Prisoners greeted Andy Burnham with thanks today as they became the first among thousands to leave custody under the controversial early-release programme.

From 8.30am, inmates were seen smiling, raising their fists and walking out of prisons across England and Wales.

Around 700 people serving sentences of up to 19 months are due to be released in the scheme’s opening phase. More than 4,500 prisoners are expected to leave custody early by June.

Those being freed include fraudsters, domestic abusers and offenders convicted of some violent or sexual crimes, prompting concerns about the safety of victims and the wider public.

At HMP Brixton in south London, prolific thief David Elliott said he intended to resume stealing now that he was back on the streets.

‘I’ve been in and out of jail all my life – I’ve got 360 convictions and an addiction to stealing,’ he said. ‘I’m gonna go stealing again… Whatever I get, whatever I get.’

Outside other prisons, released inmates smiled broadly and embraced girlfriends and relatives waiting at the gates.

‘Justice system, what justice system? Thank you Andy Burnham,’ one prisoner said as he left HMP Durham.

A second inmate, released from HMP Cardiff, echoed the message and said he wanted to tell the Prime Minister: ‘Thank you very much and don’t get me back here again bro.’

Wesley Austin, 33, who had been jailed for a drug offence, said his first night of freedom after leaving HMP Berwyn in Wrexham would be marked with ‘a German doner kebab’.

Not every prisoner welcomed the policy. Tom, 32, a burglar released from Cardiff Prison, described the early-release arrangement as ‘s***’.

‘I’d happily spend my time in there, I mean, I’ve been doing it for 17 years. I’ll probably be back in the next month or two,’ he told reporters.

‘It’s like a reset for me, this is. I get out, I take beer, drugs… Go back in, put a bit of weight of on, do it all again.’

The latest Labour early-release initiative follows an earlier scheme launched two years ago, under which more than 70,000 offenders were released from prison ahead of schedule.

The scenes prompted an intensifying political backlash, with critics warning that victims could bear the consequences.

Nick Timothy, the shadow justice secretary, said Labour’s scheme put the public at risk. 

‘Today’s releases are an insult to victims, a danger to the public, and will only encourage more lawbreaking from criminals who know they have a ticket out of prison,’ he said. 

‘Labour say they have no choice but to release prisoners early, but we know they don’t believe in prison. It is their decision to release vile criminals including abusers, historic child sex offenders and human traffickers – but it is the public who will pay the price.’

A man who said he had been released early from Wandsworth prison described himself as ‘very’ cheerful.

Giving his name only as John, he said he was meant to serve a six-month sentence for a ‘minor’ conviction but has been released after two months.

Asked if he was feeling cheerful he said: ‘Yeah, very.’ He told reporters he will ‘have a beer and get a fry up’.

Another man, who refused to give his name, said he has been released early after spending ‘eight days’ in prison for ‘breach of my conditional sentence’.

Asked if he thought it was right that people are being released early, he said: ‘Some people, yeah. There’s not enough space in the jails.’

Asked if he had anything to say to Mr Burnham, he said: ‘Thank you.’

Joe was jailed for common assault and spent six weeks at Wandsworth before being released this morning.

‘I suppose I’d like to thank Burnham,’ he said.

The 32-year-old added that if he ‘doesn’t stop drinking and doing gas’ then there’s a good chance he could end up back inside. 

Criticising the latest wave of early releases, domestic abuse commissioner Dame Nicole Jacobs said survivors were ‘uprooting their lives’ because ‘they simply do not trust that sufficient safeguards are in place’.

She said: ‘As the first perpetrators start to be released, survivors across the country will be looking over their shoulder and living in fear because the government and our criminal justice system has failed to protect them.

‘It is frankly shameful that as the scheme begins – which ministers have had months to prepare for – I still have no assurance that the danger perpetrators pose has been properly considered and assessed with meaningful input from victims and the specialist services supporting them.

‘I have heard from survivors who feel they have been treated as an afterthought throughout this process.

