Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to the Maths Funny Podcast, Say
Speaker 1: Second Podcast today. And I have some urgent breaking news
Speaker 1: for everybody right now, which I've just seen like literal
Speaker 1: seconds ago, and I thought I must record. But Philip
Speaker 1: and Stella have broken up, apparently according to The Daily Mail,
Speaker 1: who say they have quietly called time on their romance,
Speaker 1: just weak shy of their one year anniversary of marrying.
Speaker 1: The fan favorites have even unfollowed each other an Instagram,
Speaker 1: with insiders confirming their relationship ended several weeks ago. According
Speaker 1: to a source close to the couple, it was Philip
Speaker 1: who ultimately made the difficult decision to end a relationship,
Speaker 1: with the source saying it was ultimately Philip who decided
Speaker 1: to you've just said that who decided to end things.
Speaker 1: He'd been wrestling with it for a while and eventually
Speaker 1: realized they just weren't on the same page about what
Speaker 1: they wanted out of life, which to me is kind
Speaker 1: of baffling to read, because well, they were, weren't they
Speaker 1: from what we watched, and they both seen lovely and
Speaker 1: compatible and even following them on social media since the show,
Speaker 1: they've seen like things were going strong and well and
Speaker 1: then the article goes on to say there was no
Speaker 1: dramatic blow up, but the source said differences over their
Speaker 1: future gradually became impossible. And now I'm like, and not
Speaker 1: to be nosy, but I am nosy, But what were
Speaker 1: the differences? I need to know? Please? There wasn't some
Speaker 1: huge explosive fight. It was more of a slow realization
Speaker 1: that they were heading in different directions. The source continued, Oh,
Speaker 1: Daily Mail understands finances became one of several issues placing
Speaker 1: straight in the relationship. Money wasn't the only issue, but
Speaker 1: it definitely became a sticking point. Stella has always been
Speaker 1: very ambitious and wanted someone who could provide the lifestyle
Speaker 1: that she was looking for. Here we go, Yep, that's
Speaker 1: inside claiming that she wanted a partner who could really
Speaker 1: support her financially and she didn't feel fill it within
Speaker 1: that position. And I'm literally reading this in real time
Speaker 1: and trying to process that because to me, that feels weird,
Speaker 1: and it feels like this narrative has now set that
Speaker 1: Stella what is superficial and perhaps just one in men
Speaker 1: for money, And like, I don't know, that doesn't feel
Speaker 1: like the Stella we watched and have been following on
Speaker 1: social since. And then do you remember what I say
Speaker 1: on this podcast all the time that when it comes
Speaker 1: to media articles and sources and insiders, you have to
Speaker 1: always question that, well, who could this sauce bee, where
Speaker 1: could this come from? And it feels like, well, this
Speaker 1: has obviously this story now has obviously come from Phillip's
Speaker 1: side of things. I'm not suggesting it is from Philip,
Speaker 1: but it's definitely come from someone on his side. A continues, Yeah,
Speaker 1: the pair were last thing together in May, spending a
Speaker 1: lot of time apart in recent months off there. A
Speaker 1: few people have known star actually people had even asked me,
Speaker 1: but I just assumed I were. Well. People around them
Speaker 1: had noticed the difference for a little while, with Philip
Speaker 1: based in Melbourne for work and Stella spending more time
Speaker 1: with friends in Sydney, they were living quite separate. I
Speaker 1: thought they just moved into a place a few months
Speaker 1: ago in Sydney together. And then the article and saying
Speaker 1: Stella is absolutely heartbroken. I mean, yeah, I'd be heartbroken
Speaker 1: toon not if I just got dumb by someone. But
Speaker 1: then the presser alluding it's because what I'm a gold
Speaker 1: digger essentially, I just wanted his cash, which just feels nah,
Speaker 1: I don't like that. Yeah, this feels icky, like I'm
Speaker 1: reading it and I'm just like, uh, maybe I regret
Speaker 1: doing this breaking news pod. I'll still post it, but
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Stella appeared to publicly acknowledge
Speaker 1: to break up for the first time in a lengthy
Speaker 1: and emotional Instagram post on Monday, in which she admitted
Speaker 1: she had made mistakes during the relationship. Wait, how am
Speaker 1: I so out of the loop and everything? Let me
Speaker 1: go Stella's Instagram Oh yeah, big caption of Stella sat
Speaker 1: on the beach looking into the distance. It would be
Speaker 1: easy to tell this story by deciding who was right
Speaker 1: and who was wrong, to point fingers to protect my ego,
Speaker 1: to pretend I was, Oh, this is giving chat GPT distraction,
Speaker 1: But no, I'm not here for that. Far from it.
