      “Nor did others report suspicions from much earlier in 2017.
      “This leads me to emphasise in my recommendations the importance of junior employees having the confidence to raise concerns to management in line with ITV’s Speaking Up policy.
      “I have no doubt that senior management are absolutely wedded to the importance of an open culture.
      “But this culture is still not filtering down to junior employees, many of whom remain convinced that to speak out will have a detrimental impact on their careers.”
      At the top of her recommendations, Ms Mulcahy wrote: “Managers should ensure all staff know there is a safe space to complain or raise concerns.
      “No one should be worried that their job will be at risk because they have raised an issue.”
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      Her report also told ITV to “take the opportunity to set out clear guidelines for its talent to ensure good behaviours are observed even by those who are household names”.
      In response to her comments, ITV chairman Andy Cosslett said: “For the period under review there was no finding of a ‘toxic culture’ and had there been one (she) would have said so.” More

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      Katie Price fears ghosts ‘watch her have sex’ in haunted Mucky Mansion as she reveals plan to train as an EXORCIST

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      TERRIFIED Katie Price fears that ghosts are ‘watching her have sex’ in her haunted Mucky Mansion.The 45-year-old, who bought the property back in 2014 for £1.3 million, has revealed her plan to train as an exorcist.
      Katie Price is worried ghosts are watching her every move in her Mucky MansionCredit: katieprice
      Katie bought the home nine years ago
      Talking to Daisy May Cooper on the latest episode of her podcast with her sister, Sophie Hannah Price, the trio were discussing paranormal activity.
      Katie explained how she has videos of ghosts in her house before Daisy jokes: “Are they fit?”
      The former glamour model replied: “You don’t see them but they look like they’re from the old days.
      “If I have sex sometimes I feel like they are watching because that’s how f**king haunted it is.”
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      Later in the episode, Katie mentions that she wants to get an exorcist to come to the property to get rid of the ghosts, but Sophie comes up with a better idea.
      She said: “Do you know what I’ve got an idea. if not exorcist will come and do your house, why don’t you and I train up and to become exorcist ourselves.”
      Katie responded: “I’m up for that only if we go to haunted programmes as well.
      “no we’ve got to exorcist other people,” Sophie clarified.
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      “I would love that. I’m really excited to do all that. I’d be in my element,” Katie added.
      The star paid £1.3m for the home nine years ago. It is now worth more than £2 million.
      Eariler this year, she put her five-bed West Sussex pad up for rent for a whopping £6K per month.
      However, an insider told The Mirror there hasn’t been a “nibble” of interest.
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      ‘Whitewash’ Phillip Schofield ITV probe slammed as ‘utterly implausible’ for claiming just ONE person knew of affair

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      FUMING ITV staff have slammed an external probe into Phillip Schofield’s affair with a collegue.The report, published today revealed that just one person knew about their relationship – and they only became aware in 2021.
      A report into Phillip Schofield’s affair has today been publishedCredit: Enterprise News and Pictures
      ITV staff have slammed a probe into Phillip Schofield’s affairCredit: Pixel8000
      The probe was launched in June after Schofield came clean about the relationshipCredit: Louis Wood
      The runner, who was at least 30 years Schofield’s junior, started at ITV in 2017 and the presenter admitted they shared a moment in his dressing room that same year.
      The ex-This Morning broadcaster, 61, and his former lover were meant to be quizzed at length amid the review – after their affair came to light in May.
      However, it was today revealed the pair refused to cooperate – along with four others.
      And now ITV workers have called the probe a “whitewash”.
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      One employee told The Sun: “The findings of this report were not surprising to say the least. 
      “That’s not to say that we all agree with them – rumours of the affair were swirling around then entire floor from 2019. 
      “Even talent – high profile names – were aware of the gossip even if they had no proof, or didn’t ask the right questions to the right people. 
      “It’s seems utterly implausible only one person knew. It’s a predictably sanitised version of events. 
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      “But lessons will have been learned – and bosses are adamant that they are embroiled in no more scandal.
