Charlotte Church
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: Llandaff, Cardiff, 21 February 2020
- Associated with: Gavin Henson
Charlotte is taking dance lessons to lose weight - Jan 24, 2021
Charlotte Church is taking rigorous dance lessons in a bid to lose weight. The curvy teen singer hopes the intensive training will help her shed the extra pounds and is also hopeful the gruelling new regime will land her a part on popular reality TV show ’Strictly Come Dancing’.
But the Welsh beauty admits she probably couldn’t talk boyfriend, Welsh rugby ace Gavin Henson, into signing up for the show. The sexy star is quoted in the Daily Star newspaper as saying: "That show’s cool. I don’t think I’d get Gav on it but I’d definitely have a laugh. "I love dancing and I’d rather dance to shape up than hit the gym."
The 19-year-old has previously confessed she has a tendency to plump up - and admits she could cut down on nights out partying to stay slim. She said: "I can lose weight if I cut out the drinking - but there’s no way I will ever become a skinny Minnie."
Catherine Zeta-Jones offered Charlotte Church a role in movie - Jan 12, 2021
Charlotte Church is "over the moon" after fellow Welsh star Catherine Zeta-Jones offered her a role in her movie. The screen beauty, who is married to Hollywood actor Michael Douglas, had already asked the pop babe to sing the theme song to ’Coming Home’ - about a struggling rugby team - but now also wants her to have a cameo role in the film.
An insider is quoted in the Daily Star newspaper as saying: "Catherine sees Charlotte as a younger version of herself. "She thinks she’s incredibly talented." It won’t be Charlotte’s first time on the big-screen. The 19-year-old beauty made her acting debut in the feature film ’I’ll Be There’ in 2003 - but vowed never to make another movie because her performance was so "dreadful". She confessed at the time: "I won’t be doing any more films. I think I was quite dreadful." "I watched it and I thought, ’Stick to singing, girl, stick to singing.’"
Charlotte’s mum was rushed to hospital - Nov 28, 2020
Charlotte Church is said to be "sick with worry" after her mum was rushed to hospital following a suspected overdose. The sexy singer showed no sign of stress as she wowed the crowds with a stunning live show in London yesterday (27.11.05) - but friends say she was devastated after mum Maria was rushed to hospital Thursday (24.11.05).
The 39-year-old needed emergency treatment after allegedly overdosing on paracetamol - shortly after denying her marriage to second husband James was on the rocks. A friend of Charlotte’s told B The Sun newspaper: "All of this is a real shock. "Charlotte is sick with worry about her mum. Charlotte’s giving her all the help and love she can."
Two days after the incident Maria stunned customers at the Robin Hood Pub she runs in Cardiff - by working behind the bar as usual. She reportedly told friends: "I’m fine. The show must go on." Maria also rubbished rumours her marriage was in trouble. One drinker is quoted in Bthe Daily Mirror newspaper as saying: "She was amazing. It was something like you’d expect from Peggy Mitchell on ’EastEnders’. "Maria was glammed up to the nines and was smiling and laughing."
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Five years later and Charlotte was making a name for herself at local karaoke competitions, and then...
"I was watching the Richard and Judy show on TV and they said they were looking for talented kids. No-one was around so I phoned up," she says. "The producers said I had to sing down the phone. So I did ’Pie Jesu’ and that was it, I was invited on the show. Mum and Dad were the last to find out!"
This led to even more television performances, as well as high profile concerts at the London Palladium, the Royal Albert Hall and Cardiff Arms Park. "It all went a bit mad!" laughs Charlotte.
Now eighteen Charlotte has become a media icon. A ill advised relationship with ’model’ and all round bad boy Steven Johnson and on going arguments with her mother have put Charlotte very much under public scrutiny, but it has only made her more popular. Charlotte will turn her hand to anything these days, she presented Have I Got News For You? made a guest appearance on a dance track and even starred in a film, I’ll Be There. She is a chat show regular, openly voicing her opinions about fellow stars in a very down to earth way.
She may be one of the richest teenagers in the UK after coming into her fortune on her eighteenth but Charlotte Church is as normal as they come.
Written in 2002
December 2007