Gaz Beadle Defends Himself Against Skint Claims

Gaz Beadle has hit out at critics after being slammed for returning to , seven years after initially quitting the show to become a father.

On Monday, the Newcastle-born party boy, 37, was approached by a critic on who branded him 'embarrassing' and 'skint' for returning to the show, which was filmed in Portugal alongside fellow OGs and . 

In his rebuttal, father-of-two Gaz, real name , referenced footballers and ' work as football pundid and TV stars.

He said: ''Is Henry skint because he does football pundit[try] or Micah Richards doing TV commercials? It's a job. If they wanna pay me to go on holiday with my mates for a few weeks for money, you better believe I'm doing it. More money in the pot.' 

Speaking about his return, he told The Sun: 'I had a lot of conversations with producers about coming back because I wanted to make sure it was right for me...

'And then after the conversations, I was like, 'look, I've not going on there getting smashed every night, because I don't do that in real life so I'm not gonna do it there.'

He said: 'As the kids are getting older, and when I heard how much the show had changed is when I decided to come back.' 

Gaz shot to fame on the inauguaral series of Geordie Shore in 2011 and remained on-screen until 2017, before making an appearance on spin-off Geordie OGs in 2019.

His time on the show was dominated by his romance with Charlotte Crosby, with the on-off union thwarted by his philandering and later his absence when she suffered an ectopic pregnancy while he filmed Ex On The Beach in Thailand in 2016.

He departed the show after discovering his then-girlfriend Emma McVey was expecting their first child. They are parents to Chester, seven, and Primrose, four, and married in July 2021. The couple sadly split two years later. 

Gaz is now dating 24-year-old nurse Maia Ellen, with whom he went public in 2024 and brands 'inspirational' after she helped him through his split from Emma. 

Given his romance, Gaz's time on Geordie Shore will definitely contrast with his early days, when he was known for sleeping with an array of women, on the show where the ethos was always bedding, boozing and brawling. 

Looking back at his decision to leave first time around, Gaz said: 'I got the show when I was 21 and left when I was 30 so that's 10 years of my life with people filming me, being on social media and being in the public eye.

'And when lockdown happened I was like, 'Can I just have two or three years please? Of no one following my life or filming me'.

'I remember they were like, 'We're doing a reunion!' and I was like, 'Right, sound but I don't want to come'. It's not against Geordie Shore but I was just quite content without it.'