      “Generally it really is a happy ship – and this marks the start of a new era. Everyone just wants to move on now, and start afresh.”
      Another staff member told MailOnline: “There’s a chasm between this report and reality. What’s clear is that ITV will need more than policies and procedures to address its culture of silence.’”
      Sources at ITV say that they have ‘full confidence’ in This Morning editor Martin Frizell and its head of daytime, Emma Gormley.
      There have been calls for chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall and her number two Kevin Lygo to be sacked, though insiders now think that their jobs will also be safe.
      In May Schofield, 61, admitted to having a relationship with a much younger man who worked with him on This Morning, and later lying about it.
      In a bombshell statement to the Daily Mail, the veteran TV presenter admitted that he and the man began a relationship that was more than a friendship. The ex-TV presenter describes this as ‘unwise but not illegal’.
      In the report by Jane Mulcahy KC, Schofield is referred to as PS, and the runner PX – Person X.
      Ms Mulcahy wrote: “PS ‘reluctantly decline[d]’ my invitation to participate in the Review because of the risk to his health.
      “I am informed that PS’s mental health has since deteriorated.”
      It said that the runner “wanted to move on with his life and was not prepared to assist with” the review.
      Schofield was axed from This Morning in May and then admitted he’d had the affair after rumors started circulating.
      The report today revealed that of the 48 people interviewed – only one person knew of the affair before May.
      And, they were only told two years prior.
      The findings also suggest that one person is not Holly Willoughby as they were a junior at ITV.
      There have been calls for chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall and her number two Kevin Lygo to be sackedCredit: Getty
      The review found that TV made “considerable efforts” to find out the truth about the relationship but was “unable to uncover the relevant evidence” until Schofield admitted it.
      ITV chairman Andy Costlett today said: “The KC review makes it clear that ITV’s management made considerable efforts to determine the truth about an alleged relationship between PS and Person X following media speculation.
      “However, no concerns were reported and in the face of the denials of the individuals involved, ITV was unable to uncover the relevant evidence until PS’s admission in late May 2023.
      “The KC makes it clear that the senior management of ITV and the senior team of This Morning were unaware of the nature of the relationship until PS’s statement in May 2023.
      “We also asked the KC to review how we acted towards Person X and the KC has found that the company provided significant support to him.”
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      Schofield and the runner — identified only as Person X — both “categorically denied” any affair.
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      Game of Thrones star Joseph Gatt appears in court over child sex charge as he’s supported by girlfriend Mercy Malick

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      GAME of Thrones star Joseph Gatt has appeared in court after being charged with having sexually explicit conversations with a minor online.The British actor, 51, showed up in court in Los Angeles on Monday with his long-time girlfriend, actress Mercy Malick.
      The actor showed up in court with his long-time girlfriend Mercy MalickCredit: Getty
      Gatt is best known for his role as Thenn Warg in Game of ThronesCredit: Game of Thrones
      The British actor was ordered to appear for a preliminary court hearing later this monthCredit: Getty
      He is set to face a preliminary court hearing on December 18, ordered by LA Superior Court Judge Kim Nguyen.
      He remains free on $5,000 (£3,960) bail.
      The Englishman was arrested in April last year after cops showed up at his home with a search warrant.
      LAPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force first started looking into the actor after a tip about his alleged online activities.
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      Gatt was charged with “contact with a minor for sexual offence” and felony possession of an assault weapon.
      He pleaded not guilty to both charges at the time and was released on a $5,000 bail.
      He was also banned from unsupervised time with minors, possessing pornography and using social media except for work purposes.
      Following his arrest, Gatt, who has lived in the US for the past 18 years, denied the allegations in an X post.
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      He wrote at the time: “I obviously want to address the absolutely horrifying and completely untrue allegations recently leveled against me. 
      “They are 100% categorically wrong and reckless. 
      “I have confirmed errors and misleading information in today’s press release. 
      “I am fully cooperating with police and LAPD to get to the bottom of this.”
      The actor continued in his claims: “I look forward to clearing my good name. 
