Nick Grimshaw

Grimshaw was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester and grew up there.{{Cite news |url= http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/top-of-the-morning-how-oldham-lad-691005 |title=Top of the morning: How Oldham lad Nick Grimshaw landed Radio 1's top job |last=Bourne |first=Dianne |date=12 July 2012 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |access-date=16 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160624065314/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/top-of-the-morning-how-oldham-lad-691005 |archive-date=24 June 2016 }} He was educated at Our Lady's Roman Catholic High School,{{cite web|url=https://education-today.co.uk/radio-host-nick-grimshaw-backs-alumni-networks-in-oldham-state-schools|title=Radio host Nick Grimshaw backs alumni networks in Oldham state schools|date=26 February 2018|accessdate=6 February 2025}} a state voluntary aided school in the town of Royton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in North West England, followed by the University of Liverpool between 2002 and 2005, studying Communication and Media Studies. He failed his final year, graduating with a DipHE rather than a bachelor's degree.{{cite news |url= http://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/393981/Nick-Grimshaw-fails-degree |title='My dad will be furious!' Nick Grimshaw discovers he failed degree live on air |newspaper=Daily Star |location= London |date=12 August 2014 |first=Emma |last=Kelly}} During his studies at the University of Liverpool, Grimshaw was also a member of the University's student radio station, ICON Radio (now Liverpool Guild Student Media).{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

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Grimshaw joined BBC Radio 1 in September 2007, presenting the BBC's youth strand Switch with close friend and fellow DJ Annie Mac. He hosted the show for 9 months solo while Mac hosted a weekend lunchtime slot.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-19698556|title=Grimshaw takes over R1 breakfast|date=24 September 2012|access-date=24 July 2019|language=en-GB}}

From October 2008 to May 2009, Grimshaw hosted Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show. Grimshaw then went on to present the 10{{nbsp}}pm{{snd}}midnight slot on BBC Radio 1 on 1 June 2009, following the departure of Colin Murray. He regularly joked about how long his position at BBC Radio 1 would last and whether he would actually be able to complete his long list of "1000 Albums Everyone Says You Should Listen To But We Only Have Time To Play One Track So Here It Is" which was a nightly feature on his show. He managed to reach number 369, before he left for the breakfast show.{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/nickgrimshaw/1000albums|title=Radio 1 – Nick Grimshaw – 1000 Albums |publisher=BBC |date=1 January 1970|access-date=24 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140226203254/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/nickgrimshaw/1000albums|archive-date=26 February 2014}}

On 11 July 2012 it was announced that Grimshaw would replace the long-standing Chris Moyles as host of Radio 1 Breakfast.{{cite news |first=Steve |last=Anderson |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/nick-grimshaw-to-replace-chris-moyles-as-radio-1-breakfast-show-host-7935540.html |title=Nick Grimshaw to replace Chris Moyles as Radio 1 breakfast show host |work=The Independent |location= London |date=30 April 2012|access-date=11 July 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120711174807/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/nick-grimshaw-to-replace-chris-moyles-as-radio-1-breakfast-show-host-7935540.html |archive-date=11 July 2012}} The last live show was broadcast on 12 September 2012,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mhtjq|title=BBC Radio 1 – Nick Grimshaw, Grimmy's last EVER evening show on BBC Radio 1|publisher=BBC|date=12 September 2012|access-date=24 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140226203220/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mhtjq|archive-date=26 February 2014}} although the last show broadcast under the show's name was a pre-recorded episode entitled "The 1000 Albums Show".{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mhtky|title=BBC Radio 1 – Nick Grimshaw, The 1000 Albums Show|publisher=BBC|date=13 September 2012 |access-date=24 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140226203104/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mhtky |archive-date=26 February 2014}} His first breakfast show programme was on 24 September 2012.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/24/nick-grimshaw-radio-1-breakfast-show|title=Nick Grimshaw's first Radio 1 breakfast show marks change of direction|last=Mahoney|first=Elisabeth|date=24 September 2012|work=The Guardian|access-date=24 July 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}

