00:00Guys, it is good to see you all.
00:02Tell me how you are all feeling, first of all,
00:04now that the dust has kind of settled.
00:07I know it's been a little while for you guys,
00:09but for us, we've obviously only just seen how things panned out.
00:12But how are you feeling?
00:13I feel good.
00:14Mixed emotions for me.
00:15Yeah.
00:15An emotional rollercoaster.
00:16Yeah.
00:17Yeah.
00:17Yeah.
00:18I've heard you talk about it.
00:19Nice for it to be out in the open, for sure.
00:21It's great to see everyone today.
00:22Do you know what I mean?
00:23We've all gone so well throughout that whole experience,
00:25particularly the boys.
00:26So it's good to reconnect.
00:28OK, well, Stephen, seeing as you touched on it very briefly,
00:30let's come to you first.
00:31What did I do?
00:32On how things have worked out.
00:34I was so heartbroken, because we saw you walk down the aisle.
00:38You said, I do.
00:39And then it's not worked out.
00:41Any regrets for going through everything that you did?
00:46How are you feeling?
00:46No, I don't have any regrets.
00:47Obviously, in a breakup, when you're watching your breakup,
00:52because that's a first, obviously,
00:54you raise certain questions about your own behaviour and hindsight.
00:57So maybe there's some regrets in that element of things.
01:00But going through the whole process, no, none whatsoever.
01:03I was a little bit heartbroken to hear it didn't work out.
01:05But you guys are smiling, and that's the main thing.
01:08Freddie and Tom, you were the guys who did the leaving at the altar.
01:13But Oli, you were left at the altar.
01:17How was it?
01:18Because actually, I thought it was really admirable how you dealt with it all.
01:22I didn't want all the weight to come down on Demi.
01:24I think leading up to that, there have been conversations
01:26that had led us both to believe that it probably wasn't the right time for us.
01:29I didn't want it to be...
01:30And ultimately, I wanted to come away from this with my head held high,
01:33and we're both happy regardless of what the outcome was, so to speak.
01:36So I think I touched on it at the time.
01:37It's like, I've still got a best friend in her for life.
01:40I've still got best friends in these guys.
01:41So I refuse to come away thinking of myself as anything other than a winner
01:44just because I didn't get married.
01:45I don't look at it as first and second place.
01:47If you come away with a head full of memories and new friends,
01:51how can I look at it as anything other than a good thing?
01:53Yeah.
01:53Have you guys all been hanging out in the interim?
01:56Have you seen much?
01:57As much as we can.
01:58Yeah, it's been very minimal.
01:59Yeah, I mean, I live up north, so for me, it's been hard.
02:03But I've kept in touch with a couple of lads and stuff.
02:05But yeah, we're all in touch.
02:07We're all mates.
02:07We're all mates, you know.
02:09Everybody, everybody.
02:10Is there a group WhatsApp?
02:11There's a few.
02:12Yeah.
02:13Oh, who's not in which one?
02:15I get political.
02:16Someone, no, will there?
02:18I'm not getting involved, though.
02:20I don't get involved.
02:22I don't get involved.
02:23Just don't answer.
02:25You've got the muted, Freddie.
02:26I just don't get involved.
02:27He's the quiet one in the group.
02:28I'm the quiet one.
02:30Like you said, it didn't work out for you guys,
02:33but it didn't necessarily mean that it was the end.
02:36So have you seen, like, your prospective other halves?
02:40Or have you been on any other dates with anyone else in the meantime?
02:43For me personally, you know, it was, the journey was,
02:47it was a roller coaster, like Steve said.
02:50Ups and downs.
02:51And it was very overwhelming.
02:53A lot of pressure.
02:54And I met an amazing girl,
02:59but there was a lot of pressure from her, I felt, on me as well.
03:03And it wasn't until the moment between sort of,
03:09we had a brief spell where we were at home prior to the weddings,
03:12you know, where we had a bit of a time to ourselves.
03:14And it was really that time where I had time
03:16to kind of reflect on myself and think,
03:18I've got the opportunity now, my mind's clear.
03:20And I had a bit of clarity.
03:22But up until that point, it was just a lot of pressure.
03:24I have stayed in touch with Kat.
03:26She's a good girl.
03:27We did try and sort of continue things after.
03:31But I think it was quite clear that we were quite different.
03:34And personally, I've not been dating.
03:39But I'm not, obviously, I can't speak for Kat.
03:41Okay.
03:42There's a lot of love out there for you though, Freddie.
03:44I don't know if you've seen it, but there's a lot of love.
03:46So you're not going to be short on others.
03:48Honestly, the comments section of my social media is just about Freddie.
03:51It's like, can I meet Freddie?
03:53Aww.
03:54Yeah, they can.
03:55How about you and Maria?
03:56Similar story to Freddie, I think.
03:58Like Maria and I were like, we had an amazing journey together
04:03and got on so, so well.
04:04Obviously, the differences in our values
04:06were probably the main reason why we didn't work out.
04:09We were fully intending on staying in contact.
