Ahead of what would have been Amy Winehouse’s 40th birthday, her close friend Chantelle Dusette is thinking about how the singer might have spent her special day.
‘It’s interesting being asked to reflect on Amy’s 40th, because I wonder what kinds of conversations we’d be having now. I think then, our biggest concern was how we’d age’ she tells Grazia. Chantelle remembers one of Amy’s birthdays where she was ‘on stirring duty’ while Amy made meatballs.
Ah, the friends-to-lovers trope. From Love Island's Dami Hope and Indiyah Polack to Big Brother's Grace Adams and Mikey Dalton – Reality TV really tells these storylines the best. Watching the slow burn of a friendship kindle into a romantic connection is always gripping viewing. It’s also a well-known suggestion that dating your friend can lead to the best relationships. Having that stable foundation as friends breeds a lot of mutual respect for a future relationship.
Molly-Mae Hague might not have won Love Island, but she's pretty much winning at life right now. The runner-up – who finished second in the competition with her boyfriend Tommy Fury – not only has 3.2million followers on Instagram, but has just launched her first collection for PrettyLittleThing (which was reported to have made her a cool £500,000). At last night's glitzy launch party in Manchester, the social media star told Grazia how to look your best - on Instagram and in real life.
‘I was sitting on the sofa, watching our daughter dissolve into giggles as my husband Karl threw her up in the air then caught her back in his arms, when a knot of jealousy twisted inside my chest. I should have been happy to see my husband and baby playing so beautifully but instead, the resentment bubbled up inside me,’ says Sarah Lloyd, 44, founder of IndigoSoulPR, from Hampshire.
‘How could she whine and cry with me for over an hour then magically transform as soon as he stepped through the door?
With five children - three sons with her former husband, footballer Jamie O'Hara, and a son and a daughter with her current husband, electrician Michael O'Neill - Danielle Lloyd's decision to appear on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins required more consideration than some of the other contestants before she said yes.
Ultimately though, the former glamour model went on the iconic reality show (alongside former health secretary Matt Hancock, _Love Island_ers Montana Brown and Teddy Soares and singer Gareth Gates) to prove to her kids just how strong she was, in the hope of making them proud.