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Spencer Matthews and Vogue Williams call Made in Chelsea ‘childish’

'If you’re an adult who takes Made in Chelsea seriously, I suggest you take a look at yourself'

Friday 18 October 2019 09:38 BST

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Spencer Matthews and Vogue Williams call Made in Chelsea 'childish'

Spencer Matthews has criticised Made in Chelsea as “childish”, having left the show himself in 2015.

Speaking on The Independent‘s dating and relationships podcast “Millennial Love”, the 31-year-old explained he thinks the structured reality TV programme has “lost its original flair”.

“I never watched it after series one,” Matthews revealed. ”It became a bit more produced and you had less control over what was happening. It’s a childish show.”

Matthews added: "If you’re an adult who takes Made in Chelsea seriously I suggest you take a look at yourself."

The TV star spoke on the podcast alongside his wife, model and presenter Vogue Williams, who concurred that Made in Chelsea was “babyish”.

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Tan France from <I>Queer Eye</I>

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Veronica Lodge from <I>Riverdale</I>

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The third season of Netflix’s hit show Stranger Things propelled Eleven, played by Millie Bobby Brown, as the ultimate ‘80s style icon thanks to her newfound love for bright bowling shirts, busy prints, dungarees, and scrunchies.

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"I watched a compilation of [Matthews} dumping people and I remember thinking, 'you’re actually a really horrible person'," Williams recalled.

Matthews has starred on countless shows including Hunted, The Bachelor and the upcoming E4 series, Spencer, Vogue and Wedding Two, which is about raising his one-year-old son with Williams. The couple starred in another series together in January that documented Williams' pregnancy and the birth of their son.

While Matthews left Made in Chelsea four years ago, some of his close friends remain cast members, including Jamie Laing, who officiated at his and Williams' second wedding in September.

"Jamie Laing is probably too old for that makeup and break up stuff," Williams said, explaining that Made in Chelsea is full of "drama".

Matthews agreed: "Yeh, Jamie Laing, being 31 in November, is too old for that show. I have spoken to him about it.

"We had a meeting with one of our producers today to see if he can jump ship onto our show were we to do a third one."

Spencer, Vogue and Wedding Two trailer

Matthews also spoke about his relationship history, confessing he'd "never taken any relationship seriously" prior to meeting Williams.

You can listen to the full episode of Millennial Love here.

Vogue, Spencer and Wedding Two airs on E4 on Monday 21 October at 10pm.

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