{"id":32728,"date":"2023-05-08T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1827157"},"modified":"2023-05-08T19:48:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T17:48:37","slug":"sam-thompson-didnt-want-adhd-documentary-to-let-people-down","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/sam-thompson-didnt-want-adhd-documentary-to-let-people-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Thompson didn\u2019t want ADHD documentary to let people down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Sam Thompson speaks exclusively to RadioTimes.com about his new documentary. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Grace Henry\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 08 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Former Made In Chelsea star Sam Thompson was recently diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which viewers will get to hear all about in his brand new documentary, <span class=\"&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;\">Sam Thompson: Is This ADHD?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Coming to E4 on Monday, 8th May, the one-off film will see the reality TV star meeting with medical professionals to reach his diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Thompson opens up about the \u201cemotional\u201d moment he was diagnosed, admitting he felt relieved as he didn\u2019t want to \u201clet people down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he was nervous about being diagnosed with ADHD, Sam says he almost \u201cwished\u201d he had it.<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6326748688112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/> <p>He explained: \u201cAt the start I was like, \u2018I\u2019ve probably got it!\u2019 And then when you\u2019re going through the motions, it becomes so much more real. I was like, \u2018I\u2019m going to find out something that is probably going to change my life\u2019 because I\u2019ve always been good at putting things in the back of my head and being like, \u2018Whatever that hasn\u2019t happened yet!\u2019 And then you have this conversation with this therapist for like six hours they go through your school reports and it\u2019s like a very intense thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then, there was a part of me as well that was like, \u2018Oh God, I almost wished I had, because I don\u2019t want to let people down.\u2019 Imagine we\u2019d done this whole documentary and used resources that could potentially be used for someone else, and then I didn\u2019t have it. That would be so awkward. So it was a mixture of things really.\u201d<\/p> <p>Having already suspected he had ADHD, Sam didn\u2019t think the confirmation would make much of a difference to him. So, he was surprised to see how \u201cemotional\u201d it made him.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI didn\u2019t think it would be that big of a deal. I just thought it was going to be like, \u2018Hey, you have ADHD!\u2019 and \u2018Cool, like when we go from there?\u2019 But, it was emotional!\u00a0 I said to my director, \u2018Just to let you know I\u2019m not like a crier. Like I\u2019m not going to be bawling my eyes out!\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title\" qa-card-link=\"\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/documentaries\/spencer-matthews-finding-michael-big-rt-interview\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Spencer Matthews on Finding Michael and the risk behind his Everest expedition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title\" qa-card-link=\"\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/documentaries\/who-do-you-think-you-are-season-20-cast-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Crown stars lead new season of Who Do You Think You Are?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cAnd then I went and sat down, and after six hours you\u2019re pretty drained anyway and then she went, \u2018I imagine you\u2019ve been feeling a certain way about yourself throughout a lot of your life. And I just want to let you know, you\u2019re a very special person.\u2019 I literally was like, \u2018Oh my god!\u2019 And I had like a singular tear that went down. It really hit me and I just obviously didn\u2019t realise how much I wanted to hear that. I just think I\u2019ve just hardened myself to a lot of stuff. Someone just sitting there like, \u2018You\u2019re a good guy!\u2019 That was really nice! And I had a little cry, which I just didn\u2019t expect at all. I just didn\u2019t think was gonna be that emotional, but it really was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Sam Thompson: Is This ADHD?\u2019 Will be coming to E4 and All4 on 8<sup>th<\/sup><span class=\"&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;\">\u00a0<\/span>May at 9pm. <strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/documentaries\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Documentaries<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"&quot;http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a><strong>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Sam Thompson speaks exclusively to RadioTimes.com about his new documentary. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":32729,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/sam-thompson-didnt-want-adhd-documentary-to-let-people-down-scaled.jpg",2560,1705,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/sam-thompson-didnt-want-adhd-documentary-to-let-people-down-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/sam-thompson-didnt-want-adhd-documentary-to-let-people-down-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/sam-thompson-didnt-want-adhd-documentary-to-let-people-down-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/sam-thompson-didnt-want-adhd-documentary-to-let-people-down-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/sam-thompson-didnt-want-adhd-documentary-to-let-people-down-1536x1023.jpg",1536,1023,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/sam-thompson-didnt-want-adhd-documentary-to-let-people-down-2048x1364.jpg",2048,1364,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Sam Thompson speaks exclusively to RadioTimes.com about his new documentary.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/32728"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}