Ollie Locke

Ollie Locke
Born Oliver Locke
20 March 1987 (1987-03-20) (age 31)
Southampton, Hampshire England, UK
Residence Chelsea, London, England, UK
Nationality British
Occupation Television personality, writer and presenter
Years active 2011–present
Television

Made in Chelsea

Celebrity Big Brother (UK)
Relatives Sarah Locke (mother)
Amelia Locke (sister)
John Locke (father)

Oliver "Ollie" Locke (born 20 March 1987)[1] is a British television personality known for appearing in E4 constructed reality series Made in Chelsea. His mother is former BBC Radio Solent DJ Sarah Locke.[2]

Locke grew up in Southampton, where he attended Embley Park School, a boarding school in Romsey, Hampshire where he shared a dorm with Game Of Thrones actor Alfie Allen. Ollie then moved to Sibford School for 6th Form before leaving to do a year foundation course at The Cambridge School Of Visual and Performing Arts. Ollie then moved to Cirencester where he joined a property degree course at the Royal Agricultural College, before leaving after a year and moving to London in 2006 where he worked for an independent magazine in Chelsea.[3]

Ollie then spent the next 5 years running nightclubs on the Kings Road and in Mayfair.

Career

Whilst on Made in Chelsea, Locke came out as bisexual, and then later came out as gay.[4] At about the same time, Locke wrote a book called Laid in Chelsea, which spent 8 weeks at number 3 of The Sunday Times Best Seller list.

Locke has been seen on such shows as Celebrity Juice, Alan Carr's Chatty Man, The Jonathan Ross Show, Britains 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]

Locke presented a one off Valentine's Day special episode of Love Fix for ITV2 where he interviewed the public about sex, love and romance. Notably, Locke hosted an online show with BBC Radio 1 DJ Gemma Cairney called The Fox Problem where they interviewed the likes of Mel C, Paloma Faith and Richard Branson.

Locke left Made in Chelsea for 4 seasons, in 2013 then made his return in 2015 for the end of its LA series, and is now a regular cast member again.

Locke has taken part in Channel 4's Stand Up To Cancer show The Island with Bear Grylls alongside comedian Dom Joly, Scottish rugby player Thom Evans and JLS singer Aston Merrygold.

In 2016 Locke and his co founders Jack Rogers and Maxim Cheremkhin founded the gay dating app Chappy.[7]

It was confirmed on 20 November 2017 that Locke would take part in the E4 reality dating show Celebs Go Dating in 2018.[8]

On 6 January 2018 Locke took part in And They're Off! for BBC One, where he came third.

References

  1. ↑ "Ollie Locke". Heat. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Russell, Tara (9 April 2013). "What mum thinks about Made in Chelsea star's sex life revelations". Southern Daily Echo. Newsquest. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Made in Chelsea's Ollie Locke reveals all in 'Laid in Chelsea'". 28 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Made In Chelsea's Ollie Locke: "I am a gay man"". 25 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "8 Out of 10 Cats". Series 12. Channel 4. 30 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "Fake Reaction". 2, episode 8. ITV2. 20 February 2014.
  7. ↑ Tepper, Fitz. "Bumble invests in gay dating app Chappy".
  8. ↑ Dating, Celebs Go. "Our first celeb to walk through the doors is quite the hottie Welcome @ollielocke #CelebsGoDatingpic.twitter.com/eNDWlVqgx5".
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