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Daily Mail
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Steps star Faye Tozer shows her ex-husband what he is missing in a gold backless gown as she attends the world premiere of Dita Von Teese's Diamonds and Dust show
Faye Tozer showed her ex-husband what he is missing in a gold backless gown as she attended in the world premiere of Dita Von Teese's Diamonds and Dust show on Thursday. The Steps star, 49, who split from Mick Smith late last year, stunned in a glitzy sequin dress which featured a modest slit up the side. Faye - who plays Miss Kitty LeRoy in the show - added inches to her statuesque frame as she slipped into a pair of sparkly gold sling back heels. For Thursday's premiere, she was gracing the stage with Dita herself as they elegantly paraded around the stage in a series of dazzling outfits. The nineties pop legend and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant appeared to be living a seemingly idyllic life with Michael and their teenage son in a quiet village near the northeast coast. But MailOnline was told the 'Strictly curse' had struck again and Faye moved out of the family home in South Tyneside just weeks before Christmas. The Steps star and lead actress for the show, 49, who split from Mick Smith late last year, stunned in a glitzy sequin dress which featured a modest slit up the side The nineties pop legend and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant appeared to be living a seemingly idyllic life with her now-ex Michael and their teenage son in a quiet village near the northeast coast But Faye seemed to be happier than ever on Thursday as Dita brought a new theatrical experience featuring 'high glamour, bold women, and dangerous games' to the Emerald Theatre in London. Dita, 52, put on a dazzling display in a glitzy silver bejewelled and sequined gown for the world premiere. She stole the show in a stunning silver gown, which featured a bejewelled bodice and a sequined wrap skirt. She paired the look with silver strappy heels and diamond drop earrings, with her signature black tresses styled in a glamorous 1930s style. Also in attendance on Thursday was former Made In Chelsea star Louise Thompson, who opted for simple-yet-chic. The reality star and campaigner stepped out for the premiere in a draping black shirt maxi-dress, as she accessorised with a Louis Vuitton handbag and gold earrings. Another reality star spotted on the red carpet was Married At First Sight UK's Ella Morgan. Ella looked glamorous in a black satin halterneck gown, featuring a plunging cowl-neck, as she carried a gold metal handbag. Meanwhile Boy George made an appearance sporting a striking bright pink hat adorned with stars as well as eccentric black trainers with rope laces. Great British Bake Off star Candice Brown was among those at the premiere. The baker stunned in a bright pink and red satin figure-hugging gown, which featured a racy cut-out at the bust. Model and DJ Lady Mary Charteris put on a daring display for the evening as she stepped out in a very sheer knitted dress, complete with beaded cut-outs. Underneath her dress Mary's bra and pants were on show and she had a red and light pink skull scarf tied onto her dress. Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Nadiya Bychkova meanwhile looked incredible in a pair of black satin shorts with a matching velvet bralet and blazer. Another Strictly star out in force was Aljaz Skorjanec, who arrived on the carpet in a burgundy suit. Credited with re-popularising burlesque, Dita, born Heather Renée Sweet, is an American vedette and businesswoman. A vedette is the main female artist of a show derived from cabaret and its subcategories of revue, vaudeville, music hall or burlesque. In January, Dita left Lorraine viewers swooning in a plunging gown as she revealed the 'most outrageous challenge of her life' on the hit daytime show. Wearing a black midi Vivienne Westwood dress, the burlesque star, 52, dazzled on today's ITV show. Her glamorous off-the-shoulder attire was made of gathered fabric at the top and had long, slim sleeves and buttons along the front. The model opened up to Lorraine Kelly about her time on The Masked Dancer. Dita starred on the ITV competition back in 2021 and dressed as a beetroot in a green and purple dress with a mask the shape of the vegetable. She revealed to Lorraine how she had suffered with vertigo from riding a mechanical bull and subsequently found dancing on the show difficult. Dita said: 'I had vertigo from riding my mechanical bull, I was riding my mechanical bull, swinging my head around and I triggered a vertigo thing and it was a problem for a year so I'm doing The Masked Dancer with this head and the lights on the floor were crazy, it was outrageous. 'It was one of the biggest challenges of my life but it was funny and I loved it,' the dancer added. The show was filmed during the Covid pandemic and Dita stayed at Claridges during the filming. Dita said: 'It was my favourite, besides doing the show and laughing throughout, it was right when the pandemic started and it was a full lockdown here and I was the only guest at Claridges.' She enjoyed a mostly empty hotel and 'special treatment' during her stay. 'I had it all to myself, I'd come wafting down that staircase in the mornings in my nightgown. There were like five people working there and I just had special treatment and they were like sure, you can stay there, because I'm a friend of the hotel,' Dita added.
