Spencer Matthews has claimed that Made In Chelsea stars would be paid bonuses for bringing extra drama to the show.
The star, 36, made headlines during his villainous stint on the E4 show back in 2011, including his iconic row with ex Louise Thompson, where he famously said she ‘let him’ cheat on her.
Now, Spencer has claimed that much of the drama viewers saw on Made In Chelsea stemmed from producers offering financial bonuses to the cast.
He quit the show in 2015, and is now married to Vogue Williams, with three children.
Speaking on the High Performance podcast, he said: ‘Even if you’re an undramatic person or someone that hates confrontation, you will be thrust into confrontation and drama.
‘And actually, you know, we were praised. for creating drama.
Spencer Matthews has claimed that Made In Chelsea stars would be paid bonuses for bringing extra drama to the show
‘In some cases – I’m sure I’ll probably get into trouble for saying this – we’d be given bonuses if we created certain levels of drama. But then you get lost in this whirlpool of drama thinking you’re just doing a good job.’
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Spencer said that while the show was ‘pretty real’ when it first began in 2011, over time the cast struggled to determine whether they were filming real scenes, as producers ‘started to dramatise normal situations.’
The star, who is now sober, added that she was ‘drunk’ during many of the rows viewers saw on screen.
He added: ‘You’d do a scene with someone, they’d be really bent out of shape about something, and then the cameras would stop and they’d be fine.
‘And it was like ‘well are you p**sed off or are you not p**sed off, I don’t really get it?’
‘I’m not suggesting by the way that what you see on in Made in Chelsea isn’t real, but it’s certainly elaborated and dramatised.
‘If I’m not getting the nod to [former co-star Felstead] Binky’s boat party, I don’t really give a s**t in real life, but it may be the case that you might have to care for the sake of a scene.’
The star made headlines during his villainous stint on the E4 show back in 2011, but after leaving in 2015, has settled down with presenter Vogue Williams (pictured with their children)
Spencer added: ‘At the time, I definitely didn’t care what people thought of me. I don’t think that’s a great place to be, to be honest.
‘I was drunk for a lot of Made in Chelsea and on some rampage. I don’t even really recognise the person that I was back then.’
While Spencer has now settled into fatherhood, he said he’d be mortified to see his three children behaving in the same way he did.
He said: ‘I thought it was really cool just not to give a s**t about anything or anyone, ”I’m just going do whatever I want all of the time, and if you don’t like it, then you can do one”.
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‘And I just think that’s a bit lame, to be honest. It’s not how I’d encourage my boys to be, or my girl. I just think it’s a shame.’
He adds: ‘I think I felt like it was cool at the time, I just kind of just don’t really think it’s very cool anymore.
‘I did see it as a role by the way, I don’t see it as real. Like my worst nightmare is my kids growing up and watching that stuff. It’s dire though. It’s really dire. I’m going have to explain to them that it was all fake or something.’
Spencer is running a whopping 30 marathons in 30 days across the desert in the peak of summer for Global’s Make Some Noise charity.
He aims to complete a Guinness World Record for the ‘most consecutive marathons on sand’, and completed number 24 on Wednesday.
As he comes to the end of the epic physical journey, Spencer admitted last week that his body feels like it’s been ‘put in the tumble dryer’.
He revealed he had to battle ‘horrendous’ attacks and cannot stand still because he would be bitten by flies.
He also explained that between his daily 15 hour running stints, he will only ever catch four to five hours of sleep and has become so exhausted he has even started to fall asleep while running.
Speaking on Capital Breakfast, Spencer said: ‘The flies are no good. Like, of all the things. I think if the team were given the choice to actually run into a hyena or get rid of the flies, we might choose the hyena, because there’s five of us.’
He added: ‘But also, I can’t stress enough the sleep. It’s like, you’re very, very lucky to get between four-and-a-half and five hours sleep.
‘Repeat that 15 times whilst running 15 marathons in the desert, your body just starts to react really poorly to that. It’s really easy to fall into extreme negative headspace.
‘I’m half asleep for the first 10km of every day. Like, if I was to close my eyes running the first 10km, I’d hit the deck type thing. We call them free kilometres, because you’re not even conscious, basically.’
Spencer is running a whopping 30 marathons in 30 days across the desert in the peak of summer for Global’s Make Some Noise charity
But he continued: ‘But as well, listen, like it is rough and it is hard, but I would also like to say that we’re having an amazing time. It’s an incredible journey, I feel very privileged to be able to run in this part of the world.
‘And, you know, for such a great cause, raising money for Global’s Make Some Noise is driving us forward and it is a real pleasure. But yeah, it’s pretty tough. I’ve ran over 630km so far.’
Spencer previously said the challenge helps him to feel ‘closer’ to his brother Michael, who never returned after becoming the youngest British climber to summit Mount Everest.
To qualify for the Guinness World Record, jr will need to run the full distance – 1,266km – on sand and will not be able to cross roads, grass, rivers or other terrain during the 30 marathons, making the challenge a logistical, as well as physical and mental feat.
A dedicated adjudicator will be present during every marathon and will monitor Spencer’s progress in order for it to register as a successful Guinness World Record.