Sam Thompson has gone through a lot in the last year, including splitting from his ex-partner Zara McDermott and growing his podcast Staying Relevant with friend Pete Wicks.
Podcaster Sam Thompson has announced that he is ‘done’ with reality TV as he switches his focus to other projects.
The former Made in Chelsea star, 33, said that he had reached an age where he felt it was time to stop and concentrate on podcasts and documentaries.
Sam, who won the 2023 edition of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! has been building up a following through the podcast he co-hosts with friend Pete Wicks called ‘Staying Relevant’.
Sam said, “You get to an age when you go, “I’m done,” when it comes to reality TV. You can’t beat that, and the jungle was the perfect place for me to end my time there.
I haven’t taken a vacation in two years. I’d like to take some vacation next year. “Possibly there will be a second documentary coming out soon.”
Whilst documentaries may be on the horizon, for the moment Sam is best known for the podcast he co-hosts with former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Pete Wicks, who has been a supportive friend since Sam’s split from fellow Made in Chelsea star Zara McDermott in January.
In a lie detector test, Pete, 36, admitted he preferred Sam being single over Zara, whom he dated for five years. The lie detector’s operator established that Pete was telling the truth.
Pete has been supportive of Sam, but he has also made fun of him by calling him a “single man with cats”—felines who Sam refers to as “like my sons.”
Speaking to The Standard about his relationship with his podcasting co-host, Sam is honest about their surprise at their success as they prepare for a live recording in front of 20,000 people at London’s O2.
We’re so proud of ourselves for getting there, he said. We can’t believe it’s happening, but it’s crazy. We realized that we were just cracking up when we looked back and saw all the things we had accomplished. We have actually accomplished some things.
Speaking to The Sun about his future plans, Sam doubled down on his desire to slow the pace to ‘consolidate’ what he has at the moment. He said: “Next year, I want to really consolidate and figure out what it is that I want to do, and not just be a yes man.
Source: Mirror
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