Celebrity news round-up: Jada opens up about life with Will

JADA PINKETT SMITH has opened up about her marriage to Hollywood star WILL SMITH.

The couple, who have two children together, told DJ Howard Stern: “We are strong. But it takes work.”

The 43-year-old said of trusting her husband: “I’m not here to be anybody’s watcher. I’m not his watcher. He’s a grown man.”

She added: “Here’s what I trust. The man that Will is, is a man of integrity. So he’s got all the freedom in the world and as long as Will can look at himself in the mirror and be OK, I’m good.

“Just because your man is attracted to another woman does not mean he doesn’t love you and it doesn’t mean he’s going to act on it,” she said.

“If your man can’t see another woman’s beauty, how the hell is he going to see yours?”

ELLIE GOULDING has reportedly revealed that she played matchmaker between her loved-up pals CALVIN HARRIS  and TAYLOR SWIFT.

The Love Me Like You Do singer is good friends with both stars and said she had set them up together after realising that they were perfect for each other.

“I did play matchmaker, that’s true. Calvin is a really great mate and he’s so fantastic, and Taylor is such a cool person who I love.

“I thought, ‘They’re both really awesome and both really tall. They’ll be brilliant together’.”

IAN MCKELLEN says he regrets not coming out about his sexuality earlier.

The Lord Of The Rings star came out publicly as a gay man in 1988 and told The Huffington Post: “I regret and always shall that I didn’t see the significance of coming out at a much earlier date because I think I would have been a different person and a happier one.

“Self-confidence is the most important thing that anybody can have.

“You don’t have that if part of you is ashamed or hiding something. I can reassure people who don’t feel they’re able to, the world will like you better because people like honesty and authenticity.”

DAVINA MCCALL has said she has a whole family of new friends from presenting Long Lost Family, because she gives out her personal number to everyone involved.

The presenter hosts the ITV programme searching for people’s estranged relatives.

She admitted she felt a big sense of responsibility towards the people looking for family, explaining: “You want to mother them because this is a time when they need some TLC.

“You only search for someone via a TV programme when you’re absolutely desperate. None of these people wants to be on television. It’s a last resort.”

Davina went on: “I do stay in touch with the people on the programme. I give every contributor my mobile number. I ask them to send me photos, and I really mean it. This is our fifth series, so that’s a lot of people. The producer asked me if it was wise to give out my private number. But no one has ever abused it. They all send me texts about what they’re doing together, and at Christmas I get photos, which make me cry.”