Novelist Fuentes dies, age 83
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Earlier we alerted you to the bust up between Professor Green and Made In Chelsea’s queen bitch Victoria Baker-Harber which erupted during last night’s show.Professor Green quite rightly took a large portion of umbrage to the resident nasty piece of work saying she wanted to “slap” his girlfriend, the very easy on the eye Millie Mackintosh, for allowing Louise to cheat on her boyfriend Jamie with Spencer.Did I just see a horse say it'd slap Millie? Apologies, I'm nowhere near as dignified as the other half when it comes to these situations, I call a spade a spade, a horse a horse,” he Tweeted.
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