How reality TV turned jailed Stephen Bear from a nobody into a shameless wannabe porn star who appeared at court clad in fur in a rented Rolls-Royce and used his trial to flog his grim OnlyFans account featuring him and his young girlfriend
- Stephen Bear has been jailed for disclosing private sexual photos and films
- He rose to prominence on TV shows such as Ex On the Beach and Shipwrecked
- Since then he has become an adult entertainer posting videos on OnlyFans
Since swaggering onto the nation’s screens as an unknown 11 years ago, Stephen Bear has never been far from controversy.
Aside from his on-screen antics in reality TV shows such as Shipwrecked, Ex-On the Beach and The Challenge, designer-clad jack-the-lad Bear’s varied love life has ensured him more than his share of publicity.
He has had strings of glamorous partners, many of whom have rarely hung around long due to his serial cheating.
His biggest claim to fame was winning 2016 Celebrity Big Brother which allowed him to cash in on his fame to the tune of £1million with personal appearances and even a biography.
In recent years, his TV career has been largely on the slide and he decided to reinvent himself as a wannabe porn star.
While awaiting trial Bear also posted a clip to his site depicting a sex act with his current girlfriend Jazmin Morrall. She has been ever present by his side during his trial at Chelmsford Crown Court, as he arrives in a white Rolls Royce, (pictured) dressed in a variety of gaudy suits and coats, flourishing a gold or silver cane
Bear, pictured here in his police mugshot, was jailed for 21 months on Friday after being found guilty of disclosing private sexual photos and videos of his ex girlfriend Georgia Harrison
Bear, pictured here in a TikTok video with his girlfriend Miss Morrall, made light of the court proceedings, asking his fans to choose what colour his suits should be
Bear, pictured here with his ex-girlfriend Georgia Harrison, was found guilty of disclosing private sexual photos and videos of her by a jury at Chelmsford Crown Court on Tuesday
He milked the publicity over the court case, using it to promote his website, where sex videos can be bought, after his OnlyFans site was closed down in December 2020.
While awaiting trial, he posted a clip on the site, and on Twitter, depicting a sex act with his young girlfriend – and enthusiastic fellow porn star – Jazmin Morrall, 23.
Jazmin, from Poole, in Dorset, who goes by the name of Jessica Smith on Instagram, has been ever present by his side during his trial at Chelmsford Crown Court as he arrived in a white Rolls Royce, dressed in a variety of gaudy suits and coats, flourishing a gold or silver cane, posing outside puffing on a huge cigar.
Miss Morrall has her own OnlyFans site, as well as around 1million followers on Instagram.
The pair got together last year when Bear posted a call on Twitter for a girlfriend to ‘settle down with’. The couple are said to be planning a wedding in Turkey, though Bear’s 21-month prison sentence today may have thrown a spanner in the works of their love story.
But no doubt the ever-optimistic Bear will see his jail term as more of a marketing tool, hoping his notoriety will only boost the sales of his online sex videos still further.
His own defence barrister Gemma Rose certainly didn’t sound like much of a fan when she told the jury: ‘You may not agree with Mr Bear’s views or his work online but this is not a court of morals.’
Bear claimed the short clip with Miss Morrall had earned him tens of thousands of pounds and he boasted that he was buying a club in Las Vegas although that has not materialised. The pair are pictured together
During the MTV show he hooked up with Vicky Pattison (pictured with Bear in 2015). Their romance didn’t last and Pattison, who would go on to win I’m A Celebrity, accused Bear of using her fame to get on Celebrity Big Brother
Bear impressed the producers of a show called Shipwrecked in 2011 with his good looks and brash cockney geezer persona, but there was nothing loveable about Bear.
Contestants were stranded on a desert island and had to fend for themselves with Bear’s nasty streak showing itself during one episode when he threatened another contestant who he believed had taken his food ration.
Heavily tattooed Bear’s appearance didn’t lead to much TV work and he disappeared from view.
But in 2015 he was chosen to appear in the reality series Ex-On the Beach where he starred alongside his ex-girlfriend Connie Wiltshire.
During the MTV show he hooked up with Vicky Pattison.
Their romance didn’t last and Pattison, who would go on to win I’m A Celebrity, accused Bear of using her fame to get on Celebrity Big Brother.
Pattison’s withering assessment of her own ex left little room for doubt: ‘He’s literally been the most vile, horrendous, snaky, conniving and manipulative person I have ever met.
‘I’m truly shocked that I’ve allowed myself to get so taken in – but there you go. Love is blind, or in my case, blind, deaf, stupid.’