Daily Mail
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Dita Von Teese, 52, steals the show in a glitzy silver bejewelled gown for the world premiere of her Diamonds and Dust burlesque show
Dita Von Teese put on a dazzling display in a glitzy silver bejewelled and sequined gown for the world premiere of her Diamonds and Dust show. The burlesque star, 52, is bringing a new theatrical experience featuring 'high glamour, bold women, and dangerous games' to the Emerald Theatre in London. For Thursday's premiere, Dita stole the show in a stunning silver gown, which featured a bejewelled bodice and a sequined wrap skirt. She paired the look with silver strappy heels and diamond drop earrings, with her signature black tresses styled in a glamorous 1930s style. Dita was joined for the premiere by a host of stars, including Diamonds and Dust lead actress Faye Tozer. Steps star Faye - who plays Miss Kitty LeRoy - echoed the founder's style in a boat-neck figure-hugging bejewelled gown. Faye paired the look with diamante stilettos and diamond chain earrings, with her blonde locks were styled in voluminous waves. Also in attendance on Thursday was former Made In Chelsea star Louise Thompson, who opted for simple-yet-chic. The reality star and campaigner stepped out for the premiere in a draping black shirt maxi-dress, as she accessorised with a Louis Vuitton handbag and gold earrings. Another reality star spotted on the red carpet was Married At First Sight UK's Ella Morgan. Ella looked glamorous in a black satin halterneck gown, featuring a plunging cowl-neck, as she carried a gold metal handbag. Meanwhile Boy George made an appearance sporting a striking bright pink hat adorned with stars as well as eccentric black trainers with rope laces. Great British Bake Off star Candice Brown was among those at the premiere. The baker stunned in a bright pink and red satin figure-hugging gown, which featured a racy cut-out at the bust. Steps star Faye - who plays Miss Kitty LeRoy - echoed the founder's style in a boat-neck figure-hugging bejewelled gown Model and DJ Lady Mary Charteris put on a daring display for the evening as she stepped out in a very sheer knitted dress, complete with beaded cut-outs. Underneath her dress Mary's bra and pants were on show and she had a red and light pink skull scarf tied onto her dress. Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Nadiya Bychkova meanwhile looked incredible in a pair of black satin shorts with a matching velvet bralet and blazer. Another Strictly star out in force was Aljaz Skorjanec, who arrived on the carpet in a burgundy suit. Credited with re-popularising burlesque, Dita, born Heather Renée Sweet, is an American vedette and businesswoman. A vedette is the main female artist of a show derived from cabaret and its subcategories of revue, vaudeville, music hall or burlesque. In January, Dita left Lorraine viewers swooning in a plunging gown as she revealed the 'most outrageous challenge of her life' on the hit daytime show. Wearing a black midi Vivienne Westwood dress, the burlesque star, 52, dazzled on today's ITV show. Her glamorous off-the-shoulder attire was made of gathered fabric at the top and had long, slim sleeves and buttons along the front. The model opened up to Lorraine Kelly about her time on The Masked Dancer. Dita starred on the ITV competition back in 2021 and dressed as a beetroot in a green and purple dress with a mask the shape of the vegetable. She revealed to Lorraine how she had suffered with vertigo from riding a mechanical bull and subsequently found dancing on the show difficult. Dita said: 'I had vertigo from riding my mechanical bull, I was riding my mechanical bull, swinging my head around and I triggered a vertigo thing and it was a problem for a year so I'm doing The Masked Dancer with this head and the lights on the floor were crazy, it was outrageous. 'It was one of the biggest challenges of my life but it was funny and I loved it,' the dancer added. The show was filmed during the Covid pandemic and Dita stayed at Claridges during the filming. Dita said: 'It was my favourite, besides doing the show and laughing throughout, it was right when the pandemic started and it was a full lockdown here and I was the only guest at Claridges.' She enjoyed a mostly empty hotel and 'special treatment' during her stay. 'I had it all to myself, I'd come wafting down that staircase in the mornings in my nightgown. There were like five people working there and I just had special treatment and they were like sure, you can stay there, because I'm a friend of the hotel,' Dita added.
