1. Lee Ryan was born on 17 June 1983 and is an English singer, songwriter, and voice actor.
28 Facts About Lee Ryan
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Lee Ryan is best known as the lead singer of the boy band Blue.
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Lee Ryan went to Bedonwell School before attending performing arts schools, including Welling School and the Independent Performing Arts School Belcanto London Academy, where he first developed his talent, then independent fee-paying theatre schools Sylvia Young Theatre School and Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.
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Lee Ryan is a member of boy band Blue along with Simon Webbe, Duncan James and Antony Costa.
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Lee Ryan has had three number one hits while with Blue.
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Lee Ryan had previously co-directed the video for Blue's single "Breathe Easy", which he wrote and which was shot in Prague.
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Lee Ryan released his first single "Army of Lovers" in July 2005.
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In January 2006, Lee Ryan released his third and final single in the UK "When I Think of You".
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The single was being released for Great Ormond Street Hospital and CLIC Sargent, which were the two charities that Lee Ryan was touring for in November and December 2007, with young voices.
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Lee Ryan appeared in the video for the single "Red Light" by a British girlband named Fe-Nix.
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In June 2008 Lee Ryan was found guilty of assaulting a taxi driver in Oxted and ordered to pay compensation to the victim.
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In March 2010, Lee Ryan confirmed that he had signed a new record deal with Geffen Records, due to last until 2013.
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Lee Ryan announced in January 2011 that there was no deal to release his album.
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Lee Ryan stated in January 2011 that he was working on an album with Blue to be released later in the year.
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Lee Ryan was in Strictly Come Dancing 2018, but went out in the third round.
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On 15 February 2017, it was confirmed that Lee Ryan had landed a role in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders.
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Lee Ryan later received 2017 Inside Soap Award nomination for Best Newcomer.
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Unsure his contract would be extended, Lee Ryan signed to play Aladdin opposite Paul Merton's Widow Twanky in panto in Wimbledon, and was hence written out of EastEnders.
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From September to November 2019 Lee Ryan went on a UK-Tour with the musical "Rip it Up the 70s".
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Since starting his career on Blue, Lee Ryan has been in relationships with some famous female celebrities.
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Lee Ryan been in short-lived relationships with his fellow Celebrity Big Brother contestants Casey Batchelor and Jasmine Waltz, and has been linked to Stephanie Saunders, Emily Oldfield and Alicia Douvall.
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In 2023, Lee Ryan revealed he was going to be a father for the fifth time with his wife Verity Paris.
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Lee Ryan is a father to daughter Bluebell, with ex Jessica Keevil and shares son Rayn, born in 2008, with former partner Samantha Miller.
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Lee Ryan defined himself as bisexual in an interview on Good Morning Britain in August 2019: "For people to have some kind of prejudice against these kinds of things is just ignorant".
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Lee Ryan has been diagnosed with dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and Asperger syndrome.
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However, Lee Ryan was later charged and found guilty at trial of two counts of failing to provide information about the driver.
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In January 2023, Lee Ryan was convicted of four charges at Ealing Magistrates court.
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Lee Ryan had been found guilty of being drunk on an aircraft, assaulting a police officer and behaving in an abusive way towards a crew member, as well as a racially aggravated assault of a flight cabin crew member, which happened at London City Airport on 31 July 2022.