In November 2012, Grimshaw attracted criticism from Magic Radio breakfast presenter Neil Fox for comments he made about Radio 1's decision to omit Robbie Williams's "Candy" from its A-List playlist – reportedly due to being "too old" for the station's target demographic.{{cite news|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2012/11/neil-fox-calls-nick-grimshaw-a-totalnob|title=Neil Fox calls Nick Grimshaw a #totalnob |work=Radio Today |date=6 November 2012|access-date=11 November 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121111004457/http://radiotoday.co.uk/2012/11/neil-fox-calls-nick-grimshaw-a-totalnob |archive-date=11 November 2012}} Some days later, Grimshaw was in tabloid headlines when the papers in question claimed he refused to promote Rihanna's latest album because she cancelled an interview with him – a claim which Grimshaw denied, noting that his snub was intended to be "tongue in cheek".{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/rihanna/67336|title=Nick Grimshaw says Rihanna snub was 'tongue in cheek'|work=NME|date=22 November 2012|access-date=3 December 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128050140/http://www.nme.com/news/rihanna/67336|archive-date=28 November 2012}}

On 24 October 2013, it was reported that Grimshaw's Breakfast Show had one million fewer listeners than Moyles' and that its audience figures were the worst for the station in over a decade, with BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 all beating it in the ratings. At the time, Grimshaw's show was close to the record low of 5.5 million listeners, set by Sara Cox in 2003, toward the end of her three-year tenure hosting the show.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24650892|access-date=18 March 2014|date=24 October 2013|publisher=BBC|title=Nick Grimshaw loses more listeners|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222225906/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24650892|archive-date=22 February 2014}} In February 2014, the Breakfast Show recorded an enhancement of more than 700,000 listeners, which set the average number of listeners per week to 6.3 million.{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/06/radio-1-nick-grimshaw-bbc-radio-2 |title= Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw adds more than 700,000 listeners |access-date=18 March 2014 |date=6 February 2014 |newspaper=The Guardian |first1=Mark |last1=Sweeny |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140310155924/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/06/radio-1-nick-grimshaw-bbc-radio-2 |archive-date=10 March 2014 |location= London}} However, on 15 March 2014, it was reported that Grimshaw had lost another 510,000 listeners, for a weekly total of 5.78 million.{{cite news |url= http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-05-15/nick-grimshaws-radio-1-breakfast-show-loses-half-a-million-listeners |title=What are Nick Grimshaw's audience figures? |first=Ben |last=Dowell |work=Radio Times |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140515124702/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-05-15/nick-grimshaws-radio-1-breakfast-show-loses-half-a-million-listeners |archive-date=15 May 2014 |location= London}} The BBC claimed that this was part of the goal to attract younger listeners, while shedding the over-25s.{{cite news |url= http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/grimshaw-hailed-for-listener-losses-30276452.html |title=Grimshaw hailed for listener losses |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=15 May 2014 |access-date=8 January 2018}}

In March 2014, he completed a twelve-hour bicycle ride for Sport Relief.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26622095|title=Sport Relief: Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw completes 12 hour cycle challenge|date=17 March 2014|access-date=18 March 2014|publisher=BBC|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318010314/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26622095|archive-date=18 March 2014}} The event raised more than £115,000.{{cite web|url=http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/143945/Nick-Grimshaw-Raises-115000-For-Sport-Relief-After-Completing-12-Hour-Bike-Ride|title=Nick Grimshaw Raises £115,000 For Sport Relief After Completing 12 Hour Bike Ride|first1=Becca|last1=Longmire|date=18 March 2014|access-date=18 March 2014|website=entertainmentwise.com|publisher=Gigwise|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331162847/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/143945/Nick-Grimshaw-Raises-115000-For-Sport-Relief-After-Completing-12-Hour-Bike-Ride|archive-date=31 March 2014}} Later that year, he also took part in the Clash of the Titans event as part of John Bishop's team Team Bishop.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/sport-relief-titans-celebrities|title=BBC – Celebrity teams announced for Sport Relief's Clash of the Titans – Media Centre|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 July 2019}}

In May 2015, Grimshaw's Breakfast Show fell to 5.5 million listeners a week, becoming tied with Sara Cox's show for the lowest number of listeners in Radio 1's history. The station controller Ben Cooper congratulated Grimshaw saying, "I'm pleased that Grimmy is doing what I've asked of him by keeping his young audience happy and scaring off the over-30s.".{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/21/radio-1-loses-1m-listeners-nick-grimshaw-bbc-4-extra-6-music |title=Radio 1 loses nearly 1m listeners as Nick Grimshaw hits 12-year breakfast low |first=John |last=Plunkett |work=The Guardian |location= London |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161129184917/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/21/radio-1-loses-1m-listeners-nick-grimshaw-bbc-4-extra-6-music |archive-date=29 November 2016}} In August 2016, listener figures were reported to have dropped to 5.4 million, down 400,000-year-on-year, and making it the lowest listened to breakfast show in the station's history.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36965649 |title=BBC Radio 1 loses a million listeners as Radio 4 hits new high |access-date=4 August 2016 |url-status=live |work=BBC News |date=4 August 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160804121535/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36965649 |archive-date=4 August 2016}}

