Nigerian-born British Television Presenter, Ade Adepitan Bio, Marriage, Wife, and Net Worth

Adedoyin Olayiwola Ade Adepitan, professionally known as Ade Adepitan, is a Nigerian-born British Paralympic star. Furthermore, he has won gold medals in wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis, and dance.

Further, he used a wheelchair to contract polio that drove his left leg.

Currently, he is a BBC and Channel 4 employer who also served as an actor and a British Television Presenter.

As a presenter, Ade has hosted a range of travel documentaries and sports programs for BBC television. Read the entire article and know everything related to him in the section below:

Millions Of Net Worth

The black dreadlock-haired TV personality, Adepitan, has made a generous amount of money through his TV appearances and his sports career. His main source of income is his game as a wheelchair basketball player and as a television presenter.

Moreover, he initiated as a basketball player in wheelchairs and ended up with his club Milton Keynes Aces. Also, the athlete has been featured as an actor, presenter, guest on countless TV programs and series.

Similarly, Olayiwola has evolved as one of the presenters of the new BBC travel series of The Travel Show 2014 and recently became a member of the Paralympics of Rio 2016.

As per the PayScale Magazine study, the TV Presenter’s evaluated annual salary varies from $39,714 to $212,427; he might be receiving his salary in the same range.

Yet, he hasn’t mentioned his net worth, assets, and income in the media; however, some sources claimed that Ade’s estimated net worth is around $2million as of early 2022. The chocolaty boy relishes a luxurious life with his family with such earnings.

Marriage Life With Linda Harrison

Moved on toward the romantic and private life of Ade Adepitan, he is happily living in a marital relationship. Ade tied the knot with his long-term girlfriend turned wife, Linda Harrison, a Scottish singer famous by her stage name Elle Exxe.

Initially, the duo met at the National Television Awards and subsequently married on 19th August 2018. The pair also shares one adorable child, Bolla, born on 4th January 2021, who has not been drawn to any controversial moments to date.

On their big day, more than a hundred seventy friends attended the intimate wedding ceremony. Moreover, the guestslist included Soprano Camilla Kerslake and her rugby union star husband, Chris Robshaw. 

Furthermore, their romantic wedding ceremony was held in St Paul’s Cathedral, where Prince Charles married Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1981.

Since their marriage, the lovebird has never been a part of any rumors and controversies, and they are a true example of a true relationship.

Besides, he is very open about his personal life and professional life, yet he hasn’t disclosed any details about his past relationship.

As per some tabloids, his spouse Linda is his first girlfriend he already married in 2018.

Maryland Native

An accomplished wheelchair basketball player, Ade Adepitan was born Adedoyin Olayiwola Ade Adepitan on 27th March 1973 and stepped into this world in Maryland, Lagos, Nigeria.

Currently, 48 years old hunk is British by nationality and was born under the sun sign of Aries. And he is a follower of Christianity.

Likewise, he took birth to his father, Ajibola Olusola, and his mother, Christianah Adejioke. In contrast, his father is a resident of Newham’s London Borough. Later on, his mom immigrated with him to the United Kingdom to join his dad when he was just 3 years old.

Later, Ade contracted polio at the early age of fifteen months, resulting in the loss of function of his left leg, and eventually, he was unable to walk.

Revealing his academic background, the TV host did his schooling at Southern Road Primary School in Plaistow; this school helps people with disabilities and home issues.

After schooling, the star joined Lister Community School. From a very early age, Ade was interested in becoming a sportsperson.

Professional Career

Basketball career

The 48 years old, Olayiwola is a skilled wheelchair basketball player who has won gold and bronze medals for his club Milton Keynes Aces and as a member of the UK group.

The group won the bronze medal at the Great Britain team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens and the gold medal at the 2005 Manchester Paralympic World Cup in Manchester. 

TV Career

Followingly, Adedoyin has been featured as an actor, presenter, or guest in different television shows and series, most notably for the BBC.

Likewise, he often uses television to promote anti-racism and anti-disability discrimination campaigns.

 

In 2002, he was possessed in the BBC One ident Hip-Hop as one of three wheelchair basketball players.

Moreover, Ade was a key presenter on the CBBC children’s program Xchange and appeared in EastEnders’ serial drama.

Additionally, he portrayed Baggy Awolowo, a wheelchair basketball coach, in the TV series Desperados.

Media

Paralympic Star Olayiwola has made documentaries for Channel 4. In addition, he was one of the main presenters and co-presenters of the London 2012 Paralympic Games on Channel 4.

Ade was also a Channel 4 2014 Winter Paralympic Games and the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games presenting crew.

Likewise, he has also operated with the BBC, co-hosting an edition of The One Show with Alex Jones and delivering the Invictus Games.

In 2019, Adepitan hosted a new series for BBC Two Africa called Ade Adepitan. The series took him across Africa, from West Africa and his birthplace of Lagos, Nigeria, to Central and Eastern Africa and the continent’s deep south.

Nowadays, he is working as a BBC presenter for the Global Citizen Festival, a panelist on the BBC quiz show Blankety Blank.

Also, he was a celebrity contestant on Catch, competing against his Paralympics co-presenter Clare Balding on 30th October.

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