      “Thank you to all of my friends and supporters who know that this is untrue and understand for legal reasons I cannot comment further on social media.”
      His girlfriend Mercy, whom he’s been dating since 2009, reshared his statement online.
      The actor is best known for his role as Thenn Warg on Game of Thrones.
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      He has also appeared on shows like Banshee as The Albino, played the Mute on Teen Wolf and had the role of Tristan in The 100.
      He’s also been in various movies over the last couple of decades, including Thor, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Dumbo.
      Gatt has previously denied the allegations with a post on TwitterCredit: Getty
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      Soap star sex secrets from I’m a Celeb babe’s ‘self-love’ to X-rated drawers & romp in lift at Blackpool Pleasure Beach

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      THEY’RE known for their roles on the UK’s biggest soaps – but these stars have revealed they’re far from squeaky clean in the bedroom.Many have made saucy confessions about their sex lives while appearing on reality TV shows like I’m A Celebrity.
      Helen Flanagan has previously shed light on her love life, including her most recent ‘one-night stand’Credit: instagram
      Danielle might be the next soap star to let something slip about her sex lifeCredit: 2022 Dave J Hogan
      With Hollyoaks legends Nick Pickard and former EastEnders Danielle Harold currently, in the Australian Bush, fans could be about to hear more explicit tales as they get comfortable with their campmates.
      Here we reveal some of the most eyebrow-raising sex confessions uttered by soap royalty over the years.
      Jorgie Porter
      Jorgie isn’t shy when it comes to flaunting her incredible figureCredit: Instagram
      Jorgie is best known for her role as cheating seductress Theresa McQueen on Hollyoaks.
      And the actress, 35, is just as sex-positive as her on-screen character, having made some cheeky bedroom confessions during her stint on I’m A Celeb in 2015.
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      Some of her admissions were so saucy that producers had to cut them out of the main show.
      They did appear, however, on its spin-off Get Me Out of Here…Now!, with Jorgie opening up about the different types of “self-love” she enjoys before exclaiming: “I’m going to regret this.”
      When quizzed about her sex preferences by camp mates Kieron Dyer and Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley, she also revealed she enjoys “slow” sex and likes to wear thongs to “separate my bum cheeks”.
      Prior to heading into the jungle, the actress used a rather X-rated excuse to avoid admitting she was training for Dancing on Ice before the show launched, joking to pals that she had been “taking it up the bum all week”.
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      Charlie Brooks
      Since leaving Soapland, Charlie has focused her attention on making sex toysCredit: instagram
      EastEnders’ Charlie, 41, has come and gone from Albert Square over the years – and used one of her breaks from the soap to design her own sex toy.
      The Janine Butcher actress created a vibrator called The U which retails for £100 at Ann Summers.
      Announcing the launch, she said: “I was fed up of not feeling comfortable in my body. Realised I didn’t know enough about it, so I went on a journey of the body and mind.
      “It’s a powerful one, and I’d love U to go on one too. I’m no life coach or expert on ANYTHING, and I do NOT always get it right.

      “But I can share my experience. And maybe you’ll be inspired too. This is my baby… I’m so happy I can finally introduce you guys. I want you to meet U. I think you might like each other…”
      Earlier this year Charlie also signed up to a dating site that endorses “kinky sex, shared partners and threesomes” in a bid to find Mr Right.
      Stephanie Davis
      Stephanie found she struggled to enjoy sex after welcoming her sonCredit: Splash
      Corrie babe Stephanie, 30, is used to stripping off on camera for raunchy scenes as vamp Courtney Vance and Hollyoaks’ Sinead O’Connor.
      But in her personal life, she struggled with body confidence due to her “flat breasts”.
      She told OK! magazine: “They were so saggy… I think every mum can relate to that… I couldn’t wear nice tops in summer because I didn’t want to show how flat-chested I was.”
      Stephanie opted to undergo surgery to boost her chest, going from an A cup to a DD.
