MAFS' Erica Roberts opens up on reason for fall out with Traitors winner Meryl Williams after quitting podcast
Married at First Sight star Erica Roberts revealed she is 'gutted' following her fallout with Meryl Williams and subsequent axe of their podcast You and Me which has left fans baffled.
Scottish reality star Erica Roberts has broken her silence on the axe of her podcast which she co-hosted with Traitors star Meryl Williams. Fans were left baffled after the pair have fallen out, as confirmed this week.
Although Erica, who shot to fame on MAFS UK, has remained tight lipped about what really happened between the once inseperable pair, she hinted to fans in a TikTok video that all is not as "black and white" as it seemed. She has now broken her silence in a response following the social media update.
Speaking exclusively to the Daily Record, Erica said: "I'm absolutely gutted things with the podcast have ended this way and it was something I never wanted or expected to happen.
"It's sad losing someone you thought was going to be a best friend for life and I loved the friendship we'd build together but unfortunately we are both on different paths now and I wish Meryl all the best on her move to London."
Last year, the pair formed a close bond and even shared glimpses into their friendship on social media with days out, nights out and even weekends and holidays away together. Last year, they said their podcast would give an insight into their "one of a kind" friendship and their "wonderful lives together."
But when Erica was questioned by a fan on social media who appeared irritated that there had been no updates on the podcast, she shed light on the situation admitting "a lot had happened." One fan asked: "Are you going to address the podcast and what's happening with that?"
They added: "Some people paid for extra content and are not getting any?" Noting that people who subscribed to a Patreon page for their podcast had access to exclusive content that was not accessible via the free version of the podcast.
Responding on TikTok to her 146,000 followers, Erica addressed the issue and said: "I'm going to address this, purely for the sake of the podcast. There's a lot that's happened, there's a lot that's gone on.
"I don't want to speak bad on anyone so I'm not going to go into that. But I just want to let you guys know that there is currently no longer a podcast. I'm sorry that we haven't addressed it sooner. I don't think either of us know how to navigate the situations."
Erica continued: "On behalf of me, I'm so sorry that it's taking this long. We were both kind of unsure about what as happening and if there was still going to be a podcast but now we're pretty definitely sure that there isn't going to be a podcast anymore. If there's no friendship, there's no podcast."
Responding to those who had paid for exclusive content, Erica claimed that she had no access to the paid subscription site which was handled by Meryl. She said: "I understand people were paying for extra content as well that was on Patreon. I don't actually deal with that, all the Patreon and stuff was Meryl, she was dealing with that.
"So maybe give her a message and see if she can help because I don't have any of the details to log into that, I genuinely know nothing about it. She has all of that." But Erica explained she was "gutted" by the breakdown of their friendship which she had "cherished".
A representative for Meryl Williams was approached, but didn't respond.
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