PIERS MORGAN: My 12 shameless, rule-breaking celebrity Covidiots - Daily Mail

PIERS MORGAN: My 12 shameless, rule-breaking celebrity Covidiots - Daily Mail
I'm A Celeb's Beverley and Victoria kicked out in double elimination twist - Mirror Online
I'm A Celebrity star Jessica Plummer looks unrecognisable in unearthed photos - My London

Posted: 30 Nov 2020 06:29 AM PST

Who'd be a turkey at this time of year?

The holiday season is supposed to be a time for peace and goodwill to all, but that memo never seems to extend to the poor wobbling gobbling red-necked birds who must dread it like condemned criminals on Death Row.

Americans have spent the past few days munching their way through an estimated 46 million turkeys and will guzzle another 22 million over Christmas.

To make matters worse, the very word 'turkey' has come to be synonymous with bad things. Actors, in their very rare moments of genuine humility, speak scathingly of making movies or plays so bad they're 'turkeys'.

The origin for this slur can be traced back to the late 19th century when the annual period between Thanksgiving and Christmas saw the largest number of new theater shows open.

This intense over-flooding of the market inevitably meant a lot of them flopped due to lack of quality, in the same way that many of the turkeys consumed didn't live up to expectations either.

Hence a dud play became known as a 'turkey'.

There's another reason why nobody wants to be called a turkey, and it's because they're spectacularly stupid.

Among the celebrity Covidiots: Kim Kardashian who took her friends and family on vacation to a private island for her 40th birthday

So dumb in fact that they will stand with their mouths agape, staring up at the sky as it rains, even if they do so for such a long time that they actually drown.

Scientists defend this bizarre self-harming trait by explaining that turkeys have an inherited genetic condition known as 'tetanic torticollar spasms' which causes them to act unnaturally, sometimes cocking their heads and starting at the sky for 30 seconds or more.

But frankly, this sounds like a desperate attempt to defend the indefensible to me. You only have to look at a turkey to know they're not the brightest bulbs in the animal chandelier.

There is, though, a breed of creature even dimmer than turkeys: the Covidiot.

As the coronavirus pandemic has wrought its lethal havoc all over the world, it's brought out the very best in people, and sadly, also the very worst.

In recent weeks, the volume of high profile 'Covidiots' has increased almost as fast as the number of covid cases in the United States - erupting like a hypocritical, brain-dead hydra to remind us that wealth and success are no substitute for selflessness and common sense.

These are stars and leaders who either don't think the rules are for them, just the little people, or who have gone stark raving bonkers.

So, to mark the impending arrival of the 12 Days of Christmas, here are my 12 celebrity Covidiots of the holiday season:

1. Cardi B – the 28-year-old rapper threw a massive Thanksgiving party at her house in total contravention of health expert advice about mass gatherings at home. '12 kids and 25 adults over the holidays!' she inexplicably tweeted, 'it was lit!' Of course, what was really 'lit' was the furious reaction from those who have been obeying the guidance, causing the unrepentant piece of work to mock (with a laughing emoji): 'People trying tooo hard to be offended. I wonder how they survive the real world.' Of course, if everyone acted as selfishly as cocky Cardi B did, the virus would ensure a lot fewer people survive the real world.

Cardi B hosted extended family and friends at her home for Thanksgiving despite warnings about about keeping celebrations small this year due to COVID-19

2. In London on Saturday night, another singer Rita Ora broke the law by hosting a lavish 30th birthday party in a restaurant for 30 friends including model Cara Delevinge in breach of UK Govt lockdown rules. Earlier this year, Ms Ora – whose mother is a health worker - launched a range of coronavirus themed merchandise including a 'Stop the Spread' T-shirt designed to encourage people to do their bit to suppress the virus. If only she could read her own logo!

The singer is pictured above on Thursday. On Saturday night she hosted a lavish party for her 30th birthday

3. Few people in this pandemic have been more censorious of covid rule-breaking than California Governor Gavin Newsom, who's introduced some of the most draconian lockdown regulations in the whole of US. Sadly, the selfish hypocrite is not one to follow his own orders and was caught enjoying a friend's slap-up $15,000 birthday dinner for a dozen guests at the acclaimed French Laundry in Napa Valley. They were packed in like sardines, none of them wearing masks – despite Newsom telling Californians to do the complete opposite. 'I made a bad mistake,' he said. 'I need to practice and preach.' You think, Mr Newsom??

