Thomas Skinner has always traded on his working class roots, whether it be his love of fry-ups at his favourite café or his famous 'Bosh' catchphrase.
But the Daily Mail can reveal that the ex-Apprentice star's upbringing was far from poverty-stricken as he grew up in a house worth more than £2.5million and went to an exclusive private school.
Skinner, 34, who had a surprise meeting with American vice president JD Vance this week before being named as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, referred to his father in his autobiography as being 'a livewire and a geezer' and a 'ducker and a grafter like me'.
But rather than struggling to make ends meet, his father Lee – who his son nicknames 'The Governor' – was a mega rich marketing boss and businessman who was once able to have a garage of Lamborghinis before being made bankrupt over his role in a suspected investment fraud which cost investors £3.6million.
Cockney-speaking Skinner who appeared on The Apprentice in 2019 bizarrely got his invitation to enjoy 'a barbecue and beers' with Vance at his Cotswolds holiday retreat after the politician became a fan of his often motivational and feelgood posts on social media.