The Guardian
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Diamonds and Dust review – Dita Von Teese and Faye Tozer's saddle-sore wild west burlesque
Somewhere in the noughties, Dita Von Teese was just about the most glamorous woman on earth, curled up in a giant martini glass, trailing feathers and jewels, a throwback to 40s and 50s glamour; Bettie Page with a great sense of spectacle and a knowing wink. Her latest show, Diamonds and Dust, feels like it could have been made back then, in that this wild west-themed floor show comes without much of the innovation, subversion, irony and identity politics that have happened on the burlesque scene in between, including in Von Teese's own work. The show is actually led by Faye Tozer from Steps. She's a likable front woman, playing saloon owner Kitty LeRoy, her story of hardscrabble life and multiple husbands interspersed with acts combining burlesque, circus and dance. It's gorgeous girls draped in pearls and lacy layers (teasingly removed), with a bit of lasso brandishing, a cowboy swinging from a chandelier (Magic Mike vibes) and Tosca Rivola proving herself talented on the cyr wheel. But the overall effect? I think the word is basic. Pretty young women taking off their clothes in not-that-interesting ways. Von Teese's whole appeal is retro, and her obsession with period glamour is taken to deliciously detailed levels, but there's retro and there's retrograde. Or is that the point, that it's a throwback? There's something Tarantinoesque about the setting, a fetishisation of American pop culture and iconography. But I also couldn't help thinking of the return to stereotypical femininity seen in tradwives and Maga women in push-up bras. The real point of it all, of course, is Von Teese herself (beware, she's not performing in every show). She appears at the end of each half, a vivid, otherworldly presence smothered in diamante, with sparkling red lips and tiny corseted waist. At 52 she's the absolute doyenne and holds the stage with regal charisma. Whether in statuesque pose or exultantly riding a contraption that's a cross between a bucking bronco and a pink velvet Chesterfield, she's untouchable, and therein lies the appeal. There is no doubt she's worth seeing, and it's important to say this could be a perfectly fun night out, but artistically, it feels like a step backwards. At Emerald theatre, London, until 28 September
Daily Mail
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Faye Tozer looks radiant as she gives first TV interview since split from husband of 16 years - but H steals the show with jaw-dropping reveal about his famous blond hair
Faye Tozer looked radiant as she gave her first TV interview since her split from husband of 16 years - but H stole the show with a jaw-dropping reveal about his famous blond hair. Pop group Steps appeared on Tuesday's instalment of Lorraine to chat about Here & Now - The Steps Musical with host Lorraine Kelly, 65. The band - who is made up of Faye, Ian "H" Watkins, Lee Latchford-Evans, Claire Richards and Lisa Scott-Lee - looked seriously chic for their telly appearance. Faye looked incredible in a pink sheer shirt, white trousers and pink open toe heels. She opted for a natural glamorous make-up look and styled her blonde locks into loose curls. The singer failed to discuss her husband Mick Smith's relationship after sparking fears for their 16-year marriage after posting a cryptic post about his heartbreak. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. But Ian "H" Watkins (pictured) stole the show with a jaw-dropping reveal about his famous blond hair while chatting on the live programme Meanwhile Ian AKA H raised some eyebrows when he made a shocking revelation about his locks. Right at the start of the interview, Lorraine praised the band for their co-ordinated outfits, with all of them wearing pink. She turned to H and said: 'Well, you go without saying!' Claire confessed: 'We're calling him Simon today. He's got his Simon Cowell glasses on.' H added: 'They are rose-tinted.' Lorraine told him: 'I'm loving the hair!' H clapped back: 'None of it is real,' leaving the host open-mouthed and his bandmates in stitches of laughter. It comes after the band took to the Britain's Got Talent stage to open the show. The group performed with the cast of their new musical, Here & Now, which is based on the band's biggest songs. The jukebox musical follows the workers and customers of a seaside superstore and is packed full of tunes from the group's back catalogue, which includes 14 consecutive UK top five singles. Taking to Instagram to share behind-the-scenes snaps from their BGT show, Ian posted a snap of the band together in a lift, looking incredible in matching black and sparkly outfits. Captioning the glamorous shot, he wrote: 'Serving @bgt realness. Shoutout to our glam squad'. Ian also filmed a video of the group backstage addressing their fans, as he began: 'Hi, we're