After earning notoriety for his lothario reputation on Made in Chelsea, Spencer Matthews has admitted to regrets over some of his TV career. It’s no secret that I’m not particularly proud of some of my television work. But, it’s been a while since I’ve been that guy from reality TV, I think”, Spencer tells Mirror.
Having clearly come a long way since his reality days, the former TV personality, 36, reached a world-first last year when he ran 30 sand marathons in 30 days in Jordan, achieving a Guinness World Record for the achievement. Spencer also acknowledges that his relationship with his family and self-assured has changed as a result of his fitness commitment. There were times in my life when I was “quite far away from where I wanted to be” and there was occasionally a little disappointment in the backseat of my parents.
” But, completing the 30 marathons in the desert changed that and a lot in my life, “said the dad-of-three, who is married to model Vogue Williams. He continued”, Quite a lot of self-loathing that I carried around with me, and quite a lot of shame, just evaporated after the marathons. It’s a very different way of feeling. “
Spencer, who gave up alcohol in 2018, has battled his own demons when it comes to accepting himself despite appearing unapologetically boisterous on screen. You know, I wasn’t particularly happy with who I was for a long time, which became better with my years of teetotalism. But, when I started moving into the more fitness-based stuff and succeeded in those marathons, I felt like there wasn’t much that could stop me. It seemed to be one of my life’s most meaningful accomplishments, aside from having kids and getting married.
Continuing that he’s finally being ‘ taken seriously’, Spencer now feels like he’s proved himself in the sports industry, as he continues”, I think it’s difficult to argue the 30 marathons in 30 days, you know, people can’t really take that away from me. “
Someone else who couldn’t be more proud of the star is his wife, Vogue, who he married in 2018 after meeting the year before on reality show The Jump”. Vogue is very on board with what I’m doing and very supportive. I’m very lucky to have a wife like her, “he says of the Irish model. Between running through deserts and gracing the TV screen, the couple also share three children, Theodore, Gigi and Otto. Clearly a doting dad, Spencer beams when he talks about his brood, as he explains”, I think we’re at a place at the moment that is truly beautiful, the kids are at a certain age when they’re fully pals. They can sort of leave their stuff and venture out. We have dinner together, and we both feel like true, true family. It’s starting to feel more like a family group than Vogue and I, which is really nice. We’re in a lovely, lovely space. “
Aside from family, Spencer is pouring all of his focus into the launch of his own new podcast, Untapped. The new venture sees Spencer, along with his co-host Jake Quickenden, welcome extraordinary sporting guests to the weekly show to explore human potential.
After spending time in Jordan, Spencer accepted that the unplugged nature of the trip had given him the opportunity to reevaluate his work. During my marathons, some of those days were harder than others, shall we say. You’re really with your thoughts, a lot of the time there wasn’t any phone reception and there’s no Wi Fi or anything. You have the ability to consider your activities, who you are, and other important things. I just looked at some of the work I was doing and decided to create content in this field, in the field I’m a bit invested in and care about, and because I had a lot to do, I wanted to concentrate on less.
” I used to look at certain boundaries as barriers and think, ‘ I can never do that. ‘ I hear that everyday, people saying, ‘ I could never run a marathon ‘ but it’s just not true. And that’s what the show’s about, it’s about making people understand that actually they can. I’m not suggesting people have to go to Jordan and run 30 marathons, but, you know, you can make steps to do more. “
Spencer claims that the new project’s aim is to break new bonds because it involves more than just chatting with guests. Untapped is not just a podcast. It’s a community. On Sunday, I’m inviting a number of people to run their first half marathon in my neighborhood. I want to travel around to create content superstars as well, not only in sport, but in wellness. I’d like to meet Eliud Kipchoge in Kenya. I’s not just, ‘ Oh, I’m going to sit down with somebody for an hour and have a conversation, and here it is, you can listen to it’, it’s an experience with these people kind of in their world, as well as our experiences and our takeaways from it. “
Untapped, Spencer Matthews ‘ new weekly podcast launched yesterday on all platforms. produced by Jake Quickenden and the High Performance team.
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