Yeah, yeah, exactly. And and yeah, no, I would I very
much like, you know, someone else to be controlling all of
this element, Yeah. And being off at the side and
actually. That's doing your and you're
working together. Spent a bit of that time
together in it. That's it.
And my daughter's been on the podcast once and she's a
performer. And so, you know, maybe there's
an opportunity for her to, to come back.
No family business. Yeah, that'd be, that'd be a
dream, wouldn't it? Yeah.
So yourself have you got? You've got family, you've got
kids, Yeah. I've got two kids.
I've got Mason who's 18 or sorry, nearly 18, and I've got a
young one called Bo who's eight. Yeah, both both good boys, both
mad typical boys. But yeah, my 18 year old, he
does. He's at college at the minute,
but he wants to start trading. He's really into his trading at
the minute. So yeah, which I'm proud of him
for doing that, really. I'm hearing this a lot with the
younger generation. They're seeing this as like a a
way to make money, a way to I. Think I think it would be good
really, if you think to yourself, this country, I mean,
it's cold over here. Who really wants to be living in
the cold all the time? So for him, he's more thinking
of the future. Like where can I be laying on a
beach earning money somewhere like I don't know Spain or I'd
say Dubai now, but when Dubai gets back he'd be loved to sit
on the beach and start trading, earning some money while laying
by. A pole one of my beliefs is, is
that, you know, the economy is so bad and there there's a lot
of things wrong with the country, with the world right
now that actually this is a moment to to live the dream to
try and shoot for something bigger.
Absolutely, Yeah, I think so. I mean, my son, he previously
was, he was in the the business as well.
Like he was, he was a model and he started, he's been in a few
films as well. And he worked for a company
called Bonnie and Betty, which is like a kids performing or a
talent agency. But he got to the age of 15
where he found out about girls and mates.
And then he just said, oh, look, Dad, I'm not really that
bothered about it. So he, he moved, he moved on.
And now he does other stuff. But yeah, but the economy at the
minute, yeah, it's not, it's not great.
And I think there's if there's any opportunity you can come up
where you can work a board somewhere nice.
And you say living the dream. Yeah.
You want to be somewhere nice, didn't you?
And hot, Yeah. I mean, when you're when it's
warm and you're hot, it's not. You feel better.
Yeah. I just think everything is.
It's the way of life. Yeah, we when we when we met
earlier today before we start pressure record on the podcast,
I was saying about how I feel tired all the time and not
feeling great and I I put a lot of that down to how bad the
weather is as well. Absolutely that it's just, you
know, it's just been constantly grayish if.
You think to yourself when the sun comes out, as soon as you
see a bit of sunshine, your energy levels are up.
They boost and they and I think that's the way it is where we're
so deprived. The sun over here, you look
around, the skies are grey and everyone's miserable and a bit
or in Spain and Dubai, everyone seems to be on this fitness
thing and everyone's can get up in the morning, go for a run, go
for a swim in the seas. Imagine waking up every morning,
going to going to see that we'll wake up.
That'll give you more energy straight away.
So plus we're getting older. Yeah, we're getting older, so
our bodies are going to slow down and we're going to feel
tighter, so we need to help ourselves in every way that we
can. So what advice would you give to
me then to for me to change things up a bit whilst I can't
escape the grey? I just think for me, mine's
always been into my fitness, always been gym, gym for me as a
life savior. It's my place of happiness.
It's my therapy. I go there and I can switch off,
have an hour and a half of just just working hard.
Good for your mental health. I'm big on mental health.
Yeah. So I think it, I think a lot of
men as well suffer with mental health.
Not just men, women, but a lot of men at the minute.
So I think getting to the gym, having that dedication, having
that discipline really helps. So start off with going to the
gym, even even having a sunbed. I know it sounds mad but like I
have AI can have a sunbed once every couple weeks and say get
that little bit of vitamin give. You a bit of a boost.
Yeah, and it helps. It does.
Yeah. close your eyes for 10 minutes.
I think you're another day. No, But it does help you a
little bit. You know what I mean?
Look after yourself. Yeah.
I don't know, Treat yourself a bit nice.
Yeah. If we're just accepting that
it's great. It's miserable.
I ain't got time to make anything better, actually.
Yeah, well, maybe I don't deserve to feel better.
No, of course you don't. If I'm being honest, this is
exactly how I'm going to feel. I'm going to think as well, too
much sleep as well. Some people think, oh, look,
sleep is good, very important, but too much of it, really.
Yeah, I know that if I have 8 hours and I wake up, I wake up,
I'm good, I feel good. If I have anything more 910, so
you do have a little like I wake up, I feel worse.
There's like a tipping point, yeah.
There's what we actually need. And then there's maybe we're
moving too far into comfort that it's not good for you.
Yeah, it ain't no good. And like I'm saying, as you get
older, you start your tissue showing as the mouth starts
dropping. A lot of people suffer with that
low tissue showing. Men don't even know they've
suffered from it to go and get checked out and then go actually
you've got testosterone of a, of a 12 year old girl.
Do you know what I mean? Like you're so low.
So yeah, men should go and get that checked out because it's,
it's a life changer. When you get a few, there's
stuff out it's called TRT, like testosterone replacement
therapy, which you can get and it helps men change their life.
Their, their whole don't know. It just wakes them up, yeah,
gives them a new lease of life, which I think we all need.
Yeah, maybe I've been relying too much on the things that have
been making me feel good, like doing this, doing my creative
things that I do that makes me feel good.
So I've been leaning into that. But then it's the other sides of
life that have been slipping away and falling down.
Yeah. And so, yeah.
