Rylan Clark thinks he needs to be “more of an a**hole”.
Rylan Clark thinks he needs to be 'more of an a**hole'
The 35-year-old TV personality, who shot to stardom after appearing on the 2012 series of ‘The X Factor’ is due to host Prime Video’s new reality show ‘Hot Mess Summer’, where eight party-loving single people jet off to Zante, Greece, to serve drinks and scrub toilets for six weeks.
He told The Sun newspaper's TVBiz column: “My job isn’t to discipline, my job is to encourage them and make sure they’re enjoying it.
“But my biggest vice is being too nice to people. I get on with everyone, and it’s only if you [annoy me] that we’re done, because I’ve got a sting in my tail. Maybe I need to be more of an a**hole.”
Reflecting on the programme, Rylan emphasised that ‘Hot Mess Summer’ would be a change of pace to reality shows like ‘Love Island’, with a greater focus on hard work rather than personalities.
He said: “They are not here for a party summer, they’re here to work. It’s a fantastic cast but it’s always hard, especially with the younger generation now, to find people that aren’t ‘trained’ for it.
“They’ve grown up with reality TV so they know how it works. They’re the TikTok generation, they know what to say, when not to say it.
“But the guys we’ve found, they’re happy to slip at times and I think that’s what makes a good show.
“This is the type of show I probably would have been on ten years ago.”
The ‘This Morning’ presenter then revealed that whilst “what you see on TV is what you get” with him, he considers himself “more blokey” in day-to-day life.
He explained: “What you see on TV is what you get with me. But it is telly, so I smile, the teeth come out and my voice goes slightly higher.
“In real life, I’m a bit more normal, more blokey. But I don’t tell anyone because it will ruin my career.”
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