TOP TV and Radio presenter Angellica Bell met her husband Michael Underwood while they were both working on CBBC.
Here we get to know Michael, who will no doubt be cheering his wife on when she enters the Big Brother house on Monday, April 7, 2025.
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Angellica Bell is believed to have been handed a substantial five-figure deal for appearing on Celebrity Big Brother 2025.
An insider exclusively told The Sun: “Angellica is an excellent booking by ITV.
“She’s one of the most recognisable faces in UK TV thanks to crossing over from children’s TV to primetime shows like The One Show and Martin Lewis.
“Angellica isn’t afraid to speak her mind either. I can’t imagine she will hold back if things kick off in there.”
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Who is Angellica Bell’s husband Michael Underwood?
Angellica married fellow TV presenter Michael Underwood after they met while working together at CBBC.
They tied the knot in a secret ceremony in New York in 2010.
Michael gained recognition presenting on the kids TV channel in the late 90s.
He featured on shows including Jungle Run, The Big Bang and Ministry of Mayhem.
Angellica and Michael went on to co-present some programmes, such as Project Parent and ITV‘s The Zone.
Kids
The happy couple share two children together.
Their son Elijah was born in December 2011, and a daughter named Keziah followed in June 2013.
While Michael and Angellica prefer to keep private information about their family about of the public domain, back in 2015 she opened up about the challenges of parenting in an interview with Mother&Baby.
She said: “Michael and I always make sure one of us is with the children if we are working – we don’t have any help and like to be with them.
“If I go to the gym, I’ll go at 6am before they wake up.
It was hard at first because [Michael] really wanted to do TV and had no control over that. But he loves it now. His students are like his extended children
“And if we go out in the evenings, it’s always after we have put them to bed.”
Quitting fame to teach
Following the Covid-19 pandemic, Michael quit fame to become a teacher when “he couldn’t get any work”.
In an exclusive interview with The Sun, Angellica said: “It’s funny. He couldn’t get any work. He had a teaching degree. He was like, ‘I can’t sit around’ so he started teaching.
“It’s been amazing. It was hard at first because he really wanted to do TV and had no control over that.
“But he loves it now. His students are like his extended children.
“They are blessed to have him. He thinks of creative ways to teach, to keep them engaged.”
