Spencer George Matthews is a British reality television personality, best known for appearing on Made in Chelsea. He participated in Series 15 of I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! UK. He entered the jungle on Day 3 as a late arrival alongside Ferne and Vicky and withdrew for medical reasons - later revealed to be drug usage - on Day 5 in 12th place.
Background[]
Spencer George Matthews was born on the 6th of August 1988. He is a British television personality and entrepreneur, known for his appearances on Made in Chelsea. He has also appeared on other television shows such as Celebrity MasterChef and The Jump. He is the founder and CBO of CleanCo non-alcoholic spirits. In 2024, Matthews became a Guinness World Records holder, when he completed thirty marathons in thirty days, for charity.
Matthews is the third son of landowner and entrepreneur David Matthews, from his second marriage, to Rhodesian-born artist Jane Spencer Parker. His mother was educated at the Slade School of Art. He is named after his maternal grandfather, Robert Spencer Parker, an architect. He has an older half-sister, Nina, and two older brothers, James and Michael, the latter of whom died at age 22 in 1999 while scaling Mount Everest.
The family owned Caunton Manor, a 30-acre (12 ha) estate in Nottinghamshire, and Eden Rock in Saint Barthélemy, sometimes described as one of the "top 100 resorts in the world". Matthews split his childhood between the two residences.
He was educated at Eton College. Matthews attended the University of Southern California, where he studied Cinema and Television with the aim of becoming an artist; he dropped out after nine months.
In 2007, upon purchasing a 10,000-acre (4,000 ha) estate with hunting lodge in Scotland, his parents acquired the Scottish courtesy titles of Laird and Lady of Glen Affric.
Bushtucker Trials[]
The contestants take part in daily trials to earn food. These trials aim to test both physical and mental abilities. The winner is usually determined by the number of stars collected during the trial, with each star representing a meal earned by the winning contestant for their fellow campmates.
The public voted for who they wanted to face the trial The contestants decided who would face the trial The trial was compulsory and neither the public nor celebrities decided who took part
| Trial Number | Air Date | Name of Trial | Trial Partners | Number of Stars/Winners | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 November 2015 | Dicing with Danger | Ferne & Vicky | Ferne | TBA |