Harry Derbidge

Career

Harry Eric Derbidge, born on 3 April 1994 in Barking, London, is an English television personality best known as an original cast member of the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex. He first appeared on the show from 2010 to 2011, returned in 2014, and has been a regular again since 2020. Derbidge attended Jo Richardson Community School and Sylvia Young Theatre School. Before reality TV, he played one of Barney’s kids in a UK tour of Barney & Friends and portrayed a young David Beckham on the Channel 4 comedy Star Stories.

Derbidge joined The Only Way Is Essex at age 16, sharing most of his scenes with his cousin Amy Childs. After Childs left, his screen time decreased, and he exited at the end of series three in 2011. He came back for series twelve in 2014, which centered on the end of his relationship with Bobby Norris after Derbidge cheated on him with an ex-boyfriend, but he did not stay for series thirteen. In 2020, he returned for series twenty-six alongside Childs and has appeared regularly ever since.

Beyond TOWIE, Derbidge appeared in Ghosthunting With... in 2011, his cousin’s show It’s All About Amy from 2011 to 2012, and performed as Britney Spears with Childs as Madonna on Let’s Dance for Sport Relief in 2012. He also featured in Gemma Collins: Diva España in 2018. Outside television, he works as a make-up artist and previously worked at a MAC Cosmetics counter in Harrods. Derbidge is gay and has spoken on Loose Women and This Morning about battling a food phobia, once weighing 7st (98lbs).