      Despite initially being pleased with the results, claiming they made her feel “so womanly” and “sexier”, Stephanie announced earlier this year she is planning to get the implants removed because they are too big.
      Adam Thomas
      Adam revealed he may not be able to ‘cope’ before heading his jungle stintCredit: adam thomas/social
      Ex-Emmerdale and Strictly star Adam, 35, admitted his main worry when he did I’m A Celeb wasn’t the creepy crawlies or lack of food, but not being able to have sex.
      “I don’t know [how I’ll cope] because I’ve not gone longer than, well… no more than a few days,” he explained before flying out to the show.
      “I think I will struggle, but hopefully I will be alright – I won’t be too ratty.”
      The actor was also told by then fiancée Caroline Daly to steer clear of any bad boy behaviour.
      “She said, ‘Don’t mug me off.’ I think she means ‘Don’t flirt with the girls,’ I would have done it in the banter way – but I’m not allowed to banter, apparently,” he revealed.
      “I’m just going to swerve the ladies. You’ll just find me with the lads.”
      Helen Flanagan
      Helen owns a collection of kinky toys and often dons sexy costumes from none other than Ann SummersCredit: Instagram / @hjgflanagan
      Coronation Street siren Helen was on our screens for over a decade but it’s her antics off-camera that left fans shocked.
      The mum-of-three previously revealed she has a large collection of lingerie and sex toys, including nipple tassels and a diamond-studded whip.
      She told The Sun’s TV Mag in 2014: “I have pretty much bought every set of underwear Agent Provocateur has ever made and most of it is in [ex Scott Sinclair’s] house.
      “I’ve got loads of stuff from nipple tassels to this amazing diamond studded whip from Agent Provocateur.
      “But it was getting so embarrassing when Scott’s mum was helping me clear out stuff and all you could see was underwear and this whip. I was getting really flustered, saying, ‘Honestly, I bought it for a shoot’.
      “And I did! But I kept it because I love it. Scott’s mum is lovely and she knows what I’m like so she just laughed.”
      The actress is no stranger to stripping down to her undies for a photo shoot and has been sharing racy snaps on social media since her split from footballer Scott.
      Gemma Atkinson
      Gemma hasn’t shied away from talking about her sex life over the yearsCredit: Rex Features
      Ex-Hollyoaks and Emmerdale star Gemma, 39, is happily settled with Strictly Come Dancing pro-Gorka Marquez, but before their romance, she had some wild times.
      Former boyfriend Carl Benninon claimed he and the actress had romped in lots of bizarre places, including Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
      He told The People in 2007: “We pressed the button to stop the lift between floors and were in there for about 20 minutes having a lot of fun. It was mind-blowing.
      “Eventually, we heard some angry voices calling for the lift so we had to stop.
      “But as soon as we got into the flat we went straight out to the balcony again. We ended up making love until eight in the morning.”
      Despite her hedonistic past, Gemma recently opened up about having a low libido after welcoming her second child.
      She said: “[Gorka] was away for three weeks up until last weekend, and I’d had my six-week check by then, and she’d ok’ed me to kind of be intimate again with him again and stuff.
      “Part of me was thinking ‘Oh my God, I can’t be arsed, I’m so tired, I just want to have a bath’. But the other half was thinking, ‘It’s been so long’, because the last few months of pregnancy I was like, ‘Do not come near me’.”
      Beverley Callard
      Beverly shocked viewers over her X-rated confessions during I’m A CelebCredit: Getty
      Coronation Street legend Beverley kept households entertained for decades with her portrayal of unlucky-in-love Liz McDonald.
      And fans were left gobsmacked when the 66-year-old claimed her husband was wild in bed while on ITV’s I’m A Celeb.
      “Jon’s very handsome, he’s a mega shag,” she told her shocked campmates.
      “He is a mega shag and he dances for me in the kitchen every morning and makes me laugh my socks off.”
      Bev and John McEwan have been happily married for over a decade.
      While the star admitted to being mortified at her proclamation, she has since come to see the funny side and now regularly jokes about it.