‘Many are now being forced to make their own plans to protect themselves, including uprooting their lives, because they simply do not trust that sufficient safeguards are in place to manage their abuser safely in the community.’

Dame Nicola called on Andy Burnham to take ‘urgent steps’ to improve victim safety. 

The threat faced by victims was acknowledged by Labour MP Jess Phillips, who admitted she expects ‘huge recalls’ to prison of domestic abusers. 

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The Government repeatedly flip-flopped over the release plans, which are designed to free up space in the overcrowded jails.

After a public outcry Mr Burnham was forced to exclude offenders convicted of rape, serious child sexual and grooming offences, and later expanded exclusions to those convicted of manslaughter and other ‘unlawful killing’ offences.

But Dame Nicole said many domestic abuse perpetrators remain eligible for early release.

The scheme was devised by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood in her previous role as Justice Secretary.

Most prisoners currently due to serve 40 or 50 per cent of sentences handed down by the courts will be freed after serving 33 per cent.

As the scheme is rolled out in the coming months, criminals convicted of certain violent or sexual offences who were previously eligible for release two-thirds of the way through their sentence will instead be let out at the halfway stage.

Ministers have attempted to reassure victims that there would be thorough risk assessments of prisoners before release and there would be a ‘presumption’ that they would be electronically tagged on release.

However, tagging schemes are in disarray.

In July spending watchdogs warned the public were being put at risk by major problems with the electronic monitoring programme.

The National Audit Office found thousands of criminals ordered to take part in the schemes never even get a tag fitted.

Another watchdog report, published earlier this week, found almost half of electronic tags are not fitted on time, again putting victims at risk.

Labour’s previous early release scheme – allowing offenders out after serving 40 per cent of their sentences – has seen 70,066 criminals freed between its launch in September 2024 and the end of March.

It led to distasteful scenes at its launch when lags celebrated their freedom outside jails.

Some were collected by friends in expensive sports cars or popped bottles of bubbly, while others vowed to be lifelong Labour voters as a result of their early release.

The replacement scheme, coming into force tomorrow, offers even larger sentence reductions for many criminals and applies to a far wider range of criminals, including those convicted of sexual and serious violent offences.

Mr Burnham paused the programme over the summer and later announced that criminals convicted of rape, serious child sex offences and grooming would be excluded.

Then there was a further outcry, with the widow of murdered PC Andrew Harper blasting the scheme as ‘deplorable’.

Lissie Harper – who married the officer one month before he was dragged to his death by a car in 2019 – blasted Labour after it emerged that two of his killers would be eligible under the new scheme.

The PM changed the terms again to exclude those convicted of unlawful killing, including all forms of manslaughter.

The early release scheme was set out in Labour’s Sentencing Act which also contained separate measures which, from March this year, largely barred the courts from imposing prison sentences of 12 months or less.

Senior police chiefs have repeatedly warned the measures as a whole will lead to an increase in crime and cost forces £400million a year to deal with.

Today, one domestic abuse survivor expressed her fears that her ex-husband will pursue her after he is let out on licence. 

Claire Milne was abused over a period of eight years by Robert Dales, 36, who was sentenced in March to three years in prison for controlling and coercive behaviour.

Ms Milne, who fled her home with her nine-week-old baby in April 2025, now fears for her life. 

‘I am scared that he will come after me – I don’t want to die,’ she told the BBC. 

‘I am not a silly woman. I know that I’ve been in a very high-risk domestic abuse relationship and I know what he’s capable of because I lived it.’

Justice Secretary Alex Norris said: ‘We understand the anxiety victims face ahead of offenders release dates, but the greatest danger to victims would be prisons running out of cells for dangerous criminals which was the crisis this government inherited.

‘Our plan will make sure this never happens again by building 14,000 prison places while subjecting offenders to the toughest ever controls – leaving them nowhere to hide and under no doubt that we are watching them.’

