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Simo Rantalainen | |
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 Simo Rantalainen at the Turku Book Fair 2009. | |
| Born | 6 August 1961 Lahti, Finland |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
Simo Rantalainen (born August 6, 1961) is a Finnish former journalist and television presenter. He is best known for presenting the popular 1990s talkshow Hyvät, pahat ja rumat on MTV3.[1]
In the early 1990s, Rantalainen became a boxing promoter for Tarmo Uusivirta, Rantalainen wrote a memoir about his experience in February 2017. He lost his television hosting job after assaulting a female journalist in a nightclub[1]
Since leaving showbusiness Simo Rantalainen converted to Islam and adopted the name Mujahed Bin Risto Faisal.[2]
Further reading
[edit]- Rantalainen, Simo (2017). Tare: mestarinyrkkeilijän muotokuva (in Finnish). Johnny Kniga. ISBN 978-951-0-41968-7.
References
[edit]- 1 2 ""Elämäntyöni pilattiin - se loppui yhteen läsäriin" - kohupotkujen jälkeen Simo Rantalaista ei huolittu edes siivoojaksi". www.iltalehti.fi.
- ↑ "Simo Rantalainen kannattaa intifadaa – ja pyytäisi Salman Rushdielta nimmarin". Seurakuntalainen. June 7, 2021.
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