California Governor Gavin Newsom is seen above at the Napa dinner party

4. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has had a brilliant crisis – just ask him! The ego-crazed politician has written a book telling us how great he's been and appeared on myriad talk shows to bask in his own reflected glory - all whilst presiding over one of the worst covid catastrophes in America. Then came Thanksgiving, and after telling New Yorkers to stay home, he let slip he'd be ignoring CDC advice to have his family including his mother and daughters over for a big party. He cancelled the plan when it sparked a furore about his hypocrisy but as befits Cuomo's self-anointed saintly status, he didn't admit doing anything wrong, or apologize.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has released a book about the handling of the pandemic amid a surge of COVID cases in the state

5. Actor Jon Voight has spent the crisis delivering a series of increasingly ludicrous and delusional presidential style addresses to the American people from his home in which he's declared 'evil' Joe Biden's the new Satan, and President Trump's 'the only man who can save this nation.' He's now called for an uprising against the Left, ranting: 'I ask all to fight this battle now. My friends from all colors, races and religions, this is now our greatest fight since the civil war.' Jeez. It's way past Midnight, Cowboy – go to bed.

Jon Voight has said President Trump's 'the only man who can save this nation'

6. The only man who sounds more batsh*t crazy than Voight is Rudy Giuliani, once the most admired person man in the country as 'America's Mayor' after 9/11, but now a demented train-wreck conspiracy theorist whose public appearances have become notable not for the nonsense he's spouting but for the large quantities of hair dye dripping all over his face that make him resemble a real-life zombie.

Rudy Giuliani is seen above with hair dye dripping all over his face at a press conference

7. Acclaimed TV medic 'Dr Mike' Mikhail Varshavski, dubbed the 'sexiest doctor alive' by People magazine, told Fox Business in July that wearing a mask is of 'utmost importance' for people's health and the economy. He said: 'So please, if you're going outside in public and going to be around other people, wear a mask. By wearing a mask, you are limiting the spread to the community.' Last week, video footage obtained by DailyMail.com showed the same Dr Mike partying with a dozen scantily clad woman on a boat, none of whom, including him, were wearing masks. My diagnosis? Shameless hypocrite.

'Hot Doctor' Mikhail Varshavski (center, in black cap) is seen ignoring his own advice by partying maskless on his birthday

8. Kim Kardashian. A trifling global pandemic was never going to stop her and her cerebrally challenged imbecile sisters going about their normal selfish, narcissistic business. So, Kim spent $2 million on flying 30 of her family and friends to a private island where they thoughtfully posted endless pictures of themselves ignoring all social distancing and mask rules just to remind us how dim-witted they are. 'I feel humbled and blessed,' she gushed. 'I'm humbly reminded of how privileged my life is.' No luv, you just arrogantly reminded us of how vacuous and self-absorbed your life is.

Kim spent $2 million on flying 30 of her family and friends to a private island where they thoughtfully posted endless pictures of themselves ignoring all social distancing and mask rules

9. Not to be left out, and ignoring all the fall-out from her big sister's obscene trip, Kendall Jenner threw an even bigger 25th birthday party for 100 people in West Hollywood, again with zero social distancing or mask-wearing. 'No social media' read the warning notices on arrival, but of course, it all got splashed across social media because the Kardashians are the true turkeys of reality TV – too dumb to realize when they're drowning themselves.

Kendall threw a huge party to celebrate her 25th birthday in Hollywood

10. Senator Dianne Feinstein tweeted in July that 'wearing masks in public should be mandatory' but has since been repeatedly caught not wearing one in public – including inside an airport, and even in the hallway of the Capitol in front of TV cameras. She was even seen hugging Lindsey Graham, as neither wore a mask. Unsurprisingly, her conduct has been so breathtakingly brazen and hypocritical that she has now been forced to 'stand down' as top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham hugs ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein

11. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot instructed the city's people 'You must cancel the normal Thanksgiving plans' after a surge in covid cases. Yet the previous week, Lightfoot was seen whooping it up in the street, maskless, and shouting through a bullhorn (great for spittle expulsion to large numbers of people) during a Biden victory party. Did she think we wouldn't remember?

