So questions like, “So, what do you do for a living?”
and “What’s your name?”
The result was that Hicks had both the appearance and personality of Prince Harry’s figure at Madame Tussauds.
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Dates were interrupted by “locals” asking for his picture.
One contestant stumbled on a photoshopped photograph of Hicks with his “brother” Prince William.
They’d whisper, ‘You have to get him back to Buckingham Palace.
The Royal Family’s very upset.
They’re not happy about the show.
They really messed with us."
We found out later that it wasn’t a real, licensed therapist.
It was just someone from the production team.
[The therapist said] ‘You have to learn how to trust your mind.
It’s not good for you to keep questioning.’
It was really crazy."
“They flew us out there and put us up in a hotel a week before we started filming.
Matthew Hicks hasn’t tweeted since 2015, but his Instagram is filledwith pictures of mountains and blue skies.
He’s been road-tripping in New Zealand in a van, he told EW via email.
“About time, good on him!”
he wrote about the real Harry’s engagement.
Hicks and Birch kept in touch after the show but never continued a romantic relationship.
