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After fleeing from Coleen Rooney’s furious pals last week, Jenny Thompson exclusively tells Closer magazine she lives in fear of being attacked by people loyal to Coleen and has hit back at the star.

She says: “I think it’s pathetic. They don’t own Liverpool and don’t have any right to slag me off. Are they calling Wayne the same names? I wasn’t the one doing the cheating.”

Speaking out for the first time about the incident, she said: “I was walking past this club when I heard someone shout my name. A girl came outside and tried to trip me up, but I stepped over her foot. At first, it was just this girl calling me names, then she got three other girls to join in. They were shouting ‘slag’ and ‘whore.’ I just kept going with my head down, but they followed me.”

And Jenny reveals she fears getting attacked by Coleen’s fans. “I worry what people might do. I think people could glass me, like what happened to Danielle Lloyd who ended up injured in a nightclub,” she says.

Jenny – who tried to kill herself just two months ago by taking an overdose of pills, and is now seeing a psychiatrist once a week – adds: “I did it to try to escape this whole thing.”

She’s also been the subject of abuse online on Twitter and Facebook by those supporting Coleen. She said: “The abuse online started straight away. People called me a tramp and a slag.”

However, Coleen’s fans may be angered by Jenny’s plans to move from Manchester to Coleen’s hometown of Liverpool to start up her own escort agency, which is bound to make the situation harder for Coleen. But Jenny maintains she’s going to keep out of the Rooneys way. “Apparently I’ve been banned from several places in Liverpool and Manchester, but I don’t want to see her anyway,” she says.

“If I did see Coleen, I’d leave. If she said something nasty, I’d just ask her if she’d said the same to Wayne, then I’d walk away. But if there was a chance I could make peace with her, I would.”

This week’s Closer magazine is on sale now (Tuesday).

Last year’s X Factor finalist Cher Lloyd has revealed that of all her X Factor co-contestants, she only keeps in touch with Mary Byrne.

Here’s the story from STV…

Cher Lloyd has revealed that she is only in touch with one of her fellow contestants from The X Factor.

The 18-year-old recently admitted that she does not have many close friends.

She revealed that the only person she speaks to from last year’s X Factor is Mary Bryne.

Lloyd told the Daily Mirror: “I’m really only in touch with Mary. We text all the time.

“She gives me advice and we talk about lots of personal stuff. She’s been a good friend to me.”

Discussing the change in the juding line-up for this year’s show, Cher said she thinks Tulisa Contosavlos will bring a more street edge.

Tuisa joins returning judge Louis Walsh and fellow newcomers Gary Barlow and Kelly Rowland on the panel.

Cher said: “I actually think it will be brilliant this year. I think Tulisa will bring a different edge.

“Hopefully people saw me reach the finals with something a bit different and that might inspire them to enter this year.”

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TMZ report today that tragic singer Amy Winehouse was preparing to adopt a 10-year-old girl from the island of St. Lucia, the girl and her grandmother told a British paper today.

Here’s the story…

The girl — Dannika Augustine (seen above with Amy) — says she met the singer during one of Amy’s visits to the island over the past few years. She says she was living in poverty with her single mom when Amy took an interest in her.

Dannika tells The Sunday Mirror, “Amy was already my mother. I would call her mum and she would call me her daughter.

“She took care of me and we had fun together. I loved her and she loved me …

“She was the most amazing person and I was looking forward to living with her here or in London. I cannot believe she is gone.

“This is the worst thing that ever happened to me.”

Dannika’s grandmother Marjorie says she spoke to Amy a few weeks ago and that Amy planned to return to St. Lucia next month.

She told the paper, “Amy wanted to have a child so bad. If she had not died, there is no doubt she would be here in St Lucia completing the adoption process.

”There is no way she would have done what she did to herself if Dannika was with her.”

Both of Dannika’s parents had signed off on the adoption.

