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Speaker 3: Hi, and welcome to Outspoken ow Under the Influence episode.

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Speaker 3: You're joined by journalist Amy and Sophie Talber. Today, our

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Speaker 3: the program. Maurice. We are so excited to have you on.

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Speaker 3: You were probably one of the most controversial Love Island contestants.

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Speaker 2: Yes, yes, I.

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Speaker 2: Since I came out, I realized that certainly was not

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Speaker 2: But yeah, no, otherwise, my experience overall in the villa

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Speaker 2: So I have an incredible friend slash brother, that I

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Speaker 3: I love that because Amy and I run a business together.

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Speaker 3: We're sisters. So it's really nice that you've done something

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Speaker 2: Well he's my friend, but well he's like a friend

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Speaker 1: That you vibe with.

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Speaker 2: My mum she is from the Congo in Africa, so

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Speaker 3: Now getting into Love Island, you worked outed as this

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Speaker 2: Well, I I want to. I want to move away

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Speaker 2: I don't want to start anything. I just want to

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Speaker 3: M hmm. And whilst you were in the villa, you know,

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Speaker 3: obviously we interviewed Cynthia last week, can we feel that

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, you know what, you know, it's funny. The

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Speaker 2: But yeah, like yeah, I think I think we'll just

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Speaker 3: Anything can happen, right, That's so good. That's That's the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Amy, I I felt like I learned so much

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Speaker 2: You know, the producers do an incredible job creating a

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Speaker 1: Show. But but you know, you've you've got to talk

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Speaker 2: Some uncomfortable things at times. And I got comfortable with

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Speaker 1: I love them bits.

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Speaker 2: But you know, again, the setting does the setting does

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Speaker 3: You know that kind of it's all Chinese whispers, isn't it.

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Speaker 2: Love Island was, in my opinion, how things you know,

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Speaker 3: It is also fascinating. That's why SOF and I love

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Speaker 2: like lashed onto it. It is.

442
00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,439
Speaker 1: It takes you for a rollercoaster ride, it really does.

443
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,359
Speaker 3: Oh, it's very addictive. I was gonna say, stepping away

444
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,959
Speaker 3: from the villa, you're obviously a very eligible bachelor. Besides,

445
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,600
Speaker 3: you know, whatever's going on with Cynthia that we hope's happening,

446
00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,640
Speaker 3: and there'd be a lot of young women who are listening.

447
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,520
Speaker 3: I suppose that would love to hear your perspective on

448
00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,320
Speaker 3: I suppose some dating situations that pop up. Are you

449
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,480
Speaker 3: happy for us to ask you a few questions that

450
00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:57,880
Speaker 3: some of our listeners might love to know the answer to, Yeah,

451
00:24:58,160 --> 00:24:59,800
Speaker 3: which we're throwing a bit of a curveball because I

452
00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:01,680
Speaker 3: know discusses with you, but we thought it'd be fun.

453
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:08,600
Speaker 3: So so I suppose one question that young girls listening

454
00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,440
Speaker 3: would like to know is, how do you know if

455
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:11,639
Speaker 3: a guy likes you?

456
00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,480
Speaker 1: How do you know, yeah, if a guy likes you?

457
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,600
Speaker 3: So I suppose if you if you like someone, Maurice,

458
00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:19,480
Speaker 3: what are you putting out there to the girl?

459
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, like I I I'm a very intimate guy,

460
00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:31,280
Speaker 2: you know, I personally, you know, I like I like

461
00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:35,440
Speaker 2: having awesome conversation. I like connecting, not just like physically,

462
00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,720
Speaker 2: but like intellectually as well. I think that's super important.

463
00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,520
Speaker 2: I think I think that is. I think that's the

464
00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,960
Speaker 2: you know, to something lookout for, you know, being a girl.

465
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,640
Speaker 2: You know, what kind of quality of conversation are you having?

466
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Speaker 2: You know, are you just talking.

467
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,000
Speaker 1: About the physical type stuff, because if you are, you.

468
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,760
Speaker 2: Know, what's his real intentions? And that's that's that's that's

469
00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,240
Speaker 2: a giveaway for me. You know, I like to start

470
00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 2: with just being friends. My last three actual girlfriends, we

471
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:08,840
Speaker 2: just were friends. We were just friends and we just

472
00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:14,119
Speaker 2: had awesome banter, awesome times together, you know, awesome experiences

473
00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:18,840
Speaker 2: and and you know, something greater came from it. You know,

474
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:23,040
Speaker 2: if you can have you know, cool, you know, conversations

475
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,480
Speaker 2: and experiences without having to get all sexual, you know,

476
00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,240
Speaker 2: then then you know you've got something a.

