Louise Thompson spills all on MIC

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0:37That's F-O-R-H-E-R-S dot com slash eligible. 4HERS.com slash eligible. Weight loss by HERS is not available in all 50 states. Wegovi is the registered trademark of Novo Nordisk AS. To get started and learn more, including important safety information, Wegovi clinical study information and restrictions. Visit ForHers.com. Therapy's biggest impact doesn't show up in some dramatic breakthrough. It shows up in the smallest moments. You bite your tongue instead of escalating. You put your phone down instead of firing off that text. You say what you actually mean instead of what would hurt someone else the most.

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2:20Welcome to Staying Relevant, the podcast hosted by two best friends, me, Sam Thompson, also Peter James, Jonathan Joseph Wicks, who is not with us today. He is stuck in Cannes. Now, I believe that he's done an all-nighter and that's why he's missed his flight, because he has missed his flight and there is no way that's just because it's down to like traffic. that's because he's had an absolute bender in Cannes and he's been like I just can't be fucked so we have a guest this is the bonus episode it is still my sister Louise Thompson now remember as well as listening you can watch us now too the full video is released on YouTube every Friday after the audio is out every Monday now before we get started make sure you hit follow wherever you're listening that'll mean you're going to be the first to know of each new episode and don't forget to keep sending these questions you have and any emails you have for these bonuses because it is all about you to hello at srproductions.co.uk that is hello at srproductions.co.uk now Louise, welcome back you haven't fucking left because it's the same day we're filming are you enjoying yourself?

3:33I've actually had a great morning you haven't touched your matcha latte I did, I just had a sip I didn't want to be like jangling it around the mic because I know how annoying that be with all the icy bits. We have had... I could do that though if you want. We've had so many messages, so many questions for you. Like more than I think we've nearly ever had. So obviously people are quite happy you're sat here right now. Some of these questions have been written by the powers that be, that being producer Pippa and... I think they were good questions. And producer Galena as well. And I know that this one's come from them.

4:06can you imagine Sam as people's actual boss now that hasn't come from me because I can but what what's your view on me being a boss of a team

4:21no like you don't have a laptop like Sam doesn't do you have any do you have actually we can't even say this because it's so embarrassing because I helped you set it up I remember setting up your hotmail account once which had like a swear word in it that was your email address i've still got it you still got it you have a professional email address now yes he does have one no i've got yahoo have you ever opened but wait he just goes he goes no i've got yahoo it's like yes sam that is an email address that's not even the one you're talking about he has a work gmail account that's been left unopened since june 2024 sam thompson at staying relevant gmail.com No, that's not.

5:01Yeah, yeah. If anyone wanted to guess, that's probably what it is. I'd go with Sam that's dayrelevant.com. Sam that's dayrelevant.com. If you want to harass and send loads of fan mail or hate mail to Sam, then I'd go with that one first. I am. And what's it like being a boss? Like, how do you integrate into that role? Like, how do you identify as a boss? Because. I'm the cool guy. You need someone to tell you what to do most of the time. I actually had a conversation with mum about this a couple of weeks ago. That's fucking rude. She actually offered to go around to yours to do that. help with all of your admin now that you're single.

5:33And I was like, the problem is, is if you do that, he won't learn and he won't do it with you. So I was like, you have to basically lock him in one room with you and then educate him on how to do it so that no one else has to do it again. Now I know why you weren't invited in the podcast. This is a terrible idea. Do you know what? So just going quickly back to the emails, Louise sent me up an email that's wearing it called, this is when I must have been like 12 and I was like I feel like I need an email to log into like MSN and all that kind of stuff and um she set me up one without me realizing what it meant called fcukwit at hotmail.co.uk isn't that so weird she set me up a fucking hotmail called fuckwit.co.uk that I then started using as my MSN thing that I was trying to talk to like chicas with at fucking 12, 13 years old called fuckwit.

