Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black will marry this weekend despite two cheating scandals in the last year
TOM DALEY will marry DUSTIN LANCE BLACK this weekend despite recent cheating scandals, I can reveal.
The pair will tie the knot in front of family 19 months after getting engaged.
But behind the scenes friends fear they may be rushing into marriage in a bid to paper over the cracks caused by several sordid revelations.
Diving ace Tom was caught out over romps with other men twice earlier this year.
He invited model Edward William to his home while Dustin — who he and friends call Lance — worked abroad.
He also admitted having online romps with a fan.
A source said: “Tom and Lance are determined to go ahead with the wedding.
“It’ll be a lovely occasion and they are very excited, but some friends think they might be better taking things slowly after everything they’ve been through.
“It’s been a tough six months for them. They had a bit of a break and have just started to rebuild their relationship.
“Marriage might put extra pressure on them.”
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The couple announced their engagement in October 2015, but their relationship has endured a number of setbacks.
Back in January, The Sun told how Tom had confessed to his fiance that he had had internet sex with another man.
Video later emerged of Tom stripping off for the encounter.
The athlete explained to The Sun that he and filmmaker Dustin, who is 20 years his senior, had at the time secretly been on a seven-month break brought on by the demands of their long-distance relationship.
But he vowed: “This will absolutely never happen again now that we’re getting married.
“The date is set and we’re raring and ready to go for that wedding now.”
“Lance and I had time apart then coming back together, realising we’re meant for each other. We’re soulmates.”
A month later they faced fresh pressure after claims Tom had an 18-month fling with British model Edward, also while Dustin, inset far left with the diver, was away.
Since then the pair have put on a number of public displays of affection, with loved-up social media posts showing them enjoying time off together and celebrating four years since they first hooked up.
Expect plenty more soppy pics after the wedding, too.
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Niall's seeking a lift
NIALL HORAN has already had a ride in JAMES CORDEN’s black Range Rover – but he wants another shot in his own right.
The singer, who released his brilliant new single Safe Hands yesterday to rave reviews, is hoping to get back in James’s passenger seat for another round of Carpool Karaoke, this time as a solo artist.
1D did the skit less than two years ago.
In my brand new podcast Bizarre Life, which is out now, Niall told me: “I suppose towards the end of the year, when the album comes out 100 per cent I’d do it. That’s if enough people know my songs to do a Carpool Karaoke or something like that. It would be unbelievable.”
But Niall has even better reason to go down to James’s Late Late Show studios in Los Angeles.
It’s where he gets a bit of pampering. He explained: “That show, when you go down there it feels like home, I love going there.
“I go there to get a haircut and everything. The guy that cuts James’s hair does mine.”
Listen to the full interview by subscribing to my Bizarre Life podcast on iTunes or on your favourite podcast provider.
Miley's strait-laced
PREPARE for the return of MILEY CYRUS.
But instead of twerking and tongues, she announced new single Malibu yesterday on a toy horse.
It is all about how loved-up she is again with LIAM HEMSWORTH.
She also spoke about how she is pansexual and gender neutral, telling Billboard: “I just don’t feel like a girl, and I don’t feel like a boy.
"I just feel like nothing. When someone’s too masculine, that really grosses me out.”
Liam needn’t bother heading to the gym too much.
A great team
RITA ORA is going big for her music comeback.
I can reveal she has teamed up with Atlantic Records label-mate Ed on a song for her upcoming second album.
This exclusive picture shows the pair in the studio yesterday putting the finishing touches to the track.
And I’m told Rita’s new single is just weeks away, with industry excitement building.
While it’s yet to be decided whether the tune with Ed will be a single, it will feature on the album, her first since her 2012 debut Ora.
Rita will perform her new music for the first time at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Hull later this month.
I can’t wait to hear what she and Ed have cooked up.
Sore 'eds after galway night
ED SHEERAN has offered us an insight into what a night out with him is really like.
His new video for Galway Girl shows him running through the pubs of the Irish city with Hollywood star SAOIRSE RONAN.
And it looks quite an eventful evening.
He ends up taking a punch to the face after stabbing a local in the back with a dart and spilling a drink on him.
Ed also shows the misspelled tattoo inked on his arm by Saoirse which says Galway Grill, instead of the track’s title.
She is definitely better at acting than spelling.
I get the sCoop-er on release daye for JP's new album
HE has had nearly one billion streams of his music in less than a year.
And yesterday JP COOPER clocked up thousands more when he went live to perform an exclusive set on my Facebook page.
He played his smash hits September Song and Passport Home, as well as an electrifying SHAWN MENDES cover Mercy.
JP also assured his many fans that his new album isn’t far away.
He teased: “It’ll be with you before September comes around. We literally finished this week. Every- thing’s done.”
Until then, head to facebook.com/danwootton to hear him in action.
HE’S left the White House but BARACK OBAMA is making sure BEYONCE, JAY Z and DRAKE keep in touch.
The former POTUS is creating the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, where he is building a studio so his famous pals can perform.
He said: “It’s a recording studio where I can invite CHANCE THE RAPPER or BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, depending on your taste, to talk about how you can record music that has social commentary and meaning.”
That’ll save him having to fork out for gig tickets.
BIZ METER: WEEKEND
Honour
AMERICAN Vogue editor ANNA WINTOUR arrives in London today to receive her damehood for services to fashion and journalism. Her award was announced in the Queen’s New Year Honours. Anna has worked for the iconic mag for more than 30 years.
Party
FORMER Apprentice star JESSICA CUNNINGHAM will launch the “in-between sizes” line of her Prodigal Fox fashion brand at London’s Cafe de Paris tonight. Her pals JAMIE O’HARA, LEWIS BLOOR and BIANCA GASCOIGNE are expected at the party.
Awards 1
SUNNY PAWAR, star of Lion, will be presented with the inaugural Rising Star of the Year gong at this evening’s Asian Awards. The event, at the Hilton Park Lane in London, will be hosted by SANJEEV BHASKAR from telly’s The Kumars.
Awards 2
HOLLYWOOD A-listers will be out in force on Sunday for the MTV Movie & TV Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. ZAC EFRON and VIN DIESEL are among stars expected at the bash, which you can watch on MTV on Monday at 8pm.