Sean “Diddy” Combs is reportedly being moved back into solitary confinement at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey after allegations surfaced that he has been receiving VIP treatment behind bars.

The 56-year-old former hip-hop mogul is said to be returning to isolation after a recent NBC News investigation detailed claims that fellow inmates have been carrying out tasks for him, including cooking, cleaning and providing massages.

Sources told TMZ that the move is a routine step taken while prison authorities investigate allegations involving an inmate.

Combs was previously placed in solitary confinement in July after reportedly becoming involved in a physical altercation with another prisoner.

The latest NBC report quoted an inmate who claimed Combs has access to a cellphone, which he allegedly uses to receive nude images from a former girlfriend. The source also alleged that he has a modified tablet, described as “jail broken,” that allowed him to watch a critical documentary about him made by longtime rival 50 Cent.

Combs’ representative, Juda S. Engelmayer, told the Daily Mail: “There is no way we can independently verify those rumors.”

Four men who were housed in Combs’ unit told the publication that the music executive had allegedly created an unusually comfortable existence during his years-long prison sentence.

The sources claimed Combs obtained premium alcohol allegedly smuggled in by guards, bought an antidepressant described as mood-enhancing from fellow inmates, and relied on prisoners to hold his fan mail and cellphone.

One inmate was also said to give him massages in a Chinese style.

According to the report, maintaining the alleged perks cost Combs thousands of dollars each month.

The money was reportedly funneled through prisoners working on his behalf, with their commissary accounts replenished by contacts outside the facility.

The publication also obtained photographs of meals allegedly prepared specifically for Combs, including pizza and a plate of meat served with rice.

“This is not some normal s*** you see in jail. This is some rich s***,” one of the men was quoted as saying.

Responding to the report, Engelmayer told the Daily Mail: “The continued scrutiny of every mundane detail of Sean Combs’s life in prison has reached the point where the media characterizes ordinary prison life as news.”

“The only real news is that Sean continues to serve his sentence within the rules and he patiently awaits the court’s decision on his appeal.”

Diddy was sentenced to four years and two months in prison last year on two prostitution charges following a widely publicized trial.

A jury found Diddy guilty of two counts of transporting prostitutes across state lines for the purpose of sex at his federal trial. He was acquitted by the jury on the more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.

During Combs’s trial, his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura delivered graphic testimony, alleging that the music mogul abused her over more than a decade. 

The once Hollywood power player endured a major fall from grace after Cassie accused him of rape and repeated physical abuse in a bombshell $30 million lawsuit that was quickly settled – and prompted others to come forward with claims. 

But now, it seems he has been embraced by prisoners. 

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‘He’s a billionaire. People are in awe of him,’ one source said. ‘Money is power, especially behind bars.’ 

In addition to the various luxuries he has allegedly been enjoying, he has apparently been online as well. 

Thanks to a ‘jailbroken’ tablet he somehow retrieved, Diddy has been watching movies and documentaries – including 50 Cent’s Sean Combs: The Reckoning – and scrolling on Instagram on a cell phone. 

‘Pretty much the day he arrived, the party started,’ a source said. 

The report alleges Diddy has purchased Remeron, an antidepressant known for being a mood booster and one that is prescribed to inmates struggling with depression and anxiety. 

Nicknamed ‘rem-roms’ by prisoners, the medication is also available in the prison’s black market, a source said. 

Inmates have also taught Diddy the ropes; in the early days of his sentence, he was allegedly seen wearing just a towel or boxer shorts after a shower, sparking inmates to issue him a warning about how the minimal clothing would make him a target for sex. 

A representative for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) said they were unable to comment on Diddy ‘for privacy, safety, and security reasons’ when reached for comment. 

‘For privacy, safety, and security reasons, we do not comment on the conditions of confinement for any incarcerated individual, including whether a particular individual is the subject of allegations, investigations, or sanctions,’ the BOP’s Office of Public Affairs told The Daily Mail. 