6:31Needless to say, got nowhere with anyone. And not just that, this is where it gets really bad. I still use it because you know, Microsoft teams, where it's Microsoft at Hotmail's Microsoft. So I literally log in to big meetings like commissioners, brands, Coca-Cola. I logged into, this is legit. I logged into a zoom, Coca-Cola as fuckwit. That is so unbelievably embarrassing. I literally wore in and I've got a text message of the agents immediately being like, take down, take down. And I had to be like, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. This came, this is from years ago. You could probably just put like an alias or like a different name.

7:11Because I didn't know. I don't understand teams. Yeah, it's a lot to get your head around. We were actually talking about MSN the other day. Did you ever do Habbo Hotel? No, what the fuck? So like there was MSN Messenger Bebo. I remember Bebo. Bebo, where you had like your own profile. You could like customize the skins. You had best friends on Bebo as well. Best friends. They used to call it Carnage. Close friends. And then Habba Hotel was really weird. You basically had, it was like a chat room and you'd go on, but it was like kind of a sexual chat room. And you'd go, you'd like bump into other people and they were all like little characters with big heads.

7:45And they were total strangers. And you'd go ASL, age, sex, location. and then people go like, Tony, I know that's not an age, 30, male, London. And then you'd start talking but people were just exchanging like quite, it was like quite erotic. What? Yeah, and I feel like I was on there when I was quite young. What the fuck? I know. And you'd go into like different rooms so it was in a hotel and there was like a swimming pool. It was kind of like The Sims but you could chat to other people. This is mental. Yeah, weird. Okay, anyone listening, have you ever been on a Habbo hotel? I don't think it's, like a long time ago.

8:20She has absolutely fucking wild. I know. Another one from the team. What can you imagine, can you imagine working for me as an employee and what would that be like, do you think?

8:31What would it be like working under me as a boss?

8:38I think that, well, I think I could just get away with everything. Like, I think that I just, it would be like, I wonder what it is like. but I think that it would be, I actually, you know, I do think about this sometimes because, because I employ a couple of people and then I wonder, because you're around at the house quite a lot. I sometimes think, I wonder if they think it would be more fun to work with Sam. Cause you're really, because you're really like just fun and silly like all the time. But then you do have a serious side when it comes to work. Like you're obviously incredibly successful and you're incredibly busy.

9:15So like you, you make it work. do you have moments where you're, do you ever get angry? Never. No. Never. I have never, I could never get angry at the team. I couldn't do it. I don't think I've ever had a strong word with anybody. I don't think I've ever had even a slightly strong word. Have you ever sent an email? No, never. Have you ever set like an agenda meeting? Have you ever hosted a meeting? No, no. Sometimes they have a meeting every Monday and I join every now and then sort of like halfway through and go, hello, crack a couple of gags and then leave. well that's kind of ideal like you're living your best life so you kind of got this like balcony view where you just dip your toe in if you fancy anything that they can learn on like how to deal how to deal with me i think this one came directly from pippa okay okay good question um how to deal with sam effectively because there should be like a manual it's not that straightforward um i would say well most of your time you you seem to be just like pacing around the block on the phone a lot so you're definitely like taking a lot of calls well look I know that you speak to your team a lot because you're constantly unloading all of your stuff all of your problems on paper so maybe they might need to just set some boundaries and go okay Sam so like this is a professional outfit and I'm not your therapist.

10:41Start there. How does Louise even know that I call you all the time? I don't know. It must be a lot. Because I bump into you like every day. You're just, if anyone wants to find Sam Thompson, obviously I'm not going to say where we live, but if they want to find you, you're normally just doing laps like around the block. Sam does a lot of walking. Like your step count must be 50 ,000 at least a day. It's just, there's like a lot of just like very serious, serious conversations happening. Earpods in always. And yeah, and that's, that's you. What other advice? I called Pippa at 11pm a few days ago.

11:17Is that right? Actually, I need to ask you, is that bad? Like most, yes. Is that, is that really unprofessional? Well, look, I mean, you've got a good relationship. What were you calling her about? I can't remember. Oh, I've got a date. Wait, you're going on a date. Well, yeah. And so you call, but that's, that's, that's actually nice. Well, you wanted to, you wanted to celebrate. Well, I just wanted to tell someone. I just wanted to tell someone. Well, you wanted her to check your profile, the girl's profile. Every single time. Sam basically just outsources like every job. So he just, you're probably going like, hey, have you got any pickup lines?

