Will Best

12 Sep 2011

We've decided not to resort to obvious riffs on Will's surname. His first assignment was meeting the new cast of Hollyoaks, who thought he was simply the Best. Sorry, couldn't resist..

Will Best

We've decided not to resort to obvious riffs on Will's surname. His first assignment was meeting the new cast of Hollyoaks, who thought he was simply the Best. Sorry, couldn't resist..
will best

Get to know William Best...

What has been your biggest flirting fail?

Deffo an unfortunate rapping incident. I was 18, I'd kissed an attractive girl and I thought the time was right for me to REALLY impress her. So I decided...to do a rap. That I'd made up. Right into her ear. Gently. The rap was quite short but managed to rhyme 'brimstone' with 'ozone'. Just thinking about it now makes me want to shrink to the size of a walnut and go and live like a hermit somewhere small and dark (but slightly urban). Like Dappy's pocket.

If you could change one thing about your appearance what would it be and why?

I have a silly nose. It's slightly too large for my face, and I blame that almost entirely on the fact I was a keen nose picker for many years. Real rummager. We're talking knuckle deep for hours at a time.

Describe your ideal lady friend...

I like women who are physically very strong. There's nothing better than the feeling you get when you know that your girlfriend, if push came to shove, could make a decent living as a wrestler. But she has to have tiny hands. That's essential.

Have people started recognising you off the telly yet?

Oh sure. As well as my family and close friends, there have been at least two other occasions. A girl asked to have her picture taken with me on the tube once, and some teenagers spotted me in the women's underwear section at Primark in Stratford (that's genuinely true). I was lost (that's not necessarily genuinely true). I had an embarrassing incident just yesterday when I was introduced to someone who said they recognised me and thought they might have met me before, to which I replied "I dont think so - you've probably just seen me on telly." It turned out I had in fact met her before. She'd never seen me on telly.

How would you describe your role in the T4 presenter family?

The really really cool one? The chilled out, kind of fashion icon sex symbol? Um...the rugged, urban, er...tall one? No? The silly one with the rubbery face?? Really?? Fair enough. We are a bit like a family though. I suppose Georgie and I are the kids (because we're very naughty) but I don't know quite who the parents are. (I do really but if I said it they might be offended). (Its Grimmy and Jam).

What do you want to be when you grow up?

A T4 presenter.

29 May 2012 Getty photographer Gareth Catermole gives Will some tips on shooting the red carpet - but will he get that coveted shot of Brad Pitt?

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