Speaker 1: I made mistakes, I have regrets, and while those truths
Speaker 1: are painful to sit with, there were also incredible gifts.
Speaker 1: But only if we choose to receive them that way,
Speaker 1: only if we meet them with humility and a deep,
Speaker 1: honest look within ourselves. This past week, I went to
Speaker 1: the depths of it, and I have a feeling, and
Speaker 1: I have a feeling. The roller coaster isn't quite over yet.
Speaker 1: There are still feelings to be felt. Life was a
Speaker 1: beautiful way of teaching us, sometimes gently, and sometimes when
Speaker 1: we miss the gentle lessons, life delivers one that's heartbreakingly loud.
Speaker 1: This one was loud. Boy, it was loud. Without this experience,
Speaker 1: I probably would have continued believing that my urgency, my directness,
Speaker 1: my need to know, my constant drive forward were simply
Speaker 1: signs of ambition, that they were motivation, and that they
Speaker 1: were strengths. And in many ways they are. They've helped
Speaker 1: me build a life I'm incredibly proud of. But this
Speaker 1: relationship quietly revealed something I couldn't see before, something sometimes
Speaker 1: sitting quietly beside that ambition, fear of uncertainty, fear that
Speaker 1: the future I dreamed of might somehow slip through my fingers.
Speaker 1: Fear has a remarkable way of disguising itself. Sometimes it
Speaker 1: looks like ambitions. Sometimes it looks like high standards. Sometimes
Speaker 1: it hides behind being driven. Sometimes it even convinces us
Speaker 1: that we're simply trying to love well. But when fear
Speaker 1: quietly takes the wheel, the people that we love don't
Speaker 1: always experience our intentions. Sometimes they experience pressure, sometimes they
Speaker 1: experience control. Sometimes they experience someone who is so focused
Speaker 1: on tomorrow they alter that they unintentionally missed the beauty
Speaker 1: of today. This has been one of the hardest mirrors
Speaker 1: I've ever had to look into, not because it fills
Speaker 1: me with shame. Love isn't only about having a good heart.
Speaker 1: It's about the impact we leave on the heart. Standing
Speaker 1: opposite adds that is a lesson I'll carry with me out. Fuck, well,
Speaker 1: it's all happening today. My takeaway from that is like
Speaker 1: Stella maybe pushed them away in some way which stems
Speaker 1: from like a fear and abandoned issue, maybe attachment style stuff,
Speaker 1: but she's reflective of that. I'm realizing that I I
Speaker 1: don't really like the other stuff about she just wanted
Speaker 1: his money. Yeah, I mean, that's probably it for this podcast,
Speaker 1: because I'll go try to figure things out myself and
Speaker 1: actually read this again properly. But wow, that was unexpected. Hey,
Speaker 1: I really liked them too as a couple, I thought,
Speaker 1: I mean, I never really met them. I've briefly spoke
Speaker 1: to Stella online, like very briefly, and I thought she
Speaker 1: was lovely. I thought her recent like thoughts reading the
Speaker 1: rip surgery and that very articulated, quite grounded and had
Speaker 1: a great perspective. So yeah, this surprises me and like
Speaker 1: saddens me in a way, which is funny because in
Speaker 1: that last episode I was like, I'm so joyous today.
Speaker 1: Now I feel sad. Say up.