Radio 1’s Greg James reveals his secret real name after 17 years on the air
ok.co.ukWhile Greg James is a household name from his years of experience on the radio, it has been revealed that his real moniker isn't the one he's known by, but is actually Greg Milward.The radio presenter was appearing on Kathy Burke's Where There's A Will, There's A Wake podcast when he revealed that he has actually been going by his first and middle name for years. "I'm writing a book.
It's my first non-fiction adult book. It's gonna come out next year, and I was writing a chapter on my name. It's turned into a bit of a secret, but it's not a secret at all.
In that Greg James is not my full name," he said. Explaining that he changed his name as a student to sound more appealing to radio bosses, Greg continued: "It's like a headteacher's name.
Greg Milward. My dad was a headteacher and I was like, 'well, it's probably not that cool. I don't really like it that much'.
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