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Who is Dan Lobb? Celebrity Sextortion host, former Daybreak presenter and retired tennis player

Dan is back on our screens to explore a more menacing topic - the Cowboy Builders presenter tries to uncover how a private video of him was leaked online...

FORMER Daybreak presenter Dan Lobb is back on our screens to cover a more menacing topic.

In Celebrity Sextortion the former tennis player tries to uncover how a private video of him was leaked online.

 Dan Lobb presents a documentary trying to uncover how a private video of him masturbating was circulated online
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Dan Lobb presents a documentary trying to uncover how a private video of him masturbating was circulated onlineCredit: Rex Features

Who is Dan Lobb?

Dan was born in Hampshire on January 7, 1972.

He attended Peter Symonds College in Winchester before gaining a tennis scholarship to the University of Tennessee.

He played professional tennis for three years and reached 18 in the British ranking in 1997.

 The former tennis pro used to present Daybreak
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The former tennis pro used to present DaybreakCredit: Rex Features

After retiring the following year he turned his attention to marketing and modelling.

He started presenting for Sky Sports News in 2002 until 2009 when he became a sports presenter on Sky News.

The following year he moved to GMTV as the sports correspondent before transferring to Daybreak later that year in 2010 where he stayed until 2012.

Dan starred in the 2011 series of Strictly Come Dancing and was the second contestant to be booted off the show.

Since 2015 he's been co-presenting the Cowboy Builders with Dominic Littlewood, Melinda Messenger, Laura Hamilton and Clive Holland.

In his new programme Celebrity Sextortion, Dan tries to uncover how a private, sexually explicit clip of him made its way online.

Celebrity Sextortion is on Thursday 12th July at 10 pm on Channel 4.

Daybreak Dan in live TV handstand... sort of
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