Katherine Ryan reveals ‘oversharing’ celebs on her podcast have admitted smoking crack cocaine

KATHERINE Ryan has come to expect strangers to tell her their guilty secrets. 

But the comic, who regularly reveals all about herself, was shocked to hear about the dark pasts of celebrity pals on her new podcast about ageing. 

Katherine has so far been joined by singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor, presenter Olivia Attwood, footballer Jill Scott, and in an upcoming episode Katie Price. 

At London’s SXSW festival, she joked: “I love people who overshare, it does not surprise me.

“Now people stop me on the street to tell me about their divorces. 

“But I was shocked to learn we had crackheads on the podcast.

“We had so many celebs, especially famous in the Nineties, who would abuse drugs, and bounce back.” 

What’s My Age Again? drops every Tuesday. 

GettyKatherine Ryan admits being shocked that podcast guests have confessed to drug abuse – including smoking crack[/caption]

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KELLY ROWLAND will replace LeAnnn Rimes as a coach on The Voice UK when the ITV talent show comes back for a 14th series this summer.

The Destiny‘s Child singer, who was a judge on The X Factor in 2011, said: “I am excited to join The Voice UK and I am looking forward to working with the excellent and passionate coaches the show is known for.”

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Harriet’s farm hand 

Celebrations looked to be in store Harriet Cowan kept a firm hand on balloons for a barnyard bash in Chipping Norton last weekend. 

She held on to the balloons, of farm animals and a tractor that resembled Jeremy Clarkson’s beloved Lamborghini. 

TillenDoveHarriet Cowan holds on tight to farm-themed balloons at a Chipping Norton bash – including one that looked like Jeremy Clarkson’s Lamborghini[/caption]

Harriet shot to fame as the new farmhand on the fourth series of Clarkson’s Farm on Prime Video last month. 

With Jeremy unable to call upon Kaleb Cooper’s help, Harriet stepped in and she has put rumours of bad blood with Kaleb to bed. 

She told BBC Derby: “Kaleb’s amazing. Me and him got on really well. 

“He’s another farmer to add to my phone list to ring. Everyone checks in to make sure everyone’s fine.” 

It feels good to the cast 

They get up close and personal in the TV adaptation of Paris Lees’s memoir What It Feels Like For A Girl, but it wasn’t hard for the BBC Three show’s cast to get along. 

Lead actor Ellis Howard has revealed he and his co-stars, including Michael Socha and Hannah Walters, hit it off from the get-go.

BBCThe cast of What It Feels Like For A Girl got up close on screen – and hit it off straight away off it as well, says star Ellis Howard[/caption]

At the SXSW festival Ellis said: “It started in the final round of casting.

“I walked in and [co-star] Laquarn Lewis was in an Anne Summers one-piece with his arse hanging out.

“Then Hannah Jones walked over in eight-inch heels, and I was like, ‘What the f***ing hell? It’s ten in the morning in Walthamstow’. 

“They crashed into my life, but it felt like something was hot-wired in my brain, like I’d been searching my whole life for a connection, and I did with these two.” 

Laquarn, who plays Lady Di, added: “We support each other 24/7, though [in] the WhatsApp group, I’m on ‘Do Not Disturb’ at the minute!” 

What It Feels Like For A Girl is on BBC iPlayer now. 

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Filming has started on new legal drama Pierre, starring David Harewood.

The six-part Channel 4 series will see the award-winning actor play glamorous duty solicitor Pierre.

But his character is put to the test when he investigates the suspicious death of a client and begins to uncover a chilling web of corruption.

Joining the cast are Boiling Point’s Jason Flemyng, Hijack’s Nikkita Chadha and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet’s Christopher Fairbank. 

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