‘While we do not comment on anecdotal allegations, we can provide you with the following general response to your inquiry.’

‘Like all correctional agencies, contraband, particularly cell phones, narcotics, and weapons, remains a constant challenge, and we continue to tackle the problem of contraband being introduced into our facilities. Inmates are not permitted to have access to cell phones, and all incarcerated individuals in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) who are found to violate the “Inmate Discipline Program” policy are subject to sanctions.’

‘We are fully committed to safeguarding everyone in our custody and to maintaining the safety and security of our correctional staff and surrounding communities. To this end, we operate under a controlled environment that is both secure and humane.’

‘Additionally, based on the need to ensure safety and security in our institutions and in accordance with privacy concerns, we do not discuss potential allegations of staff misconduct, nor do we confirm or deny the existence of a corresponding investigation.’

‘However, we generally can tell you that allegations of staff misconduct are taken seriously and, consistent with national policy, referred for investigation if warranted. Incidents of potential criminal activity or misconduct inside BOP facilities are thoroughly investigated for potential administrative discipline or criminal prosecution.’

Diddy was originally set to be released in May 2028 before the date moved around multiple times. 

His initial release was pushed back to June 4, 2028, following allegations denied by his attorney that Combs drank moonshine and made an unauthorized three-way phone call.

He was granted a reprieve last October when the date was moved to April 25, 2028, owing to the FIRST STEP Act, a prison reform law from Donald Trump’s first presidency that was famously championed by Kim Kardashian and has resulted in the early release of tens of thousands of criminals.

Now Diddy is closer than ever to his release from prison.

The disgraced music mogul initially was supposed to remain behind bars until May 8, 2028, but now his release date has been moved closer than ever before.

According to the BOP, Diddy is now scheduled to be released from prison on January 21, 2028.

The date underwent several more adjustments until it reached January 21 – which marks the soonest Diddy could be released.  

An Israeli grandfather who helped seize control of a plunging flydubai jet on Wednesday said his knowledge of aircraft came largely from watching aviation documentaries.

According to Israeli officials, the pilot of Flight FZ1073 attacked his co-pilot with a knife before attempting to take over the aircraft and deliberately crash it.

A catastrophe was narrowly averted when passengers overpowered the pilot and intervened as the plane rapidly lost altitude.

Images taken after the attack showed passengers covered in blood following the struggle to restrain the man and stop him from continuing his assault.

One of those passengers, seen in a bloodstained white T-shirt, has been identified as Yaniv Hayoun. The Israeli sewage-truck driver had no flying experience, but played a decisive role in helping regain control of the aircraft.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, Hayoun described the terrifying moments after he entered the cockpit, where he placed the pilot in a headlock and stopped him from reaching the controls while the jet plunged toward the ground.

‘About an hour before landing, a woman started shouting,’ he said. ‘At the front of the aircraft, a woman started screaming something about stabbing: “He’s stabbing him, he’s stabbing him.”’

Hayoun ran toward the cockpit after hearing the screams. But as he neared the door, the aircraft suddenly entered a steep dive.

‘It lasted several seconds. I don’t know exactly how many seconds it was, but they say we lost 14,000 or 15,000 feet in less than a minute — the aircraft lost that altitude. It was enormous.’

Once the initial shock passed, the grandfather reached the cockpit door and found someone gripping its handle.

‘I opened the door — I pushed the door while he was holding the handle. I pushed it open and went inside. On the floor, right beside the door, was the pilot. He was lying there. He was very seriously injured.’

‘There was no pilot in the pilot’s seat. One pilot was lying beside the door, seriously injured but conscious. His eyes were open. Between the two seats are the aircraft’s controls.’

Hayoun said the attacker had placed his knees on the aircraft’s controls, seemingly trying to interfere with the instruments.

‘He was leaning forward toward the aircraft’s controls. So I grabbed him by the throat,’ he said. ‘I pushed him out toward the exit and started shouting for people to come and help because he was resisting.’