11:57Can you research this for me? So 11 p.m. is too late for a phone call? 11 p.m. is too late. I think like try keep it within the window of like eight to six. Okay, fine. And then anything after that is just like, so boundaries is something that we need to work on then. Yeah. Yeah. Because if things ever get a little hairy, like you don't want to be known, you don't want a reputation for unloading on people. I'm kidding. You guys are good. I think you're probably great to work with. Like people love working with you. And the thing about like us, I'd say like as Thompsons, is we're very like loyal and we're not good with change.

12:32so once we like bed in with people that we work with we're like in it for the long run like herpes honestly mate once we fucking dive in or like my chronic condition can't get rid of it make ridiculous thing just we have flare-ups we are flare-ups basically we're just we're just a fucking flare-up and we just can't get rid of us and we're just there sometimes we go into the distance it's like me and the team actually i'll sometimes just fade away into the distance and i'll just fucking flare up for a month and just be there and then just bounce again that's true we are the flare-ups that is such a bad way of looking at us and look i feel like this is god damn it an email for you and it just says what do you think of sal's new mullet and look in general why's everyone got a mullet these days like what is this mullet thing i feel like it was an australian thing it's like moved over here um i think it suits you i think it's good do you know sam actually travels to like an hour outside london to go to someone's house this bloat's house to do his hair like that is how coiffured you are what the fuck does that even mean i don't know it's like french for hairdresser or something have you um have you ever spoken to that guy like you he used to do my hair maybe like years and years ago yeah has he ever mentioned that yeah of course yes like really really long time yeah which is so funny it's so full circle I travel all the way to Ripley in Surrey to go and get my mullet shirt.

14:01It's kind of like Sonic the Hedgehog, you know, with the little bits at the back. Awesome. Can't wait. I can put that on my dating profile. It's looking quite, it's looking like thick, which is good. Like voluminous. Do we like - Have you ever spoken about the hair? Yeah, I'm going. I'm going at the end of this year. I haven't said. Yeah, I've decided that I think I'm going to go at the end of this year. Ryan is worried about his V's, so - Ryan doesn't fucking need it, man. Wait, your hair's looking - I look like fried tuck up top. And it's not good at all. Do you not like mullets then? Can I just say what that is?

14:31Because I always try and reassure Ryan with this. Guys that have like higher testosterone levels lose their hair. So in a way, it's like if you were more of a man, you're going to go bald. Just to make all the blokes out there that have... What do you think about going bald then? What if Ryan just went bald? I think he'd look so good with the shaved hair. You fucking would because it's so illiterate. What would I look like bald? And a shaved face. But then, do you remember there was always this thing about like, you'd always say you've got a Thierry Henry head. Yeah, I do. I've got... So if you went bored, what is it like a little like?

14:58Jason Statham. Yeah, I've got like a skull that comes out a little bit at the back. I think I've got that as well, like a ridge. Yeah. Now this next question is a biggie. This is what I think everybody wants to know.

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15:50You just pay per session. Grow connects you with thousands of high-quality, licensed therapists across the U.S., offering both virtual and in-person sessions, nights and weekends. You can search by what matters, like insurance, specialty, identity, or availability. And you can book a therapy session in minutes and begin in as little as two days, not the national 48-day average. See if you could pay as little as$0 for therapy in seconds at growtherapy.com slash ACAST. That's growtherapy.com slash ACAST. growtherapy.com slash ACAST. Availability and coverage vary by state and insurance plan. If you felt stuck trying to lose weight, you're not alone.

