Daily Mail takes a look back at some of the most surprising celebrity scandals and memorable moments from 2023.
Cricket legend Michael Clarke was caught on camera arguing with on-again/off-again girlfriend Jade Yarbrough in Noosa. (Both pictured in November, 2022)
Michael Clarke’s Noosa brawl
The year kicked off with a bang when ex-cricketer Michael Clarke was caught on camera arguing with on-again/off-again girlfriend Jade Yarbrough in Noosa.
The former cricket captain, 42, was slapped across the face by the socialite, 30, in Noosa as she accused him of cheating on her with his ex Pip Edwards.
‘I’m wrong? I’m f**king wrong? You’re a f***ing liar. I can see everything. You called her,’ she screams, apparently referring to messages between Clarke and Edwards.
Clarke then tries to reassure Yarbrough he didn’t sleep with Edwards on December 17, saying he was with Anthony Bell that night.
‘Baby you’re wrong, you’re wrong,’ Clarke insists. ‘Baby, baby, Belly was at the house. I swear on my life, I swear on my life… That’s not true, it’s not true.’
Yarbrough’s brother-in-law Karl Stefanovic was present during the fracas, which made the scandal even more newsworthy.
Kanye West and his n ‘wife’ scandalised Venice thanks to Bianca’s racy outfits and a memorable gondola ride
Bianca Censori and Kanye West’s wild trip to Venice
In August, Kanye West was caught flashing his bare derrière during a very amorous boat ride with his n wife Bianca Censori in Venice.
Images of the couple show the rapper seated at the back of the river taxi while Censori, 28, appears to be nestled with her head in his lap.
The couple appeared to be blissfully unaware of the groups of tourists sailing past them with their phones held aloft as they put on their amorous display.
Censori had already come under fire for the risqué outfits she had donned during the trip – which locals slammed as a form of ‘public indecency’ in the conservative Catholic country.
Shockwaves were sent through the radio industry when Fitzy & Wippa co-host Sarah McGilvray was apparently ‘squeezed out’ of the show to make way for Kate Ritchie
Fitzy & Wippa dumps Sarah McGilvray for Kate Ritchie
Shockwaves were sent through the radio industry when Fitzy & Wippa co-host Sarah McGilvray was apparently ‘squeezed out’ of the show to make way for Kate Ritchie.
While it’s unclear why Ritchie left her Kate, Tim and Joel drive show, which she co-hosted with Tim Blackwell and Joel Creasey, her move to breakfast was apparently orchestrated by Nova management because she still had a year left on her contract and they needed something for her to do.
Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald and Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli were both said to be unhappy with the reshuffle due to their long relationship with McGilvray.
One Nova staffer told Daily Mail that McGilvray’s departure was ‘brutal’ for someone who had ‘given a decade of her life’ to a radio show and was popular with listeners, adding she was ‘tossed aside without so much as a proper goodbye’.
However, McGilvray and Nova seem to have mended things since the ouster in March, with McGilvray returning to the network in May in a newly-created program director role.
Abbie Chatfield quit her successful Hit Network radio show after suffering from work addiction
Abbie Chatfield quits radio amid ‘work addiction’
The other big story in n radio this year was the shock exit of Abbie Chatfield from her Hit Network show, Hot Nights with Abbie Chatfield.
The 28-year-old repeatedly denied that she was fired from the gig, insisting that she chose to walk away to focus on other projects.
‘I simply need to put my energy into projects that bring me joy and that energise me, rather than drain me,’ she explained.
‘I’m looking forward to socialising with my friends and family as well! Always a bonus.’
Her exit came just one month after the former Bachelor star spent time in a Thai health retreat after suffering from burnout caused by an ‘addiction to work’.
Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness announced their shock separation in September after 27 years of marriage
Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness split
Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness announced their shock separation in September after 27 years of marriage.
‘We have been blessed to share almost three decades together in a wonderful, loving marriage. Our journey now is shifting and we have decided to separate to pursue our individual growth,’ the couple said in a statement at the time.
The former couple recently began the ‘tricky’ process of divvying up the $290million empire they built.
With a massive property portfolio and other assets between them, the Wolverine star and his wife intend to split everything equally, reported US Weekly in October.
According to ET, there ‘is no animosity’ between the Marvel star, 55, and the actress, 67, as they ‘felt like it was the right time to divorce’.
‘Hugh and Deborra-Lee are both on different pages and in separate chapters of their lives,’ an insider told the publication.
‘They felt like it was time to divorce, but they still maintain a happy and cordial friendship.’
The source went on to say that Hugh and Deborra-Lee are ‘appreciative of their many years together and children’.
However, the couple have since unfollowed each other on social media.
Iggy Azalea put her musical credibility on the line by joining OnlyFans
Iggy Azalea’s X-rated career change
She was ‘s biggest musical export in 2014 when she topped the US Billboard charts with her breakout hit Fancy.
But almost a decade later, Iggy Azalea is now a professional OnlyFans creator.
The rapper, 33, shocked fans in January when she announced plans to join the raunchy site.
She later defended her decision after receiving backlash, saying: ‘I made a lot of people so much money off my body, and I got the smallest cut off my own f***ing body and my own work and my own ideas.’
Iggy continued, ‘And I don’t think I have to say sorry about the fact that I want to commodify my own s**t. So f***k this.’
The star’s next move is to perform at the 2024 AVN Awards, which recognises the biggest names in adult entertainment.
‘I’m thrilled to be performing at the AVN Awards—a celebration of passion, fearlessness, and artistic expression. I can’t wait to deliver a show that embodies the spirit of liberation and creative freedom,’ she said in a statement.
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