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NZ Herald
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
The Hits Matilda Green's unique book-reading habit and why it takes so long to finish novels
Green told her husband she found it 'tricky' to execute a Scottish accent, but he reacted to her with even more confusion. The mother-of-three then shared that when she reads a book, she's 'doing the voices in my head and the accents - it's like a narration'. 'I didn't realise that that is perhaps an abnormal thing to do,' she added. Co-host McLean didn't try to hide his surprise at Green's unique reading style, telling Green: 'I'm not even hearing a male/female voice in my head, let alone doing accents'. McLean then asked why she bothers using her time to make accents in her head. 'It's the only way I know how to read ... the book's set in Scotland, I have to read it in a Scottish accent,' Green replied. The 34-year-old chose to give the Scottish accent a shot on-air, drawing laughter from McLean and their producer. 'It's a lot easier if I read a book that's set in America.' While Green asserted there's bound to be more like her out there, McLean told her: 'I think you're alone my love. I think you might be on an island all by yourself'. Green married the man she met on The Bachelor NZ in a ceremony on Waiheke Island in 2019, and they remain the only couple from the reality TV series that are still together. The pair welcomed their first child, Milo, in September that year. They went on to have their second child, Autumn, in June 2021, and their third, Penelope, in December 2023. Amid the couple's personal success, Green has also developed a successful media career, with brand deals, a podcast, and The Hits Drive show co-hosting gig keeping the young mum busy. Speaking on Paula Bennett's Ask Me Anything podcast last week, Green said many view their relationship as a perfect marriage due to the setting in which they met, but she noted theirs 'is just like anybody else's'. Advertise with NZME. 'You know, we have ups and downs and we have arguments and whatever, and sometimes we have to work at our marriage just like anyone else. 'And so that misconception I think is the main one, that people think we're in this fairytale.' Green said their disagreements often stemmed from not having enough time for each other and negotiating parenting together. 'Probably the main thing we've argued about over the last five years is when we have different approaches or different perceptions of a scenario, how we should deal with something that's been really tricky to navigate of, [and] when to let go and to think,' actually you are allowed to take this one', and when to push back and think, 'actually I feel strongly about this, I think we should do it this way'.'
NZ Herald
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Matilda Green on reality TV, 10 years of The Bachelor and misconceptions with Paula Bennett- Ask Me Anything
'And that was the moment where I was like, 'Oh no, it has been 10 years, because you are an adult and you were watching in primary school'.' As the only couple from The Bachelor franchise in New Zealand to make it work, that's already a win for the two, but they have turned their reality TV experience into a successful marriage and family, complete with three children. For Green, she has also developed a successful media career, with brand deals, podcasts, and recently debuting as the co-host on The Hits Drive show with Matty MacLean, while PJ Harding is on maternity leave. Green said there are a lot of reasons why they are both still working 10 years after the show. 'I often see comments on news sites and whatever being like, 'Oh, still, still riding the wave, trying to be relevant, when's it gonna end?' 'And it does irk me a little bit because I think, sure, The Bachelor gave me a start, and I wouldn't have a social media career without it, but I also think that I have skills and I have built on that myself. 'Because I wouldn't be doing a lot of the things that I'm doing now if I wasn't the type of person that I am. So I think, absolutely, I have The Bachelor to thank for a lot of that stuff, but not all of it.' She said that it never ceases to amaze her what people think they can say to people, just because they have a public profile, and often feels like they are being reduced to a character rather than a human being. While her life has been on public display for a decade now, Green said that she is careful what she puts on social media as things can be misinterpreted, or things can be used against someone later on. And she has found a lot of misconceptions with how people view her, including thinking that her and Art must have a perfect marriage due to the setting in which they met. 'Our marriage is just like anybody else's. You know, we have ups and downs and we have arguments and whatever, and sometimes we have to work at our marriage just like anyone else. And so that misconception I think is the main one that people think we're in this fairytale.' Green said that a lot of that comes down to not having time for each other, and negotiating parenting together. 'Probably the main thing we've argued about over the last five years is when we have different approaches or different perceptions of a scenario, how we should deal with something that's been really tricky to navigate of, [and] when to let go and to think, actually you are allowed to take this one, and when to push back and think, actually I feel strongly about this, I think we should do it this way.' And the other major misconception is that people see her as a 'vacuous influencer'. 'You know, you hear the word influencer and you instantly just think like skinny tea, flogging products, just self-indulgent, self-promotion, whatever. 'And sure, there's a lot of that in the influence industry, but we are all also complex human beings with a lot of different facets of our life that we don't show. 'And so I think it's unfair to judge people on the however many squares on Instagram that they have, because ... you are never going to understand a whole human being from what they share on social media.' Listen to the full episode for more from Matilda Green about her experiences on reality TV, and the show she still wants to do, and how she plans to tackle telling her kids about how they met. You can listen to Matilda weekdays on The Hits Drive show.
