James Bond actor Ben Whishaw in secret relationship with Fleabag star after meeting on BBC drama set
JAMES Bond star Ben Whishaw has been on a top-secret mission that would make 007 proud.
I can reveal the actor is secretly dating Fleabag’s Kadiff Kirwan after they met while filming 2022’s BBC medical comedy-drama series This Is Going To Hurt, in which they both play doctors.
Friends of the couple told me they have been seeing each other for months — and have been on a number of romantic getaways including a low-key sunshine holiday to Greece last year.
A source said: “Ben and Kadiff are on the same page when it comes to being private with their love lives. But they are very close and have loads of mutual friends, so hang out together a lot.
“They got together after starring in This Is Going To Hurt and have quietly been an item ever since.”
Ben and Kadiff, who played hairdresser Anthony in Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s comedy-drama Fleabag, have rarely been seen out and about together.
But at last summer’s Margate Pride, the pair did pose for a picture after heading to the event with friends.
Ben played Q in 2012’s Skyfall, 2015’s Spectre and No Time To Die in 2021. He is back as the voice of Paddington Bear in the movie Paddington In Peru later this year.
Meanwhile Kadiff, who is best pals with actress Michaela Coel, starred opposite Harry Styles in 2022 film My Policeman. He has also been in other shows such as I May Destroy You, with Michaela, and Apple TV+ hit Slow Horses.
Last month on Jessie Ware’s podcast Table Manners, Kadiff dropped a major hint about his relationship with Ben by calling him his “other half”.
Quizzed on who would be around the table for his hypothetical last supper, Kadiff said: “All my pals, my other half and my besties.”
That’s certainly better than George Clooney calling his wife Amal “homely”, in a massive clanger earlier this week.
When asked by Jessie if he would like to take cake home for his boyfriend, Kadiff added: “I would love to take some cake, he’d love that.”
'Noel is soft as Ronan'
NOEL Gallagher had better watch his back if he bumps into brother Liam.
The brothers, at each other’s throats since Oasis split in 2009, have been trying to sort a reunion tour.
When asked what he’d do differently after Oasis broke up, Liam said: “I’d fill them both in,” in reference to Noel, right, and their then manager Marcus Russell. He added: “They threw me under the f**ing bus.”
Liam, who has released a record, Just Another Rainbow, with Stone Roses guitarist John Squire, hit out at being the scapegoat, when his partying was said to have influenced Noel’s decision to walk out.
He said: “That was my behaviour since day one, and his. But all of a sudden, he’s turned into RONAN KEATING or some soft c***.”
Snoop to cash gin
YOU’D think years of puffing on funny fags might have sent rapper Snoop Dogg over the edge.
Even the opening bars of that god awful JustEat advert make me want to change channel immediately.
But this time round, the rapper could be on to something a little better.
Insiders tell me Snoop has teamed up with Dr Dre to bring out a new booze brand to mark the 20th anniversary of one of their classic songs, Gin And Juice.
The track, produced by Dre, celebrates its milestone birthday on Thursday and the pair have filed trademark documents for the brand – which includes alcoholic drinks, cocktails and merchandise.
A source added: “Gin And Juice’s 20th birthday is a cause for celebration and Snoop and Dre want to capitalise on it.
“The song had a massive impact on pop culture and in the hip-hop landscape.
“It goes hand in hand with having a good time, so bringing out a booze brand for fans to celebrate with is exactly what they wanted to do.”
Along with an encyclopaedic knowledge of grass, Snoop is already pretty familiar with gin, after teaming up with Trusted Spirits to bring out a strawberry infused tipple called Indoggo in 2020.
He also has a Guinness World Record for the largest ever gin and juice after he created a 145-gallon cocktail of the stuff in 2018.
Why the hell not, eh?
CASCADA IS BACK IN TOUCH
WHEN I hear Cascada’s Everytime We Touch, I’m transported back to my favourite grotty Leicester nightclub in 2006, where VK alcopops cost £1.50 and you could barely see the dancefloor because of the cigarette smoke.
We’ll all be getting a whiff of nostalgia, as the singer confirmed she is working on new music.
Cascada, said: “I have loads of stuff planned. I am going to be in the studio recording lots of new music. You will find out soon as I don’t like keeping secrets.”
Before going into the studio, she’s got a gig lined up in Bognor Regis – bear with me – and will be playing the Mighty Hoopla Weekender alongside Natalie Imbruglia and Katy B.
Harry trousers a stake in fashion
AS if Harry Styles isn’t busy enough, he’s got another major project on his plate after acquiring a stake in British clothing firm S.S.Daley.
A source said: “Harry has always supported the brand and has been wearing its stuff for years.
“When a chance came up for him to invest he jumped at the chance.”
Harry’s decision to model S.S.Daley clobber has also paid dividends for the brand’s creator Steven Stokey-Daley.
He said sales went through the roof when Harry wore a pair of his trousers, right, in the music video for his 2020 song Golden.