Spencer Matthews reveals Made In Chelsea left him with anxiety and some of his co-stars cried themselves to sleep every night
Spencer Matthews has revealed that Made in Chelsea made him anxious and other co-stars cried themselves to sleep.
The reality TV star, 36, told how he had a love-hate relationship with the show and was regularly ‘tripped up’ by producers.
Talking to the postal service Podcast Everything I know about mehe said, “I’ve never been an anxious person.
“Actually, I always thought fear was just a term thrown around.
“But I suppose some of the feelings I had when I felt Made in Chelsea could probably be classified as fear, because it was like nothing was ever certain.
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Spencer Matthews has revealed that Made in Chelsea made him anxious and other co-stars cried themselves to sleep
The reality TV star, 36, told how he had a love-hate relationship with the show and would regularly be ‘tripped up’ by producers (pictured on Made In Chelsea with Jamie Laing)
“And you knew that the people who thought they were close to you would love to trip you up in a scene.”
Spencer, who is best known for starring on the E4 show, said his decision to leave Made In Chelsea was a ‘great’ one and that he is lucky to have ‘thick skin’.
“I remember waking up one morning and saying I’m done, I’m going to film this scene and then I’m out,” he said.
‘It was a great decision. Although I look back fondly on much of what we photographed in the early days.
‘Very nice, like we’ve done great things. And we went to amazing places in the world. And I still have some relationships from the show.
“I think if it was good, it was great. And if it was bad, it wasn’t great.
‘And sometimes a painting was painted, which was not accurate at all.
“And you would be abused by thousands of people online, every day, for weeks. And it felt very unfair. Because it wasn’t real.
He said: ‘I suppose some of the feelings I had when I felt Made in Chelsea you could probably classify them as anxiety because it was like nothing was ever certain.’
Spencer, who is best known for starring in the E4 show, said his decision to leave the show was ‘great’ and that he is lucky to have ‘thick skin’
“I’m lucky that I have thick skin and resilience and I can brush it off and it doesn’t affect me in a really bad way.
“But some people don’t, some people cry themselves to sleep every night. And that was difficult to see.’
Spencer left Made in Chelsea in 2015 after ten seasons. He has since become a successful presenter and podcaster.
In 2018, he married Irish model Vogue Williams, 38, and the pair now share son Theo, 5, daughter Gigi, 3, and son Otto, one.
He founded CleanCo, a non-alcoholic spirits company, in 2019 and launched his podcast Big Fish in October 2022.
He and his wife Vogue also co-host Spencer & Vogue, which they launched in August 2020. And he also co-hosts 6 Degrees of Separation with his Made in Chelsea co-star Jamie Laing, 35.