GOGGLEBOX fans won’t have to wait much longer for the return of Britain’s favorite armchair critics.
Channel 4 has announced that the popular show will be back on screens in September.
Gogglebox features some of the nation’s most entertaining households, who are ready to share their candid and often hilarious opinions on the biggest shows of the week.
From Saturday night talent competitions to dramatic series, no program is off-limits for these outspoken commentators.
These households provide insight into what the British public really thinks about the latest TV hits.
The show promises to bring back more of the entertainment that viewers know and love when it airs on Friday, September 13.
But one fan favourite figure will be missing from the line up this year.
Stephen Webb has confirmed that he will not be returning to Gogglebox despite being contacted by producers who asked him to reconsider quitting the show.
He originally announced that he was leaving in 2023, alongside his now ex husband Daniel Lustig who occupied a prime seat on the sofa with him.
The hairdresser was approached to come back after being forced to pull out of Dancing On Ice with a broken ankle.
However, Stephen didn’t consider the offer.
He told the Daily Star: “Gogglebox‘s producers got in touch and said, ‘As you haven’t done any other shows, you could come back to Gogglebox if you want.’ But I never followed it up.
“Ten years on the show is enough. I was like Ken Barlow. I’d had more line-ups than the Sugababes. It was time to go!”
As he prepared to go on Celebs Go Dating Stephen revealed the real reason he quit the Channel 4 series, saying: “I thought, ‘I just can’t go back, I’m sick of it’.”
He continued to The Mirror: “I was churning out the same old s***.
“I’d say to the guys, ‘Sorry, you’ll have heard this 10 times before.'”
Hairdressing duo Stephen Webb and Daniel Lustig got engaged back in 2016 and married two years later.
The couple co-own a hair salon and live in a £575,000 property on Brighton’s sought after seafront.
At the time of the engagement, Stephen appeared on Gogglebox alongside his ex-boyfriend Chris Ashby-Steed.
In 2019, Daniel made his Gogglebox debut and was immediately a big hit.
Chris, who is now in a happy relationship with husband Tony, spoke publicly about how the show affected his mental health.
Having relocated to Wales and quit showbiz, Chris said he was racked with anxiety during his time on the programme.
Just last year Daniel and Stephen shocked Gogglebox fans when they announced they were leaving the programme. Daniel had been part of the show since its launch in 2013.
Their departure opened up a new world of opportunity for the duo and it was soon announced that Stephen would take part in Dancing on Ice. But disaster struck and injury ruled him out before the live shows.
There were further gasps of shock in April when we revealed the pair had split up. They vowed to remain friends and looked to be true to their word, sharing a smiley picture the following day with Stephen’s mum on the seafront.
