Sam Thompson has admitted that he was ‘never really himself’ on Made In Chelsea due to his ADHD struggles as he shared how his diagnosis impacts his relationship with girlfriend Zara McDermott.
In an interview with TikTok star Holly Morris, during an Inside Out 2 press junket, the reality star, 31, was asked when he stopped masking and began acting as his true self.
Sam answered: ‘When I was on Made In Chelsea, a lot of the time I wasn’t even really, really myself, I was who I thought I should be. ‘Cause everyone else was doing these things, I was like: “I should be doing these things.”
‘Only in the past couple of years have I been fully, fully me. I am not super Mr. Happy Golden Retriever every single day.
The 2023 King Of The Jungle also opened up about how his ADHD affects his relationship with documentary maker Zara, 27, after landing a brief role in the Disney Pixar film.
Sam Thompson has admitted that he was ‘never really himself’ on Made In Chelsea due to his ADHD struggles as he shared how his diagnosis impacts his relationship with Zara McDermott
In an interview with TikTok star Holly Morris (bottom), during an Inside Out 2 press junket the reality star was asked when he stopped masking and began acting as his true self
Sam answered: ‘When I was on Made In Chelsea, a lot of the time I wasn’t even really, really myself, I was who I thought I should be. ‘Cause everyone else was doing these things, I was like: “I should be doing these things”
Sam told Holly: ‘I’ve got home me, which is with Zara, which, actually, poor girl, literally sometimes I won’t speak for like an hour.
‘Why? ‘Cause, you’re like: “My social battery’s completely dead.” But then there’s like excitable me which is like through the roof up there.’
He added: ‘I get that to the point where I will sometimes talk to myself over when they’re talking to me.
‘So, when Zara’s talking to me, she’ll be telling me a story about her day, and I’m like, “All right, this is it. This the moment where you need to be a good boyfriend. This is the crux. She wants to feel heard.
‘So, I’ll be like: OK, go! “How was your day?” And she’ll tell me about her day, and my mind goes: “I don’t know what she just said.”‘
Sam and Zara began dating in 2019, but broke up when Sam discovered she had been cheating on him.
While Sam was initially hesitant, the two patched things up and have been going strong ever since.
Sam was diagnosed with ADHD, Tic syndrome, and autism in 2023.
He continued: ‘Only in the past couple of years have I been fully, fully me. I am not super Mr. Happy Golden Retriever every single day
The 2023 King Of The Jungle also opened up about how his ADHD affects his relationship with documentary maker Zara, 27 (both pictured in June)
In an April interview with a young boy on his radio show, Sam said of ADHD: ‘I think it’s a complete and utter superpower’.
‘I think that you are creative, you hyper-fixate on things you enjoy and you absolutely love.
‘I think a massive thing Thomas, and this is probably the best advice I can give you, is find something that you absolutely adore, and put all of that ADHD into it cause you will succeed in anything you do if you enjoy it.
‘I promise you, ADHD, if you are doing something you love, it’s a superpower and you will literally be the best in the room.
‘And I’m very very happy that I have an ADHD brother, a neurodiverse brother like you, my man’.
Sam posted the sweet interview to his Instagram to open up about his ADHD and raise awareness for young children in school.
He captioned the post with: ‘I don’t talk about my ADHD too much on here, to be honest not nearly enough. I work in an environment where my ADHD is celebrated as part of Who I am, and I am incredibly lucky.
Sam told Holly: ‘I’ve got home me, which is with Zara, which, actually, poor girl, literally sometimes I won’t speak for like an hour’
‘However, I also know that this is not the case everywhere, especially in schools. I remember being younger and feeling different and not understanding why.
‘When I was in school, I wished I had someone to tell me that I was ok, and someone to tell me that it wasn’t because I was stupid, I didn’t care, and that I was intentionally not paying attention.
‘It was because I had undiagnosed ADHD. I really hope that I can be a small part of young people accepting themselves for who they are, neuro-diverse or not.’
In May 2023, Sam revealed to MailOnline that he broke down in tears when he was diagnosed neurodivergent.
Sam detailed the emotional moment which was filmed for his new documentary Sam Thompson: Is This ADHD?
He explained: ‘I didn’t think I would be bothered, and after six hours of therapy she told me I had ADHD.’
The expert then told Sam he was a ‘very special person’ and in that moment, he explained: ‘I just wept, I got really emotional. So yeah it was definitely a relief.’
Sam then revealed it was his desire to become a dad that finally pushed him to get help for his ADHD.
The Staying Relevant podcaster admitted he ‘does really want kids’ one day but felt like he couldn’t ‘even look after himself’ and needed to find a way to deal with it.
Sam explained: ‘I think just knowing I have it has made me a better person, more self-aware.
‘I want to be a dad, I’m not saying now but at some point I want to know I can look after someone. I want to be the person they look up to and feel safe with and I can provide for’.
Sam again opened up about his conditions during his stay in an Australian jungle for I’m A Celebrity.
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