TOM WILLIAMS: ‘I’M A NUDIST’
After a few minutes chatting, it’s clear nobody is more excited to enter the jungle than former co-host of Seven’s Daily Edition, Tom! Of course Ten’s hair-raising reality series isn’t his first reality TV outing. On top of hosting The Mole in 2005, Tom, 49, competed on Seven’s Dancing With The Stars the same year, where he performed a risque samba shirtless, making him a certified Aussie sex symbol. “Look, if people are going to be so nice to say that, I’ll take it… I’m grateful,” laughs Tom.
“I think my wife would laugh at all this. In fact, she’d fall off her chair laughing! Maybe she thought I was [a sex symbol] in the first two months of dating but now I’m just a daggy dad… she sees me in tighty-whities!” he quips.
Tom says he’s likely to get viewers hot under the collar again. “I’m a nudist – I don’t have a problem with it! I competed in a sport for 30 years where I was half naked, I went to an all-boys high school, I shower with men at least three times a week,” says Tom, who is also a competitive rower.
The handsome presenter tells Woman’s Day he’s never been more ready to make a return to TV. “I can’t wait to get in and give it a shot, I imagine it’s going to be like a giant dinner party with very interesting guests.
“I’m mindful of different personalities, but the problem is in my normal life if somebody’s yanking on my chain I’ll walk in the opposite direction, but here I can’t do that!” Tom says. “When [confrontation] happens, I cut people off. My wife says I need to curb that, but I really only have time for the nice people in life.”