Ricky’s After Strife call
Star wants only our NHS heroes to get gongs in next New Year Honours list
The After Life star wants gongs only awarded to NHS heroes.
And he blasted reality stars seeking fame to make themselves happy – saying it was “bordering on mental illness”.
Ricky, 56, hit out at the honours system in a radio interview. He said: “I never want anyone to complain about the NHS again, or nurses or doctors or anyone on the front line. We’ve got to remember we clapped for them and that should always be there. “The New Year’s Honours list should not go to celebrities this year. It should go to those people.” He added gongs should only be for those who have done something worthwhile. “Give it to
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Sophie singing with her sons
SOPHIE Ellis-bextor serves up a crazy slice of her home life, treating fans to a kitchen disco. Every Friday, she’s been putting on her wildest outfits and highest heels to sing hits, while tripping over toys and her five young boys. Sophie’s husband, rocker Richard Jones from The Feeling, films all the madness from their London home, while their sons Sonny, 16, Kit, 11, Ray, seven, Jesse, four, and Mickey, 14 months, dress up and demand crisps. Take Me Home singer Sophie, 41, daughter of Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis, said: “It’s chaos. It’s a party and a distraction and a lot of fun and anything can happen.” someone who gave a kidney to a stranger, not someone who invented a new type of mascara,” he told the Christian O’connell show in Australia.
“I’ve seen people given a knighthood for services to fashion. What are you talking about, services to fashion?
“Christ, it’s not that hard. People are finding cures for cancer and AIDS.”
Ricky, whose latest series is about coping with grief, also said fame doesn’t bring happiness. “We all want to be happy. We don’t know how to do it. Sometimes we’re sold bad advice.
“People think fame can make them happy. Then they’re like, why am I not happy? People don’t realise having worth is a huge thing to tick off before you can feel happy. And fame’s not the place for it.
“I see these reality shows they go on and they’re bordering on mental illness in a way. People think, ‘oh if I could just be loved and accepted by strangers I’d be happy’, no... that’s not true either. “You’ve got to learn to love yourself.”
halina.watts@ sundaymirror.co.uk