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17:35Seeing you were looking at houses in the country, is this true? Are you moving out? How will Sam cope when you aren't next door? We all want to know this. That noise actually is quite loud, isn't it? It's fucking mad. yeah i know that we've so we've got a new studio there is so much banging and soaring going on we've got there we go it's like i've got a little bumblebee in my ear like i'm kind of struggling to concentrate on your question i might go next door and really politely ask them to fuck off which we and i've never done that before i'm not a confrontational guy but i could possibly take one for the team here and be like look guys we're gonna have to have it out here because we can't do this we're calling a podcast but we look okay remind me what the question was seeing you were looking at houses in the country are you moving and how will sam cope when you aren't next door so we are really excitingly but getting buying somewhere that's outside of london the amount of comments that i've had about this from people saying is there going to be a sam annex how will sam cope if you don't live next door to him like where's sam going to sleep what i will say is that sam and i have had a conversation sam was like look if you ever think that you might sell this house and you might move like can you just let me know first because we've kind of made a pact that we're like not gonna move it's kind of like it's kind of a decision that ron and i made actually every weirdly every time i've ended up in hospital one of the nurses very kindly popped i think it was like escaped to the country or like chateau life or whatever and i and i've had like such a big pull towards a more rural lifestyle do you think that's age or do you think that's the all the stuff you went through medically?

19:15I think, I think actually the medical stuff. Yeah. And I think like, I think a little bit like having kids because you want to see them run around and play and it's like quite hard to keep them cooped up in one space. Yeah. So if we could just like each lock a couple of gates in the country and then they've got a kind of like big pit to play in. But you're not moving? Not moving. You promise? Sitting the record straight. Swear to God. Sam. Look down the barrel of the fucking camera now. I would not do that to Sam. Yeah. He would be helpless. and and i promise i will never sell that house yeah there we go as long as sam lives next door as long as sam is alive oh wait so wait as long as as long as as long as sam lives i just have to kill you to move um as long as you live next door but wait then and and look down the camera please and i will make a door that goes through the wall in the garden so so we can all just go into each other's houses if where as and when we decide we need to well we've all that i can't say that why why sam's right idea recently with this like reno that he's doing again is to get a um is to basically like we've got a barbecue in our garden we kind of like dug our garden down so it's actually a lot deeper and the wall is higher so we like really struggled to see each other like you can't just like jump and go hey and so sam's idea was to create like a latch and like a sliding window so that he could just like slide it open.

20:43But then he was like, don't worry guys, it can be locked. But so on both sides, like the amount of admin to like dig into the fences on both sides to then like, hi, I'll deal with it. And then we can like pass a piece of fucking halloumi over the gate. Yeah. Fucking perfect. You'll be like climbing through there. But no, I think that actually would be nice. Like, but you can pay for it. Fine. Done. Deal. So just quickly, that is a that is that is confirmation then right there Louise Thompson not moving out just getting a country pad just just there she goes escape to the country every weekend can I have a key to your country gaff Sam you never go anywhere I would if you had a country gaff no you wouldn't I could bring a date I've invited you on holidays that I'm paying for like come to Greece this summer so that you can actually like switch that noisy brain of yours off it's rude it's true and you're like oh I just sorry have you seen my schedule I would like I would like a key please to the to the country house now this is another one that we can have actually mum did say like can I have a room there what's that well no get in line mum fucking hell well also actually the main reason for the country house is to get away from us was so that I could host Christmas oh that's lovely isn't that nice yeah that's nice like to be able to do a Christmas where everyone can stay over because our parents have always lived in London So we never really had that, like, let's get everyone together.

22:10This email has come in. It's a bit more serious because we can do serious in this podcast. And this is the one that came in the most out of every question. I even got asked on an airplane by the captain when I was on the way to Guatemala. It was about his wife, actually, but this is just an anonymous. Just been diagnosed with UC. Some advice on how to get my head around it, please.

22:37okay big question um i'm so sorry that you've been diagnosed with that but perhaps there's part of you that might find that a a relief because if you've been struggling with some awful symptoms to then have a diagnosis can be a real kind of weight lifted off your shoulders moment i think um the good thing about having an inflammatory bowel disease which is split into two camps so as either you see as you mentioned which is ulcerative colitis and i'd love to get you say that or Crohn's disease is that there are there's so much um money being put into research and also drugs because it's so it's a chronic condition which means that it's not curable per se but you kind of go through these ups and downs where you flare and then you then you find yourself back in remission and so there are some really good treatments that can be really effective so I don't want you to panic that this is kind of like the end of the road for you and that you're never going to feel like yourself and healthy and like energized again um and also you know even despite everything that i've been through with a lot of really horrendous flares where i ended up having to have surgery that you there there are ways to like to heal and to kind of bring yourself back to you do you want to know something that is crazy to me also one percent of the population now Wow.

