Bear Grylls
Bear Grylls
Edward Michael "Bear" Gryllsis a British adventurer, writer and television presenter. He is widely known for his television series Man vs. Wild, originally titled Born Survivor: Bear Grylls in the United Kingdom. Grylls is also involved in a number of wilderness survival television series in the UK and US. In July 2009, Grylls was appointed the youngest-ever Chief Scout in the UK at age 35...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionReality Star
Date of Birth7 June 1974
CityDonaghadee, Northern Ireland
The hardest thing about my job isn't the snake bites or the crocodiles, it's being away from my children. I have a really religious satellite phone call every day back to the boys, wherever we are, whatever time zone, to say goodnight.
As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
I've eaten sheep's eyes, the still hot meat from a zebra killed by a lion, and maggots which give you 70 calories to the ounce.
I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.
I think viewers quite like it when I'm suffering or eating or drinking something horrible or really up against it in some quicksand or whatever.
I said 'no' to the 'Born Survivor' producer three times because I've never aspired to be a TV man.
I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I've been doing that from a very young age.
I love Ray Mears. He's brilliant. He's so rude about me in the press, it's outrageous!
I love making healthy lean foods delicious - that's an art!
I love home cooking, and I'm not a great one for fast food.
I don't like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep those sort of good luck cards for rare occasions!
I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk - not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.