Ferne McCann

Ferne McCann
Born Ferne Alice McCann (Doherty)
(1990-08-06) 6 August 1990[1][2]
Brentwood, Essex, England
Occupation Television personality, TV presenter, model
Years active 2013–present
Television The Only Way Is Essex (2013–16)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2015)
This Morning (2016–)
Up Late with Rylan (2016)
Children 1

Ferne Alice McCann (born 6 August 1990) is an English model, television personality and presenter. She is a cast member of the ITVBe reality show The Only Way Is Essex, having been on the show since the ninth series in 2013 until 2016. In 2015, she participated in the fifteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and finished in third place.[3] In early 2016, she became a regular showbiz reporter on This Morning.[4]

Early life

She was born in Brentwood, Essex to Gilly and Simon McCann on 6 August 1990. Gilly has also featured in a few episodes of The Only Way Is Essex.

Career

Before her television career, McCann was the winner of Miss Essex 2012 and in the Top 15 in Miss England in 2012.[2]

The Only Way Is Essex

In 2013, McCann became a regular cast member on the ITV2 (now ITVBe) reality show The Only Way Is Essex making her debut in the ninth series in June 2013. She quit the show in 2016 and made her last appearance in the seventeenth series.

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

On 15 November 2015, it was confirmed that McCann would be participating in the fifteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.[5] She arrived as a late arrival alongside Vicky Pattison and Spencer Matthews. She finished in third place on 6 December.[6]

Her stint proved controversial when McCann had to eat a live spider which generated nearly 1,500 complaints to Ofcom. These were later cleared in January 2016.

Other work

In January 2016, McCann became a showbiz reporter on ITV daytime programme, This Morning. McCann took a break because of the highly publicised relationship with Arthur Collins in April 2017 before returning in January 2018. In March 2016 it was announced that McCann would star as Myrtle Wilson in the Union Theatre's production of The Great Gatsby.[7]

From May 2016, McCann began making regular appearances on the Channel 5 chat-show Up Late with Rylan hosted by Rylan Clark-Neal.[8]

In February 2017, she began appearing in Celebs Go Dating on E4 alongside her TOWIE co-star Joey Essex and I'm a Celebrity campmate Jorgie Porter.[9]

From 2017, McCann featured in the ITVBe documentary series Ferne McCann: First Time Mum about her experiences as a single mother with her baby named Sunday.[10]

Personal life

McCann was in a relationship with The Only Way Is Essex co-star Charlie Sims for six years. She was linked with George Shelley on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and praised him a few months later when he came out as bisexual in February 2016 claiming 'it was his way of taking control'. She also holds a PCV licence after completing training in an effort to encourage more female bus drivers.

Relationship with Arthur Collins

McCann was dating Arthur Collins when in April 2017 he was arrested and charged in connection with a nightclub acid attack in London.[11] Two days later, McCann announced her pregnancy and also stated her plans to raise the baby as a single parent.[12] On 2 November 2017, she gave birth to a girl,[13] Sunday Skye.[14] On 13 November 2017, Collins was found guilty of five counts of grievous bodily harm and nine of actual bodily harm at Wood Green Crown Court.[15] On 19 December 2017, Collins was jailed for twenty years, with another five years on licence.[16] He later admitted to smuggling a mobile phone into prison so that he could speak to her.[17] In January 2018, McCann sparked fury after liking a photo on Instagram which called for Collins' release.[18]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013–2016 The Only Way Is Essex Herself Series 9–Series 17 [10]
2015 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Series 15 [10]
2015 Loose Women Guest panellist
2016– This Morning Showbiz reporter [10]
2016 Up Late with Rylan Regular
2016 Ferne and Vicky On the Road
2017 Celebs Go Dating
2017–2018 Ferne McCann: First Time Mum Subject of reality documentary series [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Ferne McCann on Twitter". Twitter. 6 August 2015. Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Ferne McCann". OK!. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "I'm a Celebrity 2015 – Hundreds of complaints to OfCom about 'cruelty to animals' in Ferne's Bushtucker trial". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Wright, Paul (19 April 2017). "London acid attack: This Morning presenter Ferne McCann urges boyfriend to contact police". IBTimes. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! – #imaceleb". itv.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Powell, Emma (10 December 2015). "Ferne McCann reveals she loves her I'm A Celebrity campmate George Shelley but hasn't kissed him – yet". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  7. ↑ Portocarrero, Morte (8 April 2016). "TOWIE star Ferne McCann makes musical theatre debut in Gatsby show". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  8. ↑ Duncan, Amy (10 May 2016). "Here's how the first episode of Up Late With Rylan went down with viewers". Metro.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017.
  9. ↑ Treston, Grace (19 February 2017). "WATCH: The most awkward date ever was shown on E4". Buzz.ie. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Who are the guests on Love Island: Aftersun this week?". radiotimes.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Acid attack suspect Arthur Collins is arrested". The Guardian. 23 April 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  12. ↑ Martin, Lara (25 April 2017). "Ferne McCann confirms she's pregnant with Arthur Collins' baby - but says he's no longer her boyfriend". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  13. ↑ Douglas, Nicole (2 November 2017). "Ferne McCann gives birth: TOWIE star welcomes first child with ex Arthur Collins". OK!. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  14. ↑ McCann, Ferne (5 November 2017). "I thought today would be the perfect day to tell you all her name...meet Sunday". Instagram. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  15. ↑ Rawlinson, Kevin (13 November 2017). "Arthur Collins found guilty of nightclub acid attack in east London". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  16. ↑ "Arthur Collins jailed for Dalston club acid attack". BBC News. 19 December 2017. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  17. ↑ "Acid attacker hid phone in crutch in jail". 27 December 2017. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  18. ↑ Coulter, Martin (3 January 2018). "Ferne McCann 'likes' Instagram post calling for release of Arthur Collins". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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