{"id":86375,"date":"2023-10-07T00:15:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T00:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=86375"},"modified":"2023-10-07T00:15:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T00:15:06","slug":"big-brothers-craig-coates-unrecognisable-18yrs-on-from-the-show-after-getting-tattoos-and-joining-the-navy-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/tv-movies\/big-brothers-craig-coates-unrecognisable-18yrs-on-from-the-show-after-getting-tattoos-and-joining-the-navy-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Brother\u2019s Craig Coates unrecognisable 18yrs on from the show after getting tattoos and joining the Navy | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORMER Big Brother star Craig Coates looks completely different now 18 years after his appearance on the reality show was filmed.<\/p>\n<p>The season six contestant survived in Big Brother&#x27;s house until just two days before the final.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/9f538027-a92f-4701-b604-a7b5d3df8702.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/5e943e58-f6ea-4fc3-b13e-9a92bf3fed9c.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/www-facebook-com-craig-coates-850590215.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/www-facebook-com-craig-coates-850590227.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>At the time Craig was a 20-year-old hairdresser in Norfolk, and described himself as &quot;fit, fanciable and deceitful&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Now the reality star is unrecognisable after getting inked and joining the Navy.<\/p>\n<p>Although he still looks just as cheeky as he did on the show, the gay icon now sports two full sleeves of ocean themed tattoos.<\/p>\n<p>He also has an unknown phrase written in a semi-circle under his collarbones.<\/p>\n<h2>in TV<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RB-COMP-GLYN-WISE-2-1.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RB-COMP-GLYN-WISE-2-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RB-COMP-GLYN-WISE-2-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>SHELL SHOCK <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>I was on Big Brother and quit fame to become a VICAR, says Glyn Wise<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/simon-boyle-interviews-new-big-849751360-1.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/simon-boyle-interviews-new-big-849751360-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/simon-boyle-interviews-new-big-849751360-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>HE&#x27;S THE BEST <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Big Brother host Will Best\u2019s surprising side hustle revealed ahead of show<\/h3>\n<p>While on Big Brother in 2005 the young man wore his hair in a spiky updo that was popular at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Now Craig has a buzzcut, and no longer likes to go clean shaven, sporting a slight moustache and stubble.<\/p>\n<p>He joined the army for a stint in 2013, but has since returned to his first love: hairdressing.<\/p>\n<p>While in the Big Brother House he developed a close friendship with the eventual winner Anthony Hutton.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in TV<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tp-composite-freddie-flintoff.jpg\"><\/picture><span>END OF THE ROAD <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>BBC axes Top Gear as bosses rule there is no way back after Flintoff crash<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/newspress-collage-24307239-1696589686828.jpg\"><\/picture><span>&#8216;traumatic time&#8217; 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