Spencer Matthews has recalled how alcohol took over his life and threatened to end his relationship before he made the sudden decision to go sober.
During his years as a city broker in London and through to his Made In Chelsea days, drinking became a cornerstone of the TV star’s life.
But it was when he reached his late twenties and met and married his wife Vogue Williams, that alcohol became a problem.
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Speaking on The Mail’s Everything I Know About Me podcast, Spencer admitted: ‘There was a certainty that I would lose Vogue, if I carried on drinking the way I was drinking.’
Spencer Matthews has recalled how alcohol took over his life and threatened to end his relationship with Vogue Williams before he made the sudden decision to go sober (pictured in 2017)
Speaking on The Mail’s Everything I Know About Me podcast, Spencer admitted: ‘t here was a certainty that I would lose Vogue, if I carried on drinking the way I was drinking’ (pictured together this year)
He recalled how in the early months of their romance, after meeting on 2017 reality show The Jump, he and Vogue would go out partying together, admitting ‘we had this highly social, quite boozy relationship.’
Alcohol even bought the couple, now parents of three, together as he admits he was perhaps his most dependent on booze around the time they met. ‘I think anybody who was on The Jump will tell you that it was quite something,’ he explained.
‘Although I went sober when I made the finals for 10 days before the finals, only went and won!’
‘When I won I went on some like mental bender, lost everything. I was beginning to feel like I was a real mess, then. And that was a bit unusual for me.’
Spencer explained though that while Vogue would ‘binge drink every few days and drink to get drunk’ he would carry on ‘and it was every day.’
‘She won’t mind me saying she’s a bit of a binge drinker. She actually hates alcohol, she can’t stand being hungover. She doesn’t like the taste of booze, but she’ll drink to get drunk. Back then she would drink to get drunk every few days. Now, it’s once a month type of thing,’ Spencer explained of Vogue’s drinking habits.
‘On the days off, I would drink and she wouldn’t. And then she would get back on the horse. And then when she stopped, I carried on and it was every day, and she would draw attention to it.’
Around this time, Vogue fell pregnant with their eldest son Theodore. ‘My drinking was emphasised by the fact that she wasn’t drinking,’ Spencer said.
‘There was a general level of disappointment in her about me. Which felt s**t, right, because I’ve always wanted people who are close to me to be proud of me,’ he added.
After The Jump Spencer struggled to find more work, whilst his wife’s career was flourishing. ‘I was beginning to feel like a real loser. She would do these great things and travel while she was pregnant, and land these TV jobs and present these documentaries. And I’d be at home’.
Spencer went ‘on a mental bender’ after winning reality show The Jump in 2017 – the show where he met Vogue
He recalled how in the early months of their romance he and Vogue would go out partying together, admitting ‘we had this highly social, quite quite boozy relationship’ (pictured in 2017)
Spencer’s turning point came after one boozy night in 2017 after he drank most of a bottle of whiskey at the London home he shared with Vogue.
Getting into bed drunk with Vogue, who was pregnant, he remembers how he told her he was going to quit. ‘She didn’t really believe me, and neither did anybody else,’ he admitted but ‘I didn’t drink for three and a half years, just stopped.’
And just to emhpasise his turning point the next morning he signed up to his first ultra marathon – running six and a half marathons in five days in the Sahara Desert. explaining: ‘I did it to punish myself for the years wasted.’
Spencer went on to launch his low-alcohol drinks company The Clean Liquor Company in 2019.
His next challenge is a world record attempt, announcing this week that he plans to run the ‘most consecutive marathons on sand’ – thirty marathons in thirty days in the Joranian desert.
Spencer and Vogue have now both massively cut down on drinking and are parents of three – Theodore, Gigi and Otto
His next challenge is a world record attempt, announcing this week that he plans to run the ‘most consecutive marathons on sand’
In order to safely prepare for the challenge, which will take place from 29th July to 27th August, Spencer is undertaking a gruelling training regime, running more than 1,800km in preparation and acclimatising his body using sweat testing, and training for up to 15 consecutive days in a lab-controlled heat chamber set to 40C and 40% humidity, in an effort to mimic the conditions of the Jordanian desert.
The star has been training hard for weeks, with his weight loss prompting him to recently hit back at critics who claimed he was looking ‘too thin’ as he declared that he is in the best shape of his life
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