Yewande Biala: I was mentally so broken and I didn't even realise it
PLT: Behind Closed Doors
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4.9 • 9.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
This week, Nat is joined by Scientist and Love Island star, Yewande Biala. She explains how she went from developing vaccines to applying for a reality show, the struggles she has faced online, and how all of this has affected her confidence.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome back to PLT Behind Closed doors Season 6. I'm your host Natholuri and |
| 0:16.5 | this season we're introducing you to some of the most inspirational public figures of |
| 0:20.6 | the moment to hear all about their journey in strength, confidence and kindness. Last month |
| 0:26.5 | our theme was Be Strong and in line with Black History Month we met some incredible black |
| 0:30.5 | role models to hear all of their stories of success. This month the theme is Be Confident |
| 0:35.6 | and we'll be meeting some more amazing people to learn where they get their confidence, |
| 0:39.7 | how they bounce back from setbacks and the most important lessons they've learned along |
| 0:43.4 | the way. Our guest today is the amazing Yuan De Biala who you'll remember from 2019's |
| 0:49.6 | Love Island. Before Love Island she was a scientist from Dublin and now at only age 24 |
| 0:54.9 | she has almost 800,000 followers on Instagram, over 100,000 followers on Twitter and 40,000 |
| 1:01.9 | YouTube subscribers. We'll be chatting to Yuan De all about her experience in the villa, |
| 1:07.0 | how her life has changed since being on the show and how she dealt with overnight fame. |
| 1:13.0 | Welcome to the PLT podcast, everybody Yuan De! Thank you! We made it! We made it! |
| 1:18.2 | So here, finally! What a morning we've had! I mean 2020 I feel like this is what it's all |
| 1:25.2 | about in 2020, nothing kind of goes to plan right now, does it? Nothing. Just a big mass, really. |
| 1:30.2 | How have you been anyway? You look amazing, you look so lovely. Hey, I've been good, just |
| 1:34.9 | chilling, I mean not like I can actually go anywhere. That's it, I mean lockdown's been |
| 1:39.7 | a bit weird, hasn't it? It's been a long, I feel like we've literally been in 2020 for |
| 1:42.6 | about 12 years. Literally. Same things every day. How have you been keeping busy with work |
| 1:47.4 | and things? It's not because at the start I remember the time when everyone was like |
| 1:51.2 | jimming, everyone was like a fitness influencer for the first three weeks of lockdown. |
| 1:55.5 | Yeah. And then it was like then people started cooking and then I think after that everyone |
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