Calum Best

Calum Best
Born	Calum Milan Best (1981-02-06) 6 February 1981 San Jose, California
Occupation	Television personality and model
Parents	Angie Best (mother) George Best (father)

Calum Milan Best (born 6 February 1981) is a British-American former fashion model turned reality television personality.

Early life

Best was born in San Jose, California, the son of Northern Ireland^[1] football legend George Best and his first wife Angie. He was raised in Los Angeles, where he became a model in his mid-teens.^[2] George Best was well known for his footballing skills and drinking problems;^[3] Calum Best is a patron of The National Association for Children of Alcoholics ("Nacoa"), a UK charity providing support to children affected by a parent's drinking. He moved to the UK when he was 21.^[2]

Career

Best has taken part in the Reality TV shows Fool Around With on E4 and The Match on Sky One. In 2005 and 2006 he was featured in ITV1's Celebrity Love Island, winning the second series on 28 August 2006. Around this time he played himself in the final episode of ITV1's Footballers' Wives.

Most recently Channel 4's Come Dine With Me, where he dined with Janice Dickinson, Samantha Fox and Jade Goody's ex-boyfriend Jeff Brazier.^[4]

In September 2006, Best appeared in the ITV2 series Calum, Fran and Dangerous Danan, in which he was seen traveling with Paul Danan and Fran Cosgrave from Texas to Los Angeles on America's U.S. Route 66.

In late 2006, Best launched a men's fragrance called "Calum", stating "I had all the input into the smell. I chose the smell, I chose the bottle, I chose the packaging, the whole thing",^[5] the product is being made by Jigsaw ESL.^[6]

Calum went on to launch his second fragrance, called Best. After that success, Jigsaw ESL also manufactured his third fragrance called 'Day and Night'.

In 2008, Best appeared on RTÉ's Livin' With Lucy. Later that year, he featured in MTV's Totally Calum Best. The show detailed Best's attempts to remain celibate for fifty days.^[7]

In 2009, he appeared as a guest judge in reality television show Paris Hilton's British Best Friend, in which he tested the contestants' flirting abilities. In November 2009, he presented the BBC TV Documentary Brought up By Booze: A Children in Need Special, which highlighted the plight of children brought up by alcoholic parents. Best drew upon his relationship with his own father in the making of the programme, which the BBC described as a 'raw and often distressing journey'.^[8]

Best filled in a spot for Ian Wright on Live from Studio Five on January 8, 2010. On 2 October 2010, Best appeared as a celebrity on All Star Family Fortunes along with Denise Welch, who was on the opposing team. ^{[citation needed]}

Calum hosted via webcam an Online bingo session at Bingocams UK on the 20th April 2012^[9]

In 2012, he won Celebrity Bainisteoir, managing Moy Davitts of Mayo.^[10][11]

Personal life

Best dated Lindsay Lohan and Georgia Salpa.^[12][13] He was also a member and regular at famous London nightclub, Chinawhite.^[14]

References

External links

• Calum Best at the Internet Movie Database