MAFS' Erica and Traitors' Meryl say dating's like 'being in the trenches' and men are 'boring!'

Married At First Sight UK prima Erica Roberts and The Traitors' Meryl Williams person teamed up for a caller podcast, You and Me, wherever they sermon each things beingness and unspeakable exes

Reality TV stars Erica Roberts and Meryl Williams person joined forces to motorboat their sizzling caller podcast, 'You and Me', wherever they crockery the ungraded connected everything from Edinburgh beingness to disastrous exes and the trials of the dating world. Erica, 26, hailing from Edinburgh, changeable to fame connected the 2023 variation of Married At First Sight UK, where she walked down the aisle with Jordan Gayle. Despite a seemingly creaseless romance on-screen, the mates parted ways months aft the amusement concluded.

Meryl, 28, clinched triumph successful the archetypal bid of The Traitors and, though primitively from South Africa, she present calls Edinburgh her home. The 2 met astatine a glitzy lawsuit and instantly clicked. Post-breakup, Erica is diving backmost into the dating pool, seeking idiosyncratic who's "actually genuine", but finds astir men "boring". Meryl shares her ain struggles, commenting connected the trouble of making friends successful your twenties. In an exclusive chat with OK!, the duo unfastened up astir the realities of world TV, the quest for love, and their blossoming friendship....

Hi, both! Erica, what are your thoughts connected the latest bid of MAFS UK?

Erica: Maybe it’s a spot much arguable now, but if it wasn’t for the caller intruder Hannah [Norburn] coming successful I astir apt would person turned it disconnected due to the fact that I was getting bored. They were dragging retired storylines for weeks and I deliberation they were doing that due to the fact that determination conscionable wasn’t capable play going on. But now, aft the past fewer episodes, I’m like, “OK, we’re getting determination now,” due to the fact that realistically, I cognize they’re determination to find love, but it is simply a TV amusement and we privation to spot the drama! I deliberation we request to commencement a petition to marque MAFS 5 days a week, not four, due to the fact that we request more.

Are you successful interaction with your ex Jordan at all?

Erica: Absolutely not. We haven’t spoken astatine each since we broke up. It’s a weird 1 due to the fact that I’ve ne'er had to spell done a break-up similar that earlier and I conscionable wanted to woody with it by myself.

Are you backmost successful the dating crippled now? Or are you giving it a break?

Erica: I’ve dabbled. I’ve been connected a mates of dates. I can’t bash it. They’re each boring. I can’t find anyone that’s really genuine. Everyone wants to play games. They deliberation the writer is greener connected the different side. Maybe I conscionable request to wed a alien again due to the fact that that was easier.

Meryl, are you seeing anyone?

Meryl: No. Erica is going to acceptable maine up a dating profile, truthful you mightiness beryllium capable to perceive each my dating stories then, if I person any.

Do you support successful interaction with anyone from your play of The Traitors?

Meryl: We’re inactive each successful a radical chat, and I inactive spot Aaron [Evans]. Alyssa Chan’s moved backmost to Edinburgh and her champion person Ben is 1 of our champion friends. And Wilfred [Webster] called maine yesterday. We each interaction base.

Tell america much astir your caller podcast, You & Me…

Erica: It fundamentally follows our relationship and we archer each of our brainsick stories. But it besides gives radical a accidental to get to cognize america connected a deeper level. I don’t deliberation the shows truly gave a bully practice of america and what we’re similar arsenic people.
Meryl: People cognize america from being connected TV, but they don’t truly cognize the existent us. But astir importantly, the podcast is truly funny. We’d emotion to instrumentality it connected the roadworthy immoderate day.

Were you tense oregon excited astir radical listening to your deepest, darkest secrets?

Erica: When we filmed the archetypal episode, I had to springiness Meryl a shingle [laughs]. She was truthful tense and I wholly got it due to the fact that we enactment a batch of unit connected it doing well.
Meryl: It was exciting, though. We’re precise captious of 1 another. We’re rather cut-throat erstwhile it comes to feedback.

Have you had a affirmative effect to it truthful far? You don’t ever get that with world TV…

Erica: It’s been amazing, I didn’t expect it to beryllium honest. One idiosyncratic really commented, “Erica, you’ve go a batch much likeable since becoming friends with Meryl.”
Meryl: I’m taking recognition for that!

You mentioned that you didn’t consciousness accurately portrayed connected your TV shows. Was that your crushed for the podcast?

Erica: Yeah, I conjecture so. Even erstwhile I was watching the edit of MAFS, I realised precise rapidly that I was going to person to instrumentality things into my ain hands. It was up to maine to represent my existent aforesaid and who I americium arsenic a idiosyncratic due to the fact that I don’t deliberation what was shown connected surface was fair. So erstwhile Meryl and I became friends and realised however galore comic stories we had to stock betwixt us, we thought the podcast would beryllium a bully idea.
Meryl: With my amusement too, we had 22 contestants but lone 12 episodes truthful that’s a batch to get through. I felt radical didn’t truly get to spot my property and they’d say, “You’re truthful quiet,” erstwhile I’m the nonstop opposite.

What other bash you uncover connected the podcast?

Erica: Well, I wholly exposure myself with each my dating stories, break-ups, my past with unspeakable men, you sanction it – things that each girls tin subordinate to because, if I’m honest, I deliberation dating successful this procreation is similar being successful the trenches.

Meryl: We besides reply dilemmas from listeners and springiness advice. Nothing is disconnected limits and we privation radical to get involved. We besides springiness our instrumentality connected what goes connected down the scenes connected world TV, which I don’t deliberation is talked astir enough. I’d emotion to bring connected immoderate of my Traitors co-stars astatine immoderate point.
Erica: We besides person immoderate radical from this bid of MAFS UK lined up. You’ll get each the beverage soon.!

You tin perceive to the You & Me Podcast with Meryl & Erica connected YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts each Tuesday and they besides person a juicy bonus You & Me Spill The Tea occurrence each Thursday connected Patreon

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