Journalist and loud mouth, Janet Street Porter is due to take over on E4’s Celebrity Hijack TV show.

She will take over from the worlds most offensive man, John McCririck, tomorrow.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Janet Street-Porter on the latest issue of Deadline out today: “I think it gives Closer a run for its money.”

Imogen cracks up - again

“Why am I here? I can’t take photographs, I’ve run out of contacts, they should have fired me,” said an emotional Imogen.

“What have I set up? Nothing because none of my contacts are talking to me any more because they all hate me.”

Darryn said he thought Imogen should have been sacked last week and not Abi. Joe agreed. “She doesn’t want to be here and she’s given up. She knows it and we know it.”

Darryn said later: “There’s no space in journalism for sensitive people. She should have been fired as far as I’m concerned.” Read more & comment »

Abi’s told ‘clear your desk’

Abi Titmuss burst into tears after being sensationally sacked by Janet Street-Porter.

The emotional scene will be shown in tomorrow’s episode of ITV’s TV show, Deadline at 10pm on ITV2.

Copy editor Joe Mott pointed out to Janet that Abi hadn’t written a single word for issue three of the magazine and Janet admitted: “I can’t believe I didn’t notice.”

She sacked Abi in front of everyone else at the conference table.

According to onlookers, Abi, who was up against Ingrid Tarrant and Imogen Lloyd Webber in the three way sack off, was desperate to stay.

Abi’s photography skills had been criticised relentlessly by Darryn and Joe wasn’t impressed with her writing.

Deadline, Weds and Thurs ITV2

Tears at the conference table

The waterworks came on when Imogen was asked to dress up as a schoolgirl for the filming of St Trinian’s.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s daughter welled up when Janet suggested she would be perfect for the magazine feature.

When she saw Imogen start to break down, Janet said she would discuss it with her after conference.

Imogen admitted: “I have just had a bad experience with the whole school uniform thing. It’s not something I want to talk about. I don’t want to go there I am sorry.” Read more & comment »

The bosses discuss who will face the sack and Janet is sick of them acting like school kids.

After Lisa’s sacking in yesterday’s show the three celebs facing the boot was reduced to two and it became a toss up between Ingrid and Blair.

Janet said of Ingrid: “As far as I’m concerned I gave her a bollocking about the shopping and buying a handbag, but she can’t write to save her life.”

Darryn said: “She talks a good situation about all her celeb contacts but just can’t deliver.” Read more & comment »

Iwan gets caught short

While staking out Kylie’s flat with Yvette Fielding, Iwan got caught short and confessed to the former Blue Peter presenter: “I am gonna wet myself.” She had the perfect solution – a plastic drinks bottle!

Iwan took the bottle into their car and filled it up while Yvette piled on the pressure by taking pictures of him in action through the car window. Iwan proudly showed Yvette the half full bottle.

Later, Iwan met Kylie…

Ingrid splashes out

Ingrid Tarrant was supposed to be out shooting pictures for a feature on where celebrities shop.

Unfortunately the allure of the shops proved too much and she ended up spending £1400 on a handbag she had seen in a shop window.

Afterwards she said: “I bought the handbag but I swear on my life I have never ever spent so much on anything other than a car and a house. Now I am feeling really guilty because I have bought the handbag but I haven’t got the maintenance and I haven’t got the settlement either and I was twitchy about whether my card would go through…but you only live once!”

Iwan can’t get Kylie out of his head Read more & comment »

When her editor Janet Street Porter asked Ingid Tarrant if she was preparing to sell the exclusive story of their marriage break up, Ingrid said she would stop short of a warts and all account, but would be prepared to slam Chris for the damage she claims the break up has done to their kids in an explosive account for the magazine.

“Nobody’s going to get the story because that’s terribly, terribly private but there are aspects…I mean there is almost a funny side – it’s like a tragic-comedy in a funny kind of way. There is a story about the effect it is having on the children. This is between him and me, that’s it. I’ve dealt with it, it’s over and the ‘I prefer other women to you’ thing, that’s dealt with. But it’s the ongoing thing with the children – it’s the effect that it’s had on them.

“Behind every story there is the real story. We haven’t got divorced, point one, and everybody thinks we have this settlement and I haven’t said that he is hiding £15 million and if he is I’d like to know about it.”

Watch this space… Read more & comment »

Day one – Meet and Greet

The celebrities gathered waiting to meet their new bosses, Janet Street Porter (Editor), Darren Lyons (Picture Editor) and Joe Mott (Copy Editor).

Two of the celebrities got off to a bad start by not arriving on time. Ingrid Tarrant turned up 15 minutes late and Lisa I’ Anson eventually rocked up 45 minutes late.

When Darren asked Lisa what she was she playing at she blames her cab for turning up late and sarcastically snapped: “Good morning to you!”

Darren later tells Joe: “We are going to have trouble with her. She is Miss Big Attitude. It’s going to be confrontation for the sake of confrontation.” Read more & comment »