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The PA reports today that Adam Astill has admitted his recent Holby City storyline when his character locked lips with another man was as much of a surprise to him as it was to viewers.

Here’s the article…

Adam plays consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dan Hamilton in the BBC One show, who is in a relationship with ward sister Chrissie Williams (Tina Hobley) but recently shared a kiss with registrar Antoine Malik (Jimmy Akingbola).

The secret shared moment is something Dan can’t get his head around, Adam explains.

“I think he’s aware perhaps of these feelings but he’s kept them repressed and is denying them to himself constantly. When they come to the fore, they shock him as much as they shock anyone else,” he said.

The kiss storyline was also a bit of a shock to Adam, whose character was billed as a straightforward ‘ladies’ man’ when he was cast.

“When I first joined Holby I was being shown around the hospital by one of our surgical advisors and he was saying, ‘He’s such a great character, arrogant and sporty, and the fact that he might be gay…’ And I was like, ‘What?’ So he knew before I did,” recalls Adam.

The actor said it’s too simple to describe Dan as gay and even shirks from the description bisexual: “The best we can come up with is ‘confused’ – it’s hard for him to be honest,” he says.

Despite Dan’s troubled state, Adam hopes viewers will still like the character he’s grown so fond of.

“I hope there’s some sympathy for him, or at least some understanding as to why he hasn’t been more honest with Chrissie,” he said.

:: The tension mounts between Dan and Chrissie in Holby City on BBC One on Tuesday, August 2.

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Digital Spy report today that X Factor judge Kelly Rowland has confessed to having a “special friend” who she gets “down and dirty” with.

Here’s their story…

The ‘Commander’ singer claimed to enjoy an active and healthy sex life, despite the absence of a boyfriend.

“I’m actually single, but you know you have your little things on the side,” she teased to The Mirror. “There’s nobody I’m dating, but I have a special friend.”

Rowland also admitted to regularly going without underwear as part of her confidence-boosting mission to “feel yummy” every day.

“Don’t you ever just like to wear a dress and that’s it? It just makes you feel yummy. I like that.

“One thing my grandmother told me is you should feel sexy without anything on,” she said. “No make-up, no anything. When I wake up in the morning and I can just take one good breath in my bed, I feel sexy. It’s that simple.

“When I hit 30 I realised things were not going to stay up by themselves. Gravity is going to continue to make its way here, in fact it’s here! But now I feel better about my body.”

Rowland said this week that she will never “sell sex” in order to help her career.

The X Factor judge’s new album Here I Am was released in the US on Friday, and an international version is expected to hit the UK in November.

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The Daily Mail today reports that a London drug fixer claims he helped Amy Winehouse buy £1,200 of crack cocaine and heroin the night before she died.

Here’s what the paper has to say…

Tony Azzopardi, who is due to be re-interviewed by police today, alleged he helped the late singer buy the Class A narcotics in the early hours of July 23rd – the same day she was found dead in her London home.

The 56-year-old, who was introduced to the tragic star by her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, claimed he wanted her family to ‘know the truth about what happened’.

Azzopardi told the Daily Mirror he bumped into the singer in a black cab near The Eagle pub around 11:30pm on July 22nd.

Several people had previously claimed to have seen Amy outisde the Good Mixer bar in Camden that night.

Azzopardi claims Amy asked him to help her buy some drugs and they rode together in the taxi to West Hampstead, where he made a phonecall to a local dealer.

A short time later, he alleges the singer handed over £1,200 for half an ounce each of crack and heroin.

He claims he last saw her when she dropped him off in Archway, North London before heading back to her Camden home.

Hours later, Amy’s lifeless body was found by her bodyguard around 4pm.

Despite Azzopardi’s claims, police said they found no drug paraphenalia at the singer’s house.

However, the Winehouse family say Azzopardi’s story does not match up with Amy’s movements.

Winehouse’s father Mitch told mourners at Amy’s funeral last week how she had quit drinking recently after giving up drugs several years previously.

