Danny Jones' wife Georgia Horsley breaks silence after Maura Higgins kiss scandal
Danny Jones' wife, Georgia Horsley, has broken her social media silence following the Maura Higgins kiss scandal which has overshadowed the couple the past week.
Fans of the pair have been waiting to see their next move, with one source already claiming Danny, 38, should be "honest" and admit what happened between himself and his I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! co-star.
Now, Georgia, 37, has shared a black-and-white image of her and the McFly singer's son, seven-year-old Cooper, with the caption of a blue heart.
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Fans of the former Miss England winner immediately flooded the comments with support, with one writing: "Love you. What a lucky boy he is to have a mummy like you xxxxxx."
Another added: "Hope you're okay Georgia, you've got this xxx," while a third wrote: "Everyone is in your corner you've got this much love."
Meanwhile, Maura, 34, has jetted off to LA for an "exiting photoshoot", with a source close to the star claiming she "deeply regrets" the kiss.
A source close to Maura told Closer magazine: "Maura has hit rock bottom as she blames herself for truly messing her everything up. She's told pals she deeply regrets that moment and it was stupid, but there is truly nothing whatsoever going on between her and Danny."
"She's gutted that she's now being spoken of as a marriage wrecker. Maura knows Danny loves his wife and to think anything else is absurd."
It was the first time Maura was seen publicly following BRIT Awards afterparty, with a source who claimed at the time the pair "seemed to be having a great time."
The source later added: "They looked like they had a brief drunken kiss," while the two were later seen smiling as they left the party alongside their fellow former campmate Oti Mabuse.
Speaking to The Sun, a source added: "Danny and Maura seemed to be enjoying their night of partying and had no plans to call it a night. They were knocking back wine at the Nobu from 4am and seemed keen to carry on. They weren't seen leaving before 6am."
The video, which was first obtained by the outlet, shows the two chatting together while laughing and holding two glasses of wine at the Nobu Hotel in London.
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Total: £56.28 Day Three 7:45 a.m. — Up early again for a meeting in central. 8:45 a.m. — Get the train and Tube into central, and then potter around a bit to kill time as I've arrived way too early. 10 a.m. — Have a really good meeting at another prolific film and TV company. Sadly no jobs available, but good to network. I spend about five minutes side-eyeing this guy in the waiting room, thinking I know him personally, before realising he's a famous actor. He's quite obnoxious so that gave it away. 11:15 a.m. — I walk to the station rather than Tube it, as it's so lovely outside. Confirm that Zoom with my old boss, as well as a Zoom with the production company who emailed yesterday. The journey into central costs £8.90 in total. 12 p.m. — I was meant to be Zooming an agent today, but she's asked if we can rearrange to Monday. I spent time with E instead, who's very kindly cooked food so I don't have to! I send a few more speculative emails out and eat the leftover salmon as E doesn't want it. 3:10 p.m. — E's brother has been in London for work this morning, so we walk to meet him for a quick pint in the sunshine. It's glorious outside and I feel like I'm on holiday, if you ignore the stench of piss and fags. Got to love London! E buys me a glass of Prosecco. 5 p.m. — End up spending an hour trying to guess one woman's email address. The only good thing to come out of this is that it's now an acceptable time to have dinner. E made his famous prawn linguine whilst I was out, so I gratefully heat this up for dinner. 6:40 p.m. — Demolish another packet of crisps and binge watch rom-com after rom-com until E comes home. Realise that unemployed me watches a LOT of movies. I can't even pretend that I'm broadening my horizons as I've seen every single one of these films before. But sometimes a girl just needs a little James McAvoy/Chris Evans, okay? 11:55 p.m. — Bed. Total: £8.90 Day Four 9:40 a.m. — Wake up to two more emails from exec producers, suggesting Zoom meetings. They preface by saying there are no jobs currently available at their companies, nor can they imagine that changing in the near future. Try and stay positive as I reply, saying I'd still love to meet. 10:20 a.m. — Eat Weetabix on the sofa and write more of my spec script. I'm using a free trial of Final Draft as I can't afford to buy it right now, which is quite useful as it gives me a set deadline to finish my script. 