Made In Chelsea icon slams men as she freezes eggs and vows to find sperm donor
Single Made In Chelsea star Sophie Hermann doesn't hold back as she reveals why she 'hates' dating apps - and has given herself a deadline before going it alone when it comes to motherhood
Viewers of Made In Chelsea have watched Sophie Hermann 's ups and downs on her quest to find love since she joined the show a decade ago, which follows the lives of bright young things set in one of the most exclusive areas of London. Now 38 and single, the reality star, fashion designer and influencer, who lives in a beautiful Georgian home in London, exclusively tells OK! that she's putting herself out there on the dating apps.
However, she is less than impressed with what she's found so far - and she's not alone in her opinion. 'It's really hard, you know, and I feel my girlfriends are successful, beautiful and strong women, but they are all single,' she says. 'Everyone is single! Men are not the same any more. It's not us – it's them. They are the problem. I also think London is not good for dating. It can be quite cut-throat'.
She adds, 'I actually hate the dating apps, because it feels like a job interview when you're talking to a guy. I mean, honestly, I just can't believe how some of those people are on there, so I am just not going to date right now using any app. It's just not for me, unless I see someone truly amazing!'
Sophie, who is originally from Munich in Germany, joined the posh E4 reality show in 2013, but took a three-year break, before stepping back on set for more high drama last year.
Over those 12 years, she has seen a number of friends and castmates (and some enemies, most notably Maeva D'Ascanio) find love, get married and go on to have children. Sophie has been flexing her maternal muscles ever since two of her closest Made In Chelsea pals, Ollie and Gareth Locke, made her godmother to their twins, Ollie and Cosima, who were born prematurely via a surrogate in 2023.
And with her milestone 40th birthday just two years away, Sophie tells us she has taken measures to give herself an 'insurance' policy, should someone fail to sweep her off her feet any time soon. She recently made the decision to freeze her eggs, and – delighted she took the plunge – has a clear message for other women in a similar situation.
'Please do it. It's not 100 per cent insurance but it is better than nothing. I am much more at ease. I don't stress myself so much with deadlines and dating. I recently turned 38, and I'm just two years away from the big 40 and I can't f*****g believe it. It gives me anxiety', she says.
'I did mine with Amilis Fertility Clinic in London. It's a women's fertility founded platform, where they vetted over 20 clinics in London. They are amazing! I had to give myself injections every day during the process and, although that didn't get any easier, I'm still glad I did it.'
Sophie reveals that she managed to retrieve seven eggs from each ovary, but that the procedure was made more complicated than normal, due to doctors needing to remove a cyst. She adds, 'They say you need twenty eggs, but you don't. My friend also has seven, and I feel like I can clone them one day and have them forever.'
Made In Chelsea initially aired in 2011, with a plenty of marriages and babies since that first season gripped viewers. Some of the most recent new arrivals include Tiffany Watson delivering her second son with husband Cameron McGeehan, and just last week, Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo revealed they were expecting their first baby together, four years after tying the knot.
Sophie, she says, looks beyond the exclusive SW3 postcode for inspirational stories about motherhood, with US socialite Paris Hilton being one of her favourites. 'She has been my role model since forever,' she admits. 'She has frozen her eggs a thousand times, and now she has a beautiful son and daughter.'
While Sophie's frozen eggs give her some comfort, there is also the question of how to fertilise them, but she has a plan - sperm donors. 'I was actually looking into this with my friend the other week because she is considering doing this. Yet I discovered in the UK, that you can't find out what they [donors] look like. You can only see baby pictures, so I would probably go to America to do it.
'But I'm not there yet, or at the point where I would consider that. I feel like that's why I froze my eggs, so that I don't have to think about those questions right now. I wouldn't consider questions like that until I was 46 years plus – definitely not yet.' Meanwhile, although she may have sworn off the apps for now, the German beauty is clearly hopeful that love could be round the corner. As she confessed in January this year, 'I'm a hopeless romantic and I believe the more positive you stay, the more positive things happen to you'
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