Meet influencer and former X Factor star Jack Remmington
JACK Remmington is a social media influencer who shot to fame on The X Factor.
He is also known for his hilarious TikTok videos and his insightful BBC podcast.
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Become famous
Jack was born on October 12, 1994 in Lincolnshire, England.
He soon moved south to study geography at the prestigious University of Oxford, where he was a member of the acapella group Out of the Blue.
However, most of his fans were introduced to the star when he became one half of the musical duo Jack & Joel.
Jac & Joel
The pair took part in the 2017 series of The X Factor but did not make it to the final.
However, their personalities won over the audience and they all became big stars.
Their YouTube channel, also called Jack & Joel, became extremely popular and quickly amassed over 30,000 followers as of December 2024.
In their videos, they took fans behind the scenes of their fame and even shared the story of how they met.
Jack and Joel were both members of Keeble College, Oxford, and they hit it off because their personalities were so different.
They joked that they “ran out of other friends,” which meant they “got along really well.”
TikTok stardom
After Jack & Joel broke up, Jack became famous on TikTok.
He is known for his hilarious antics, including offering an olive to Kylie Minogue in reference to an online meme.
The meme was centered around a video of Coronation Street’s Gail Platt offering Kylie Platt an olive with a sinister tone.
He also films videos alongside Ash Holme and the pair have even filmed a travel show together.
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Famous… In love
Jack presents the podcast Famously…In Love for BBC Sounds alongside star Sarel.
They delve into the shocking details of the relationships between some of the world’s biggest stars.
The podcast also analyzes how Hollywood relationships are perceived by the public and sometimes even created by celebrity agents.
On his BBC podcast, the star opened up about his own coming out experience.
He criticized the idea that gay people should come out as being straight is considered the norm.
Jack said: “I knew my parents accepted me, but I never said anything.
“So my dream situation was like, ‘Yeah, I can’t figure it out.’
“If I have a boyfriend, I just bring him home.”
‘The problem was I never had a boyfriend!
“So I had to take matters into my own hands!”
