Rylan Reveals Why He Said YES to Hosting Dating Naked UK Report by Mccallumj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00When I got asked to do this, Paramount Plus got in touch and was like,
00:02look, we've got this format and we think you're going to be perfect for it.
00:05And I was like, what is it?
00:07And they said what it was.
00:08They went, look, there's they've already done a season in Germany.
00:12We're going to send you the German version.
00:13Tell us what you think.
00:15And when the first five minutes I was like,
00:18oh, my goodness, because you see everything.
00:20There's no blurring.
00:21There's no like funny camera shots where there's like a plant pot in the way.
00:24You just it's there.
00:26It's all out.
00:27And I was like, oh, my God.
00:28After 10 minutes, I was like, I can't believe she's talking to him.
00:32He's saying that to her.
00:33And your mind just adjusts to this format.
00:37And obviously, the fact that all of the contestants are naked is the shock factor.
00:43Why people are like, oh, what are they doing now on TV?
00:46But it has a big effect on what happens throughout the show.
00:49The fact that they are naked, because what you notice is people are a lot more vulnerable
00:53and they actually become a lot more open and you start to get to know them better,
00:57which in turn makes their connections a lot deeper.
01:01You know, it just eliminates that whole, I can't wait to get his clothes off.
01:03I can't wait to get her clothes off.
01:05They're off.
01:05I had to go through a thing called intimacy training, which was very important,
01:09basically saying, you know, this isn't called this.
01:11This is the correct term.
01:12This is this.
01:13One of my main concerns was I've hosted shows,
01:16you know, reality and different amount of shows over the years.
01:18And I'm quite a tactile person.
01:20And during the show, there are eliminations and things like that.
01:22And I'm like, well, normally, if someone gets eliminated from something I'm working on,
01:26put my arm around them or give them a hug.
01:27And am I allowed to do that?
01:29And it was always like, you've just got to remember, you're the host.
01:31You're fully dressed.
01:32So you're at an advantage, whereas that person isn't.
01:35So I wouldn't suggest you go and hug them.
01:38If they hug you and you're OK with that, that's fine.
01:39I'll be like, OK.
01:40So on day one, I'd obviously seen them all naked in their profile VTs,
01:45in their like contestant packs and stuff like that.
01:47So it wasn't them being naked.
01:49But it's just physically them being lined up in front of me in real life.
01:52So the first time we met, you saw on the show, I was like,
01:54hello, daters.
01:55And they were all lined up.
01:56And we had to move a camera because of the sunlight.
01:59And in that sort of two minutes where a camera was moved, everyone was silent.
02:03And I thought, I'm going to be with these people for a month.
02:07This needs to be comfortable.
02:09So I looked them all dead in the eye.
02:10And I went, I'm just going to get this out of the way now.
02:12And I looked down and I just went along the line like that.
02:15And they just burst out laughing.
02:18And from that moment on, it was normal.
02:20And that was it.
02:22It was like, yep, you're naked.
02:24Great.
02:24Like, done.
02:26And that literally was it.
02:27And it just broke the ice.
02:28And it just became normal.
02:29And without giving any spoilers, sort of later on in the series,
02:33you may have the opportunity to see people in clothes for a number of reasons.
02:38And that felt alien to me.
02:42It felt weirder seeing them clothed than naked.
02:44There is that initial like, oh my god, like penis, breast, like whatever.
02:48You're like, oh.
02:49But then it's not sexual in any respect.
02:52I mean, don't get me wrong.
02:53They're contestants.
02:54There's sexuality that happens between them.
02:59But it doesn't feel dirty.
03:01It doesn't feel voyeuristic.
03:02It starts out feeling a little bit voyeuristic.
03:05And that's human nature.
03:06It's that consciousness.
03:07You're like, don't press the red button.
03:09I'm going to press the red button.
03:10It's like, you look.
03:11But then what actually happens is you start watching these connections.
03:15And there's a load of shows.
03:16There's a million reality shows out there.
03:18There's a million dating shows out there.
03:20The difference with this one is that raw connection that you watch build throughout
03:24the series because of the fact they're naked, you understand it is actually a social experiment.
03:31It's not just, quick, let's get a shock factor for people to tune in.
03:35It's not that in the slightest.
03:37The fact that they are naked is the reason why the connections that were made
03:40were made in the first place.
03:41And that becomes so evident throughout the entire series.