477
00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:36,359
Speaker 1: Lot more deeper, deeper than just you know, service level sex.

478
00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:39,720
Speaker 3: And what do you think some signs are that, well,

479
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,359
Speaker 3: I suppose maybe some red flags that if you're seeing

480
00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,399
Speaker 3: a guy and maybe some things pop up. What do

481
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,439
Speaker 3: you think, Yeah, some red flags are that girls can

482
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,160
Speaker 3: look out for that maybe this guy is not willing

483
00:26:49,200 --> 00:27:02,600
Speaker 3: to commit they joined love. I'm joking, you're Mara. You

484
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 3: know that was a job. I'm sorry Amy through this

485
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 3: segment and I didn't know this was happening because I'm

486
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,880
Speaker 3: I feel like if I was young, and I feel

487
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:11,800
Speaker 3: like if I was young and single, i'd want to Well,

488
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:13,080
Speaker 3: I am young, but if I feel like if I

489
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,720
Speaker 3: was single, I'd love to hear Maurice's advice. So sorry, Maurice.

490
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,359
Speaker 3: So that question was, what are some red flags that

491
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,480
Speaker 3: a guy may not be interested in you? Is it

492
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,240
Speaker 3: he's not getting back to your text messages or he's

493
00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:25,119
Speaker 3: not that engaged to.

494
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,359
Speaker 2: Make your priority, Like like, I know, when I'm interested

495
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:33,360
Speaker 2: in a girl, like no one else is like no one,

496
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 2: Like I'm pretty absolute, like I don't, I don't you know,

497
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,200
Speaker 2: I don't like you know, having small talk with other

498
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:41,720
Speaker 2: girls and all this kind of stuff and just keep

499
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,399
Speaker 2: my options open. I'm interested in a girl, you know,

500
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:49,120
Speaker 2: I give her my attention and I make her priority.

501
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 2: And what that means is making her as a priority

502
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,320
Speaker 2: is you know, yeah, getting back to her text you know,

503
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 2: within a suitable amount of time, you're calling, calling her

504
00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:04,040
Speaker 2: you know regular, you know, not not And like like yeah,

505
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:05,679
Speaker 2: girl with your friends will also make time for her

506
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:09,439
Speaker 2: and incorporate her into like family and friends kind of

507
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:11,280
Speaker 2: events as well. Like that's a that's a big thing

508
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:17,720
Speaker 2: because you know, guys guys that just have a relationship

509
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,240
Speaker 2: or just like a mess around raisia with a girl,

510
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,720
Speaker 2: they don't want to, you know, take them out to

511
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:26,200
Speaker 2: family gatherings, or you know, friend like friend events or

512
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 2: whatever might be. So yeah, just just really really gauging

513
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,439
Speaker 2: whether you are a priority in this guy's life.

514
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,320
Speaker 3: That's a good one. I like that. What about if

515
00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:39,360
Speaker 3: you're a single girl and you're out at a bar

516
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 3: and you see someone you like, should you approach them?

517
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 2: Yeah? I think it's very I think it's hella attractive.

518
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 2: I think it's and it doesn't really matter who does what,

519
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,560
Speaker 2: Like it was the twenty first century, Like, you know,

520
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 2: gentlemen doesn't need to go up there and you know, talk.

521
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:54,440
Speaker 1: To him in such way.

522
00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,280
Speaker 2: I feel like, I feel like it's flattering, it's beautiful.

523
00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,840
Speaker 2: It's like it can it can still work. Just just

524
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,719
Speaker 2: don't throw yourself out there, you know, in a cheaply

525
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:08,600
Speaker 2: manner or cheaply fashioned you know dos in class.

526
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,240
Speaker 1: You know, it's I think it's totally.

527
00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:15,520
Speaker 2: Cool and and yeah, the one thing I love about

528
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 2: a girl is confidence, Like and to do to go

529
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 2: up to a guy, Yeah, that that demonstrates confidence in

530
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:24,320
Speaker 2: my opinion.

