MAFS star shares agonising health battle after being branded a ‘horrible boy’ – as he explains controversial moment

MARRIED astatine First Sight prima Nathan Campbell’s behaviour has surely got viewers talking, not slightest calling his mum-in-law’s cooking ‘awful’.

But the 24-year-old has agelong been misunderstood and has spoken of being called a “horrible, horrible boy” by a teacher. 

Four weeks ago, the show’s youngest groom tied the knot with his caller bride and implicit stranger, Lacey Martin, 27.

After an awkward brushwood successful which helium mistook Lacey’s sister arsenic the bride, Nathan caused further bewilderment astatine the couple's honeymoon successful The Gambia.

Lacey was near unimpressed when, aft talking astir a car mishap she had erstwhile she was younger successful which she mislaid 2 adjacent friends, Nathan simply nodded and replied: ‘Cool’.

The ‘blundering’ country near immoderate fans fuming, mistakenly reasoning helium didn’t care.

But for Nathan, an technologist who lives successful Frome, Somerset, the presumption helium ‘doesn’t care’ is 1 helium has carried done his beingness owed to his information ADHD.

While the information is stereotypically known for causing hyperactivity, different symptoms that impact regular beingness see trouble focusing and listening, arsenic good arsenic being organised and regulating emotions. 

Before helium was diagnosed astatine the property of 11, helium reveals he’d regularly beryllium sent to detention for not paying attention – starring to 1 teacher cruelly branding him a ‘horrible small boy’.

“Before my diagnosis, I struggled to constitute things down and I often daydreamed astatine school,” helium recalls successful an exclusive interrogation with Sun Health. 

“Teachers thought I wasn’t paying immoderate attraction and I would often beryllium fixed detention. 

“I retrieve connected 1 juncture the teacher yelling astatine maine I was a ‘horrible boy’ due to the fact that I had been looking retired of the model alternatively of penning things down.”

But the likeable groom says portion an authoritative diagnosis has fixed him greater clarity arsenic to wherefore helium sometimes doesn’t work the country close oregon whitethorn travel crossed arsenic unaware, the past happening he’d ever privation to bash is marque a pistillate helium was dating upset.

On his ‘blundering’ during the honeymoon scene, helium explains: “I don’t similar to usage ADHD arsenic an excuse. I didn’t mean it successful a malicious mode astatine all.

“Yes my ADHD whitethorn person been a origin during the country too, but that’s inactive nary excuse. I americium not perfect, I bash travel with my quirks and sometimes I don’t work the country right. 

“My filter is simply a spot antithetic and my societal cues tin beryllium a small spot off. But that doesn’t mean I don’t care. I americium incredibly protective of everyone adjacent to maine and precise loyal.”

Nathan besides caused a disturbance implicit the meal array erstwhile Lacey’s mum-in-law burst into tears when the groom made a gag astir her cooking.

Vegetarian Nathan “bantered” that the chickenhearted fajitas she had whipped up for them “looked similar they were from the bottommost of the bin” - which didn’t spell down well.

It came conscionable aft Lacey had been singing Nathan’s praises, telling her family: “Obviously dating idiosyncratic with ADHD is antithetic but it’s helped maine to beryllium much diligent and however helium feels astir maine helium shows maine successful actions.

“He makes maine a cupful of tea, helium makes maine meal successful furniture erstwhile I was feeling unwell and helium was asking if I wanted anything.”

Whilst helium can’t divulge what happens connected MAFS and whether helium remains joined to Lacey, Nathan says she was thing but superb erstwhile helium told her astir his ADHD soon aft their wedding ceremony. 

“Lacey was truly large and precise chill astir it all,” helium adds.

“It was important to fto her cognize I bash person ADHD and that if she wanted america to get heavy successful our speech to beryllium direct.”

He says helium has ne'er erstwhile felt atrocious for himself that helium does person ADHD. 

After leaving schoolhouse astatine the property of 17 with fewer world qualifications, Nathan went to assemblage to survey plastering. 

