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  • Bear Grylls’ Proposal Included Seaweed, Butt Cheeks

    Bear Grylls is well known for his propensity for nudity in the wild, so it’s not really a shock that he was in the buff when he proposed to his wife several years ago.

    The adventurer recently opened up to Piers Morgan about the special moment, saying he and his lady were skinny dipping when he pulled the ring out of the most unlikely of places only to be promptly slammed by a rogue wave.

    “I pulled out the ring from my butt cheeks. She was standing there going, ‘What are you doing?’ She was in a towel and a massive Atlantic roller came and I went, ‘Will you…’ — and it went — took me up to the beach. I had all the seaweed and I was spinning around. So I tried it again and in this sort of moment of heavy sedation she said yes,” he said.

    The couple married in 2000, and Grylls says he still has a tendency to strip down when he gets near water.

    “If there’s a substantial body of water around and nobody’s looking, I’m often quite tempted to strip off and dive in,” he said during the interview.

  • Bear Grylls Tests Celebrities’ Survival Skills

    Bear Grylls Tests Celebrities’ Survival Skills

    Bear Grylls is slated to star in a new survivalist series for NBC — and this time he’s starring with the stars.

    In the new series, Running Wild with Bear Grylls, the survivor guru will take celebrities one at a time off to remote locations around the world and test their survival skills for 48 hours.

    Set to premiere in late July, Running Wild with Bear Grylls already has some A-list celebrities lined up for the task including Zac Efron, Ben Stiller, Channing Tatum and Tom Arnold, as well as former NFL player Deion Sanders and TODAY anchor Tamron Hall.

    “Viewers will get to see inside the hearts and minds of these guests in a very open, honest and vulnerable way, pushing them out of their comfort zones and seeing what they are like in real life when stripped of all the benefits of celebrity,” said Grylls in a statement. “Ultimately, this show is about taking these stars on the adventure of a lifetime and being alongside them when they discover something new and empowering about themselves and their world. For me, that is always a privilege.”

    Some of the adventures lined up for Grylls and his cohorts include skydiving in the Catskill Mountains and repelling down cliffs in Utah.

    Grylls previously starred on Man vs. Wild on the Discovery Channel from 2006 to 2011. The series saw him survive in locations all over the world with few supplies and no one but his film crew.

    “Bear’s incredible spirit is absolutely contagious, not only with his celebrity partners but with the viewing audience as well,” NBC alternative programming president Paul Telegdy said. “We can’t wait to see how these epic adventures will profoundly change those who take challenge.”

    Tamron Hall, who is currently on her big adventure with Grylls, tweeted some details about her pending trip.

    Running Wild with Bear Grylls premieres July 28 on NBC.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Bear Grylls Becomes Internet Meme Hero

    Bear Grylls Becomes Internet Meme Hero

    British adventurer turned ultimate badass Bear Grylls obviously has a great sense of humor. Earlier, he tweeted something that is likely to shoot him straight to the top of internet glory.

    But first, a little back-story.

    Bear Grylls is, of course, the host of Man vs. Wild (Born Survivor in the UK). The show, a huge hit both here and abroad, puts the former British Special Forces member in prickly situations in unyielding climates and videotapes him as he provides survival tips for such situations.

    Throughout the history of the show, Bear has done some pretty remarkable things in the name of “survival.” He has wrestled alligators, slept inside a camel carcass, free-climbed waterfalls and even squeezed liquid out of elephant dung for hydration. But one certain survival trick gained him internet fame.

    The drinking of his own urine on the show became a meme where creators would come up with various, sometimes banal circumstances for the drinking of one’s pee. The meme, commonly referred to as “Better Drink My Own Piss,” always used the same photo as a template. Here are some notable examples, courtesy of Know Your Meme.

    And here’s the video from Man vs. Wild that started the meme:

    So what did Bear do to thrust him into the annals if memedom? He acknowledged the meme and even participated in the furtherance of it via Twitter, saying “On Vacation in L.A., looks like I’ll have to drink my own pee.”

    @BearGrylls
    Bear Grylls    In honour of all your @replies about pee drinking. am on vacation in LA. Looks like I’ll have to drink my own pee! http://twitpic.com/4z1fdh 18 hours ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    The twitpic given is our lead photo, of Bear carefully drinking from a teacup. Many of the replies from his followers on Twitter say things like “You’re my Hero” and “You’re the classiest urine drinker I know.”

    Tip to celebrities: If you are associated with a popular internet meme, embrace it! The interwebs will love you. And you may become legend. Just don’t attempt to monetize your meme, like Chuck Norris did with his self-authored Official Chuck Norris Fact Book.