531
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,160
Speaker 3: Do you know what our little cousin he actually had

532
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 3: two girls approach him at a bar over the weekend,

533
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:34,040
Speaker 3: and their pick up line was, I really like your

534
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,560
Speaker 3: T shirt where did you get it from? And he

535
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,320
Speaker 3: was like, oh, I don't remember. And they're like, can

536
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,600
Speaker 3: we look at the tag? He was like, what, so,

537
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:46,120
Speaker 3: maybe girls are listening, don't do that. I think that

538
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,200
Speaker 3: do not do that. I know. He was like, you

539
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,959
Speaker 3: guys are being freaks. I'm sorry. So, Maurice, I suppose

540
00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 3: what are you looking for in a woman? Then? I

541
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,640
Speaker 3: suppose you know you've left Love Ireland. What would be

542
00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,160
Speaker 3: your dream woman for the girls that are listening, that

543
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:01,720
Speaker 3: might be wanting to approach you at a bar.

544
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:10,520
Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, I think one thing that very much stood

545
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:12,000
Speaker 2: out to me. One thing I learned and I knew

546
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 2: this prior in advance, but it's just was made incredibly

547
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:23,960
Speaker 2: obvious to me is personality. Trump's looks by far. So

548
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:27,920
Speaker 2: if you could just be yourself, be real, have like

549
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:32,920
Speaker 2: and and and you know, have like good values, good morals.

550
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:37,400
Speaker 2: You know, love and respect others, doesn't matter who they are,

551
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,680
Speaker 2: no need, no need to know backbite or talk about

552
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:46,800
Speaker 2: other people, you know, unnecessarily, the goal orientated, you know,

553
00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 2: want more out of life, be ambitious. These are qualities

554
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,440
Speaker 2: that I personally look forward to seeing in it in

555
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:54,880
Speaker 2: a girl.

556
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 1: Personally.

557
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, Oh well that's lovely. Thank you so much for

558
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:01,960
Speaker 3: asking me a little Sophie, He's got one more. Sorry, no,

559
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 3: this is this isn't a dating question. I was just

560
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 3: going to say, what do you have planned, you know,

561
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 3: for next year? What are your goals? Obviously you've got

562
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 3: this business. Is that where you're putting all your energy

563
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 3: or do you have any other side projects on the go.

564
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 1: I'm so glad you asked.

565
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:22,000
Speaker 2: So I I'm I'm segueing into the performing arts. So

566
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 2: that's film and music, and just recently I've got a

567
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 2: huge spark for excitement, especially for Hugh Jackman, because he's

568
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 2: he does a lot of stage type stuff, and I

569
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 2: think the performing arts gets me excited because it's all

570
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,600
Speaker 2: about expressing yourself. And I think life's all about a

571
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 2: feeling right and and the performing arts kind of kind

572
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 2: of gives you that.

573
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 1: Outlet to to express yourself.

574
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,240
Speaker 2: So I'm working on some projects. Last last year, a

575
00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:57,720
Speaker 2: year and a half ago, I actually finished a feature

576
00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,560
Speaker 2: film which I was the main actor for, Grateful for

577
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:02,520
Speaker 2: Which film is that?

578
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:03,720
Speaker 3: I have to check it out?

579
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely, it's not out yet. It's called Girl Addicted.

580
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 3: Oh I like that title.

581
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, So I'm gonna be working on some film music

582
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:21,200
Speaker 2: and getting myself comfortable with stage because I find I

583
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 2: find that a little bit challenging and I love challenges.

584
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,040
Speaker 2: So yeah, that's where I see myself going.

585
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 1: At the moment.

586
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 3: So you've got obviously a beautiful speaking voice, so can

587
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,800
Speaker 3: you sing as well? Is that obviously where the music

588
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 3: comes in or are you playing instruments?

589
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,719
Speaker 2: So I am literally heading to my vocal coach after this,

590
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 2: which is really exciting.

591
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,080
Speaker 1: So yeah, I do, I do sing. Yeah, I want

592
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:43,440
Speaker 1: to hear.

593
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,240
Speaker 3: You sing now, but I feel a bit mean to

594
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 3: make you sing down the phone.

595
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,479
Speaker 2: I think you've heard melf earlier in this conversation. I

596
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 2: am not in any position to sing.

597
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:53,400
Speaker 1: But I will certainly think be a one point.

598
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 3: Oh look, I mean I'm in no position to be

599
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 3: interviewing anyone with my croaky voice. Maurice, We'll just have

600
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,880
Speaker 3: to wait. We'll have to wait for this, so we'll

601
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,320
Speaker 3: hold you to that one. Well, thank you so much

602
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 3: for joining us this afternoon.

603
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 2: We've had enjoyed that so much fun.

604
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 3: Thank you so much.

605
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 1: God bless guys.