Pop Idol legend unrecognisable 20 years after show fame, arrest and court case
POP Idol star Neil Fox looked completely different from his days as judge on the talent show as he stepped out for a red carpet event.
Known as Dr Fox, the 62-year-old showed off his new silver fox look as he attended the book launch of Graft: How to Smash Life by The Apprentice star Thomas Skinner in London.
The radio DJ and presenter posed for the cameras and showed off his stylish new trim complete with silver beard.
He rocked a fitted leather jacket with a black shirt underneath and matching trousers.
Dr Fox was all smiles as at the star-studded event as he celebrated wheeler-dealer Thomas’ brand new book, which tells the story and the escapades while trying to make a quick buck.
The music legend is best remembered to telly fans for his judging role on the singing competition.
The programme was a huge hit for ITV in the early 2000s and made Young and Gates famous, and spawned some TV gold moments with Michelle McManus, Darius Danesh, Zoe Birkett, and Rik Waller.
Dr Fox was one of four judges on the show alongside Simon Cowell, Nicki Chapman and Pete Waterman.
Dr Fox’s time since the show has not been without controversy, after he was arrested in 2014 during a police investigation into historical sexual abuse.
He was accused of nine sexual offences against six people, three under the age of 16, between 1987 and 2014.
The DJ always denied the charges and he was found not guilty of all charges at Westminster Magistrates Court, in December 2015.
“The process is very scary and very intimidating. Your life is just in limbo, that’s what’s hard about it,” he told This Morning.
“Trying to keep the normality of your kids going to school every day and coming back and doing their homework – thank God for them, because they keep you level.”
But he vowed to come out of the storm “better not bitter.”
