Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to the Mass Funny Podcast with
Speaker 1: me Joshua Fox. A very quick update this morning, as
Speaker 1: I have woken up to an inbox full of people
Speaker 1: asking me why did Athena change her mind? What happened
Speaker 1: next between them? And why did they then break up
Speaker 1: for good? In real life? And as far as I
Speaker 1: can tell from my brief chats with Athena before watching
Speaker 1: last night's episode and my chats with on my various
Speaker 1: other sneaky sauces in the Maths world, I am told
Speaker 1: that Athena really was set on dumping Adrian and she
Speaker 1: was adamant it was going to end for good at
Speaker 1: the final of our ceremony, but then seeing him there
Speaker 1: and you know, being back in his orbit, with him
Speaker 1: standing in front of her smiling, she once again kind
Speaker 1: of disregarded all the bad and only four of the
Speaker 1: good times together, which is why she was in Like fuck,
Speaker 1: is is this the right decision that we see in?
Speaker 1: This is too black and white? Maybe let's go hang
Speaker 1: out after this? And and look, I was disappointed watching that,
Speaker 1: and we can judge Afina on that, But as I've
Speaker 1: already said, let's remember the patterns of controlling behavior. Throughout
Speaker 1: their relationship. Let's remember the manipulation from production, and let's
Speaker 1: also remember kind of Athenas will feel sad to say,
Speaker 1: but maybe lack of self worth or self confidence going
Speaker 1: into the show while set on having a fairy tale
Speaker 1: after you know, coming out of such a long term
Speaker 1: relationship before that, and having no dating experience since breaking
Speaker 1: up of a childhood sweet at I genuinely do believe
Speaker 1: that all these factors did come into player last night
Speaker 1: and were behind how Athena kind of backflipped and changed
Speaker 1: her mind anyway to move on to happier news. As
Speaker 1: far as I'm told, once they filmed last night's episode
Speaker 1: back in November, and they then went and hung out
Speaker 1: afterwards that evening they both pretty much knew it was
Speaker 1: still never going to work, you know, with the distance
Speaker 1: and everything else, and then walking off together was more
Speaker 1: about just having another night or two back in their
Speaker 1: bubble of when things were good and those good times
Speaker 1: before Athena then flew back to path and it was
Speaker 1: only then that they both kind of knew that's when
Speaker 1: it's going to be officially over, which is apparently what
Speaker 1: did happen then. As I'm told, once, Afena did make
Speaker 1: it back to path. Things fizzled out quite quickly with
Speaker 1: maybe Adrian. I don't know if i'd say ghost him,
Speaker 1: but like maybe, you know, replying less and less and less,
Speaker 1: And then Athena gradually just saw the lights again, and
Speaker 1: with him no longer being around, she could actually move
Speaker 1: on properly and realize their relationship was never the fairy
Speaker 1: tale that she'd romanticized as. And lastly, before I wrap this,
Speaker 1: if you're also wondering why Athena then agreed to meet
Speaker 1: up with Adrian on Valentine's Day, if you remember that
Speaker 1: video I took of her sneaking off from the girl's
Speaker 1: lunch to kind of meet Adrian and you know, things
Speaker 1: like that, despite her and Adrian being long over by
Speaker 1: that point. I'm told this is because Athena still saw
Speaker 1: the good in Adrian and she felt protective of him
Speaker 1: when he was getting slammed so much in the media
Speaker 1: and by fans. But ultimately, over time she realized, no,
Speaker 1: I don't actually owe you nothing, and once saw Stephen
Speaker 1: tells me that after a while, Athena for Adrian might
Speaker 1: even be using her as some kind of damage controlled
Speaker 1: pr movie, you know, to distract from the backlash she
Speaker 1: was receiving. I'm fairly sure that everything I've said in
Speaker 1: this little podcast is true in a roundabout way. The
Speaker 1: actual specifics may vary a little, but this is pretty
Speaker 1: much what I'm told by multiple people about how things
Speaker 1: played out after final vows. Neither Athena or Adrian can
Speaker 1: speak freely about any of this until next week, when
Speaker 1: the show probably ends and they go do the usual
Speaker 1: radio today's show circuit of interviews. So I suppose we'll
Speaker 1: wait and see what happens then. Until then, have a
Speaker 1: lovely day, and sorry for any background knows you heard
Speaker 1: in this podcast. I'm recording this at six am in
Speaker 1: my bedroom. The wind is howling outside, the rain is
Speaker 1: battering against my window, and it all feels very bleak
Speaker 1: and very accurate given the contents of this episode and
Speaker 1: what we watched last night. Goodbye,