What the Kiwi gossip mags say

She's a snowboarder and award-winning dancer, and dates an All Black captain in her spare time. Now, she's a karate kid. Is there anything Hayley Holt can't do?

Er, yes. It seems Holt - currently wowing Brits with her amazing dancefloor moves on UK television show Strictly Come Dancing - struggles with communal toilets.

Holt, 28, was shipped off to Shaolin with David Wikaira-Paul to learn the ancient art of kung fu alongside thousands of eager kids as part of TV2 reality show Shock Treatment.

The karate chick certainly got a shock when she realised her personal hygiene routine would consist of a bucket of water shared by her entire dorm room for the week she was there.

"It was pretty hard," Holt tells Woman's Day. "The dorms we were staying in were really gross and smelly (and the toilets) were holes in the ground that we all had to share.

"You can imagine it's pretty unpleasant by the end of the day."

It couldn't be worse than Richie McCaw's sweaty jock strap after a test match.

Meanwhile, Suzanne Paul opens up her heart and soul in a new book, called - what else? - But Wait, There's More.

No, it doesn't come with a free Natural Glow sample but you do have the option of purchasing a set of steak knives for just an extra $9.99. Yes, that's just $9.99 - while stocks last.

"I was no oil painting (as a child) with my milk-bottle thick glasses perched crookedly on my nose," she says in a book extract published by New Idea.

"They were forever lopsided as they were held together with either sticky tape or sticking plaster."

Some No. 8 fencing wire would have sorted that out.

Elsewhere, surgery-loving C4 presenter Helena McAlpine opens up about her battle with depression ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week.

McAlpine tells WD she has battled crippling depression, abusive relationships and weight problems but has "never felt more like myself" since slimming down and undergoing plastic surgery.

"The most exciting thing after I healed was putting on a pair of jeans and not having to tuck my tummy in with my shirt," she says.

That's one way to combat the muffin top.

Other stars who hit the headlines this week:

* Former All Black Christian Cullen is back in New Zealand after a stint in Ireland, and he and his partner Mandy Fawcett are celebrating the arrival of their newborn son, Cole. "He's mellow and cruisy, just like his dad," Mandy says. It's doubtful that's how Cullen's flattened opposition would describe him.

* Medal-winning triathlete Bevan Docherty has celebrated his Olympic bronze by getting engaged to his US girlfriend Cheryl Fletcher. The pair met at Miami airport five years ago. "I do a lot of travelling and used to look for attractive girls to sit next to as a way to pass the time," the triathlete tells WD. Because that's not slightly creepy.

* The Photo of the Week award does not belong to Ashton Kutcher and his pyjama togs in WD. Nor does it go to WW's snaps of Sarah Michelle Gellar feeding dolphins. This week's best photo is Flight of the Conchords' funnyman Bret McKenzie trialling his 'hair helmet' while filming season two of the hit TV comedy show. Now that's an afro.

Finally, the quote of the week comes from top heavy British model Jordan: "All those stories about Peter (Andre, her husband) and I splitting up are crap. We will find out who it is, and when we do they'd better watch out."

Stop spreading rumours, people. You don't want to be smothered to death by Jordan's cleavage, do you?

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