      Talking about John in less racy terms, Bev said: “He’s my soulmate and my best friend. He’s completely and utterly the love of my life.”
      Denise Welch
      Denise has no problem sharing details of her sex life on Loose WomenCredit: denise_welch/Instagram
      Serial soap actress Denise is as candid as her characters in real life.
      The Loose Women panellist, 65, spared no blushes when she announced to the world that she was a “sexaholic”.
      “I like sex. What’s the problem with being a sexaholic? I just like sh*gging.”
      Denise went on to joke that she would have made a move on her former co-star Bill Roache when they were younger.
      Her comments came after he said he had bedded more than 1,000 women.
      When asked about his impressive number of partners, the actress confessed: “I did not know Bill back then. If I did I would have made mincemeat out of him.”
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      In 2021, she claimed that she liked to regularly have sex “little and often or big and often” with her husband Lincoln, who is 15 years younger.
      Through giggles, she added: “I am not bothered about chandeliers swinging or whatever, just nice and regular as long as I don’t have to move around too much!” More

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      Why Bradley Cooper is obsessed with Leonard Bernstein, who flaunted lovers to wife and seduced daughter’s boyfriend

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      IF the world of classical music seems buttoned-up and boring, the racy life of US composer Leonard Bernstein should make you change your tune.Known for writing West Side Story and conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the bisexual maestro’s open marriage, a fling with his daughter’s boyfriend and run-ins with royals made him a worthy candidate for a Hollywood biopic.
      Leonard Bernstein has lived an extravagant and controversial lifeCredit: © 2023 Netflix, Inc.
      Bradley Cooper stars in and directed ‘Maestro’, Leonard’s Hollywood biopicCredit: Getty
      Now his unconventional life and marriage to Chilean actress Felicia Montealegre are the subject of Oscar-tipped film Maestro, starring Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan.
      Bradley, who also directed the film, said: “The reason why I wanted to make the movie was I believe that they found each other’s soulmates.”
      Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to Jewish-Ukrainian immigrants, music-mad Leonard taught himself to play the piano entirely by ear as a child.
      His talents eventually took him to Harvard University, and then to New York, where he earned a living by teaching piano.
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      At 25 he was appointed assistant conductor at the New York Phil- harmonic and became an overnight sensation when, without rehearsal, he filled in for the orchestra’s regular conductor Bruno Walter who had come down with flu.
      The next day the New York Times ran a gushing front-page review of the Carnegie Hall concert.
      Professionally, Leonard went from strength to strength, writing the score for 1944 Broadway musical On The Town.
      But amid his success, he lived a double life as a closeted bisexual at a time when homosexual encounters were still illegal.
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      Conversion therapy
      While at Harvard he had an affair with much older Greek-American conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos, who became his professional mentor.
      He first met Felicia the day before her 24th birthday, in 1946.
      They ­immediately hit it off and made plans to marry the following year.
      While friends were calling it love at first sight, Leonard was taking a boyfriend named only as Seymour to concerts in San Francisco and Vancouver.
      In December 1947 Felicia wrote to Leonard calling off the engagement and telling him: “You’re still not sure I’m the one for you.
      “It’s not so much you’re afraid to hurt me as that you may be ‘stuck with the salad’.
      “So here’s one less decision for you to make — let’s call it off. If some miracle happens and some day you want me very much, ask me again.”
      Soon after, in 1948, Leonard took up a role in Tel Aviv with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra — then known as the Palestine Symphony Orchestra — and fell in love with young Israeli soldier Azariah Rapoport.
      But on returning to New York, he tried conversion therapy with Hungarian-born Dr Sandor Rado to try to “cure” his homosexuality and safeguard his career from deeply homophobic orchestra bigwigs.
      He soon decided a marriage would “save” him, though he did hold genuine feelings for his chosen bride — Felicia.
      Writing to a friend, he called her “an angel and a wonderful companion”.
      And it seemed that Felicia gave Leonard her blessing to have affairs with men — as long as he did not publicly embarrass her.
      She wrote to him: “You are a homosexual and may never change.
