EXCLUSIVE Man who vomited before partner romped with another lover on TV reveals what REALLY drove him to throw up in humiliating moment cut from Channel 4 show

Daily Mail​

8 hours ago

The man who vomited before his partner romped with another lover on TV has revealed what really drove him to throw up - and it never even made it to air.
Channel 4 's show, Open House: The Great Sex Experiment, sees couples try and open up their relationship with varying degrees of success.
Couple Tom and Lauren, from Devon, are one of several pairs on the programme and recently made headlines.
Scenes in a previous episode appeared to show Tom being sick after chatting to non-monogamy expert Effy Blue, who told the pair that they had to have sexual experiences with other people without each other.
However, the couple have revealed the reality behind the situation to MailOnline.
According to Tom and Lauren, the real reason for the strong reaction wasn't what viewers may think.
Lauren said: 'So Tom throwing up, they actually cut the scene. So that was actually because he had to be a life drawing model.'
During the episode, the couple are introduced to Gage and Olivia, who they build connections with.
'But, it was still nerve-wracking to meet Olivia and Gage,' Lauren added.
Tom agreed: 'It was really nervous in that sense. But yeah, it was mainly because I got so overwhelmed and it just took the toll on me, basically.'
In scenes previously obtained by MailOnline, Effy told viewers: 'Today is about challenging Tom to be independent.
'I'm curious to see how that will affect the dynamics they have between them. Lauren needs to be a partner to Tom, not a caretaker.'
When they returned to their room, Lauren told Tom: 'Don't be nervous. You absolutely got this.'
Lauren told the camera: 'It was my idea. It was my idea from the start. Yes it's throwing me and Tom in the deep end...
'But to be able to have him to have the confidence that we can go off, have our fun, come back to each other at the end of the night and it's absolutely insane.'
The voiceover said: 'But the thought of flying solo entirely naked isn't sitting well with Tom.'
Tom can then be heard being sick in the toilet and Lauren ran to him with some water.
Reflecting on the first episode they appeared in, Lauren described how it was 'cut a little differently to how we initially thought'.
She added: 'They made me out to be kind of like a experienced sex pest that basically irrelevant of Tom's health condition, wanted to swing and if we didn't, we'd break up.'
Tom was diagnosed with Bicuspid aortic valve, a heart condition that means the main valve does not work properly.
Lauren received some backlash online but admitted she expected some 'trolling'.
She said: 'So as you can imagine, the internet kind of went a bit crazy, but the second episode was so so much better and to be honest, I kind of knew that we'd get a bit of trolling anyway.
'It was more just the shock of watching how they cut it, which you never know how they're going to until, it obviously shows. It was just a little bit of a shock, it made up for it with the second one doing really good.'
The couple praised the show for bringing them closer together and boosting their confidence.
'We're both more confident in going out to parties we're more closer as a couple,' Tom said.
While Lauren reflected on how their communication had improved thanks to their time with the show's therapist, Effy.
She said: 'We spent a lot longer with Effy than the TV show actually showed.
'So we spent hours with her while we had our stay and it was really helpful.
'Communicating the little things and just how important that is, whether that's to do with the sex, the swinging, or even just to do stuff at home, it doesn't matter, and it's just definitely made us closer.'
Tom personally wanted to gain confidence in his appearance and the show has given him the boost he needed after struggling with his health diagnosis.
He said: 'When I was skinny before I got my health scare with the heart condition, I basically gained a lot of weight, being like 14 stone in muscle, then going straight up to like 19 and a half stone, because I couldn't do anything about it.
'I couldn't exercise, I couldn't do what I wanted to do. So basically, I just went to eating, getting really depressed, and I just got myself into a hole.
'And going on that TV programme has helped me massively, and it's also helped out a lot of other people as well, because I've been getting lots of good feedback from other people. So actually for me, it's helped me massively.'