Rob Rinder, known for his work on the BAFTA-winning series Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour, has something of a “posh” persona, but it turns out that it’s not quite as it seems
Rob Rinder has made a shocking confession about his posh-sounding voice, revealing he completely made up his accent. The qualified barrister turned telly star, known for his work on the BAFTA-winning series Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour (alongside BBC Radio 2 presenter Rylan Clark), has admitted that his refined speaking voice is actually invented.
Despite sounding incredibly well-to-do on television, the Judge Rinder favourite has confessed that his “Mitford” tone – likely referencing the aristocratic Mitford family from the 1930s – is completely manufactured.
Recently opening up about the bombshell, the 47-year-old revealed that he was raised near a legendary singer and actually created his distinctive accent when he was just a child, according to the Mail.
He revealed: “I know I sound terribly ‘Mitford’. But I grew up around the corner from Amy Winehouse in Southgate, so how I sound was invented at the age of five.”
Speaking about the topic during an appearance on the Good Company podcast, Rob – who was born in Westminster and is reportedly mates with Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch – branded his voice as “artifice” and “complete fiction.”
He explained that his father worked as a taxi driver and he was brought up surrounded by Cockney accents, sharing examples such as: “Alright, boy. Alright, foxy.”
However, he claimed to have “culturally outgrown them” from a very young age.
“That’s how I grew up, and then at the age of three – no offence to them, although it sounds like a deliberate one – I sort of felt that I’d spiritually, intellectually, and culturally outgrown them and had enough,” Rob explained.
He also remembered feeling “surrounded by people he felt he had nothing in common with,” even jesting that he wasn’t “sure” they were related.
The Amazing Hotels star went on to say that it was a “pity” that the Jeremy Kyle Show wasn’t around at the time, as he would have been able to have a DNA test and “looked really disappointed at four” that he was related.
Meanwhile, his co-star Rylan Clark recently addressed rumours of a romance with Rob. During a radio show broadcast, Rylan confirmed that he is “seeing someone” and is “happy” and “very content,” emphasising that the relationship was kept under wraps.
He was quick to quash speculation involving Rob, describing him as a “friend.”
Source: Mirror
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