Bobby Norris

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Bobby Norris
Born
Bobby Norris

(1986-08-22) 22 August 1986 (age 39)
Essex, England
Occupation(s)Television personality and tv/radio presenter
Years active2012–present
Television

Bobby Norris (born 22 August 1986) [1] [2] is an English television personality, known for his appearances on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex from 2012 until Norris announced his departure from the series in 2021.

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Career

Norris made his television debut in the fourth series of the ITV2 (now ITVBe) series The Only Way Is Essex in 2012. [3] During his tenure on the series, Norris has made appearances in various other British reality series, including Celebs Go Dating , [4] Celebrity Ghost Hunt [5] and Celebs on the Farm . [6]

Having been presenting Access All Areas on FUBAR Radio from 2020, in July 2025 Norris began co-presenting (with Hawa Kassam) a weekday breakfast show for Kube Media Group, syndicated to several of the firm's digital stations [7] including Essex Hits, which broadcasts on DAB in Southend-on-Sea. [8] Norris took the place of Josh Lovatt, who had been co-hosting with Kassam since March 2025. [9]

Personal life

Norris is gay. [10] [11] In an interview with Victoria Derbyshire, he stated that people send him death threats and "wish cancer" on him because of his sexuality. [12] In 2019, he began a petition to make homophobia a criminal offence, and spoke in parliament about his campaign. [13]

Filmography

YearTitleNotes
2012–2021 The Only Way Is Essex Series regular
2012, 2014 I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! NOW! Guest appearances
2013–2018 Big Brother's Bit on the Side Panelist
2017 Celebs Go Dating Main cast
2018 Celebs on the Farm Main cast; runner-up
2018 Celebrity Ghost Hunt Main cast
2019 Celebs On The Ranch Main cast; runner-up
2022 Celebrity Karaoke Main cast; finalist
2024 Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Main cast

References

  1. ↑ @OnlyWayIsEssex (22 August 2018). "Happy birthday Bobby! #birthdayboy 👑⭐️🎂🎊🎉🎊🎉" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "Bobby Norris: A before and after look at the TOWIE star's transformation". Heart . 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Marriott, William (23 January 2020). "Inside Towie's Bobby Norris' career change and it's a surprise". Heat . Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Duncan, Amy (11 May 2017). "Bobby Norris becomes first ever gay star to sign up to Celebs Go Dating". Metro . Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Moir, Sophia (6 February 2018). "Towie's Bobby Norris 'confronted by the ghost of Margaret Thatcher' in Celebrity Ghost Hunt". Metro . Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. ↑ Westbrook, Caroline (20 August 2018). "From Bobby Norris to Megan McKenna, who's in 5STAR's new show Celebs On The Farm?". Metro . Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  7. ↑ RadioToday, 2025-07-24
  8. ↑ DAB Ensembles Worldwide
  9. ↑ RadioToday, 2025-03-07
  10. ↑ "I want Bobby's Bill to become law so no one else has to experience the online hate I have". Metro . 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  11. ↑ Jeffries, Gabby (11 October 2014). "TOWIE star: I always knew Charlie King was gay". PinkNews . Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Towie's Bobby Norris: People wish cancer on me over sexuality". BBC News . 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  13. ↑ Chambers, Georgia (1 July 2019). "TOWIE's Bobby Norris campaigns to make online homophobia a criminal offence with Bobby's Bill". Evening Standard . Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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