Nevertheless, the series proved to Bear’s launching pad and he went on to win the show in 2016.
He beat a host of well-known names to win the reality show which featured his X-rated antics with Playboy bunny and X-Factor reject Chloe Khan as they licked chocolate of each other’s bodies.
Bear landed another show called ‘Just the Tattoo of Us’ alongside former Geordie Shore regular Charlotte Crosby.
The pair became an item off camera but Bear had to pretend to producers he was single when he landed a place on Celebs Go Dating.
As with most of his romances the relationship with Crosby lasted a matter of months and they split after several public spats.
Further work followed in the shape of three versions of ITV reality show ‘The Challenge.’
Bear landed another show called ‘Just the Tattoo of Us’ alongside former Geordie Shore regular Charlotte Crosby (pictured with Bear in 2017). The pair became an item off camera but Bear had to pretend to producers he was single when he landed a place on Celebs Go Dating
Bolstered by his new-found fame Bear released an autobiography called Bear’s Necessities: A Simple Guide to Life.
The book mostly gave advice on how people could become reality stars.
Its tag line read: ‘The School of Life has a new headmaster and Stephen Bear is going to teach you all you need to know to become the next reality TV sensation. Whether it’s how to wind people up, how or find yourself on the cover of Hello or OK Magazine, even how to land your own show, Bear’s Necessities has got it covered.’
The book rated a surprising 4 stars out of 5 on Amazon, but some of those 20-odd reviews are suspiciously brief.
One-star reviewer Helen, who spent 15p on the book in a charity shop, did not mince her words, telling prospective purchasers: ‘The person this book is about is a vile human being, you only need to read a small amount about him online to see what sort of person he is.
‘If narcissistic, mysoginistic, compulsive liars that treat women like absolute dirt is your thing, then by all means go ahead and have a read. Absolute sicko.
‘Current behaviour clearly demonstrates that. It nearly made my eyes bleed. It’s gone straight in the bin as I wouldn’t want to be responsible for anyone else having to endure this absolute drivel.’
Bear’s love life has centered around other reality stars. Apart from Crosby and Pattison he has been linked to inked glamour model Jemma Lucy and fashion influencer Ellie O’Donnell.
It was his relationship with former Love Islander Georgia Harrison – who he met on ‘The Challenge’ – that has led to the current trial after [allegedly] posting a video – without her consent – of them having sex.
Since 2020, Bear’s TV work has dried up because, according to insiders, he’s too unreliable. Instead, turned to posting explicit sex content on his OnlyFans site where he described himself as the ‘baddest guy you would ever meet’.
Ms Harrison (center) revealed her relationship with Bear (left) was ‘casual but intense’ during the filming of The Challenge. She claimed he had told her he ‘loved her’ but the pair fell out when he slept with another person. The former couple is pictured in 2019 with Theo Campbell
When giving evidence, Ms Harrison – waiving her anonymity – said Bear had ‘hung her on a wall naked for millions of people to see.’
She revealed their relationship was ‘casual but intense’ during the filming of The Challenge. She claimed he had told her he ‘loved her’ but the pair fell out when he slept with another person.
She became tearful recalling when she found out the video of them having sex was being shared. Learning he had [allegedly] shared the video on WhatsApp, she said: ‘He said he loved me and would never do this to me and at the time he had a promising career in TV and I believed him. But looking back I was an absolute idiot.’
Ms Harrison, who has appeared on Love Island and The Only Way is Essex, said she never gave consent for the video – captured secretly on CCTV – to be shared and is also seeking civil compensation alongside a criminal trial.
While awaiting trial Bear also posted a clip to his site depicting a sex act with Miss Morrall. She has been ever present by his side during his trial at Chelmsford Crown Court, as he arrives in a white Rolls Royce, dressed in a variety of gaudy suits and coats, flourishing a gold or silver cane.
Bear claimed the short clip with Miss Morrall had earned him tens of thousands of pounds and he boasted that he was buying a club in Las Vegas although that has not materialised.
In her closing speech, prosecutor Jacqueline Carey KC delivered a damning assessment of Bear, telling the jury: ‘If it gets him fame, money, notoriety or trending on Twitter he will say whatever he wants, he will do whatever he wants and distribute whatever he wants.’
She added: ‘We are not asking you to convict Stephen Bear because he sleeps with women and doesn’t call them back. As ungentlemanly as it is, that is not what he is charged with.
‘He is not charged with being a self-obsessed show-off.’
After all, if that were a crime, reality TV might have to dream up a new title – The Only Way is Wandsworth.
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