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Will Njobvu
William Njobvu (born 17th January 1995) known professionally as Will Njobvu is a British television presenter and personality. He has hosted The Masked Singer Unmasked for ITV2], co-hosted Jeremy Vine on Channel 5 and has presented radio shows on Capital Xtra. Will has interviewed some of the biggest names in Hollywood including Lady Gaga, Chris Pine, Mel B and more. He currently hosts his own podcast show called Reality with Will Njobvu, where he interviews stars from Love Island, Big Brother, Married At First Sight, Love Is Blind and more.

= Media Career =

Njobvu's career in television started in 2016 when he started working as a journalist behind the scenes at ITN's Channel 5 News. In 2018, Njobvu hosted a short documentary for The Victoria Derbyshire programme on BBC Two, where he revealed he is living with a heart condition. He then went on to host ITV2's entertainment news bulletin FYI Daily and made his live TV debut co-hosting the Jeremy Vine show on Channel 5 in 2019. Will started working for Capital XTRA radio, hosting its Saturday morning slot from 9am to 1pm - where he gained popularity interviewing reality TV contestants from Love Island. The presenter hosted the station's first Love Island reunion, which attracted widespread press attention and more than half a million views on Youtube. In 2021, Njobvu started guest hosting the Entertainment News slot on ITV's Good Morning Britain, where he teased his co-star Susanna Ried was possibly taking part on The Masked Singer UK live on air. In 2021, Njobvu was announced as the main host of The Masked Singer UK's first spin-off show Unmasked, which aired first on ITV Hub and later on ITV2. He then started appearing regularly on the spin-off show for Love Island UK 'Aftersun,' where he was once slammed for complaining the boys on Love Island 'weren't hot enough.' The media personality also appeared as a panelist on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here's spin-off show The Daily Drop, hosted by Vick Hope. He continued to grow his reality TV brand by announcing the launch of his self-produced podcast 'Reality with Will Njobvu,' which immediately gained popularity on Tik Tok, attracting millions of views. Guests have included Chloe Burrows, Indiyah Polak and more. Love Island star Faye Winter famously walked out of an interview with Njobvu after he asked her when she was planning to have children, but it was later revealed that it was a prank. In 2023, Njobvu hosted Channel 4's Life After Love Island documentary, which shone light on the lives reality TV stars live when they are away from the limelight. The documentary, which gained over 1.6 million views to date showed Love Island contestant serving shots in a nightclub right after leaving Love Island because she 'needed to get by.' Later in the year, Njobvu [https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/london-pride-parade-2022-route-map-what-time-march-start-where-full-schedule-1718043 was announced as the lead host as Pride's main stage] in Trafalgar Square. In 2024, Njobvu announced his departure from his Saturday morning slot on Capital XTRA radio to "focus on other projects elsewhere in the media." Days after, he appeared on BBC Two's comedy panel show The Apprentice You're Fired and Britain's Got Talent's spin-off show BGT Reacts.

= Personal Life =

Njobvu was born in Belgium and is the son of diplomat William Njobvu (senior) who passed away in 2013. He studied Media and Communications with Journalism at De Montfort University. He lives with a heart condition called Mitral Valve Prolapse, which he was diagnosed with at the age of 2022. In an interview with British Heart Foundation's podcast Ticker Tapes, the star revealed the condition could have killed him if it were not detected in time. He now works with the British Heart Foundation and has hosted their Heart Hero Awards alongside TV presenter Vernon Kay. In 2020, Njobvu revealed he was racially abused at a train station in London by a man who told him to "speak English." In 2022, Njobvu came out as gay on his Tik Tok and live on his Capital XTRA radio show, saying "I'm black, gay and proud." He then went on to speak about the death threats he received because people suspected he was gay. In 2023, Njobvu revealed to the Daily Mirror that he had been sexually assaulted after meeting someone from the gay dating app Grindr, saying he had "never felt so scared in his life." It is unknown whether Njobvu is in a relationship or not, however he was spotted on a date with Apprentice UK star Navid Sole in Mayfair.