In July 2017 the BBC confirmed that Grimshaw's salary was in the £350,000 – £399,999 bracket.{{cite news |url= http://www.itv.com/news/2017-07-19/bbc-salaries-revealed-chris-evans-gary-linekar-and-graham-norton-highest-paid-stars|title=BBC salaries reveal who highest paid stars are |date=19 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170719225132/http://www.itv.com/news/2017-07-19/bbc-salaries-revealed-chris-evans-gary-linekar-and-graham-norton-highest-paid-stars |publisher=ITV News |archive-date=19 July 2017}} In October 2017 his Breakfast Show fell to 4.93 million listeners a week, the lowest listening figures for BBC Radio 1's breakfast show since records began. Controller Ben Cooper defended the stats and said it was still "the most relevant youth brand in the UK today".{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41752088 |title=Nick Grimshaw's Radio 1 show gets worst ever listening figures |date=26 October 2017 |url-status=live |work=BBC News |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171026154834/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41752088 |archive-date=26 October 2017}}

On 31 May 2018, it was announced that Grimshaw would be leaving the breakfast show and effectively swapping shows with Greg James. The move meant Grimshaw took over the 4-7pm drivetime slot.{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/may/31/nick-grimshaw-quit-hosting-bbc-radio-1-breakfast-show |newspaper=The Guardian |agency=Press Association |location= London |title= Nick Grimshaw to quit as host of BBC Radio 1 breakfast show |date=31 May 2018}} On 30 June 2021, Grimshaw announced he would be leaving Radio 1 after 14 years on air. His final show on the station was on 12 August 2021.{{cite web |title=Nick Grimshaw to leave Radio 1 after 14 years |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-57670955 |publisher=BBC |access-date=30 June 2021 |date=30 June 2021}}{{cite web |title=Grimmy's final link on Radio 1 |url=https://twitter.com/BBCR1/status/1425883345481777156 |via=Twitter |access-date=12 August 2021 |date=12 August 2021}}{{Primary source inline|date=June 2024}}

On 9 January 2025, it was announced by the BBC that Grimshaw would take over from Lauren Laverne as the new presenter of BBC Radio 6 Music's breakfast show, which he has covered for since August 2024.{{Cite web |date=9 January 2025 |title=Lauren Laverne to step down from 6 Music breakfast |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9g9q91j7lo |access-date=11 January 2025 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} It also marks Laverne's return to the station for the first time since she was diagnosed with cancer and subsequently given the all-clear.{{Cite web |date=24 November 2024 |title=Lauren Laverne given 'all clear' following cancer diagnosis |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c629vp438q6o |access-date=11 January 2025 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

Grimshaw's career started on UK entertainment channel E4, hosting daily shows. In September 2007, he crossed over to Channel 4, hosting the daily breakfast show Freshly Squeezed with Alexa Chung and more recently Jameela Jamil, airing 7{{nbsp}}am on weekdays. The pair went on to host various award shows for TV and coverage from music events and festivals for Channel 4. As well as hosting the radio show BBC Switch for BBC Radio 1, Grimshaw and Annie Mac teamed up to host music show Sound for BBC Two. He presented the first ever BBC Switch Awards show with Kimberley Walsh of Girls Aloud on BBC One.

In summer 2011, Grimshaw hosted a live 6-part series for Channel 4 on Saturdays entitled New Look Style the Nation, in which hopeful fashion designers competed for a job at New Look. In 2012 he co-presented the iTunes Festival with Annie Mac throughout September for Channel 4.

