Scotty T
{{Short description|British reality television personality}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Scotty T
| image = Scotty T (TV personality).jpg
| caption = Scotty T in 2018
| birth_name = Scott Robert Timlin
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|4|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Newcastle upon Tyne, England
| occupation = Television personality, influencer
| television = {{Ubl
|Geordie Shore (2012–25)
|Celebrity Big Brother (2016)
|Ex on the Beach (2016)
|Just Tattoo of Us (2018)
}}
}}
Scott Robert Timlin{{Cite web |title=Scott Robert TIMLIN |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/sazNuk37ddjPoCey6oKvmNe7JoE/appointments |website=govuk}} (born 26 April 1988),{{cite tweet |number=857007379149455362 |user=ScottGShore |title=HAPPY FUCKING BIRTHDAY TO MEEEEEEE |first=Scotty |last=T |author-link=Scotty T |date=25 April 2017 |access-date=20 December 2022 |language=en}} also known as Scotty T, is an English reality TV personality and influencer who is best known for appearing on Geordie Shore from 2012 to 2019 and winning Celebrity Big Brother in 2016.
Career
Timlin rose to fame as a cast member in the MTV reality series Geordie Shore, before being axed as a cast member in 2018 after being pictured snorting a suspicious substance.{{cite web |title=Celebrity Big Brother 2016: All the housemates, nominations and evictions |url=http://www.ok.co.uk/tv/celebrity-big-brother-2016-housesmates |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112022618/http://www.ok.co.uk/tv/celebrity-big-brother-2016-housesmates |archive-date=12 January 2016 |access-date=18 January 2016 |publisher=OK!}} He also appeared on the fourth series of Ex on the Beach{{cite web |date=15 December 2015 |title=Geordie Shore wild child Scott Timlin confirmed for Ex on the Beach season 4, but could Chloe Etherington be joining him? |url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/15/geordie-shore-wild-child-scott-timlin-confirmed-for-ex-on-the-beach-season-4-but-could-chloe-etherington-be-joining-him-5566042/ |access-date=18 January 2016 |work=Metro}} and won the seventeenth series of Celebrity Big Brother. He is the second Geordie Shore cast member to win the series, after Charlotte Crosby in 2013.{{cite web |date=11 January 2016 |title=CBB: Scott Timlin favourite to wFreddie is his biggest fann, TOWIE's Gemma Collins catching up |url=http://www.reveal.co.uk/showbiz-celeb-gossip/news/a680583/cbb-scott-timlin-favourite-to-win-towies-gemma-collins-catching-up.html |access-date=18 January 2016 |work=Reveal}} In 2015, Timlin performed with the male stripping troupe Dreamboys, doing guest appearances alongside fellow Geordie Shore cast member Gaz Beadle.{{cite web |last=Mirror.co.uk |first=James Brewster for |date=11 May 2018 |title=Bosses of Dreamboys strip show that features Gaz Beadle suing hen party company after '300 man-hungry women left disappointed' |url=https://closeronline.co.uk/celebrity/news/jake-quickenden-dreamboys/}} In March 2016, he was announced as the face of boohooMAN.com.{{Cite web |title=Geordie Shore's Scotty T Turns Model As The New Face of Boohoo Man |url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/yf9iua/scotty-t-new-face-of-boohoo |access-date=18 April 2016 |publisher=MTV}} In 2018, Timlin received a pig tattoo with the phrase "raid my village", a reference to the game Coin Master. He said he got the tattoo when he lost a bet with Charlotte Crosby, and had to get the tattoo as a result.{{cite news |date=14 December 2018 |title=Scotty T Unveils Questionable New Tattoo After Losing A Bet To Charlotte Crosby |url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/ad5ofh/scotty-t-unveils-questionable-new-tattoo-after-losing-a-bet-to-charlotte-crosby |work=MTV |language=en}} In November 2020, he joined OnlyFans and began uploading X-rated content.{{Cite web |date=December 2020 |title=Geordie Shore star Scotty T launches Only Fans account and teases X-rated snaps |url=https://headtopics.com/uk/geordie-shore-star-scotty-t-launches-only-fans-account-and-teases-x-rated-snaps-17180843}}
Timlin's current role includes advertising products on social media as an influencer.
Legal issues
In 2019, Timlin was declared bankrupt with debt of £147,000.{{cite web |date=12 December 2019 |title=Geordie Shore's Scotty T declared bankrupt after business fell into £147,000 of debt |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/12/geordie-shores-scotty-t-declared-bankrupt-business-fell-147000-debt-11799954/ |access-date=6 July 2022 |publisher=Metro}}
In December 2021, the Advertising Standards Agency publicly reprimanded him for not disclosing financial connections with advertisers and he remains (at time of writing) on their list of "Non-compliant social media influencers".{{cite web |date=24 July 2022 |title=Non-compliant social media influencers - ASA CAP |url=https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/non-compliant-social-media-influencers.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724064320/https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/non-compliant-social-media-influencers.html |archive-date=24 July 2022}}
In 2024, Timlin was charged by the Financial Conduct Authority, alongside other influencers, in relation to promotions of unauthorised investments.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=16 May 2024 |title=Reality TV stars charged over investment plugs |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgyg62wn7po |access-date= |website=BBC News |language=en}}
Filmography
References
{{Reflist}}.
External links
- {{IMDb name|5414618}}
- {{Twitter}}
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{{succession box
|title=Celebrity Big Brother UK winner
|years=Series 17 (2016)
|before=James Hill
| after = Stephen Bear
}}
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{{Big Brother UK}}
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Category:Mass media people from Newcastle upon Tyne
Category:Participants in British reality television series
Category:Reality television participants
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