Simo Rantalainen

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]

Simo Rantalainen
Simo Rantalainen at the Turku Book Fair 2009.
Born (1961-08-06) 6 August 1961
Lahti, Finland
OccupationTelevision presenter

In the early 1990's Rantalainen became a boxing promoter for Tarmo Uusivirta, Rantalainen wrote a memoir about his experience in February 2017.

Rantalainen 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
  • Rantalainen, Simo (2017). Tare: mestarinyrkkeilijän muotokuva (in Finnish). Johnny Kniga. ISBN 978-951-0-41968-7.

References
  1. ""Elämäntyöni pilattiin - se loppui yhteen läsäriin" - kohupotkujen jälkeen Simo Rantalaista ei huolittu edes siivoojaksi". www.iltalehti.fi.
  2. "Simo Rantalainen kannattaa intifadaa – ja pyytäisi Salman Rushdielta nimmarin". Seurakuntalainen. June 7, 2021.
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