{"id":363258,"date":"2026-03-24T22:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/363258\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T22:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:07:09","slug":"viewers-shocked-after-tv-star-33-candidly-reveals-he-is-a-grandfather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/363258\/","title":{"rendered":"Viewers shocked after TV star, 33, candidly reveals he is a grandfather"},"content":{"rendered":"

A contestant of new Channel 4 series The Hunt has revealed that he is a grandad at the age of 33.<\/p>\n

The Hunt: Prey vs Predator is an adventure reality series where 10 players are competing against each other in a remote forest with up to \u00a3100,000 of prize money<\/a> up for grabs.<\/p>\n

Once the 10 participants get divided into two camps ‘Predators’ and ‘Prey’, Team Prey have to find challenges in the forest and complete them in exchange for cash.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Predators are tasked with hunting the others down.<\/p>\n

The twist is, if anyone from Team Prey gets caught, they are forced to swap roles with the Predator and hand over their dough.<\/p>\n

At the end of each episode, a Predator gets voted off.<\/p>\n

\"MeetMeet the contestants of new Channel 4 series ‘The Hunt: Prey vs Predator’ (Channel 4)<\/p>\n

In the first episode of the show, however, contest Nathan surprised his co-stars after admitting that he was a father-of-six<\/a> ‘and a grandfather of one’.<\/p>\n

“But we don’t use the word grandad because it’s really uncool, so it’s papa,” the former military man – who is now a dentist – explained.<\/p>\n

“Life is always on the go. This is a break. This is a holiday<\/a>,” he joked to the camera in another clip.<\/p>\n

\"NathanNathan revealed that he is a grandad at 33 (Channel 4)<\/p>\n

Viewers were a little surprised by the admission, as one person tweeted: “He\u2019s 33 and he\u2019s a grandad!?”<\/p>\n

While another penned: “Surprised no one had follow up questions for Nathan being a grandad at 33!?”<\/p>\n

Ahead of the series, Nathan revealed that he and his wife Carly run a casting agency and two private drama schools<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Life\u2019s busy. I\u2019m a normal lad from the north and I\u2019m just up for a bit of a laugh,” he said.<\/p>\n

\"NathanNathan can’t wait to get stuck in (Channel 4)<\/p>\n

Opening up about why he wanted to give The Hunt a go, the brave dad said: “I really want to do this to prove to myself that I can.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve got a condition called FND (Functional Neurological Disorder), which means that I have seizures and I also get weakness in my left-hand side, so it\u2019s a personal challenge to see whether I can still get up and run around a forest.”<\/p>\n

On what else to expect from the show, Channel 4<\/a> said: “Popularity, plotting, power plays, loyalty and friendship will all come into play and will, in fact, be crucial – as victory will depend not just on stealth in the wild, but skill as a social animal.”<\/p>\n

The first episode of The Hunt: Prey vs Predator is available to stream now on Channel 4 On Demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A contestant of new Channel 4 series The Hunt has revealed that he is a grandad at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1795,93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-363258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-channel-4","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}