23:55It's a lot, isn't it? It's a lot. Do you know what? I remember a really horrible moment, actually. And I don't mean to sort of make this podcast. It's meant to be a podcast, but I remember a horrible moment where I'm on the phone to Ryan and you're in so much pain with your code on. And they were like, we're going to have to take it out. And you went, thank God. And you were literally like, get rid of it. And I don't even know if you remember this because you were pretty drugged up. but you were literally like get it out of me now i want the bag i really wanted the bag yeah that that to be in that amount of pain um and to want that bag is uh as someone who loves you very much is is is a pretty tough thing to see and to be like just fucking get rid of it and yes that sounds quite dark but seeing what you having your cone removed has done to your life is fucking mental can you see it from the outside oh my god man me and ryan were talking about this literally like a few days ago really dude you're like you are it's like you've like evolved into something that was better than before like it's mad mate it's you are like an upgrade you look so healthy you look so happy i don't know if that's because your gut was doing stuff to your mind i don't know like you you're so healthy you seem so content I mean obviously you have the stress of the world like we all do and all that kind of stuff and you seem so you just have so much joy man and you seem like to think that even a year ago we were so far away from where you are now is absolutely obviously somebody loves you is is just the best thing ever but just for anyone who may be listening to this and maybe has a bag or maybe is thinking about the option of that um to see the change in you i just want people to know that just from a brother's point of view like it i've never seen you look so fucking radiant you look you look unbelievable man and i mean that with every ounce of my being you really do thanks that means a lot and and i think that that you know for people to hear because i've obviously tried to raise awareness for people that have stomas out there because it can be a really hard adjustment for people understandably um but to hear it from you somebody you know with a different kind of like perspective but also there are so many people that respect respect you to hear that you also have like really positive things to say about it is really great because you're also really advocating for those people that have to make that really tricky decision and you know ryan has also been really supportive because it's probably hard you know seeing a partner's body then change in this in this way as well so i'm very very grateful that everyone's kind of been there to support me and I think

26:51like the right kind of people like good people they get it and it really when you go through something like this and you have to go through a pretty horrendous change like you end up really like attracting like really wonderful supportive like helpful people and it really kind of like filters out the shit yeah so like the people that are judgmental there was actually one person who was on me and chelsea like this is like years ago to give her the benefit of the doubt and i won't mention her name but i remember years and years and years ago she did a personal appearance and she'd come back to film she'd done like some other tv show that was like pretty big and then anyway she'd come back to film and she said oh i went to this pa and like one of the girls like got out her stoma bag and maybe sign it and she was like really judgmental about it and i just remember thinking god that's like so unkind to speak about it like that like that's wild isn't that wild yeah and like at the time i didn't i knew i had ulcerative colitis so i didn't i but i didn't necessarily ever like envision envisage myself ending up at like down this road but even back then i was like oh that that's like nasty yeah um i don't know but look at where you are now it's a fucking testament it really I'd go I'd get my stoma hey Sam can you sign my stoma that should be so I will sign your stoma mate any day of the week I don't need you to do that maybe I'll go for someone a bit more famous God you're not so annoying I just I wish I had you for longer because I'd love to talk about some of the PAs because Louise has actually done public appearances before I once had to get on a stage which is my worst nightmare and be like a hype woman that is absolutely brilliant with proud luck I remember there's one story that I'm just going to really quickly tell because I know you've got it'll go very soon, about when we did a Made in Chelsea trip.