At least three other Israelis then rushed into the cockpit to assist Hayoun in restraining the pilot accused of stabbing his co-pilot.

‘We subdued him with blows. We had to stun him, so he took some blows. We tied him up.’

‘Once he was no longer a threat, we simply stood over him and made sure he couldn’t free himself. He may even have lost consciousness for a few minutes — I don’t know.’

With the attacker finally restrained, Hayoun hurried back to the controls and attempted to help keep the aircraft from plunging toward the ground.

‘I leaned over the seat, reached forward with my hands and pulled the controls toward me because the aircraft was pointing downward. I pulled the controls back toward me. It was only for a few seconds.’

Speaking to the Mail after safely returning to Israel, the grandfather explained how he miraculously knew what to do in the terrifying moments.

‘There’s a programme called Air Crash Investigation…The images are frightening and they make my wife afraid of flying, so I watch it secretly when she isn’t watching with me.

‘I saw on it that when an aircraft is going downward, you have to bring the controls back — pull them backward — to bring the nose level. It really was only for a few seconds. It wasn’t as though I flew the plane.’

He later recounted how his daughter used to ask him how the plane documentary would ‘ever be useful.’ 

‘Well, this is where it became useful to me,’ he said, ‘What I had seen became useful to me in the only attempt I’ve ever had in my life to survive. It was one shot — one opportunity.’

Despite his insistence he only helped for a’ few seconds’, Hayoun’s heroic actions allowed time for one of the off-duty pilots on the plane to step in and take control.

‘A pilot from the same airline, Flydubai, was there. He came to me — he was in the cockpit — and in English he told me, ‘You can let go. You can leave it. I’m taking over from here.”‘

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‘Otherwise we would have been in trouble. I would have had to land it, and I don’t know how that would have ended.’

Hayoun’s brave actions didn’t end there, however, as he continued to guard the cockpit and help the injured pilot.

‘I stood at the cockpit door. I said, ‘Nobody gets past here toward the pilot.’ We made that clear to everybody, including the cabin crew. Nobody was getting past us. From that moment, nobody was entering the cockpit.’

‘On one side, beside the cockpit door, was the injured pilot. We were all looking after him. There was an Israeli doctor who treated him, bandaged him and made sure he stayed alive.’

For the next hour until the emergency landing, Hayoun and his fellow passengers took care of the wounded man, who has been identified as Indian pilot Smit Machchhar.

‘We were treating the pilot. We made sure he didn’t fall asleep. He wanted to close his eyes, and we made sure he stayed alert.’

‘I said to the pilot: “Look at me.” I told him: “Nobody [will] die today.”‘ 

Upon arrival at Ben Gurion hours later, Hayoun received a hero’s welcome as he walked through the terminal, before meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who hugged him tightly.

The truck driver later issued a warning to those who ‘don’t understand and don’t see what we Israelis see.’

‘I don’t understand how they don’t see the jihad that is happening. I don’t understand. I want to tell the world: Wake up.

‘And understand who we’re dealing with, and [understand] radical Islam.

‘The whole world needs to wake up and do something about it, deal with this problem at its root. We can’t keep dealing with this terrorism.’

He continued: ‘If most of the world closes its eyes and says, ‘It isn’t my problem,’ then it will eventually find itself facing the same problem.

‘Europe is beginning to feel it now, and I believe they are feeling it — in France, in Belgium. England too. Wake up. The world needs to wake up.’

Netanyahu has meanwhile hailed Indian pilot Smit Machchhar for saving passengers after he was stabbed by his colleague.

Passengers on the flight reached Israel safely on Wednesday after customers and crew foiled the co-pilot’s attempt to crash the aircraft, Israeli officials said. 

The struggle began when he stabbed the pilot and sent the jet plunging nearly 14,000 feet (4,267 m) in less than 30 seconds.

 Machchhar was covered with blood on the floor when he managed to click the release to open the cockpit door, a Netanyahu spokesperson said.

