About Gethin Jones
Gethin Jones was born Gethin Clifford Jones on the 12th February 1978.
He is a Welsh TV Presenter who has co-presented the BBC children's programme Blue Peter.
Gethin was an active rugby union player when at the Manchester Metropolitan University and for a time after graduation, Jones began his television career on Welsh channel S4C as a presenter of children's programmes such as Popty, Mas Draw and the flagship children's entertainment show Uned 5 (Unit 5, 2002-05).
In 2005, he became the 31st presenter of Blue Peter, the world's longest-running children's television series. On 8 April 2008 he announced he would be leaving the programme at the end of the season in June 2008.
Gethin has also hosted major live telecasts of events like Mardi Gras in Cardiff and New Year Live and since 2008 has co-hosted E24, which is shown on BBC News and the BBC's 24-hour news channel.
In 2007 Jones was a contestant in Series 5 of Strictly Come Dancing, where he was partnered by professional dancer Camilla Dallerup where he managed to come third in the series.
In May 2012 he joined ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak as a features reporter.
In December 2007 Gethin became romantically involved with Welsh mezzo-soprano singer Katherine Jenkins. They first met in 2005 when she appeared on Blue Peter and he was struck by how good she was with kids: "You kind of think people like that are all going to be false, but she really wasn't at all, and I like that. She really is lovely, a typical Neath girl." It was reported they met after Jenkins sang "Time To Say Goodbye" with Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli on an episode of Strictly Come Dancing, broadcast on 21 October 2007.
Katherines spokesman has said: "They're old friends and they've been on several dates. But people shouldn't consider buying hats just yet."
In February 2011, Gethin and Katherine got engaged, however, on 30 December 2011, they both announced the end of their relationship on their Twitter accounts, saying they were both "heartbroken".
He has over 86,000 Followers on Twitter.
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