Social media is wreaking havoc on instant reality TV stars. When Maurice embarked on the My Mother, Your Father adventure, he had no idea of what awaited him.
« Frankly, I’m not a reality TV consumer. I was light years away from imagining that we could have as many reactions as that », he confided to us.
Some comments were particularly destructive, including one that encouraged him to leave the chat groups. Learn more here.
Maurice was also a victim of his popularity in another way when tourists took a photo of him on a trip to Cuba with another candidate on the show, Manon, then shared the said photo on social networks. Obviously, people quickly made confusions: were Maurice and Manon dating?
« I was going to Cuba. Manon knew it. She asked me where I was leaving, where I was going, what the situation was like in Cuba. I told him my dates, where I was going and everything. Then, at one point, she asked me if I would mind if she was at the same resort as me. I said no. She said to me: “I wouldn’t go there to spy on you.” I tell him: “But no, we’re going to go together. We won’t hide from each other. We know each other, we know each other.” But there, we got recognized at the airport. We got recognized there. Then there was someone who took a photo without our knowledge. »
« I was going there with no ulterior motives. We confirmed ourselves as friends while we were there. We kind of friend-zoned each other. I think by day two we had gone around and came to the verdict that we could be good friends. We have never seen each other since, except with other candidates on different outings. »
There are people [sur les réseaux sociaux] who say: “I saw Manon and Maurice [à Cuba] and it was going to the toast”. That’s because we never even held hands. How can you say that it was going to the toast?
Is he annoyed by the fact that a photo of him was shared without his knowledge on social networks? “ What bothers me is that we immediately jump to the fact that we’re dating. When Manon left, the focus was on me. I don’t know why the focus was on me. I wasn’t the only one who would have liked to know her better. I don’t want to name people, but they focused a lot on me. [Les téléspectateurs] made the connection. Maurice just had Manon on his mind. If he goes with Sandyit’s because he wants to stay there fully paid on vacation. »
He also tells us why he decided to continue the adventure with Sandy (and what was not shown in the show) here.
Note that there are only two episodes left in the first season of My Mother, Your Father. The show is broadcast on Thursday evenings at 8 p.m. on TVA.
