What Love Is Blind Taught Matt Willis About Connection and the Truth About Busted
On The Mend
High Performance
4.9 • 566 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In this raw solo episode, Matt Willis shares the untold side of his journey, from Busted fame to hitting rock bottom, and why real recovery only began when he stopped trying to do it alone.
Matt opens up about the power of vulnerability, the fear of rejection, and the moment he had to admit relapse to his wife. He explores why connection is the one thing that saved him, and why healing isn’t possible without it.
From the fear of rejection to the power of forgiveness, this is a raw and personal reflection on why we can’t do recovery alone, and how connection can change everything.
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| 0:00.0 | Want to know who's coming up next? Hit follow wherever you get your podcast and you'll be the first to find out. |
| 0:09.7 | Hi everyone, welcome back. I'm Matt Willis and on On the Men, we dive into real stories of mental health, addiction and recovery. |
| 0:17.1 | Looking back at the hardest moments to understand how people move forward. |
| 0:21.7 | I've been thinking a lot about connection recently. |
| 0:24.5 | I've just been working on Love is Blind. |
| 0:26.5 | I've been very much in Love is Blind world, and that's all about connection. |
| 0:31.1 | So I really want to kind of explore that today. |
| 0:33.1 | You know, I think in recovery, so much is about learning to be seen and learning, you know, how to be |
| 0:39.3 | accepted. |
| 0:40.3 | And sometimes that's terrifying. |
| 0:42.4 | But also, that's really where the healing begins. |
| 0:45.3 | So let's explore that, right? |
| 0:46.7 | If you're here for real talk about relationships, whether with others or yourself, hit |
| 0:51.5 | follow, leave a review or share this episode with someone who needs it. This is a safe space for honesty. And I'm going to be as honest as I can. I want you to be as honest as you can with me. And I mean that, right? If you know someone who's struggling with this kind of stuff, pass this on. You know, maybe it might be just what they need to hear. As always, |
| 1:11.7 | we're going to start with the gratitude list. It's something I've been doing for a long time. I bang on about it all the time. And it's something that means a lot to me. So I'm going to start with three things I'm grateful for. I haven't done a gratitude list yet today. So I'm going to really think about these things. I think the first one that's come into mind is, you know, what I love about |
| 1:29.3 | doing love is blind. It's like... think about these things. I think the first one that's come into mind is, you know, what I love |
| 1:28.6 | about doing love is blind is that I get to work of my wife, you know, and I get a lot of people |
| 1:36.1 | say things to me like, isn't it strange working with your wife and then, you know, going home, |
| 1:40.9 | her being your wife? You know, I'm like, no, I love it. |
| 1:44.6 | I really genuinely love it. |
| 1:46.1 | And we kind of get time away from everything else to just be us, you know. |
| 1:51.7 | And we love that time. |
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