Ollie Locke | |
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Born | 20 March 1987 38) Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom | (age
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Years active | 2011–present |
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Spouse | Gareth Locke (m. 2020) |
Children | 2 |
Oliver Locke (born 20 March 1987) is an English television personality and actor from Southampton, England, known for appearing in E4's constructed reality series Made in Chelsea . He has also competed in the thirteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother , as well as Celebrity Hunted .
Locke's mother is former BBC Radio Solent DJ Sarah Locke. [1]
While on Made in Chelsea , Locke came out as bisexual, and then later came out as gay. [2] At the time, he wrote a book called Laid in Chelsea. [3]
In January 2014, Locke became a housemate in the thirteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother . He finished in third place behind Dappy and winner Jim Davidson. [4]
Locke has been seen on such shows as Celebrity Juice , Alan Carr's Chatty Man , The Jonathan Ross Show , Britain's Got More Talent, The Xtra Factor, Do the Dishes, the twelfth series of 8 Out of 10 Cats [5] and the second series of Fake Reaction . [6]
In 2016, Locke and his co-founders Jack Rogers and Maxim Cheremkhin founded the gay dating app Chappy. [7] [8]
In 2018, Locke landed his first major film role, Greed , directed by Michael Winterbottom. [9] In 2022, Locke appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Hunted alongside husband Gareth. He was the first candidate caught in the series. [10]
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