Spencer Matthews prayed to his late brother Michael during his marathon – then something incredible happened (Picture: jamielaing/spencermatthews/Instagram)
Spencer Matthews had his co-host podcaster Jamie Laing holding back tears after he described the morning of his first of 30 marathons in the Jordanian desert last month.
Former Made in Chelsea star Spencer, 36, embarked on – and successfully completed – a Guinness World Record, as he ran 30 marathons in 30 days in the blistering desert heat of temperatures up to 44C.
Reflecting on his incredible achievement in an episode of his podcast 6 Degrees from Jamie and Spencer, Spencer revealed how a challenging first marathon led him to pray to his late brother Michael Matthews, before something incredible happened in the sky.
Michael died in 1999 while setting his own world record as the youngest person, at the age of 22, to summit Mount Everest.
However hours later he vanished and still hasn’t been found. Spencer set out to recover his body from the peak in the 2023 documentary Finding Michael, but was unsuccessful.
Chatting to former E4 co-star Jamie Laing, Spencer looked emotional as he described the moment that felt like his brother reaching out to support him.
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Spencer looked emotional while telling the story (Picture: jamielaing/spencermatthews/Instagram)
Jamie Laing also struggled to hold back tears (Picture: jamielaing/spencermatthews/Instagram)
‘The first marathon was a bit rough, then I prayed to Mike the following morning,’ he began.
‘No big thing, but I got to the start line and the stars in Jordan are insane. I had a tiny 10 second moment on my own and just said, “Sit on my shoulder or something, help me out. Get me through each day in a nicer way than yesterday.”
‘And this shooting star went from one side of the sky to the other side of the sky. It developed this massive red tail, and just burnt through the sky. Both Jonny and I saw it and we were like, “Oh my god!”
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Spencer searched for his brother Michael’s body in the 2023 documentary Finding Michael (Picture: PA)
‘It lit up the whole sky. I just thought to myself, that’s a nice sign isn’t it. It was about 10 minutes after I’d done my little thing to Mike. I saw that and I was like, that’s probably just a coincidence, but it’s cool. Then that day flew by.’
As Spencer told the miraculous story, Newly Weds podcaster Jamie fought back tears and asked: ‘Why is that making me emotional?
‘It felt to me like Mike literally burnt through the sky,’ Spencer reiterated.
‘I actually, I might go,’ said Jamie, covering his face with his arm trying not to cry.
As Spencer continued, Jamie added: ‘Oh my god, what’s going on,’ as he struggled to keep control of his emotions. ‘Holy smokes. I don’t know what’s happened to me.’
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