David McIntosh (Gladiators)

Born to a British mother and Jamaican father, McIntosh grew up in Platt Bridge, near Wigan. He went to Holy Family Primary School in Platt Bridge and then St Edmund Arrowsmith high school in Ashton in Makerfield. After school, McIntosh became a Royal Marines Commando, serving in Northern Ireland, Somalia, the Persian Gulf, and Afghanistan.[3] Upon leaving the Marines, McIntosh appeared as "Tornado" on the Sky 1 show Gladiators.[4]

Following Gladiators, McIntosh worked in security. In late 2013, McIntosh was doing security transportation on a badger culling operation, and after crashing a van loaded with dead badgers into a bus stop he received a traffic violation resulting in a court fine.[5] McIntosh was also found guilty of driving for eight years with a license that had been revoked for a previous traffic violation.[6]

In 2014, McIntosh appeared in fitness magazine Muscle & Fitness, and music videos for Jennifer Hudson's single "Walk It Out" and Nicki Minaj's single "Anaconda". In August 2014, McIntosh entered the Celebrity Big Brother house[7] for a reported fee of £200,000.[8] McIntosh was the first to be evicted from the house.[9]

In 2014 his private photos have been circulated online.[10] “So happy my naked ass brought joy to many boys & girls out der Im now gonna figure out a way to get more leaked, as my duty to humanity,” David wrote on Twitter.[10] The private pictures first surfaced online on Friday evening and the former ‘Gladiator’ was involved in a Twitter spat with his Kelly Brook following their publication.[10] After, in 2016, David McIntosh bares his buttocks on Instagram.[11][12]

In 2016, McIntosh was accused of anti-semitism with a Facebook post, in which he compared Orthodox Jewish women appearance without wigs to "witches".[13]

In 2017, McIntosh appeared on the E! reality dating show Famously Single. Later that year he played Doctore on the ITV2 Ancient Rome-themed reality television series Bromans, mentoring the contestants during physical challenges.[14]

In 2020, McIntosh appeared as a cast member on the eleventh series of Ex on the Beach.

McIntosh has been reported to date celebrities including Gina Rodriguez, Danielle Lloyd, Sara Jones,[15] Chantelle Houghton,[16] Rachel Christie, Sarah Harper,[17] Chanelle Hayes, Metisha Schaefer, Kelly Brook, Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace, and Juliet Bakos. McIntosh claimed to have not dated Rodriguez,[18] and not know Houghton.

In 2011 McIntosh became a father with Christie to their son Logan Phoenix McIntosh.[19] Following a breakdown in their relationship, Christie secured a non-molestation order against McIntosh.[20] In March 2014 McIntosh and Brook announced their engagement, split up in September 2014,[21] reconciled in October 2014, and split up permanently in November 2014. Following the split, McIntosh demanded that Brook compensate him for gifts he had given during the relationship, however Brook declined, and described her relationship with McIntosh as "toxic". In July 2015 it was reported that McIntosh bullied Brook during their relationship, a charge that McIntosh denied.[22]