28:36It was just a long weekend Made in Chelsea filming trip to Ibiza and we were in DC 10 and someone came running up to me. I think he might even be a security guard and he went, your sister's gone rogue. And I went, what? And you'd gone and tackled the DJ off the fucking stage at DC 10 in Ibiza. She and Louise was hammered and literally got up onto stage and ran and tackled the DJ to the floor. didn't mean to and then I turned off all of the sound system all the sound system turned off in DC 10 Louise used to be an absolute fucking legend mate she used to be an animal yeah an animal Louise used to be an actual animal I imagine being like well there's nothing we can do now and she literally tripped over I think that's what it was she got on the stage tripped over the cables and then fallen into the DJ cut the music it was like some like really fit like Brazilian like eco warrior cut the music at DC 10 the cast have made a boom yeah I know and like literally then we all had to leave with like towels over our heads yeah it was a real tough time wait can I just say you're like making that all seem like this like quite like funny story I feel like you hated me of course I fucking did during those moments I was literally I was staying at Emily Weller's house yeah that was such a beautiful house that was great yeah so that's a that's a little snippet into that we would delve into it more but someone's gotta go and it's not me it's cool that you can have different chapters of your life for different things.

30:02Oh, mate, there's so many. We haven't even - Can always evolve. Mate, we haven't even spoken about the main Chelsea chapters. Like we should have you, I genuinely mean this, we should have you come back in actually quite soon if the listener, I think the listener, we'll put it down to you guys at home. If you want to hear more main Chelsea stories, then you can come back, Louise can come back and we can really divulge into some of them because they're great. But as we're on main Chelsea, this second penultimate email is great. Sam's early days on MIC was Louise worried about him entering the world with his old teeth slash did he think he'd be okay i didn't think you'd be okay what the fuck so worried about it why no other sibling had joined the show and it was already like the cesspit of like oh just like relationships like bitching the public were brutal i remember honestly like things would trend on on uh twitter at the time instagram wasn't a thing so it was like all verbal just like nasty words and it's like team lucy and everyone was like lucy's so much prettier than you and i was like this is cool i've been cheated on and now everyone's just calling me ugly like not done a single thing wrong and it was pretty horrendous so then like why would i want my little innocent gap-toothed brother coming to join the show no need for the end bit there but also like given the given the in the main episode we already spoke about the fact that you didn't really hang out with my friends and you never like got with them the whole show was forged on relationships so i was thinking like what's sam gonna come on and do like just start like i like i just i couldn't picture it what i'd love to know like why you wanted to do it because i knew at one point i think you did tell me that you had this has all been part of a master plan look at where you're at now i knew when i saw the entertainment industry which sounds like porn every time i say it just doesn't sound right but the entertainment industry yeah when i saw that like that was a thing so i would obviously be around it i was working a bar when you were on made in chelsea yeah and i was like god that seems super fun and i was like i haven't been on a date before i was like i've never been invited into a nightclub and i was like all i want is to just be cool for about two years and then i'll go and get a normal job and uh and then and then i remember i remember it so well i remember going for a meeting because they came into the bar that you know that's how it happened the producers of main shows came into the bars working in and i went so sly dark and i went no no, no, they were just doing a meeting.

32:20They didn't even come into the world. Because we always used to film that upstairs. And so they came in and went, oh, my sister's on your show. And they went, oh my God, who? I went, do you want to come for a chat? I went, well, fucking Pete's this. Yeah, 100%. So I went in for a chat with him. I don't even know if you know this. They asked me, they went, who do you think, like, do you think you could get with any of the girls? Yeah. Mate, I looked about 12 and I, I mean, you could literally, you could bite an apple through a tennis racket with my teeth. And, and, and, and I remember saying to them, yeah, you know, Millie McIntosh always been on my radar she was the main character at the time right like going out with Hugo Taylor who she's now married to who was like this really cool good looking guy like she was like this big dog and I'm like yeah I'm sure we've been on my radar I always you know I've always punched above my way I can actually imagine you're like stroking your eye like you just yeah yeah you're like yeah yeah like Millie McIntosh like literally hiding from the fact that you're lying in such a good way I genuinely do you know the worst thing is I believed it I believed it you actually believed it I believed that I could.

