Jeremy Edwards
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Jeremy Edwards (b. March 26, 1971 in Hobart Tasmania
Jeremy Edwards (b. February 17, 1971 in London) is an English actor and television presenter, who has appeared in the TV shows Hollyoaks and Holby City, in which he played Danny Shaughnessy. He recently appeared on Comic Relief Little Britain. He lives in Belsize Park, North London. He now hosts his own cookery show on Five, Cooking the Books.
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[edit] Big Brother
In early 2005, he came back into the UK limelight by taking part in Celebrity Big Brother. He finished in fourth place, behind Brigitte Nielsen, Kenzie from Blazin' Squad and the winner Bez. At one point of the show his luggage was confiscated and he was forced to spend part of the show in nothing but his briefs, prompting much salacious ogling of his shower routines.
[edit] Personal life
He was previously engaged to singer Rachel Stevens but they broke up in 2004. Edwards later said that their relationship hit the rocks after co-star Laura Sadler's death. Shortly after Sadler's untimely death, Edwards' life headed in a downward spiral and he began drinking heavily, which greatly displeased Stevens. The two split and reconciled before finally ending their three year relationship.
On occasion, Edwards has lashed out against excessive media attention into his personal life. On behalf of the online magazine, The Stage, Jeremy Austin conducted an insightful interview with the ex-Hollyoaks star[1]. During this interview, Edwards is quoted as complaining, "I used to really hate it [media attention] and always sit with my back to places and always worry that people were talking about me. You get quite paranoid and photographers are following you all the time."
Simultaneously reiterating that celebrity status is much more than a means to an end and underlining his down to earth personality, Edwards continues, "I certainly didn’t want to be famous. I have no qualms about earning money ... but I don’t want to be super-rich, I just want to have a good standard of living... that’s all anyone really wants at the end of the day isn’t it?”
[edit] Current work and philosophy
Initial reviews have not been kind to Edwards's return to the TV screen; Coronation Street fan site, Corrie Blog[2], commented, "it didn’t bode well ... the first two words I jotted down in my Rovers Return notebook were “irritating presenters”." Nonetheless, things were not all bad for the ex-Hollyoaks star. Writing in her online blog [3], co-presenter Terri Dwyer voiced her excitement at the prospect of being reunited with her screen ex-husband, claiming, "to say I’m happy to be reunited with Jeremy is an understatement".
Broadsheet newspapers are taking a renewed interest in the resurgent Edwards and his oft overlooked intellectual acumen. In a recent interview with The Independent[4], Edwards voiced his concern for the state of London's strained transport network. As a solution, Edwards stated, "I'd create perspex-tube bike lanes. It would be ace."
On Tuesday 12 February 2008, he appeared as an armed police Inspector named Fraser in ITV's rural drama, Emmerdale, whom tried to apprehend Sam Dingle after he was seen to have committed an armed robbery and still possessed the firearm and had gone on the run with his young son, Samson. [1].
