Darts veteran Steve Beaton has denied ever using a sunbed or getting a perm, despite his iconic nickname ‘The Bronzed Adonis’.
Helping to cement his status as an icon of the sport was a trademark look during his earlier years, which included tanned skin, an unbuttoned shirt, flowing hair and a groomed moustache.
That earned him the famous nickname, coined by commentator Tony Green, but Beaton himself has an explanation for teasing claims that sunbeds and hairdressers formed part of his preparation for darts’ showpiece event.
“I’ve never been on a sunbed in my life,” he told The Guardian. “Everyone says that. ‘You’ve been on the tanning beds again.’ The Worlds used to be in January, so I always used to go away for Christmas and New Year – Tenerife, Canaries, anywhere where it was warm.
“And I’ve never had a perm. It just tightened up because I never combed it.”
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