Stephen Bailey

Bailey was born on 20 June 1986 in Denton, Greater Manchester, where he was raised.^[4][5][6] As well as being a comedian, Bailey has presented television shows including Celebs on the Farm on 5Star and later MTV and its spin-off Celebs on the Ranch. In 2020, Bailey took over as presenter of Takeshi's Castle on Comedy Central.^[7] Bailey is also the narrator of ITVBe's Ferne McCann: First Time Mum.^[8] He has appeared on several television shows including Roast Battle,^[9] CelebAbility,^[10] Love Island: Aftersun,^[11] Celebrity Mastermind,^[12] The Stand Up Sketch Show,^[13] Hey Tracey,^[14] Good Morning Britain,^[15] Zoe Ball on Saturday/Sunday,^[16] Celebrity 5 Go Camping^[17] and Richard Osman's House of Games as well as being a regular comedian on Big Brother's Bit on the Side.^[18] In 2018, Bailey appeared in two episodes of Coronation Street as M.C, a hairdresser.^[19] In 2019, Bailey made his debut on BBC's Live at the Apollo and his first 30-minute comedy special was released on Comedy Central.^[20][21][22] In 2020, he appeared on E4's Celebrity Coach Trip alongside Brennan Reece. In 2022, he joined Gemma Collins on her theatre tour to present.^[23][24][25] He appears as John Marsden in the Channel 5 series The Madame Blanc Mysteries

Bailey is gay.^[26] He is a black belt in taekwondo, which he often speaks about in his comedy when talking about breaking down stereotypes.^[27] In 2017, Bailey was named one of Attitude magazine's Top 100 Bachelors.^[28][27][29]