Bear Grylls and his rarely-seen wife Shara depart Celebrity Bear Hunt afterparty - after he dramatically abseiled into star-studded premiere

LEOMIE ANDERSON

Bear Grylls and his rarely-seen wife Shara departed Celebrity Bear Hunt afterparty on Tuesday evening.

The survival expert, 50, who married his wife Shara, 51, in 2000, looked happier to have her by his side.

The loved-up duo couldn’t wipe the smile off their faces as they wrapped up the afterparty and headed home.

After meeting in 1998, the married couple proved their relationship couldn’t be better as they departed with beaming smiles.

Bear certainly lived up to his Action Man name as he made a dramatic arrival to the Celebrity Bear Hunt premiere.

The adventurer abseiled from the side of a building onto the red carpet at the Odeon West End in central London.

Bear Grylls, 50, and his rarely-seen wife Shara, 51, departed Celebrity Bear Hunt afterparty on Tuesday evening

The survival expert, who married his wife Shara in 2000, looked happier to have her by his side

He was clad in all his adventurer gear as he slowly lowered himself down and impressed with crowds with his stunt.

He later posed with his rarely-seen wife Shara who cut a chic figure in a grey winter coat and leopard print heels.

The new Netflix compeтιтion show sees a group of unlikely celebrities get dropped into the Central American jungle as prey for one of the world’s most fearsome predators – Bear himself.

Bear was joined by the show’s host Holly Willoughby who looked as stylish as ever in a gorgeous black plunging gown.

Former This Morning star Holly, 43, has returned to screens for the new show after taking a break from TV following her departure from the ITV daytime show.

She showed off her elegant style in the sleek £1,800 number by London-based designer David Koma which featured velvet detailing and was teamed with matching simple heels to boost her height.

As Bear puts them through their paces in the show, those who fail to impress will face the dreaded ‘Bear Hunt’.

The Bear Hunt is said to be a brutal game of cat and mouse where they’ll be hunted down by Bear himself and, if captured, face elimination from the show.

The loved-up duo couldn’t wipe the smile off their faces as they wrapped up the afterparty and headed home

Bear certainly lived up to his Action Man name as he made a dramatic arrival to the Celebrity Bear Hunt premiere

The adventurer abseiled from the side of a building onto the red carpet at the Odeon West End in central London

He later posed with his rarely-seen wife Shara who cut a chic figure in a grey winter coat and leopard print heels

Elsewhere at the premiere model Lottie Moss, 27, turned heads in a busty white gown with a dramatic thigh split.

The Saturdays singer Una Healy, 43, meanwhile opted for a dark red vinyl dress covered in sparkly detailing.

Spice Girl Mel B, 49, showed off her toned legs in a grey mini skirt which she teamed with a long camel coat.

Steph McGovern wore an all-black outfit for the occasion and sported a wrist support.

It comes after Bear admitted Holly was very nervous ahead of filming for the new show as she embarked on her TV comeback.

She took some time away from screens and the red carpet, aside from her role on Dancing On Ice, after a ‘graphic’ kidnap and murder plot against her was revealed back in 2023.

However the star is now throwing herself back into the spotlight with her most adventurous show yet, Celebrity Bear Hunt.

And her co-star Bear has explained just how nervous Holly was as he confessed: ‘She was was in at the deep end.’

The survival expert, 50, abseiled from the side of a building onto the red carpet at the Odeon West End in central London

He was clad in all his adventurer gear as he slowly lowered himself down and impressed with crowds with his stunt

The new Netflix compeтιтion show sees a group of unlikely celebrities get dropped into the Central American jungle as prey for one of the world’s most fearsome predators – Bear himself

As Bear puts them through their paces in the show, those who fail to impress will face the dreaded ‘Bear Hunt’

The Bear Hunt is said to be a brutal game of cat and mouse where they’ll be hunted down by Bear himself and, if captured, face elimination from the show

Bear was joined by the show’s host Holly Willoughby who looked as stylish as ever in a gorgeous black plunging gown

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Speaking on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with The National Lottery on Virgin Radio UK on Tuesday morning, Bear chatted about working with Holly as he said: ‘She was a dream.

‘I’ve never really worked with anyone else like that before. She’s just gentle, heart led. She was nervous. She was in at the deep end.

‘What a great girl, and she added such a beautiful bit of empathy and love, a sort of warmth to the celebs when they’re back at camp because they were nervous. Everyone’s kind of high octane in it.

‘And she was great. She was great.’

Show bosses have pulled out all the stops with their latest line-up which features Spice Girl Mel B, Strictly judge Shirley Ballas, Boris Becker and model Lottie Moss.

Also joining the A-list line-up is Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Steph McGovern, Una Healy, Kila Bokinni, Leomie Anderson and Danny Cipriani.

Holly recently opened up about the challenges that came with being back at home after she took time out from work last year.

Finding a new role as a stay-at-home-mum, the former This Morning host said it was challenging being home alone and not speaking to anyone all day, as she would want to chat to her kids – Harry, 15, Chester, 10, and Belle, 13 – when they got back from school but they’d be ‘exhausted’.

The cast L-R: Kola Bokinni, Mel B, Danny Cipriani, Big Zuu – Zuhair Hᴀssan, Holly Willoughby, Bear Grylls, Lottie Moss, Una Healy, Steph McGovern, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Joe Thomas

She told The Sunday Times: ‘It’s been sh** for all of us, we’ve had to get used to how each other works again, you know?’

‘Don’t get me wrong, the kids, to begin with when I was at home a lot, they’d walk through the door and I’d be like, ‘So? What happened?’ because I hadn’t spoken to anyone [all day].

‘Normally I’m at work and absolutely knackered, and so I’m like, ‘All right kids?’ and they’re like, ‘All right Mum,’ and that’s it – and suddenly I was, ‘So, what happened today?’ They were like, ‘Mum, just because you’ve been at home all day — we’ve been at school, we’re exhausted’.’

Holly revealed she loved being able to return to doing the school run, something she knows other parents must have been jealous she usually got out of doing due to her early morning TV gigs.

As well as that, she said she had been able to go to so many more things her children – who she shares with her TV producer husband Dan Baldwin – were getting up to.

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