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Robin Leach in 2007

Robin Douglas Leach (born August 29, 1941 in London, England) is an English celebrity writer famous for hosting his first show, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous in the 1980s, which focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars, and other materialistic accoutrements. His voice is often parodied by other actors with his signature phrase, "champagne wishes and caviar dreams."

During grammar school at Harrow County School for Boys, 20 miles from London, he edited a school magazine, The Gayton Times, at age 14. At age 15 he became a general news reporter for The Harrow Observer and started a monthly glossy town magazine at age 17. Leach moved on to the prestigious Daily Mail as Britain's youngest page one reporter at age 18. In 1963, he immigrated to America and wrote for a number of publications (New York Daily News, People, Ladies Home Journal etc.) before launching GO Magazine and then was show business editor of The Star.

Other television work includes reporting for People Tonight on CNN and Entertainment Tonight and helping start Good Morning Australia as well as the Food Network.

Robin Leach was also a guest at WWE Wrestlemania 4, reading the rules for the championship tournament.

Robin Leach currently resides in Las Vegas and writes a daily blog titled Luxe Life on the Vegas Pop site. The blog follows celebrity exploits in Vegas, as well as important happenings in Sin City.

Robin Leach currently can be seen hosting The Surreal Life: Fame Games. He also appeared on the Howard Stern Sirius Radio program on March 27, 2007.

• He was a guest on Space Ghost Coast to Coast on which he turns into a villain, Zoltran, who attacks Space Ghost
• Leach was a guest in an episode of Penn & Teller's Bullshit! in which they criticize the concept of "The Best".
• Leach was shortly involved with KVTE-LP in an attempt to launch an all-Vegas television network
• He was a contestant on the U.S. version of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! where he was the first eliminated by the public.
• He was referenced in The Notorious B.I.G.'s song Juicy.
• He was referenced in Fergie's song Glamorous featuring Ludacris.
• He was referenced in Warren G's song "I Want it All".

• Robin Leach at the Internet Movie Database

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