04:12It's just, it's hard.
04:13Like when you break up with someone,
04:14particularly when you break up in front of millions of people,
04:18there is like, it's hard to stay in touch with any ex, right?
04:20But so I think, you know,
04:21we stayed in touch for a few weeks after the show
04:23and have been in touch sporadically.
04:26Obviously, I think, you know, I have to respect her feelings
04:28about how some of the show sort of was portrayed
04:31and her feelings around that.
04:33So I've always got a lot of time for her and a lot of respect.
04:36But yeah, I'm not sure it'd be appropriate for us to be besties.
04:38That's fair enough.
04:39Yeah, it's a lot.
04:40I can't even imagine watching this all back.
04:42Did you actually want to watch it back?
04:44Or is it like, no guys, you're not.
04:46I can't miss the fun bits between Andrew and others.
04:49But yeah, it's weird because I think,
04:51I don't know if you guys feel the same,
04:52but when you're watching it,
04:53it kind of takes you back there again.
04:54Yeah, definitely.
04:54The bits that made you feel really, really happy,
04:55make you feel happy again.
04:56The bits that weren't so easy,
04:58you kind of go through that again.
05:00So it's like, it's a weird one.
05:01Definitely.
05:01We all had different highs and lows, didn't we?
05:03Like for me, like the pods was amazing.
05:06It was like, there was some real magic around it.
05:08And it was just, it was hanging out with these boys.
05:09But then also those dates, it was like,
05:11it was like therapy for me,
05:12those pods being one-on-one with all those people.
05:14So the rest of it, I found a bit more challenging.
05:17Yeah, I found the first four episodes emotional.
05:19I was crying at his reveal, let alone my own.
05:21It was emotional.
05:23And that's where you caught the feelings for the first time,
05:25was during that process, you know.
05:27And it's the first time we saw each other date.
05:29And so you only saw the one side of your mate
05:32going through what they went through,
05:33their own journeys,
05:34and activate their own obstacles and hurdles.
05:37But you didn't actually see what was going on
05:39and what caused the result of that, you know.
05:41Was there anything when you're watching it back
05:43that you saw the other do?
05:44You're like, oh dude, why did you do that?
05:46Yeah, loads.
05:47Loads.
05:50Yeah, I mean, yeah, I've seen stuff.
05:52And I'm thinking like, hmm.
05:53You're not going to give me specific?
05:55No, but there's definitely things I've seen.
05:56I'm thinking, oh, okay.
05:58For me, it was the other way around.
05:59I was like, fuck it, Oli's got game.
06:01I mean, I need to learn some stuff from him.
06:04Oh, you were taking tips.
06:05You were like, nice.
06:06Exactly, exactly.
06:07Okay, then I'm a girl who has struggled to meet a guy
06:10for the longest time.
06:11So what is your advice?
06:13What would you say is the best way to meet a guy for me?
06:16There's a show called Love Is Blind.
06:19Well, I will be signing up for the next series.
06:21As cheesy as it sounds, I think when you're not looking for it,
06:22sometimes that's the best time.
06:23It's like you can bump in someone in like a mutual hobby
06:26or whatever, be there.
06:27Run clubs are the thing these days, isn't it?
06:29Oh God, I tried it, guys.
06:31Everyone's meeting their partners there.
06:33But yeah, I think things like that.
06:33Like, I think, I don't know.
06:35What do you guys think?
06:35I think, like, my experience on that,
06:37it was all about dating with intent, right?
06:39And like going into dates and saying, this is who I am.
06:41This is what I'm looking for in a partner.
06:43And I think when you do that,
06:44it shows that you're taking that experience seriously.
06:46So I'd do that in any dating situation moving forward.
06:49I say just be yourself.
06:50Don't go in there with expectations.
06:53Then it takes all the pressure away.
06:55Then you can be yourself.
06:56You can be vulnerable.
06:57And then that's where the beauty happens, I think.
06:59Okay.
07:00Yeah, same.
07:01I just think just, you know, it'll just naturally occur, hopefully.
07:04But I'd rather, see, I'm not the kind of person
07:07to go out to like clubs and stuff and chat to girls and stuff.
07:11So I'd just rather meet someone in my car phone warehouse or something.
07:15I never even existed in my car phone warehouse at the time.
07:18The nation wants to know.
07:19I'll give you an upgrade.
07:20You're getting forms of girls when you're outside your car phone warehouse as well.
07:24I mean phones, not girls.
07:28Brilliant.
07:28I will try that.
07:30Thanks.
07:31I'll see you outside the car phone warehouse.
07:34Guys, it's been genuinely really enjoyable.
07:36I spend that time with you, weirdly, through a TV screen.
07:40It's been really lovely.
07:41So I know you probably didn't get the outcome that you wanted.
07:43But you made for great TV.
07:47And I do wish you luck.
07:48You know what?
07:49Everyone wants love in their lives, right?
07:51At some point.
07:51So here's hoping.
07:52Thank you so much, guys.
07:55You were lovely.
07:56See you guys.
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