Bazil Ashmawy
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Baz Ashmawy in 2014
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| Born |
Bazil Ashmawy 9 April 1975 Libya |
| Residence | Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Presenter of radio and television |
| Employer | Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) |
| Known for |
How Low Can You Go? Fáilte Towers Baz's Culture Clash Baz's Extreme Worlds Weekend Breakfast with Baz & Lucy 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy Baz The Lost Muslim |
| Partner(s) | Tanja Evans |
| Children | Hannah Ashmawy Mahy Ashmawy |
Bazil Ashmawy , commonly known as Baz Ashmawy, is an Irish radio and television personality who co-hosted Weekend Breakfast with Baz & Lucy on RTÉ 2fm. He co-presented the 2008 reality show Fáilte Towers on RTÉ One.
According to an article in the Carlow Nationalist, Ashmawy's mother Nancy is from Ballycoogue, Ballycoogue, Avoca, County Wicklow although Ashmawy was born in Libya and is part-Egyptian. He moved to Ireland at age eight and grew up in the suburb of Churchtown and attended CUS Leeson Street for a period of time.
Ashmawy is 'best known for his antics' on the popular RTÉ Two travel show, How Low Can You Go? where he appeared with co-presenters Mark O'Neill and Michael Hayes. In remarking on his experiences with that show, Ashmawy said that he loved Las Vegas where he received a lap dance from (as he describes) 'a former hooker who looked like she was in her late 50s' and said of his experiences on the set of a porn movie in California that 'We saw things there that will be in our minds for a very long time.'
Ashmawy is a sports fan who tried his skill at GAA management on the RTÉ showCelebrity Bainisteoir. According to The Irish Times, Ashmawy managed managing his team while wearing 'nicely polished footwear'. When asked in an RTÉ Sport interview who he would like to see win the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Ashmawy joked that he was 'not going for the patriotic 'Go Ireland' I'd have to say New Zealand...typical. How boring is that. Think I've made myself feel a little sick there saying that. I'm going back....'GO IRELAND!'
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