Ryan is a member of boy band Blue along with Simon Webbe, Duncan James and Antony Costa.

This caused a huge media backlash that resulted in Blue losing a record deal in the United States and campaigns to sack Ryan from the line up.

The single was being released for Great Ormond Street Hospital and CLIC Sargent, which were the two charities that Ryan was touring for in November and December 2007, with young voices.

[3] In August and September 2008, Ryan acted alongside Natalie Casey in The Pretender Agenda at The New Players Theatre in London.

In June 2008 Ryan was found guilty of assaulting a taxi driver in Oxted and ordered to pay compensation to the victim.

Following this, it was announced that Geffen were set to drop Ryan from the label, before work on his album had been completed.

[13] Ryan came out as bisexual during his time on Big Brother, later stating in an interview, "I'm very open about what I've done in the past but that was the easiest way to come out.

[18] It was later announced that Woody would be promoted to a regular role and that Ryan had signed a one-year contract with the show.

[20] Unsure his contract would be extended, Ryan signed to play Aladdin opposite Paul Merton's Widow Twanky in panto in Wimbledon, and was hence written out of EastEnders.

When interviewed on This Morning the group also confirmed that they were back in the studio recording, a new album is expected to follow along with the tour.

On 20 May, the group unveiled the track listing for the album on their social media accounts, following with first single "Haven't Found You Yet".

[29] He also been in short-lived relationships with his fellow Celebrity Big Brother contestants Casey Batchelor and Jasmine Waltz, and has also been linked to Stephanie Saunders, Emily Oldfield and Alicia Douvall.

He is also a father to daughter Bluebell, with ex Jessica Keevil and shares son Rayn, born in 2008, with former partner Samantha Miller.

[30] In 2014, Ryan revealed that he had a regular sexual relationship with his bandmate Duncan James during Blue's early years.

[36][37][38][39] In May 2014, Ryan pleaded guilty to criminal damage and failing to provide a specimen after being caught driving erratically in April.

However, Ryan was later charged and found guilty at trial of two counts of failing to provide information about the driver.

He had been found guilty of being drunk on an aircraft, assaulting a police officer and behaving in an abusive way towards a crew member, as well as a racially aggravated assault of a flight cabin crew member, which happened at London City Airport on 31 July 2022.

[44] In September 2023, Ryan was given a 12-month suspended sentence and ordered to pay £2,500 compensation to one party, £750 to another, plus £510 in court costs.