What the Kiwi gossip mags say

The goss mags cover all three stages of love as Chris Cairns unveils his new girlfriend, Joe Cotton announces her wedding plans and Rebecca Singh gets married. All together now: Aww.

New Idea kicks off the Spring-time love fest with TV3 newsreader Rebecca Singh's wedding to her long-term girlfriend, video production student Kelly Rice, at a semi-traditional wedding in Kumeu.

The nuptials featured tailored suits, salmon and sashimi dishes, disco dancing, chocolate wedding cake, plenty of B-list telly celebs, and - of course - the bride kissing the bride.

"Neither of us wear dresses that much so it just felt right to wear some nice tailored suits," Rebecca tells NI.

"Right after the ceremony I felt a sort of completeness."

That's just your stomach saying, 'I've had way too much champagne'."

Over at Woman's Day, singer, radio host, telly personality and all round good time girl Joe Cotton is working her butt off in the lead up to her wedding to Daniel Shields in January. Like, literally.

"Everyone wants to lose weight for their wedding," says Joe, a former fatty who once shed 30kg after a brief brush with fame as a member of girl group TrueBliss.

"I do love my body shape, but I just don't want to have some of the extra dangly bits." 

Spice Girl Mel B has released an exercise video to help people lose their 'jubbily bits'. Is that the same thing as 'dangly' bits, Joe?

Or have you got some oversized earrings stuck in your lobes?

Meanwhile, Woman's Weekly unveils Chris Cairns' new girlfriend, former Aussie basketballer Melanie Croser, following the former cricketing champ's painful 1001km walkathon to raise the profile of rail safety.

When Chris says it was a painful experience, he means it.

"It's been a tough challenge. I've lost six of my toenails and my feet almost look frostbitten. I don't know if they'll recover, but it's worth it."

It's a rare situation that you're allowed to leave your socks on in bed, Chris, but this is definitely one of them.

Other stars who hit the headlines this week:

* Newsreader Bernadine Oliver-Kerby unveils her newborn baby to WW this week, and admits the first few days after giving birth weren't what they were supposed to be. "I barely saw my baby for three days," she says. "I couldn't feed my baby, I couldn't hold her, and it broke my heart." Mum and bub are smiling now though. Perhaps they both just did burpies.

* Dancing with the Stars judge Craig Revel Horwood has received an apology from his dad for being chauvinistic towards him. "I know I wasn't the best dad to Craig when he was small," Phil Horwood tells NI. "But I now want the whole world to know how proud I am of him." There's nothing like dressing up in drag to make your dad happy.

* Marc Ellis has been getting jiggy with it. The local larrakin dressed up in drag, donning wigs, lycra and a hat made out of fake fruit with a few mates to film a new commercial for his orange juice company, and the results look hilarious. "Going to the bathroom with long nails is not only near impossible, it's life threatening," Marc tells WD. Would some tweezers help?

Finally, the quote of the week comes from Pamela Anderson, who has finally admitted something everyone else has known for years: "My breasts have had a great career - I've just tagged along for the ride."

And what a bumpy ride it's been Pammie. But why are you talking in the past tense? Is it all over?

* What do you think of this week's gossip? Post your comments below. 

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