The family have confirmed they believe Amy quitting booze may have contributed to her untimely death, with her body going into shock or a seizure from alcohol withdrawal.

Mitch said Amy was happy with her boyfriend Reg Traviss and was looking forward to the future in the days leading up to her death.

It could be several weeks before the cause of Amy’s death is discovered as her family await a toxicology report.

An initial post-mortem proved inconclusive.

Tim Bittlestone, of solicitors Leslie Franks, confirmed to the Mirror: ‘Myself and Azzopardi attended Kentish Town police station. We will speak to them again on Monday.’

A police spokesperson refused to comment.

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According to The Sun’s TV Biz, Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy abandoned plans to make a spin-off series after its stars moaned about being axed from the main show.

Here’s the report…

Murphy, 45, was upset that Chris Colfer – who plays Kurt Hummel – claimed he found out only on Twitter that he was being dropped along with Lea Michele and Cory Monteith.

Murphy, 45, said: “They were involved in the process for three to four months so for any of those actors to say, ‘I found out I was fired from Twitter’, is absolutely 100 per cent not true.

“None of them was fired. We were going to do a spin-off where the three of them were going to go on.

“So to pick up newspapers and read actors saying, ‘We found out we were fired from Twitter’ – we decided, ‘OK, let’s not do it’.”

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The Daily Mirror today reports that BGT judge David Hasselhoff already knows Britain’s Got Talent – now he’s found it’s got the ideal home, too.

Here’s the paper’s article…

The American actor, 59, could be moving over here for good after finding the perfect love-nest for himself and girlfriend Hayley Roberts, 31, in Wales.

The Hoff is said to have set his sights on a £1.2million mansion in Lisvane on the outskirts of Cardiff – just half an hour’s drive from shop assistant Hayley’s hometown of Glynneath.

The gated property – the most expensive in the village – was designed by an award-winning architect.

It boasts four bedrooms, a built-in breakfast bar, a large back garden, spacious courtyards and enough space to park several vehicles.

Local estate agent David Ricketts, 46, said: “Mr Hasselhoff has picked a great spot to look for an exclusive property. Lisvane is a typical British village with a pub, village hall and community spirit. But it is close to the M4, so he could zip to London in less than a couple of hours.”

The Hoff has already been spotted in the village pub, the Black Griffin, where he supped a soft drink and chatted to locals about his plans to have a base in Wales.

He also visited the local comprehensive school to watch an end-of-term performance of West Side Story.

The former Baywatch star met Hayley earlier this year when he was judging Britain’s Got Talent in Cardiff.

She asked him for his autograph and he asked for her phone number. They have been dating ever since – last weekend they celebrated his birthday in Las Vegas.

The Hoff is expected back in the UK at the start of next year for the new series of Britain’s Got Talent.

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A frustrated Amanda Holden has threatened to throw members of the audience out of Shrek The Musical if they WOLF-WHISTLE at her.

Here’s the story from The Sun…

The Britain’s Got Talent judge, who is starring as Princess Fiona at London’s Theatre Royal, said: “There’s wolf-whistling through the show. I literally think, ‘I’m coming down those steps and I’m going to take you out’.

“People think they’re hilarious.”

Amanda, 40, said she had no idea whether she will be signed up for next year’s BGT.

She said: “I always said five years would be great for me, and I’ve done five years.

“So if I come back next year it would be a bonus.”

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The Daily Mirror today reports that new X Factor judge Tulisa is already talking about life after the talent show – and even admitted she can see herself quitting showbiz at 30.

Here’s the story…

Chatting about her coming mega-fame, the 23-year-old said: “If anything, it will just make me want to get out sooner. I don’t want to do this for ever. It’s not the real world.

“I want enough money for my family and to go out with a bang at my peak.”

The singer also revealed she was a virgin longer than most of her pals – until, er, 14.

She said: “I was lucky – there were kids of 12 s******* in the toilets at break time.”

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