Steps and we are super excited to be opening BGT tonight.' Claire took over to add: 'We are going to be performing with the cast of our brand new musical, Here & Now.' Lisa continued: 'So, tune in from 7pm. It's gonna be a party!' before Ian signed off: 'See you soon!' Fans were thrilled to see the group together, writing: 'OMG cannot wait for this'; 'We missed you so much'; 'Yay! My favourite 5 people on the planet together again'. While even Rylan Clark couldn't hide his excitement, commenting on the post with a string of heart-eyed emojis. Steps ruled the charts after forming in 1997, with mega-hits such as Tragedy, 5, 6, 7, 8, and Deeper Shade Of Blue, before parting ways in 2001. The fivesome reunited in 2011 and then again in 2017 in celebration of their 20th anniversary, going onto release their fifth album, Tears on the Dancefloor. Here & Now was written by Shaun Kitchener and is produced by the band themselves in collaboration with theatre company ROYO and music mogul Pete Waterman. Announcing the project in January last year, the group said: 'We've been lucky to do many things together as a band, but the question we get asked again and again is "where is the Steps musical?" Well…it's finally here and we couldn't be more excited. 'We've searched for the perfect story for our music and we've found it in the aisle of a seaside superstore where four friends set out on their own Summer of Love. 'It's a story of friendship, romance and community; packed with our biggest hits and sure to have everybody laughing, crying and dancing in the aisles. We can't wait to open the doors this year, and see you there!' Fans went wild for the announcement, with one quipping on X: 'Not getting a ticket would be a Tragedy.' The musical follows in the footsteps of other jukebox musicals such as Greatest Days, which is based on Take That's songs, and ABBA's global smash hit Mamma Mia which is the sixth longest-running show in West End history.
Daily Record
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Steps' Faye Tozer 'splits from husband' after 16 years together and 'moves out house'
Steps star Faye Tozer has reportedly moved out of her South Tyneside home which she shares with her husband and their teenage son Steps pop star Faye Tozer had reportedly moved out of the family home she shares with husband Michael Smith and their teenage son in South Tyneside weeks before Christmas. Her husband raised concerns about the state of their 16-year marriage after posting about heartbreak on social media last year. Just days before her birthday in November, the 43-year-old shared an emotional post about heartbreak. The post read: "I met you when I was not looking for you and lost when I loved you the most." Not long after, he posted a picture of Banksy's famous broken heart with a bandaid labelled "closed for repairs," the Mirror reports. Micheal was approached by the MailOnline to speak on their relationship, he cryptically stated: "We're going through some things and trying to work some stuff out. That's all I will say." An insider said it was "sad" as they added to the publication: "It just seemed to happen out of the blue. They always used to be so lovely, both really nice people. It's such a shame." Neighbours said the pair used to "be at the local pub together all the time" and said that it was "really sad" if they are having marriage troubles. Back in 2018, Faye took part in the sixteenth season of Strictly Come Dancing with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice. The dancing duo were joint runners-up in the final. At one point, she was spotted enjoying a dinner with Giovanni, as he was pictured feeding her during the lunch. At the time, Michael had laughed off any rumours of a romance. He jokingly shared a selfie on Instagram with pasta on his face, along with the caption: "Where's @pernicegiovann1 when you need him? Help me out @fayetozersmith." After participating in Strictly, Faye revealed that her and Michael's sex life had been revitalised as a result of her time on the show. "It's really exciting now. My husband couldn't make it to the live show on the first week but when I got home, he couldn't wait to see me. Let's just say that," she shared. Faye's first marriage was to Danish drummer Jasper Irn, but their relationship ended abruptly after ten years together. The couple, who tied the knot in Dunstable in 2002, were married for five years. In 2018, he said: "She became cold and distant to me and suddenly, after almost 10 wonderful years together, everything started falling apart. One day she told me, 'I've had enough. I don't want to see you anymore'. I was shocked.' "I was young and stupid. I think Faye wanted me to fight for her. We began living separate lives. One day she told me, "I've had enough. I don't want to see you anymore". Looking back, I should have told her, "We are married and we are staying married". Instead, I turned and walked away. A huge mistake."