11:30 a.m. — Do some weight training in the living room, focussing on arms. Instantly feel like a superhero for bothering to work out. 12:15 p.m. — E puts the whole chicken in the air fryer, so that we can have chicken sandwiches for lunch. We fill a tub full of leftovers. Then I quickly wash my hair and get ready as I'm meeting a friend for a walk in the park. E ends up driving me there as I'm running late. 2:15 p.m. — Send my poor friend B on a wild goose chase as I get my location in the park completely wrong. How am I still so bad at directions even with Google Maps?! We have a lovely catch up and B really kindly buys me a drink. We walk around for over two hours, soaking up the sun, and make plans to meet up next week too. I catch the bus back home, which costs £1.75. 4:45 p.m. — Get home and I am CRAVING chocolate. I have my heart set on a brownie from this amazing coffee shop near us, but sadly it closes at 4 p.m. I need a few bits from Boots anyway so decide to walk to the shops and grab a chocolate bar on the way instead. I spend £23.56 stocking up some essential toiletries. This includes toothbrush heads, as it suddenly occurred to me I probably haven't changed mine in at least a year. That can't be good. I also splurge on a Tony's bar, which costs me £3.50. 5:15 p.m. — My mum calls as soon as I get home. She's in McDonald's and it instantly makes me want one. So I head back out and buy myself some fries for £2.19. An absolute bargain for happiness. 5:30 p.m. — I start (re)watching The OC. I forgot how brilliant and iconic the pilot episode is. I continue to have it on in the background whilst I work on my spec script. 8:15 p.m. — I suddenly realise I haven't had dinner, so quickly rustle up some chicken tacos and homemade guacamole. This is another Em the Nutritionist recipe, and one of my absolute favourites! 11:30 p.m. — E gets home, we hang out for a bit and then go to bed. Total: £29.25 Day Five 10:15 a.m. — Get up and have a slow morning, working on my spec script with my headphones in whilst E plays video games. He heads to the gym and I briefly consider doing a workout, but then think better of it and finish off the Tony's chocolate instead. 1 p.m. — I heat up leftover chicken tacos for lunch for me and E. 2 p.m. — We head into central for a date! E's mum bought us a pottery experience for his birthday, and we have an absolute blast making clay vases on a pottery wheel, decorating, and painting them. We take a bottle of Prosecco a friend brought over last week, as it's BYOB. Return trip into central costs me £8.90. 6 p.m. — We trip and fall into Flat Iron. We both get steak, beef dripping fries and peppercorn sauce, and share an aubergine side. E also gets a beer. My half comes to £27 and we pay on the UW card. The food was phenomenal and today felt like a special date day, so we tell ourselves it's fine. Check my emails and I've secured two more work meetings. 7:55 p.m. — We cuddle up and watch Children of Men, which is good but not the masterpiece Reddit told me it would be. 12:30 a.m. — Hang out for a bit and then go to bed. Total: £35.90 Day Six 9 a.m. — Wake up and quickly get ready, as we're driving down South to our friends A and G's house. It's G's birthday and we're surprising him! 10 a.m. — We signed up to an app yesterday, where you can rent your car out. We have our first customer, someone who happens to live on our road, who wants to use the car over the bank holiday weekend. The app tells us we'll earn £80 from this. Absolutely buzzing! 11:50 a.m. — G is thoroughly surprised. We hang out for a bit, get acquainted with their friends' gorgeous new dog, then head to this stunning garden centre for lunch. It feels peak early 30s and I'm here for it. I get the 'hipster brunch' which is a delicious concoction of sourdough, avo, poached eggs, halloumi, bacon and chilli jam. E pays for both our meals on the UW card. My share comes to £15.90. 1 p.m. — We go for a coastal walk in the sunshine. Feeling very grateful for this weather. 