He was known for being one of SW1's most notorious heartbreakers, but since leaving the reality show Made In Chelsea, Spencer Matthews has settled down. He married Vogue Williams in 2018, and the couple share three children together aged six, four, and three.
However, Spencer's reputation didn't escape his then wife-to-be. In a recent interview with The Sun, Vogue has spoken candidly about her first impressions of Spencer, which were far from complimentary.
'I kind of met him with a preconceived idea, and I was like, "I'm not going to like him" because I thought he was a sociopath,' she told the newspaper. 'But after I met him, I loved his personality straight away. He was so sound, but I was being really good at being single and I wanted to stay single, so I thought, "He's going to be a really good friend." That's the first thing I thought.'
Spencer shot to fame as an original cast member of Made In Chelsea, where he earned a name for himself as a party loving playboy. Alongside MIC, Spencer has also had stints on other reality shows, including The Jump, The Bachelor, I’m a Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here! and Celebrity MasterChef.
However, Spencer has since put his wild days long behind him. Writing on Instagram last year, he shared the 'five changes' he has made to his lifestyle that have made the 'biggest difference to his physical and mental wellbeing', which are clean eating, weight training, cardio, fasting, and avoiding alcohol.
He spoke about his lifestyle changes in a 2018 interview with The Times. 'It’s a simple case of growing up,' he said. 'You align what’s important differently. My family is extremely close and will always be with each other, and I want that for myself. When I was young, all I wanted to do was go to nightclubs, drink, have fun and be unproductive.'
Spencer and Vogue first met when they were competing on The Jump. Vogue ended up leaving the contest early due to an injury, but had formed a friendship with Spencer by the time she left the programme.
Before meeting Spencer, Vogue was married to Brian McFadden. The couple divorced in 2017, and Vogue recently shared an insight into their relationship in her new autobiography.
'The morning of the wedding [to Brian] I felt very stressed and so anxious because deep down I knew I had made a mistake,' she said. 'After the wedding I tried to make things work. The relationship wasn’t all terrible, we did have some great times too, and for the most part he was good fun to be around. But he was not husband material.'
Alice Hall is the Staff Writer at Grazia UK. She was previously a Junior Features Writer for The Daily Telegraph. At Grazia, she writes news and features about pop culture, dating, health, politics and interiors.