On 30 April 2013, he began presenting BBC Three panel show, Sweat the Small Stuff.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/sweat-the-small-stuff.html Nick Grimshaw to host Sweat The Small Stuff on BBC Three] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527062927/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/sweat-the-small-stuff.html |date=27 May 2013 }} BBC Media Centre On 2 August 2013, Grimshaw hosted a one-off panel show on Channel 4 called That Music Show.[http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/channel-4-commissions-music-pilots Channel 4 commissions music pilots ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815203449/http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/channel-4-commissions-music-pilots |date=15 August 2016 }} Channel 4 Press In late 2013, Grimshaw appeared in as many soap operas he could, filming cameo roles in EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Home and Away.{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/nick-grimshaw-aiming-appear-eastenders-2850789 |title=Nick Grimshaw aiming to appear in EastEnders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, Coronation Street and Home and Away |author=Claire Hodgson |work=The Mirror |date=25 November 2013 |access-date=13 December 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222144958/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/nick-grimshaw-aiming-appear-eastenders-2850789 |archive-date=22 December 2015 }} In 2013, he narrated Hotel of Mum and Dad for BBC Three.

In 2014 Grimshaw presented The Brits Are Coming, the show that revealed some of the nominees at the 2014 Brit Awards. Since 2014 he has been a regular guest co–presenter on The One Show.{{Cite news|url=http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/604643/Nick-Grimshaw-The-One-Show-fan-viewers-reaction-Twitter|title='Where will he pop up next?' Nick Grimshaw's debut on The One Show isn't a hit with fans|last=Price|first=Annie|date=11 September 2015|newspaper=Daily Express|access-date=16 January 2017}}

On 16 June 2015, it was revealed that Grimshaw would join the twelfth series of The X Factor as a judge to replace Louis Walsh.[http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/nick-grimshaw-and-rita-ora-join-x-factor-cheryl-fernandez-versini-and-simon-cowell Nick Grimshaw and Rita Ora join The X Factor, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Simon Cowell return] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817101658/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/nick-grimshaw-and-rita-ora-join-x-factor-cheryl-fernandez-versini-and-simon-cowell |date=17 August 2016 }} ITV Press Centre He was selected to mentor the "Boys" category and chose Mason Noise, Ché Chesterman and Seann Miley Moore for the live shows. Following the eliminations of Moore in week 2 and Noise in week 4, he guided Chesterman through to the final, where he finished in third place. On 19 February 2016, Grimshaw announced he would not be returning to the show for its thirteenth series and was replaced by Walsh. {{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

Since June 2019, he has appeared on Celebrity Gogglebox alongside his niece Liv, as well as the Stand Up to Cancer specials.

In spring 2021, Grimshaw appeared as a contestant on The Great British Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer.{{Cite web|date=28 January 2021|title=A brand new batch of celeb bakers return to the tent|url=https://www.standuptocancer.org.uk/whats-happening/celeb-bake-off-returns-2021-james-mcavoy-daisy-ridley-jade-thirlwall-nick-grimshaw-dizzee-rascal|access-date=25 February 2021|website=Stand Up To Cancer|language=en}}

Grimshaw has expressed his interest in contemporary art and set design. In 2016, he sold one of his paintings as part of a secret charity auction during Frieze Art Fair.{{Citation|title=Grimmy on Radio 2 Arts Show 20-Oct-2016|url=https://soundcloud.com/user-708883591/grimmy-on-radio-2-arts-show-20-oct-2016|language=en|access-date=31 October 2018}}

He is an ambassador for the Royal Academy of Arts. In 2017, he was commissioned to design a Christmas tree in celebration of the Academy's 250th anniversary.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thelovemagazine.co.uk/posts/8530/crystals-chocolate-and-chipboard-nick-grimshaw-on-his-royal-academy-of-arts-christmas-tree|title=Crystals, Chocolate and Chipboard: Nick Grimshaw on his Royal Academy of Arts Christmas tree {{!}} LOVE|website=LOVE|language=en-GB|access-date=31 October 2018|archive-date=31 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031214917/http://www.thelovemagazine.co.uk/posts/8530/crystals-chocolate-and-chipboard-nick-grimshaw-on-his-royal-academy-of-arts-christmas-tree|url-status=dead}}

Interested in live music production, Grimshaw interned with the stage designer Es Devlin in 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://thefifthsense.i-d.co/en_gb/article/in-conversation-es-devlin-and-hannah-barry/|title=in conversation: es devlin and hannah barry {{!}} The Fifth Sense {{!}} i-D|work=The Fifth Sense|access-date=31 October 2018|language=en-gb}}

Grimshaw launched and judged Column Idol 2014, an annual competition set up by charity Media Trust with The Sun newspaper to find new writing talent.{{cite web |url=http://goodnewsshared.com/nick-grimshaw-launches-column-idol/ |title=DJ Nick Grimshaw Launches Column Idol to Encourage Young Writers - Good News Shared | Good News Shared |access-date=14 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220055824/http://goodnewsshared.com/nick-grimshaw-launches-column-idol/ |archive-date=20 December 2014 }}

