Calum Best
Calum Best | |
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| Born | Calum Milan Best |
Calum Milan Best (born 6 February 1981 in San José, California) is a former fashion model turned celebrity and television personality. He is best known for being the son of footballer George Best from his marriage to Angela MacDonald-James, and his personal life is frequently featured in tabloid newspapers and celebrity based magazines in the UK.
He has been romantically linked to Jodie Marsh, Rebecca Loos, Alicia Douvall, Patsy Kensit, Orlaith McAllister, Kimberly Stewart and Sarah Harding and briefly dated Lindsay Lohan. Most notoriously, he was allegedly caught on CCTV outside of a West End nightclub in a compromising position with Elizabeth Jagger in 2005.
In 2005, Best was named Company magazine's Bachelor of the year.
Best has taken part in the Reality TV shows Fool Around on E4 and The Match on Sky One and in 2005 and 2006 he was featured in ITV1's Celebrity Love Island, winning the second series on 28 August 2006. Around the same time he played himself in the last ever episode of ITV1's cult drama series Footballers' Wives.[1]
In September 2006, Best appeared in the ITV2 series Calum, Fran and Dangerous Danan, in which he was seen travelling with fellow Love Island Alumni Paul Danan and Fran Cosgrave from Texas to Los Angeles on America's Route 66.
In late 2006, Best launched a limited edition men's Cologne called "Calum".[2]
In January 2007, online reports have suggested that Calum had only been left a watch by his father George in his will, because all the money that would be left after debts were finalized would go to George Best's sister, Barbara McNarry.[3]
References
- ^ Calum Best crowned king of Love Island. Belfast Telegraph, 29 August 2006, p4
- ^ SECOND BEST AT SCORING AND BOOZING. The Sunday Independent (Ireland) 24 September 2006
- ^ George leaves Calum World Cup watch