He currently resides in Wales with his civil partner Andrew Doran. De Mooi is teetotal and a vegetarian of over three decades; in April 2018 he announced on Twitter he was going vegan. He has been living with HIV since the late 1980s.

Did CJ get sacked from Eggheads?

After leaving Eggheads of his own accord in 2013 he returned to the show for a further two years until his world came crashing down in January 2016. ... I hadn't done anything wrong whatsoever but on the very day I was cleared the production company that made Eggheads on behalf of the BBC terminated my contract.

Which member of the Eggheads has died?

Eggheads star Dave Rainford has died, the game show's host Jeremy Vine has confirmed.