It was determination helium discovered helium could easy prime up galore antithetic skills. 

“My ADHD is similar my superpower,” helium says. “I realised I could prime up trades precise quickly.”

Moving crossed to engineering, helium past rapidly roseate up the ranks and by the property of 23, helium was earning £42k. 

“I excelled rapidly,” helium adds. “I americium truly arrogant and I person achieved immoderate large things with my ADHD. I haven’t fto it clasp maine backmost successful life!”

Nathan goes connected to explicate that arsenic helium has got older, helium has a overmuch deeper knowing of himself and alternatively than hindering him connected a day-to-day basis, helium thinks it helps him.

He adds: “Now that I’m older, I person a overmuch deeper knowing of myself than erstwhile I was younger, which makes navigating done beingness with ADHD truthful overmuch easier.

“I ever find myself discovering caller things astir myself on the way. 

“One mode my ADHD tin beryllium beneficial successful day-to-day beingness is done heightened creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. 

“With my ADHD I tin often travel up with innovative solutions to problems. 

“I tin excel successful high-energy environments wherever speedy thinking, learning and spontaneity are valued, similar successful fast-paced jobs oregon societal situations. 

“With my ADHD, I person quality to hyper-focus connected tasks I’m passionate astir which tin besides pb to a drastic betterment successful productivity erstwhile moving connected things I similar to do.”

He stresses that ne'er erstwhile does helium consciousness the request to explicate himself. 

“I ne'er truly consciousness the request to over-explain however my encephalon works,” says Nathan. 

“Some radical conscionable don’t get it, and that’s good with me. I’m rather self-aware and recognize however my caput functions, truthful arsenic agelong arsenic I pass my thoughts to those I’m adjacent to, that’s what matters astir to me.”

'I person ever embraced who I am'

Now the concealed helium is appearing connected MAFS is retired successful the open, helium says helium hopes that by talking astir his ADHD, volition assistance others.

He reveals that contempt immoderate antagonistic comments, helium has received hundreds much messages praising him for having the courageousness to spell connected a high-profile programme with ADHD.

“Since the archetypal occurrence aired, I person had hundreds of radical with ADHD who person reached out,” helium adds. 

“It’s been truthful moving. They told maine it was chill to person an close practice of idiosyncratic who is neurodivergent and they admired maine for putting myself connected the show. That means a batch to me.”

He besides stresses helium refuses to work immoderate antagonistic comments by trolls astir his behaviour connected the show.

“I don’t work the comments,” helium admits. “Haters are going to hatred - it comes with the territory. But I instrumentality everything with a pinch of salt. 

“I americium gladsome what was shown was shown arsenic it creates a batch of conversation. 

“It ne'er disquieted maine who the experts would enactment maine with arsenic I person ever embraced who I am. I springiness everyone my 100 per cent. 

“When I decided to look connected the programme, I was azygous and I thought ‘why not?’ It’s not each time you get the accidental to conscionable idiosyncratic who is scientifically matched to you.”

'Perfect is boring'

Nathan – who anterior to MAFS had a five-year narration with a pistillate – says helium has ne'er shied distant from his ADHD connected dates either.

He explains: “I americium precise old-fashioned erstwhile it comes to dating.

“My erstwhile woman was besides wholly chill astir it each and connected dates aft we broke up, I’d ever archer them astir my quirks.

“Some women told me, ‘Oh wow I person ever wanted to day idiosyncratic with ADHD’ erstwhile I talked astir myself.

“I didn’t caput though arsenic I bash deliberation I americium amusive to date! Yes I whitethorn not beryllium capable to speech in-depth, but I ever similar having amusive and keeping busy.”

Happy to beryllium connected MAFS and looking guardant to seeing what the aboriginal holds, Nathan hopes viewers who are neurodivergent watching the programme volition beryllium inspired not to fell their existent selves.

“Perfect is boring,” declares Nathan. “Why acceptable successful erstwhile you are calved to basal out?”

Married astatine First Sight airs connected E4 Monday to Thursday astatine 9pm.