5 p.m. — Back to A and G's house for drinks in the garden. A couple more of their friends arrive for dinner. They've cooked up an absolute feast for us, including lasagne, homemade focaccia and three different types of salad. It is all absolutely incredible. We have an awesome time and are very sad to leave around 10:30 p.m. — though taking leftovers home definitely makes us feel better. 12:10 a.m. — Get back home and quickly get ready for bed before passing out. Total: £15.90 Day Seven 8:30 a.m. — Wake up earlier than I'd like, as I'm heading to Brighton today. E's brother (B) is running a race and as E is working, I'm representing the London contingency. 10:30 a.m. — Get the train to Brighton to meet E's family. A return ticket costs £23.04 with my 26-30 railcard. It expires soon and it's honestly going to be devastating having to pay full train fare for the first time in my life. To try and save money, I bring the leftover focaccia for lunch. It tastes even better the next day. 12:30 p.m. — We battle through the mayhem to try and catch a glimpse of B running. Despite my sister-in-law's best attempts to use her daughter's pram as a battering ram, it's really slow going and we end up missing B. We head to the finish line to catch him instead. It's a great atmosphere and we have a blast cheering everyone on. We chill out in the sunshine for a bit afterwards. 5:09 p.m. — Catch the train back to London. Feel proud of myself for resisting the temptation to get food out. Feel a little light-headed and realise I caught the sun. 6:30 p.m. — Back home and ravenous. I eat leftover lasagne from yesterday, plus a homemade cookie A made. I'm absolutely shattered, so collapse in front of The OC for the rest of the evening. I have two Zoom meetings tomorrow so also do a little bit of prep for them. But let's be honest, mostly I just watch The OC. Total: £23.04 The Breakdown Conclusion "I think I did really well keeping costs low this week, whilst also enjoying life and socialising with friends. I did splurge on the silent disco tickets and that feels like a one-off whilst I'm unemployed, so hopefully next week's costs will be the same if not lower. The only cost I'm annoyed about is the wasted subscription, but we live and learn! Also… life update. I've just been offered a three-month contract doing script work on a returning series. This will be £1,000 per week for 12 weeks. Yay!"
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Danny Boyle Says Slumdog Millionaire Is 'Cultural Appropriation' That Couldn't Be Made Today
Danny Boyle has admitted he doesn't think he could make his film Slumdog Millionaire today. In 2008, Danny directed one of his most popular movies, in which a teenager raised in a Mumbai slum wins the top prize on the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, answering the questions based on knowledge he acquired over the course of his life. At the time, S lumdog Millionaire received near-unanimous praise, winning both Best Director and Best Picture at the Oscars, although it proved more divisive among Indian communities, with some critics suggesting filmmakers from India have not received the same reception for similar works. In a new interview with The Guardian to promote his new film 28 Years Later, Danny admitted: 'We wouldn't be able to make that now. And that's how it should be. 'It's time to reflect on all that. We have to look at the cultural baggage we carry and the mark that we've left on the world.' He continued: 'At the time it felt radical. We made the decision that only a handful of us would go to Mumbai. We'd work with a big Indian crew and try to make a film within the culture. But you're still an outsider. It's still a flawed method. 'That kind of cultural appropriation might be sanctioned at certain times. But at other times it cannot be. I mean, I'm proud of the film, but you wouldn't even contemplate doing something like that today. It wouldn't even get financed.' Danny added: 'Even if I was involved, I'd be looking for a young Indian film-maker to shoot it.' The British filmmaker's new offering, 28 Years Later, is now in cinemas, rebooting the franchise he originated more than 20 years ago with 28 Days Later. He has previously said he hopes the movie can be the start of a new trilogy, with a sequel, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, having already been shot, with Nia DaCosta on directing duties.
