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🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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What limiting beliefs do you hold about yourself? Spencer Matthews has embraced his sense of adventure in order to explore his full potential.
In this chat with Fearne, Spencer gets into the shame he felt while he was drinking, why he’s now channelling his addictive nature into running instead, and how to avoid blaming everyone else for your own issues. He also explains how seeking approval from his parents drove him, and why his relationship with his own daughter is so special now.
Spencer is currently attempting his second World Record - PROJECT SE7EN. This physical and mental feat will see Spencer take on 7 full-distance triathlons (3.8km swim, 180km bike, 42.4km run) on all 7 continents in just 21 days. Throughout the challenge, Spencer will be raising funds for men's suicide prevention charity James' Place. You can follow the journey via his Instagram @spencermatthews. Donations can be made via the link in his bio and via the official givestar page.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Happy Place with me, Fern Cotton. |
| 0:04.2 | This is the show that helps you embrace your sense of adventure. |
| 0:08.0 | Today I'm chatting to Spencer Matthews. |
| 0:10.4 | I love life as an experience. |
| 0:13.6 | And I think it's interesting to hit those moments where you feel like a loser and you feel shit about your behaviour. |
| 0:22.8 | And that ended with the 30 marathons. |
| 0:25.0 | Crossing the finish line that day, a lot of that shame vanished kind of in that moment. |
| 0:30.9 | It was a real sense of achievement, you know, |
| 0:33.1 | and for somebody who has felt a lot of shame and in reality hadn't achieved much. |
| 0:38.0 | Guys, I am in new mum mode, just to let you know. |
| 0:41.5 | I've got a new kitten from the rescue centre, the Mayhew, my fourth cat from the Mayhew. |
| 0:49.0 | And it's actually a surprise that I'm even turned up to speak these words now |
| 0:54.3 | because I am so distracted. I'm getting nothing done. Absolutely nothing. I've got |
| 0:59.6 | emails coming out my ass, a laundry bag that's completely full. All I want to do is play |
| 1:05.8 | with a little tiny fig. She's two months old. She's so adorable. For anyone out there |
| 1:10.6 | who, because I've had a few people contact me on social media saying, how do you integrate existing cats with a newbie? It's fine. I'm no expert, but what I've done previously is keep them in separate rooms with a door between them. They can smell each other. This door in my house is glass. They can see each other as well as smell each other. And then you just slowly do it. Now, my cat Simon, who you may have seen on my social media, can be a right arseal. So I'm a little bit nervous about that, but I'm hoping the transition is all going to be okay. And by next week, she'll be mooching around the whole house. She is so cute. Go to my social media if you want to have a little look at her. |
| 1:45.4 | So alongside caring for little cute baby figgy, I've also been chatting to some very interesting |
| 1:51.3 | people recently. One of them is Spencer. Now, we all first got to know Spencer or Made in Chelsea. He was |
| 1:58.3 | part of the original cast. He's like a M-I-C-O-G. |
| 2:03.1 | And my God, he let loose on what really goes on behind the scenes on that show. |
| 2:07.3 | You will love that bit if you're a Made in Chelsea fan. |
| 2:09.8 | More recently, though, he started doing some incredibly impressive athletic challenges. |
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