Evander Holyfield Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Celebrity appearances=== Holyfield's popularity has led to numerous television appearances for the boxer. His first television show appearance was the Christmas special of the ''[[Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' in 1990, playing himself. Holyfield had minor roles in three movies during the 1990s, ''[[Summer of Sam]]'', ''[[Necessary Roughness (film)|Necessary Roughness]]'', and ''Blood Salvage'' (which he also produced). He made a guest appearance on [[Nickelodeon (TV Channel)|Nickelodeon's]] ''[[Nickelodeon GUTS]]'' during its third season in 1994. He appeared once in an episode of children animated series ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''. In the episode, he is an animated character but the producers wanted to make the most of Holyfield's ear, so his animated character was only given half an ear. In 2005, Holyfield came in fifth place on ABC's ''[[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' with his partner [[Edyta Sliwinska]]. He also made an appearance on the original BBC [[Strictly Come Dancing]] "Champion of Champions" showdown, which featured the final four teams from the 2005 edition of the British series, plus two celebrities from spinoff versions, paired with British professional dancers, one featuring Holyfield paired with Karen Hardy, and Rachel Hunter paired with Brendan Cole. On August 13, 2007, Holyfield was confirmed to participate in a boxing match at [[World Wrestling Entertainment]]'s ''[[Saturday Night's Main Event XXXV]]'' against [[Matt Hardy]]. He replaced [[Montel Vontavious Porter]], who had to pull out after being legitimately diagnosed with a heart condition that was not part of a storyline. Holyfield appeared as himself in the 2011 [[Arthur (2011 film)|remake]] of ''[[Arthur (1981 film)|Arthur]]''. On January 3, 2014, Holyfield became the 12th housemate to enter the [[Celebrity Big Brother (British series 13)|13th series]] of ''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series)|Celebrity Big Brother (UK)]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Walker |first=Danny |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/who-gone-celebrity-big-brother-2984995 |title=Who has gone into the Celebrity Big Brother house? CBB housemates revealed |publisher=mirror.co.uk |access-date=January 6, 2014}}</ref> On January 6, 2014, he was reprimanded by the show after saying in a conversation with another housemate that gayness is abnormal and can be fixed.<ref>{{cite news|author=Neil Lancefield |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/celebrity-big-brother-evander-holyfield-cautioned-over-gay-aint-normal-remarks-9040932.html |title=Celebrity Big Brother 2014: Evander Holyfield cautioned over 'gay ain't normal' remarks |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=January 6, 2014}}</ref> On January 10, 2014, he became the first housemate to be evicted. In 2015, Evander Holyfield and [[Mitt Romney]] participated in a friendly bout for charity; the event took place in Utah to help the organization CharityVision<ref>AP '' 'Sting like a butterfly': Holifield jabs Romeny for charity'' 2015 May 16 [https://abc13.com/mitt-romney-evander-holyfield-fight-boxing-match/726257/] Retrieved 2021 January 3.</ref> In May 2016, Holyfield entered the Argentine dancing reality show ''[[Bailando 2016]]''.<ref>[http://www.infobae.com/2016/05/30/1815028-las-30-fotos-oficiales-del-bailando-2016 The 30 official pictures of "Bailando 2016"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603180807/http://www.infobae.com/2016/05/30/1815028-las-30-fotos-oficiales-del-bailando-2016 |date=2016-06-03 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page