S17, Ep1 Rylan Clark on fame, heartbreak and the long journey to self-acceptance

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.7 • 9.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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We're back with a brand new season (17 but who's counting? I AM!) and to open the series, I truly could not have asked for a better guest.Rylan Clark is a familiar presence on TV and radio and one of the BBC's hosts for Eurovision 2023. But he started out as the X Factor 'joke' performer in 2012. So how did he manage the transition from national laughing stock to national treasure?We talk about the failures that made him: not fitting in at school, the end of his marriage, his struggles with body image and how he survived 'hitting rock bottom'. We also have a fascinating conversation about the nature of fame, and how he feels his 'real' self is separate from his public persona.I adored this chat because Rylan is super-smart and willing to go deep. But he's also hilarious and had me crying with laughter.I hope you enjoy the episode. And if you do, I'd love it if you could give How To Fail a nice little five-star rating wherever you get your podcasts!It's good to be back.--How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted and produced by Elizabeth Day. To contact us, email howtofailpod@gmail.com--Social Media:Elizabeth Day @elizabdayHow To Fail @howtofailpodRylan @rylan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Channel 4 is the home of your next TV obsession. As the UK's biggest free streaming service,
0:07.9	they have it all from classic comedy box sets to shocking reality, gripping drama and
0:14.0	mind bending documentaries. They make content that's different from the rest and that
0:18.9	represents a broad cross-section of society. It's the home of unfiltered entertainment.
0:24.4	It's altogether different telling, made for you and happily for me because regular listeners
0:30.7	will know about my married at first sight Australia obsession. Currently on the TV, I cannot
0:37.0	get enough of it. I watch it every single night. I really miss it when it's not on on
0:41.1	the Sunday. And for anyone who doesn't know, it follows Australian singles who tie the
0:46.1	knot with partners selected for them by relationship experts, including male shilling, former
0:51.6	How to Fail Podcast. They meet for the first time on their wedding day and we watch to
0:57.2	find out whether there will be perfect matches ahead or marriage mayhem. I love it.
1:03.5	So stream now on Channel 4. There is so much on there, including Maffsa and Scared of
1:10.0	the Dark, Danny Dyer hosting as eight celebrities are plunging to complete darkness for eight
1:15.1	days. How will Paul Gasco and Chris Ubank's scarlet
1:18.4	Moffe, Nicola Adams and others cope without light stream all of this now on Channel 4.
1:39.2	Hello and welcome to How to Fail with Elizabeth Day. The podcast that celebrates the things
1:44.7	that haven't gone right. This is a podcast about learning from our mistakes and understanding
1:51.0	that why we fail ultimately makes us stronger because learning how to fail in life actually
1:57.2	means learning how to succeed better. I'm your host author and journalist Elizabeth
2:02.8	Day and every week I'll be asking a new interviewee what they've learned from failure.
2:09.5	My guest today is one of the most familiar faces on our TV screens. A man who at the relatively
2:15.4	tender age of 34 is already routinely described as a national treasure. He rose to fame on
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