And it's that I'm at a point where I need to get something
checked. And I think definitely, I think
you should go and get it like it's like a mini MOT in it on
our bodies. Why do we?
Not do that. I don't know.
Do you know what it is?
But I think we're so old school, like the way I've been brought
up, like if I've got a headache or I've got you, go, oh, take a
tablet. Go on, go and lay down.
You don't really get yourself checked out, but now you should
go and get yourself checked out regularly test all your test
rush and over your blood pressure, just everything.
And this is a peace of minding. And then if God forbid anything
is whatever, you can get it sorted quickly.
Yeah, I'm. Going to take that advice.
Take that. Advice.
I'm going to take that advice next year.
It's amazing how important these conversations can because you
know, a little bit of advice like that can make a massive
difference to the rest of my life.
So I. Appreciate that.
But yeah, no, definitely give it a try on Monday, give the
doctors a go and give book in a little test and I think you'll
be surprised. I will do, Matt.
I appreciate. It if you if you think nothing,
and if they come back and go nothing's wrong, you've had,
then you're just a lazy bum. It'd be alright.
There's something else to look at then, isn't it?
If they go OK, all your bloods and all your stats are good, so
there's something. Else to think as well, like
you're like you, we were saying earlier, your energy levels are
good when you're doing this because you're passionate about
it. Yeah, again, it's you've got to
find something in life that you're passionate about, as you
say, like are you for me again, passionate about the gym.
So I'm in the gym and I love it, but then after this time when I
sit indoors or what am I doing, I should be somewhere else.
The same thing. I should be living this other
life. You don't.
But it's you just got to deal with it and be as happy as you
can really. Wonderful.
Well, this is just a mini episode Matt, so I appreciate
you sharing. You can probably talk SO.
Yeah, we can. We can.
Yeah, we. Can loads of stories.
We can go well, maybe we're going to catch up again soon in
the near future. But for today, then, my big
question that I ask everyone is, Matt, how would you make this a
better world? How would I make this a better
world? I think a lot of the what for
everyone or for the kids or for just just in general.
For you right now, how would you like to How?
Would I? How would this?
How would I make this a better world?
Well, definitely this. Definitely.
If we could have the sun. I know keep saying about the
sun, definitely that. Try and make it a bit, Yeah.
I mean, more activities for the kids to do, everyone being
happier. If we can all be happier and
being kinded to each other, I think we all need to be a bit
nicer. A lot of jealous people out
there in the world. And if you tell anyone I'm doing
this and doing that, they'd rather see you foul and do good.
And I think we should all support each other.
One of the amazing things I'm hearing when I hear when I ask
that question is sometimes the the answer is not actually that
difficult to go and seek. Be kinder.
Just be kinder to each other. Just be nice and you know.
Maybe that'd be about the sun. Maybe, you know, maybe we need
to go and seek it out. I.
Think, you know, I just think little little bits, little
changes, little changes can turn anything, as you say, from
eating habits to whatever you do is yeah, little changes.
But be nice to judge, be kinder, give you each other support
because you don't know what people go through, especially
like the mental health side and stuff.
Give each other support and things.
Never. It's like networking isn't it?
You're nice to someone and someone go, oh actually he's a
nice bloke. I've got a little coming up here
that will lead on to the. Next, doing that and then that,
it's like a snow. Yeah, it's like a snow.
As we discovered with you and Alexander on the Madonna set,
Madonna and then here you are today doing this they.
Hide my top off and Alex was looking at me for whatever
reason that was then. Yeah.
You meet people and you and you do that.
And then, yeah. And again, my my background with
the acting come from special action stuff like the firearms
and combat. That's where that's where I
started off doing a lot of stuff.
But again, like probably, I don't know if that's for another
day. Yeah, we'll get I think we're
going to definitely have to sit down and do this for a lot
longer, man. So I do I do appreciate you
joining me on this mini episode and I look forward to following
the journey with devils there as well.
So this is this has been great. And actually, you know, the one
last thing that I'd like to touch on, you mentioned that
you're fairly new to Harlow, you live in here.
How do you feel about this town at the moment?
Because I'm seeing some big changes happening here.
I'm seeing we're in a massive redevelopment time.
Yeah, I mean if you walk around Harlow town, the only really
good place about it is the Water Gardens and obviously the
leisure. The leisure place, I take my
kids room in there so it looks decent, but apart from that you
haven't really got much here. So I'm looking forward to it
because it has got massive potential.
And how would, as someone like I say, new to the town, how would
you like to see it change? Just with new cleaner shops, new
big branded shops, I think would definitely bring more people
into it. I know they're talking about
getting Marks and spencers coming here.
I don't know if you heard that. Yeah, unless just.
Say Marks, which would be good. I just think make nice
restaurants, do the town up a bit better, make it 9 more
appealing to different people because at the minute I think
that's true. But it's I think Harlow has got
a bit of a bad name for it. It's been.
Neglected. It's been neglected.
It's been neglected and it's got such opportunities.
It could do do really well in the future.
But yeah, hopefully more playgrounds for the kids or for
the youth to start playing. Basketball courts, Football
courts? Yeah, different bits.
Yeah, people. A place for people to live their
lives. And I and I and I see that
happening and I think we're going on that that.
And even like, you remember back in the day, we used to get all
the old pubs in that like, you don't really find them much
anymore, do you? A bit run around and where you
can go out. Remember they used to put the
potatoes on the bars. Yeah, yeah.
So. But yeah, if things.
But hopefully Harlow would pick up and turn around.
It'd be a lovely place to live. Wonderful.
Well, thanks again for sharing, Matt.
Thank you. And if anyone has been watching
or listening, we appreciate you for joining us for this
conversation. Wonderful.
Thanks again.