Michael Barrymore

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Barrymore
Occupation	TV Show Host
Date Of Birth	May 4, 1952(1952-05-04)
Age	72
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Taurus

Michael Barrymore Biography

Michael Barrymore is one of the most popular and richest TV Show Host who was born on May 4, 1952 in England, United Kingdom. He was a television presenter of games shows. He is best known for his shows My Kind of Music, and Kids Say The Funnyest Things. He hosted the television show Strike It Lucky.

He was a guest on Celebrity Big Brother in the UK. He appeared on the UK’s Celebrity Big Brother; Julie Chen was the host of the American version of Big Brother. hosted the American version.

Barrymore met his former wife Cheryl Cocklin in 1974 while she was performing as a dancer in a West End theatre show. They married two years later in 1976, although not until after Barrymore had reportedly paid off his mother who threatened to reveal a previous 18-month-long gay love affair. Cocklin later claimed, without contradiction from her estranged husband, that they had had a “full” marriage, including connubial relations.

Barrymore spent his early career working as a Redcoat at Butlins holiday camps and then in the West End theatre shows of London, where he met dancer and lifelong friend Cheryl St Claire in 1974. They married in 1976. With Cheryl as manager and the mastermind behind Barrymore’s rise to fame, he first won a 1975 edition of New Faces, became a regular panellist on Blankety Blank and then the warm-up man for Larry Grayson on the Generation Game and also for Little and Large theatre shows. In the early days, Barrymore used to do impressions of John Cleese and Norman Wisdom, among others.

In 1976, he married Cheryl Barrymore. The couple split in 1997.

Michael Barrymore Net Worth

Michael Barrymore is one of the richest TV Show Host from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Barrymore 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Before he was a well-known presenter, he briefly worked as a Redcoat in holiday camps and in theatre shows in London.

In 1983, he appeared in his own sketch comedy show called The Michael Barrymore Show. However, the show was cancelled after one year.

Michael Ciaran Parker (born 4 May 1952), better known by his stage name Michael Barrymore, is an English comedian and television presenter of game shows and light entertainment programmes on British television in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. These included Strike It Lucky, My Kind of People, My Kind of Music and Kids Say the Funniest Things. In 1993 he headlined the Royal Variety Performance.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Michael Barrymore Dating?

According to our records, Michael Barrymore married to Cheryl Barrymore. As of December 1, 2023, Michael Barrymore’s is not dating anyone.

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Following his appearance on the 1993 Royal Variety Performance, where he performed a version of “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” with soldiers, he became popular on television and on the stage. The Royal Variety Show performance brought the house down and cemented Barrymore’s place at the heart of the British public. Following on from the success, Barrymore went into rehab due to his alcohol and drug addiction. He left after a couple of months and went on to write a best-selling book about his experiences and he also went on a stage tour called Back in Business in 1994.

Facts & Trivia

Michael Ranked on the list of most popular TV Show Host. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Michael Barrymore celebrates birthday on May 4 of every year.

In November 1995, Barrymore attended the National Television Awards. At an after-show party on a live late night radio show, he publicly declared he was gay and “no longer wanted to live a lie”, following which he split with Cheryl. She later claimed that Barrymore took the step and did not tell her because of his talks with Diana, Princess of Wales.

What happened to Michael Barrymore?

Barrymore, now a recovering alcoholic who lives in west London , has tried to rekindle his career without success, including a stint on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006. An Essex Police spokesman said: ‘The individual arrested in March has been released without further action.

Is Michael Barrymore rich?

It is unclear what Barrymore’s net worth is, but according to the website NetWorthPost, the entertainer is worth around $100,000 (£77,000).

What was Michael Barrymore catchphrase?

Barrymore became well known through his catchphrases of “Awight!”, on making his entrance, and on Strike It Lucky, “Top, middle or bottom?” and “What is a hot spot not?” , to which the studio audience would reply “Not a good spot”.

Where did Michael Barrymore live in Essex?

Where did Michael Barrymore live when Stuart Lubbock died? Stuart Lubbock, 31, was discovered in TV presenter Barrymore’s pool on March 31, 2001 after a party at his then home in Roydon, Essex.

What is a hot spot not?

Good on you. And what is a Hot Spot not? A narrative feature which stopped the show finishing in half the time it could have been. Oh sorry, “A Good Spot!” Anyway, the couple could decide to stop at any time within the amount of moves they had, banking any prizes they’d won so far.