He makes a cameo appearance as himself in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016).{{Citation|title=Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie|date=22 July 2016|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2112096/|access-date=30 October 2018}}

Grimshaw's debut autobiography, Soft Lad, was published by Hodder & Stoughton on 27 October 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/soft-lad/nick-grimshaw/9781399711050|title=Soft Lad by Nick Grimshaw |website=Waterstones.com|access-date=29 March 2023}}

In October 2021 he was featured in the BBC series Walking With..., walking in Northumberland from Warkworth to Amble.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00111h4 | title=BBC One - Walking With..., Series 1, Walking with Nick Grimshaw }}

Since June 2022 Grimshaw embarked on a weekly podcast "Dish" with Waitrose alongside Michelin-star chef Angela Hartnett.{{Cite web|url=https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/content/podcast?srsltid=AfmBOooO78kOZVhH1E70EMR3VCpWryRCryeQkxtKGpL6L9VABg9VRugT|title=Dish Podcast |website=Waitrose.com|access-date=9 March 2025}}

On 17 August 2012, Grimshaw spoke about being gay.{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/aug/17/nick-grimshaw-radio-1-breakfast-show |title=Can Nick Grimshaw make Radio 1 feel young again? |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=17 August 2012 |work=The Guardian |access-date=18 August 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130930215836/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/aug/17/nick-grimshaw-radio-1-breakfast-show |archive-date=30 September 2013 |location= London}}{{cite news |first=Scott |last=Roberts |url= http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/08/18/radio-1s-grimmy-confirms-hes-gay-and-would-like-to-date-frank-ocean/ |title=Radio 1's Grimmy confirms he's gay and would like to date Frank Ocean |newspaper=Pink News |location= London |access-date=18 August 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120820221349/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/08/18/radio-1s-grimmy-confirms-hes-gay-and-would-like-to-date-frank-ocean/ |archive-date=20 August 2012 }} He appeared at number 8 on The Independent on Sunday{{'}}s list of the 101 most influential LGBT people in Britain 2012.{{cite news |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-ios-pink-list-2012-8216187.html|title=The IoS Pink List 2012|work=The Independent on Sunday |date=4 November 2012|access-date=27 December 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121224072932/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-ios-pink-list-2012-8216187.html |archive-date=24 December 2012 |location= London }} Nick Grimshaw was awarded the title of GQ Best-Dressed Man of the Year in 2014 by the British edition of the magazine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/nick-grimshaw-fashion-best-dressed-man-2014|title=Style file: Nick Grimshaw|last=Carvell|first=Nick|website=GQ|date=17 February 2015|access-date=31 October 2018}} Since 2018 Grimshaw has been an ambassador for The Albert Kennedy Trust, also known as Akt, a charity helping homeless LGBT youth.{{Cite news|url=https://www.akt.org.uk/news/save-the-date-akt-gala-dinner-2018|title=Nick Grimshaw to host this year's AKT Gala Dinner|work=The Albert Kennedy Trust|access-date=30 October 2018|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/article/adidas-to-launch-prouder-campaign-during-london-pride-to-help-fight-lgbt-youth-homelessness-1/18284/|title=Adidas to launch 'Prouder' campaign during London Pride to help fight LGBT youth homelessness|date=23 June 2018|work=Attitude.co.uk|access-date=30 October 2018|language=en}}

In March 2022 Grimshaw became engaged to dancer and model Meshach 'Mesh' Henry. They live in North London, with two dogs.{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/02/16/nick-grimshaw-looks-loved-boyfriend-meshach-henry-couple-walks-hand-hand-8646367/|title=Nick Grimshaw looks loved up with boyfriend Meshach Henry as couple walks hand-in-hand|last=Evans|first=Mel|website=Metro|location=UK|date=16 February 2019|access-date=18 February 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/inside-nick-grimshaws-immaculate-london-26613014|title=Inside Nick Grimshaw's immaculate London home he shares with Meshach Henry|first=Lucy|last=Robinson|date=1 April 2022|website=OK!}}

In August 2024 Grimshaw and members of his family were targeted by burglars while staying in a rented villa in Ibiza.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2zpz8ddmo | title=Nick Grimshaw's Ibiza villa targeted by gang during birthday trip }}

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