'I'd probably win a game off him': Jamie Laing thinks he could compete against Roger Federer at tennis
Jamie Laing has a "weird blind confidence" when it comes to sport and believes he could challenge tennis icon Roger Federer on the court.
Jamie Laing claims he could challenge Roger Federer on the tennis court.
The former Made in Chelsea star has a "weird blind confidence" when it comes to sport and thinks that he would be able to take a game off the Swiss tennis icon if they ever played each other.
Jamie - who ran five ultramarathons in five days for Comic Relief last year - told the Big Issue: "I've always had this weird blind confidence when it comes to sport. I think if I played Roger Federer in a tennis match, I'd probably win a game off him. That's generally how I think.
"So when it came to the run, I had that same attitude. I've done cross country, I could run when I was a kid, so I can definitely do it. That blind confidence was incredibly useful. But it was also extremely naive, because the pain was unbearable. But I learned pain is temporary and resilience is everything."
Jamie first joined the Made in Chelsea cast back in 2011 but admits that he took a huge "risk" by signing up for the E4 reality series as he already had a job offer from elsewhere.
The 37-year-old star recalled: "I remember going to bed that night and knowing my future with the job opportunity. I knew where I'd end up, what I would be doing next week and every week after that. I thought, that cannot be life. So I took Made in Chelsea because I didn't know what would happen. It was such a risk."
Jamie - who has one-month-old son Ziggy with his wife Sophie Habboo - also explained that he embraced the social media era because he has always been comfortable with having his life showcased.
The podcast host said: "I don't mind people seeing my life. I filmed everything as a kid. I was always happy to show everything, so I was already ready for the social media age.
"I never worried what people thought of me, I never had an ego or cared about being embarrassed. And if you are like that, you're going to be quite good at reality TV and letting the public into your life."