That allowed passengers and crew to overpower the co-pilot and enable a second pair of flydubai pilots who were on board to land the jet in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

‘He saved the lives of 174 people, including Israeli citizens and other nationals,” Netanyahu said in a post on X. 

‘All passengers are out of harm’s way,’ Netanyahu had earlier said in a video statement released by his office.

Indian authorities in Saudi Arabia said Machchhar is receiving necessary medical attention in a hospital in the northwestern city of Tabuk and they are in touch with his family and Saudi authorities to extend all possible help.

He is reported to be stable, the Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia said in a post on X.

US President Donald Trump said he spoke to Netanyahu on Wednesday, saying that the motive behind the incident remained unclear.

‘I did speak to Bibi Netanyahu at length about this event, and it seems as though the co-pilot was perhaps a terrorist or perhaps a whack-job, and he stabbed the pilot,’ Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Thursday he would present ‘heroism’ awards to four Israelis who helped overpower a flydubai co-pilot and prevented him from crashing the plane they were on.

‘You put yourselves at risk to save others and prevented a terrible disaster. Today, the whole world saw the beautiful and courageous face of Israeli society,’ Herzog, who holds a largely ceremonial role, said in a statement.

‘I am proud of you, and I thank you on behalf of the State of Israel.’

A recently declassified American spy satellite has unexpectedly exploded in orbit, raising concerns about the potential threat to other spacecraft that support phone, internet and critical communications services.

The satellite, known as USA 32, fragmented in low Earth orbit on September 13, producing a broad cloud of debris more than 480 miles above Earth, according to the US Space Force.

The military said that “further analysis is ongoing.” Officials have not provided additional details or ruled out the possibility that an anti-satellite weapon may have been involved.

USA 32 had been in space since 1988. During the Cold War, it was known by the classified code name “Farrah III,” when the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in an intense intelligence competition.

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which designs and operates US spy satellites, disclosed the spacecraft’s mission in full only last year. Its role was to monitor Soviet radar and other electronic signals before transmitting the intelligence to the US military.

Although the satellite’s operational mission was reportedly completed years ago, its destruction was not expected. Investigators have yet to establish what caused the spacecraft to explode.

The uncertainty has fueled speculation that USA 32 may have collided with space debris or a meteor. It has also prompted warnings about other satellites operating in the increasingly congested orbital region.

Spaceweather.com, operated by astronomer Dr Tony Phillips, cautioned that the breakup could pose a broader danger. “Other satellites may be in danger. USA 32 broke up in a crowded shell of low Earth orbit. The collision threat is real,” the site said.

Space Force officials confirmed Farrah III’s breakup on September 17, but did not identify a likely cause. They also offered no public theory about what triggered the explosion.

One explanation raised by Dr Phillips’s website is that a pressurized tank or an aging battery cell could have ruptured, setting off the satellite’s destruction.

USA 32 turned 38 on September 5, despite having been designed for a mission lasting only three years, according to declassified NRO records. Its expected lifespan in orbit was listed as four years.

The possibility that the “tuna can-shaped” spacecraft was struck by a meteor or another piece of orbital hardware has nevertheless raised wider concerns. A similar incident involving a more important satellite could have a direct impact on everyday life in 2026.

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The orbital “highway” around USA 32 is home to numerous civilian and military satellites that help maintain global phone and internet connectivity.

The same region supports GPS and navigation, weather forecasting, banking, shipping, emergency communications, US military links, reconnaissance and early-warning systems, all of which rely on satellites operating in low Earth orbit.

If a collision with debris caused the explosion and the resulting fragments strike other spacecraft, services on Earth could be disrupted. The United States could also lose vital surveillance capabilities and communications links in space.

“Within 50 km (31 miles) of its altitude are more than 200 active satellites, including the entire Iridium NEXT constellation. Even before USA 32 broke up, this region was extremely cluttered,” said Phillips, who has 30 years of space forecasting experience.

