{"id":278010,"date":"2025-07-20T18:30:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/278010\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T18:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:30:16","slug":"celebrity-gogglebox-star-breaks-silence-after-channel-4-replacement-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/278010\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Gogglebox star breaks silence after Channel 4 replacement fears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrity Gogglebox stars Shaun Ryder and Bez have addressed their future on the Channel 4 show<\/p>\n

Celebrity Gogglebox<\/a> star Shaun Ryder has broken his silence after Channel 4<\/a> replacement fears.<\/p>\n

In a recent episode of the hit reality show, which features celebrities commenting on television programmes, Shaun and his Happy Mondays bandmate Bez<\/a> were notably absent, sparking rumours among viewers.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, their absence caused a stir among fans, before they returned for the series finale last week<\/a> (July 11), much to the relief of viewers.<\/p>\n

Addressing the rumours, Shaun confirmed: “We haven’t left or anything like that, no. Have we heck.”<\/p>\n

He clarified the reason behind their brief disappearance, saying: “This time there’s like seven episodes or something and we have filmed five or six, but no we haven’t left,” reports the Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"ShaunShaun and Bez joined Celebrity Gogglebox in 2019(Image: Channel 4)<\/p>\n

Shaun continued: “We love it. Bez comes round to mine and brings loads of s*** like ice cream and sweets and everything. The two girls [his daughters] would go mad if we stopped doing it because we get loads of free stuff!”<\/p>\n

During the recent season finale, Shaun and Bez were joined by the likes of Rylan Clark and his mum, Linda, Diversity stars Perri Kiely and Jordan Banjo<\/a>, and This Morning<\/a> hosts Ben Shephard<\/a> and Cat Deeley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The famous faces shared their thoughts on popular programmes including the new season of Squid Game, First Dates, Olivia Attwood<\/a>: The Price of Perfection, Match Me Abroad, and Netflix’s fresh reality show, Building the Band.<\/p>\n

Shaun and Bez have been entertaining viewers on Celebrity Gogglebox since 2019 with their witty takes on various TV shows.<\/p>\n

Their unique brand of humour has won them many fans, some of whom are even campaigning for the iconic duo to get their own spin-off show.<\/p>\n

\"MTVThe Happy Mondays bandmates are not leaving the show anytime soon(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

One fan took to X (formerly known as Twitter<\/a>) to exclaim: “Shaun and Bez are hilarious… Can they not have their own show!!!”<\/p>\n

Another added: “Whichever channel gives Bez and Shaun their own show is on to a winner #CelebrityGogglebox,” while a third said: “Would have to be C4 cause the beep machine would wear out”.<\/p>\n

The Happy Mondays are set to take the stage at Colchester Castle Summer Series on Friday, August 22, with tickets already up for grabs.<\/p>\n

With the capacity to welcome up to 10,000 music lovers, the Colchester Castle Summer Series is gearing up to be the city’s biggest musical extravaganza in recent memory.<\/p>\n

Set against the backdrop of one of England’s most historic and picturesque settings, this event promises an array of live performances that are sure to be etched in memory.<\/p>\n

Celebrity Gogglebox is available to stream on Channel 4<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celebrity Gogglebox stars Shaun Ryder and Bez have addressed their future on the Channel 4 show Celebrity Gogglebox…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[411,77,70257,104819,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-278010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-channel-4","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-gogglebox","11":"tag-shaun-ryder","12":"tag-tv","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114886988752104696","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}