      “You do not admit to the possibility of a double life, but if your peace of mind, your health, your whole nervous system depends on a certain sexual pattern, what can you do?
      “I am willing to accept you as you are, without being a martyr.” And the unconventional arrangement appeared to work for the couple for a while.
      They married in 1951 and quickly had children Jamie, Alexander and Nina. But soon Leonard’s affairs became incompatible with family life.
      A friend visiting the Bernsteins recalled finding Leonard in the hallway kissing a beautiful 20-year-old boy while Felicia was sitting alone in the living room.
      She also suffered the humiliation of receiving phone calls and discovering love letters from her husband’s many boyfriends.
      The Oscar-tipped Netflix release also features Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre, Leonard’s ex-wifeCredit: AP
      At 25 Leonard became an overnight sensation when he filled in for the orchestra’s regular conductor, pictured in 1957 with Felicia, Jamie and AlexanderCredit: Corbis – Getty
      Eldest daughter Jamie wrote in her autobiography, Famous Father Girl, that she learned of her parents’ open marriage at the age of 18.
      In 1972 Leonard introduced her to composer Justus Franz, who later became her boyfriend.
      But Jamie long suspected that her father had been romantically involved with him too.
      She said: “My father fell in love with . . .  Justus. ‘Jamie, you would love him — he’s so cute, he’s so beautiful, he’s so funny, he’s so smart and you must meet him’.
      “I met Justus Franz again and we fell madly in love and had this big affair. In the course, Justus denied up and down that he had ever had an affair with my father.”
      A year later, Leonard fell in love with 24-year-old radio director Tom Cothran and quite seemed happy for Felicia to know about it — letting her catch them in bed together.
      In 1976 Leonard finally decided to “come out”, and left Felicia for Tom.
      That year at a New York Philharmonic concert he declared: “I decided that I had to do this for myself, to live the rest of my life as I want.”
      But Felicia was less philosophical, raging to a friend: “The son of a bitch, he beat me to it.”
      She told Leonard: “You’re going to die a bitter and lonely old man.”
      Indeed, Leonard’s new relationship ended the following February.
      Bizarrely he persuaded Felicia to take him back, but soon after she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
      Leonard told her doctor: “I want her, I love her. I don’t care if she’s half-paralysed, she’s my Felicia.”
      He was haunted by the belief that his affairs caused her early death, in 1978.
      He later became addicted to amphetamines and alcohol and had an entourage of attractive young men who followed him to nightclubs.
      His daughter Nina said: “I’d say, ‘Now don’t stay out too late, and don’t misbehave, whatever you do’. And sure enough, the next day in the New York Post there would be a picture of him dancing on the tables at Studio 54.”
      In his later years, Leonard became known for causing many awkwardly ­hilarious moments among the upper echelons of society.
      During a 1986 London Symphony Orchestra concert at London’s Barbican, attended by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, he began to play the National anthem before the Queen had reached her seat.
      Her Majesty then stopped rather awkwardly, halfway down a theatre staircase, while the audience sang God Save The Queen.
      In the same year Leonard demanded that pop king Michael Jackson attend his 68th birthday celebrations, after he had become intrigued by the Thriller singer.
      When producer and composer Quincy Jones told him Jackson could not make it, Leonard said: “You tell Michael Jackson I command him to come to Royce Hall tomorrow.”
      His threat seemed to work and Jackson duly attended. Leonard was so excited, he grabbed Jackson and kissed him on the lips.
      In 1989, Leonard was diagnosed with lung cancer.
      But he carried on touring, conducting and chain-smoking — until he collapsed on stage.
      He spent his 72nd birthday, in 1990, in hospital — where he learned he also had emphysema and fibrosis.
      In October that year he died of a heart attack and was buried next to Felicia in Green-Wood Cemetery in New York — together for ever at last
      Leonard once demanded that Michael Jackson attend one of his concerts as a birthday present after becoming intrigued by the Thriller singerCredit: Getty
      Leo is perhaps best known for writing West Side StoryCredit: Alamy More