Inside Calvin Harris and Vick Hope’s £10,000 three night Italy mini-break with private pool, bar and sauna
I’M lucky if I get a Colin The Caterpillar cake on my birthday but Calvin Harris put on far more than that for his fiancee Vick Hope as she turned 33.
I’ve learned the superstar DJ whisked the Radio 1 host off on a romantic trip away, spending more than £10,000 on luxury accommodation for the three-night minibreak.
He collected her from the BBC’s studios in London on Thursday and flew her out to the Dolomites, in Italy, booking a huge two-storey penthouse hotel suite to celebrate her big day.
Their room was £3,600 a night, the most expensive at boutique hotel Forestis, and included a private pool and sauna, its own bar, living room, walk-in ward- robe and king- size bed.
She didn’t get a Colin The Caterpillar but was pictured cutting a cake.
A source close to the presenter said: “Vick and Calvin are absolutely head over heels for each other and they are relishing all of the time they have together.
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“Their jobs mean they can’t always be in the same place at the same time but Calvin has spent months making sure this would be the perfect getaway to treat her.
“We’ve never seen her so happy.
“She’s not with him for material things but this was such a thoughtful treat that she was giddy with excitement.”
On her radio show on Monday, Vick giggled about the treat and said: “It was so lovely.
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"I got picked up after work on Thursday and I went to Italy for a beautiful, beautiful weekend. It was magical.”
The couple got engaged in May after a whirlwind five-month romance and she has been making regular trips to visit Scot Calvin at his home in Ibiza.
However, they have both stayed schtum about the relationship in public.
They got together shortly after he split from his girlfriend of four years, model Aarika Wolf.
They separated after he said he wanted to move to the White Isle, while Aarika wanted to stay in California.
He flogged his Los Angeles mansion for £6million in 2020 then sold another ten-bedroom Californian estate for £18million at the beginning of the year.
Evidently he’s raring to splash the cash, now.
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GREG JAMES does some odd dog training – he has a wee in his back garden to toilet train his pet.
The Radio 1 Breakfast host and chocolate Lab Barney tinkle in the bushes at the North London home he shares with his author wife Bella Mackie.
Greg said in The Times: “My alarm goes off at 5.15.
"Even Barney is still asleep and I often have to carry him into the garden for his wee.
"If he needs encouragement I p**s on the flowerbed, which seems to get him in the mood.
"To our neighbours, yes, that is me urinating alfresco.”
VERN'S PANTO TREAT
GIVEN his wife Tess Daly works on Strictly, telly’s campest show, I’d have thought Vernon Kay would want to get away from the sequins and sparkle this Christmas.
But he has signed up for something even more over the top, playing servant Dandini in panto Cinderella, his first ever stage role.
My exclusive photo shows him all decked out in his costume ahead of the show at the Wycombe Swan Theatre, Bucks, from December 9 to 31.
Vernon said: “I can’t think of a better way to make my stage debut.
“We’re a family of panto lovers, my two daughters, Tess and I go every year.
"My girls said, ‘Dad you have to do it’ and I couldn’t have agreed more.
“I love it and it’s also where dad jokes rule, and I’m the king of the dad joke.”
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SHANIA TWAIN had a night-mare on stage with a horse during her recent Las Vegas residency.
She tells Jessie Ware on today’s episode of her Table Manners podcast: “This horse had the biggest poo.
"I’m talking a giant, steamy, huge pile of poo. This is in a very formal room with plush velvet seating.
"The horse s**ts on stage. So all I could say was, ‘S**t happens’.”
ED’S IBIZA KARAOKE GIG PARTY
HE may be a dad of two now but Ed Sheeran still knows how to party.
The Bad Habits singer completed the 62-date European leg of his tour on Sunday then jetted to Ibiza for a boozy knees-up to celebrate the following evening.
With a glass in hand, he made a surprise appearance at day club O Beach and performed his track Shape Of You before covering pop classics with a live band including I Want It That Way, by Backstreet Boys.
But Ed had to check his phone for the lyrics to Neil Diamond’s anthem Sweet Caroline before he got down in the crowd to belt out the footie anthem.
Then he gave lucky partygoers one final singalong with Britney Spears' hit Baby One More Time.
The resort is run by Wayne Lineker, the brother of football pundit Gary, and he shared a selfie with the singer with the caption: “Up there with the greatest moments of my life when Ed Sheeran pops on the stage for a singsong.”
Amid his hectic schedule Ed has also had time to record new song Celestial, which is being released tomorrow as part of a Pokemon campaign.
To celebrate the collaboration, Ed got a tattoo of the Pokemon Squirtle on his arm, having been a fan since he was seven.
With other inkings of Heinz ketchup and a Lego head on his body, that one will fit right in.
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HARRY STYLES has claimed the record of the longest reign at No1 in the US ever for a British Act.
Single As It Was has been at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for 15 weeks, overtaking the 14 weeks set by Elton John for Candle In The Wind and Mark Ronson for Uptown Funk.
It is also the longest No1 reign for any act with no accompanying artists.
If he lasts one more week he will tie with Mariah Carey and Boyz Ii Men’s One Sweet Day and Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber’s Despacito.
The only song in front of that is Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus’s Old Town Road, which totalled 19 weeks in 2019.
Harry’s movie Don’t Worry Darling has topped the box office in the US too, making £17.8million in its opening weekend – and it is also No1 here.
EX MARKS THE SPOT FOR MAYA
THESE celebrities might realise it’s not such a great idea to only date other stars having come face to face with an ex at a party.
Maya Jama and Stormzy, who were together for four years until 2019, attended the A-list Burberry after-party for London Fashion week in Mayfair on Monday night.
Also there were Kanye West and model Irina Shayk, who had a two-month romance last summer following his split from wife Kim Kardashian.
But Ye didn’t let the awkward run-in get to him, grinning as he got up on the decks to play three snippets of new songs.
They weren’t kept secret from the outside world for long though, as supermodel Naomi Campbell was also there and live-streamed the tracks to her 13.5million followers on Instagram.
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Meanwhile, Kim has been in the US talking about her now non-existent love life.
Asked about the prospect of dating following her split from comedian Pete Davidson, she said: “I’m just not ready. I’m not looking for anything.”