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot instructed the city's people 'You must cancel the normal Thanksgiving plans' a week after appearing maskless at a Biden victory party

12. Donald Trump. Do I even need to say why? Not content with handling the pandemic so badly that America has by far the worst death toll in the world, if the outgoing President persists in his sad, pathetic and dangerous attempt to overturn the fair election result then 'Diaper Don' will go down as the biggest presidential turkey in history.

Trump is seen above removing his mask upon his return to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after spending three days hospitalized for coronavirus

I'm A Celeb's Beverley and Victoria kicked out in double elimination twist - Mirror Online

Posted: 30 Nov 2020 02:08 PM PST

Beverley Callard and Victoria Derbyshire became the latest stars to leave I'm A Celebrity in a double elimination twist this evening.

The pair become the third and fourth campmates to leave the Welsh castle and joined Ant and Dec to speak about their time on the show.

Their exit comes after paralympian Hollie Arnold MBE's on Friday and Ruthie Henshall's on Sunday.

Journalist Victoria described her experience as "incredible" and said that she felt she had "squeezed the life" out of her time in the castle.

Meanwhile, Coronation Street star Beverley had her head in her hands as she watched herself speaking about husband John - who she described as a "mega shag".

Asked whether she felt as though she has her survival skills: "I truly don't know, I still feel as though I've got no survival skills whatsoever."

Probed on the validity of her veganism and whether she had done it for the show, Beverley said: "No, I started it in March because I had an operation. I saw a documentary [that suggested it]."

Reacting to co-star and on-screen son Simon Gregson's comments about her veganism, she said: "He knows I'll give him a slap when I see him!"

Asked who they thought would win, Victoria and Beverley reckoned it would be Shane or Jordan.

The winner of this year's I'm A Celebrity will be announced on Friday night's show.

*I'm A Celebrity returns tomorrow at 9pm on ITV

I'm A Celebrity star Jessica Plummer looks unrecognisable in unearthed photos - My London

Posted: 30 Nov 2020 07:13 AM PST

EastEnders fans will recognise stunning Jessica Plummer as Chantelle Atkins who always looked so lovely as she strutted around Walford and had an incredible fashion sense.

Unfortunately her role on the BBC soap came to an end when Chantelle was murdered by her husband Gray in a harrowing domestic abuse story line.

However it wasn't long before Jessica, 28, reappeared on our TV screens as a campmate on this year's series of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.

Since the actor has entered the castle in North Wales, viewers are now used to seeing Jessica make-up free, wearing her gorgeous hair in a messy bun whilst sporting headbands, t-shirts and a body warmer.

But if we re-wind to a few years back, the TV star looks completely unrecognisable as a blonde bombshell.

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The 28-year-old singer-turned-actress shared a selfie sporting long wavy blonde hair on an old Twitter account six years ago when she was part of the Neon Jungle pop group between 2013 and 2015.

In the snaps Jess wears natural make-up as she flaunts her gorgeous locks.

In another photo, alongside her three Neon Jungle group members, she wears her hair long and blonde teamed with bright red lipstick as she looks worlds apart from the Jessica we know from our TV screens.

Before leaving for Wales, Jessica normally lives with her adorable four-year-old year daughter, Noa, in their cosy family pad in London.

The stunning mum-of-one regularly updates fans with photos and videos from inside her home as she gives followers a glimpse into her private life.

Since I'm A Celeb returned on November 15, Jessica has taken part in some gruelling trials and is proving a hit with viewers as she's so far avoided two evictions from the castle.

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Jessica Plummer (far right) alongside members of the group Neon Jungle pictures in September 2014. (Image: Getty Images for MTV)

She even left viewers gagging as she aced her trial on the show on Wednesday (November 25).

In Sickening Stalls, the former EastEnders actor was teamed with her Albert Square buddy Shane Richie as they both had to down a variety of horrendous drinks – six each - made up of blended animal bits to win 12 meals for camp.

But its clear the TV star is desperately missing her daughter Noa as she tears up whenever they speak about family.

Speaking before she joined the I'm A Celeb cast, Jessica said: "I have recorded messages for her like, 'Good morning Noa'.

"I've recorded up to three weeks worth just in chase I am in it for the long haul, so she'll have a message from me every day.

"She's around family so she'll be fine, but it will be strange."

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here continues every day on ITV.

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