Jamie Laing and Spencer Matthews have finally explained the real reason for their falling-out.
The pair, who became best friends as teenagers before finding fame on Made In Chelsea in 2011, spoke candidly about their falling-out on their respective podcasts.
Fans had pointed to Spencer’s absence from key moments in recent years, including Jamie’s 2023 civil wedding to Sophie Habboo and not appearing at the finish line of Jamie’s gruelling 150-mile run in March, which raised over £2 million for Comic Relief.
While other MIC alumni, including Ollie Proudlock, turned up to cheer Jamie on, Spencer stayed away, which many took as ‘proof’ of a feud.
Now addressing the claims, Spencer explained he “wasn’t invited” to the finish line during their interview on his Untapped podcast.
Jamie responded that the BBC organised the event and he hadn’t personally invited anyone, adding: “When Ollie Proudlock turned up, I had no idea he was turning up, that was a complete surprise.”
Spencer replied: “But obviously the BBC invited him. Like, you don't just turn up to Manchester and hope to bump into you guys. Had I come to support you, I wouldn't have just driven to Manchester and hoped to see you.”
In response, Jamie added: “At the finish line, loads of people did turn up, but I also totally get you and I weren't as friendly at the time. So, in our relationship here, if I wasn't as friendly with you and you weren't as friendly with me, then why would you turn up? We weren't talking as much.”
Then speaking on the Great Company podcast interview, the E4 star opened up once more about why they weren't “talking so much”.
During that chat, it emerged that Spencer, who quit drinking in 2018 after previously having an alcohol problem, thought it would not be an issue if he turned down going on Jamie's stag do, whereas the Radio 1 presenter saw it as "insulting".
As a result, Jamie then didn’t invite Spencer to his civil wedding, something at first Spencer brushed aside but later felt offended over as he felt he had been inexplicably snubbed.
Spencer said: “I was pretty hurt by that and I tried to brush that under the table. I'm sure it wasn't malicious from you, at least I'd like to think it wasn't.”
He then learnt about the London celebration online while flying home from a family holiday.
“I was flying back from somewhere and Vogue (Williams, his wife) showed me a Daily Mail article that literally showed me your London wedding celebrations and loads of your friends there,” he continued.
"I think we had had some conversation and you were like 'it's not really a friends thing, it's a family small thing'. And there were loads of friends there.
“I remember thinking, ‘What have I done to annoy him?’ Vogue was just like, ‘It's pretty weird that you wouldn't be invited to that'’ And I just thought 'it is a real shame'.
“At first I just brushed it off as ‘Oh, it's fine, it doesn't matter,’ but the more I thought about it I probably felt that it did matter.”
Returning to the stag do miscommunication, Jamie said: “I had had my stag do and you didn't want to come to the stag do, which was fine, which I get, but for me that was like, ‘Well why wouldn't you want to come to the stag do?’”
The pair agreed it was a “breakdown of communication” between them with Spencer noting he should have shown up for his friend.
“In retrospect I probably should have come for two nights and just not drunk,” he shared. “That was kind of selfish of me.
“I should have made more of an effort with you just to say, ‘listen, please have a fantastic time, love to come to the wedding, I really don't want to go on a stag do because I don't like being away with a bunch of guys getting drunk for three days, I don't enjoy it.’”
Summing up why they fell out, Spencer said: “You saw [turning down the stag do invite] as insulting and I didn't. And then I think we just lost a bit of touch.”
