I'm A Celebrity 2025 star Tom Read Wilson – from rejection on The Voice to finding fame on Celebs Go Dating
He's one of two late arrivals into the ITV campI’m A Celebrity star Tom Read Wilson is set to brave the Australian jungle alongside a host of other famous faces as he enters as one of 2025’s two late arrivals.
Here, as the TV personality, actor and singer lands in camp, we look back at his life, career and relationships…
Who is Tom Read Wilson?
Tom is a TV personality, singer, and actor best known for his role on Celebs Go Dating. The star is the receptionist and client coordinator on the hit E4 show, a role he has held since 2016.
Tom first came into the limelight back in 2016, when he competed on the fifth series of The Voice UK.
Then 28 he auditioned with a performance of Johnny Mercer’s Accentuate the Positive. Unfortunately for Tom, none of the judges – Will.i.am, Boy George, Paloma Faith or Ricky Wilson – turned around for him.
Later that year, he made his debut on Celebs Go Dating.
Since then, Tom has made a number of TV appearances, including stints on Celebrity Juice, Love Island: Aftersun, Strictly: It Takes Two, 8 out of 10 Cats and Tipping Point: Lucky Stars. In 2020, he appeared on Celebrity Mastermind, winning the show thanks to his expert knowledge of My Fair Lady. In 2021, he was a runner-up on BBC One’s Celebrity Best Home Cook.
Last year, Tom presented Channel 5 series, The Taste Test Restaurant, and earlier this year he was a contestant on Richard Osman’s House of Games.
Tom has also performed on stage. In 2015, he played the role of Bill Yorke in Sweet Revenge at the Windsor Repertory Theatre. In 2023, he landed the role of Squidward in the SpongeBob SquarePants musical on the West End.
How old is Tom Read Wilson?
Tom was born on November 12, 1986, in Berkshire, England.
This makes him 38 years old.
Speaking about his childhood in an interview with OK! in 2023, Tom said: “I had a happy childhood. It was quite a curious one because I grew up on a college campus, so when the school holidays came around and the kids went home, I could skinny dip in the pool and play on the tennis courts. It was a lovely place to grow up in.
“I’m very close to my parents, but sadly, they are now separated, and my dad has remarried. My mum is a French teacher and a wonderful, zesty, rather naughty character.”
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Is Tom Read Wilson currently in a relationship? Does he have a partner?
No, Tom does not appear to be in a relationship at the moment. Or, if he is, he has yet to announce it publicly.
In 2021, the star admitted that he likes to date himself, after being something of a serial dater in the past.
Speaking to Kate Thornton on her White Wine Question Time podcast, he said: “I really advocate things like what I call ‘dating myself’ where I kind of take myself out for a really lovely meal or to the BFI or to the National Theatre.”
He went on to say that enjoying your own company is a major part of finding love.
“I think that if you really do – and it’s not just a kind of metaphysical thing, it’s actually a science of getting to like your own company – then you’re very well placed for somebody to enter your life because they’re not anything more to you. They’re not your counsellor or your crutch – they’re just your paramour, which is heaven,” he said.
Tom on finding love
In another interview, this time with Pink News in 2018, Tom admitted that it took him a while to realise that the best thing he could do to find love was to be himself.
“I realised what I was attracted to in other people were often the curiosities and idiosyncrasies and the nuances. I thought, why on earth am I trying to censor myself or edit myself to get rid of those? Those should be the bits I’m celebrating. That’s the most liberating notion. The person that’s going to fall for you is going to fall for all of those delicious curiosities,” he said.
In 2023, Tom admitted that he would like children one day.
“I’m so lucky I’ve got three godchildren, three nephews… but what I really crave is to have children of my own one day,” he told New! at the time.
However, he has said that he’s quite happy with his own company.
“I tend to find that I have a very spiky grasp on my professional life. But when I get a break, I love to date – even if after three minutes of meeting, you know it’s not going to lead to romance. I just love meeting people. I’m very happy in my own company, but if someone came into my life, it would be a beloved addition. Most days I feel like a moist madeira sponge that doesn’t really require icing,” he said.
“But if there were icing, it wouldn’t go amiss.”
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Tom Read Wilson on his dreams changing as he gets older
In his interview with Pink News, Tom also opened up about how his dreams have changed as he’s got older.
“I think as a teenager, my great dream was to be clutching a Tony at 20 – not a boy, the Tony Award! I think one just becomes much more grateful for what one has as opposed to the kind of grand design. I think I’ve recognised it is just that and I think I’ve never felt it more than now,” he said.
“Because of my life in the theatre, most of my friends are still in the artistic community, and most of them are thespians, and you know that that struggle. How could one not be so grateful for one’s lot when you see how difficult it is for everybody in the arts at the moment? I just think my goodness, I’m so lucky.”
On taking part in I’m A Celebrity 2025
Speaking to The Mirror ahead of his entrance into the jungle this week, Tom shared that he’s “terrified” of camp life.
“I shan’t sugar the pill. I am terrified. I do not think I have ever been quite so frightened. But it is a funny thing with fear historically for me because it is one of those things that swells and swells and swells in my mind. And as soon as I start something, I am actually much better,” he said.
He added that he can’t wait to buddy up with Ruby Wax, saying: “I am excited and nervous about this in equal measure, because historically I have not done very well when I have been a big fan of somebody. But I am a very, very big fan of Ruby Wax.”
He’s also revealed the advice given to him by his pal Roman Kemp – wean yourself off coffee before you go into camp! “Because, he said, that is the biggest shock. You suddenly crash and you get headaches. And that is terribly good advice for me.”
I’m A Celebrity is on every night at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