As Phillips noted, Iridium NEXT consists of about 66 operational satellites that deliver satellite phone and data services across much of the globe, including remote oceans and the polar regions.

While the investigation into the mystery explosion continues, CNN has claimed that there were no signs that the spy satellite was deliberately targeted in an attack by an anti-satellite weapon.

The satellite’s destruction came just days after Space Force began sending a series of classified payloads into orbit using SpaceX rockets.

At the same time, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink made the shock announcement that the US military had indeed placed weapons in space for the first time.

Space Force officials then told the Daily Mail that the weapons were being deployed to counter space-based actions taken by both Russia and China over the last 20 years.

Five years ago, the Russian military showed how lethal its space-based satellites could be, successfully testing a hit-to-kill anti-satellite missile in 2021.

The device obliterated a defunct, Soviet-era spy satellite launched in 1982, sparking condemnation from around the world.

There has been no sign or announcement that such a weapon was used to destroy Farrah III at this time. 

Expectant mother Anne Hathaway looked radiant and glamorous as she stepped out in New York City on Wednesday for a busy press day.

The 43-year-old actress has been promoting her new film, Verity, and was seen on her way to film an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show.

Hathaway subtly showcased her growing baby bump beneath a sheer black, off-the-shoulder top that offered a glimpse of her tummy.

The elegant piece featured curtain-style draping and was paired with coordinating, loose-fitting trousers.

She completed the ensemble with open-toe heels and a pristine wine-colored pedicure that matched her manicure.

The actress is expecting her third child with her husband, Adam Shulman, 45.

The Princess Diaries star wore her signature glossy brunette hair in a voluminous, flowing blowout.

Diamond earrings added a touch of sparkle, while glossy onyx sunglasses and a swipe of red lipstick completed her polished appearance.

Hathaway’s appearance came after she explained why she could not promote Verity on the popular YouTube series Hot Ones, even though her character in the film appears on the show.

While visiting the Talk of the Townsends podcast, she said her doctor advised her to skip the opportunity amid her third pregnancy.

The unusual interview format challenges guests to answer questions from host Sean Evans while eating increasingly spicy chicken wings.

Hathaway, who shares sons Jonathan, 10, and Jack, six, with Shulman, revealed that she ate the “first three wings for real” while filming her character’s scene before switching to “dummy wings.”

She had expected to take on the Hot Ones challenge as part of the film’s publicity because it “just made sense,” but that plan changed after she received medical advice.

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“I got pregnant, and my doctor said I couldn’t do it because I might go into early labor,” she explained.

Verity, which is due in theaters on October 2, stars Hathaway alongside Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett.

The actresses share an intense kiss in a trailer for the upcoming psychosexual thriller, released by Amazon MGM Studios in April.

The Colleen Hoover novel Verity was adapted for the screen by Nick Antosca and directed by Michael Showalter.

It follows Lowen Ashleigh, a down-on-her-luck writer who gets an unexpected lifeline with a dream offer.

Verity Crawford (Hathaway) is a successful thriller writer, but after a mysterious accident leaves her debilitated, her husband Jeremy (Hartnett) enlists Lowen to ghostwrite her final books.

Once Lowen begins work at the couple’s opulent estate, she discovers an unfinished manuscript that threatens to reveal dark secrets about Verity and her husband’s pasts.

The young writer is forced to continue her work for Jeremy while trying to determine if the writings are merely fiction, or a disturbing warning from a dangerous woman.

Hathaway announced her pregnancy over the summer, giving fans a glimpse at her growing belly in an Instagram reel and attaching the Barbara Lewis song Baby, I’m Yours.

Remarking on becoming pregnant in her 40s, she told Access Hollywood: ‘There’s always hope until there’s not, but when you get to a certain age, that hope looks like one percent to two percent. 

‘So we just decided to see where life took us, with a very, very healthy, realistic expectation, which was very low.’