Woman’s Own – 02 September 2019

PHOTO FUN

Celeb

Asthepresenter

setsto waltzhis

wayontoStrictly...

It TakesTwo, we

takea lookat his

mostmemorable

momentsto date

2013

Big Brother antics

Nearly a year after The X Factor, Rylan graced

our TV screens again in Celebrity Big Brother.

Despite getting into memorable spats with Heidi

and Spencer Montag on several occasions,

he went on to form strong bonds with fellow

finalists Neil Ruddock and Claire Richards, as

wellasbaggingthemuch-covetedfirstplace!

2014

ThisMorning

madness

It wasn’tlongbeforeRylan

becamea regularonthe

ThisMorningsofa.Starting

outasa showbizreporter,

he’ssincegoneontohost

theshowalongsidehusband

Dan,aswellasRuth

LangsfordandEamonn

Holmes,whoherefersto

ashis‘tellymumanddad’.

2015

Servingupa treat

Provinghe’smorethana setofgleaming

veneers,thestarwentontowowjudges

onCelebrityMasterchef, impressing

GreggWallaceandJohnTorodewith

hispurple-colouredpuddings,

flamboyantplatedressings

andhilariousreactions.

Hemaynothavewon,

buthecertainlycutthe

mustard.

2017 Taking a break

While his growing success mayhaveworkedwonders

for his bank balance, an exhaustedRylanadmitted

defeat and was forced to takea breakfromhis

presenting duties on This Morning. Hesaid,‘They

don’t realise that you’re at workat6.45amandnot

getting home until 2am after aliveeviction,then

hosting This Morning from 8am.’

Uptohisanticson

ThisMorningwith

RuthandEamonn

Rylanserved

upplentyofhis

trademarkhumour

He won more

hearts and went

on to win CBB

Missing the

mark with his

chat show

Withhubby

andformerBB

contestantDanNeal

of

an!

Bit On The Side^

His memorable house antics didn’t fail to impress the

Big^

Brother bosses, who called him in to present the show’s

spin-off series, Bit On The Side. He went on to host the

show for five years and, in 2015, married former contestant

Dan Neal to become Rylan Clark-Neal. Of the show, he’s

said, ‘The best thing to come out of that was my husband.’

Chat^

show flop^

Rylan’s lucky streak

came to an abrupt

halt after his Channel^

5 chat show Up Late^

With Rylan was axed

after one series. The^

show failed to impress^

viewers, and the host

later admitted he’d^

‘hated’ filming the^

debut episode.