Get to know Adam Pearson before the TV star and disability rights activist makes his debut on Celebrity MasterChef 2022.
[subscribe now](http://radiotimes.com/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article) and get the next 12 issues for only £1. He went on to presenter BBC Three documentaries Adam Pearson: Freak Show and The Ugly Face of Disability Hate Crime, and also appeared alongside his identical twin brother Neil in a Horizon episode titled My Amazing Twin. Celebrity MasterChef is airing on BBC One this summer. Adam Pearson is an actor, presenter and campaigner who was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis type one at the age of five. His first acting role came in 2013 when he was cast opposite Scarlett Johansson in the sci-fi film Under the Skin, directed by Jonathan Glazer. [terms and conditions](https://www.immediate.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/) and [privacy policy](https://policies.immediate.co.uk/privacy/).
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Pearson worked as a researcher for the BBC and Channel 4 before becoming a strand presenter on the first series of Channel 4’s Beauty & The Beast: The Ugly Face Of Prejudice. Pearson is an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust, Changing Faces and Us In A Bus. “It’s an intense competition and truly based in skill… It’s exactly how it is on the TV – apron on, clock starts and you either fly or die under the weight of your own culinary brilliance. The programme’s two presenter-judges, Torode and Wallace, come with a well-deserved reputation for being tough to please. We wondered whether he had been doing a spot of moonlighting to get in some practice ahead of his appearance on one of weekday telly’s most-watched programmes.
MasterChef contestant Adam Pearson, who starred opposite Scarlett Johansson in Under The Skin, is an award winning disability rights campaigner, actor, ...
It’s about the life you have, not the one you don’t. It’s very much a part of me. Adam has an incurable genetic condition called neurofibromatosis (NF1), which causes benign tumours to grow along the nerves. The star, 37, has worked hard to raise awareness of facial disfigurements. It was continuous name-calling – the classic Elephant Man, freak...” Celebrity MasterChef is back for a new series - and we couldn't be more excited.
Adam Pearson has praised Celebrity MasterChef for not 'pigeonholing' disabled people as he prepares to appear on the BBC series.
[Metro.co.uk](http://Metro.co.uk) how much he loved being part of Celebrity MasterChef, sharing: ‘It’s that thing of upskilling. ‘I’ve got no idea what disability things are, so if someone could let me know and I could start doing them, that would be great! [Martin Compston, Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar reunite to celebrate 10 years of Line of Duty](https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/30/line-of-duty-martin-compston-marks-10th-anniversary-of-bbc-drama-17268672/?ico=more_text_links) [Dame Mary Berry will be making an appearance](https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/30/dame-mary-berry-to-make-guest-appearance-on-celebrity-masterchef-17261765/) during next Thursday’s (September 8) edition of the BBC cooking competition. [Celebrity MasterChef](https://metro.co.uk/tag/celebrity-masterchef/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK1) fans will see actor and [disability advocate Adam Pearson](https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/30/celebrity-masterchef-2022-who-is-adam-pearson-17257539/) take to the famous BBC kitchen this week, who has told [Metro.co.uk](http://Metro.co.uk) how much he ‘relished’ the opportunity to take on the challenge. [Drag Race UK](https://metro.co.uk/tag/rupauls-drag-race-uk/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P3_LNK1)’s Kitty Scott-Claus, Strictly professional [Katya Jones](https://metro.co.uk/tag/katya-jones/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P3_LNK2) and TV star Lisa Snowdon.
Adam Pearson has apologised for his cooking performance after he was booted off Celebrity MasterChef first in his round of heats.
Celebrity MasterChef contestant Adam Pearson issued an “apology” to viewers after he took part in the show. Pearson, a presenter and disability advocate, ...
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She added: “I don’t think it’s easy to be either of them. “So now I’m on a mission to be more visible. The film is expected to be released in mid-2023. Growing up there were no positive role models of people with disfigurements in the media. The tumours themselves are non-cancerous, but can cause a number of symptoms depending on their severity. It was NF-1. I’d love to, but a court order says I mustn’t.” Then, overnight, his memory went. It’s about seeing the world through alien eyes, I guess.” NF-1 is the most common form of neurofibromatosis, and was what Pearson was diagnosed with when he was five years old, after a bump to the head refused to heal. [Pam & Tommy](https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/pam-tommy-cast-who-stars-in-disney-series-with-lily-james-and-sebastian-stan-3553363), [The Falcon and The Winter Soldier](https://www.nationalworld.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-what-time-does-episode-6-come-out-on-disney-and-how-many-episodes-are-there-3211850)) and Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World, The Affected). [Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/13/scarlett-johansson-screen-stigma-disfigurement) in 2014, Pearson said: “One of the main reasons for taking the role was because it was so moving and honest.
Disability advocate Adam Pearson has apologised after being eliminated from BBC's 'Celebrity MasterChef'.
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