33:17I have no idea why. Do you not remember Fran Newman Young? I need to like message her now and be like, by the way, Sam thought that you had a chance with you. Do you not remember Fran Newman Young? Do you remember when she came on a date around mine on an episode of Made in Chelsea and I genuinely thought I was going to kiss her? I held up mistletoe. She rejected me. Yeah. And you made a mixtape and I actually weirdly spoke about this on my podcast the other day because you had like a frying pan covering your bits. And then the show used to make me like knock on the door and be like, hey, just like checking everything's okay.

33:45she was older than me. Yeah, she was taller than me. She was taller than both of us put together. Seven foot tall, yeah. Oh, mate. I remember to get her jacket off, I had to like stand on a box and like get her jacket off. That was, that's the thing, you were brought in as like the comedy element. Oh, I didn't think it was comedy. I was like, I've got a chance here. I genuinely, but that's how, that's. But do you remember, I even remember, and this was just like awful. It was, it was like hard. Like we do these event days and you'd have to go to a big hotel in the country. like we're in some like a stately home and everyone be like in this pent like this big room and like people would be like clumping together in these groups who did i show you but you'd sometimes just be there on your own like in the corner just on your phone and i was like oh but i was trying to like be like make friends yeah i was like oh this is not this is far from ideal like i'm trying to do put in a shift like do my good work my best work to try and make new friends and and then you had me just dragging you down fancy me and then i was like great now i've got like this like tag along that's like really lowering my street cred like i used to come i used to i went up to louise i remember so well i used to come up to on these main chelsea event days that she just said that i used to come up to and be like hey do you mind if i come and join you for lunch with you and your friends because no one wants to go for lunch with me because all the boys would go for lunch themselves and they never invited me so i'd just be sat there and I was like, I'll go for lunch with the crew or I'll go for lunch with my sister and like Binky and Rosie, who were always really lovely to me.

35:14But like, I remember just going for lunch with like you and the girls. Cause like no one wanted to have lunch with me. This is actually breaking my heart. This is like vulnerable Sam. The start of my main girls journey was fucking, was a struggle. And then, and then, then I met Tiff actually and it got quite nice because I sort of made my own friends and my own sort of like thing. And it was, it was, it was lovely. I've got, I've always got a soft spot for Tiff. So do I, because you guys both lived, we all lived together we were like it was like big brother she basically lived in our gaff for years she's fucking amazing she's like still just she's one of those people like a rare breed who no one could ever have a bad thing to say about never isn't even just like the whole just just like twinkling their eye like appearance just so like nice and like unthreatening and just yeah she was fucking awesome now look you have to go so to finish and I think it's quite nice it's quite apt that we were just talking about that we have not a question but a comment from one of our lovely relevanters which I've coined them.

36:07Pete hates that name. The Relevanters. And we're keeping it, by the way, as well. But this is really nice. It's from Olivia. She goes, I just want to say you come across as one of the most thoughtful, graceful and compassionate people on the internet. So happy she's joining you guys. That is from Olivia about you joining us on the podcast. That's so kind. She, we have, and I mean this with all my heart, we have the best listeners that you can ever fucking ask for. Like, but by an absolute mile. Like I reckon a quarter of the people who donated to the run I did were the relevances. The people who, Pete was fucking shit at dancing.

36:44The people who got Pete to the end of Strictly. Yeah. Listeners, like the people who come to the O2, the same level. We have the best people. So thank you, Olivia. I agree. Louise is a fucking legend. She's gone too soon from this podcast, unfortunately. Gone too soon. I was like, gone too soon. Oh, it's not my like obituary. She's dead. But don't worry. I am in the will. R.O.P. I am in the will. we spoke about that in the main episode if you haven't listened to that give that a listen too we'll have you back very very soon Pete will be here as well because we do miss our Peter James Jonathan Joseph but massive shout out to you Louise thank you oh Jeremiah Wicks as well thank you so much being here we love you I love you so much you're a fucking legend Louise Thompson everybody thank you too thank you for listening to Staying Relevant with Pete Wicks and me Sam Thompson to feature in this podcast email hello at srproductions.co.uk subscribe and follow so you're the first to know of each new episode rate five stars and leave a review.

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