Dancing On Ice star Bez, his real name and the quiet life in remote Welsh home

Bez burst onto Dancing On Ice in trademark style when he performed his debut skate with a helmet and protective pads.

The Happy Mondays star is embracing everything about his new challenge and while he might not have been the best performer on the opening weekend but he certainly had the most fun.

Bez hasn't had the easiest of times on the show so far after he tested positive for coronavirus just days after his debut on the ice.

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But who is the man underneath the protective helmet.

His real name is Mark Berry and he was born in April 1964 making him 57.

Born in Bolton he now lives on the Welsh border in Monmouth where he now brews his own beer from the isolated rural home.

He recently revealed that he proposed to his fiancee whilst on a family picnic on The Skirrid Mountain, near Abergavenny.

Bez is probably best known for being one of the founding member of the indie band Happy Mondays, who were founded way back in 1980 but hit the mainstream in the late 1980s and early 1990s alongside other "Madchester" groups such as The Stone Roses. Bez and Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder also performed with Black Grape, formed in 1994 but he is best remembered for his dancing crazy antics on stage.

Despite his music career Bez is also no stranger to reality TV shows.

He entered the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2005. Bez managed to beat the likes of Jackie Stallone and Brigitte Nielsen to win the Celebrity Big Brother title.

Since then he has become a regular on Celebrity Gogglebox alongside Shaun Ryder.

He then showed off some impressive culinary skills when he joined Celebrity Masterchef in 2020. Despite fans calling for Bez to win he was eliminated early in the competition.

Bez is a dad to three children called Arlo, Jack, and Leo. He also has one grandchild called Luca.

You can see Bez back on the ice Sunday at 6:30pm on Itv one and the Itv hub.

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