THE first full series of The Celebrity Apprentice sees a bust-up between Kay Burley and Max Balegde that was so bad the show’s welfare officers stepped in.
Former News veteran locked horns with the influencer on the One contest prompting ’s right-hand man to intervene.
Lord Sugar later raised the clash in the boardroom which sparked another heated exchange between the two, with Kay later telling the tycoon exactly how she felt.
She said: “I’m disappointed. I haven’t enjoyed the process at all. There we are, perception is reality.”
The fallout between Kay and Max happened when, for their first task in the show, they were sent to France buy items on a list provided by Lord Sugar.
Max was put on a sub-team with Kay and Tim was observing them wherever they went.
But tension quickly rose with Kay leaving Max, according to one insider, feeling “picked on and demeaned.”
By the end of day one, Max, who hosted The Useless Hotline podcast with best pal and 2025 Strictly finalist , was in tears.
But another insider gave a differing view of events saying: “Kay initially tried to help Max on the task as he couldn’t speak French and found the whole filming process rather overwhelming. The show is a competition after all and Kay went into it to do the best she could for her chosen charity.
“As far as she’s concerned it was all part of the game and there are certainly no hard feelings.”
The finished series is expected to air early next year with a line-up of a dozen stars which also include actor , singer and Diversity star Jordan Banjo.
Representatives for Kay, Max and the show were approached but declined to comment.
Sugas do Goggle Gig
are about to Push The Button on their remote controls after joining hit show .
Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy will turn telly critics for Channel 4’s Stand Up To Cancer special on Friday at 9pm.
“We are so excited to be part of Gogglebox together, a favourite show of ours, made even more special as part of Stand Up To Cancer,” the girlband said.
As well as the Sugababes and the show regulars, comedian and his aunties, Margaret and Pauline, will be on hand to review the week’s TV in aid of the worthy cause.
They will be sharing hilarious, honest and often unexpected reactions to some great screen moments as well as poignant stories to raise awareness of .
With more celebs to come, I cannot wait to see who else is lined up for the Gogglebox sofa.
ELEVEN years after leaving, Ian Puleston-Davies is coming back to as Owen Armstrong. The builder is returning to the cobbles to help his daughter Izzy (Cherylee Houston) and grandson Jake (Bobby Bradshaw) and will be back on screen in January.
Tear we go for Francis
THERE was no time for tears on after an emotional moment from was left on the cutting room floor.
The petrolhead unexpectedly sobbed while filming the Prime Video series – but the footage did not make the final edit.
The trainspotter-turned-show host said he broke down while filming as the reality of achieving his childhood dream finally sunk in.
“I thought about being a trainspotter as a child,” he told the Fuelling Around podcast. “I used to have a notepad and pen and write down cool cars, and if I’d seen the car I was driving in the list would have been complete.
“I felt this awe, and the peculiarity of it all, the tears started coming . . . as provoked by emotion, I was driving along [sobbing].
“I have no idea why that didn’t make the cut . . . but anyway!”
is to be given a reboot on Disney+ and . The streamers have ordered a revival of the high school musical, which ran from 2009 to 2015, and starred Matthew Morrison and Lea Michelle. Co-creator Ryan Murphy last month revealed he’d written a script for the return.
Bill has tress relief
says chopping off his hair has been “liberating” after being heckled for decades over his quirky long locks.
The comic decided to get his trademark tresses cut off a couple of years ago after a some close encounters.
“I was on a crowded tube train and the doors closed on my hair and I couldn’t move my head,” he told Elizabeth Day on her How To Fail podcast.
“And I was hiking in Scotland and I was cooking up something over a fire one night, and a strand of hair flew into the fire itself. And the whole head nearly went up.
“And I thought, no, that’s the universe telling me, no, no, time to get your hair cut, you silly old fool. It was very liberating.”
