Fans vent fury as Finding Michael fails to premiere
‘Why the last-minute delay?’ Fans vent fury as Spencer Matthews’ Finding Michael fails to premiere on Disney Plus while Made In Chelsea star confirms ‘debut date has shifted’
- The heart-wrenching programme follows the Made In Chelsea star as he attempts to recover his late brother’s body on Mount Everest
- Originally set for its release on Friday March 3, viewers were still unable to watch the programme on Saturday
Fans vented their fury on Saturday when Spencer Matthews’ documentary Finding Michael failed to premiere on Disney+ on the scheduled date.
The new heart-wrenching programme follows the Made In Chelsea star as he attempts to recover his late brother’s body on Mount Everest, after he went missing in 1999.
Originally set for its release on Friday, viewers hoping to stream Finding Micheal on the app were left frustrated when they were unable to watch the recovery mission.
Spencer, 34, later penned a message to his Instagram Story explaining that the ‘debut date has shifted’ but was unable to update fans with the new time.
He explained: ‘Apologies to everyone trying to view Finding Michael on Disney+. The debut date has shifted and we’ll update you as soon as we have the timings.’
Where is it? Fans vented their fury on Saturday when Spencer Matthews’ documentary Finding Michael failed to premiere on Disney+ on the scheduled date
Upsetting: The new heart-wrenching programme follows the Made In Chelsea star as he attempts to recover his late brother’s body on Mount Everest , after he went missing in 1999
He continued: ‘This will be in the near future. Thank you all for your support.’
Fans of the show vented their anger at the streaming service on Twitter and questioned when the highly anticipated documentary would be available.
One viewer wrote: ‘Why has Finding Michael release date been pushed back? Promo for the documentary being released today has been happening all week, so why the last minute delay?
Another added: ‘Well, the promo for Finding Michael is back now but states coming soon. It’s a shame you don’t update your paying customers on this, and as well as you ask for subscriptions.’
‘Where is Finding Michael? You said the drop date was 3rd March? It’s now 4th March and it’s nowhere to be seen, I rejoined you to watch this, so I’d like my subscription back for the month please? Just as an aside, don’t promise something if you can’t deliver it,’ another furious fan noted.
Someone else reasoned: ‘Maybe it’s tech issues? Especially giving how important it is to him and his family – he’ll be sticking to his planned commitments, he doesn’t control @DisneyPlusUK. It’s a shame but I’m sure it will be up soon.’
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Disney+ for comment.
Earlier this week, Spencer fought back tears as he discussed his attempts to recover his late brother’s body on Mount Everest on The One Show on Thursday.
The former Made In Chelsea star became choked up as he spoke of how Michael made history as the youngest ever Brit to reach the summit aged 22 in 1999, but tragically died on the perilous mountain.
Premiere: Spencer later penned a message to his Instagram Story explaining that the ‘debut date has shifted’ but was unable to update fans with the new time
Not happy: Originally set for its release on Friday, viewers hoping to stream Finding Micheal on the app were left frustrated when they were unable to watch the recovery mission
Spencer was on the show to talk about his new Disney+ documentary, Finding Michael, released on Friday.
The TV star, who was aged just 10 when it happened, retold Alex Jones and Roman Kemp about Michael’s last journey and how he retraced his steps to try to bring him home.
Spencer said: ‘When Michael went missing, by the time some people realised he was missing it was too late. Nobody survives the night, really. A couple of cases maybe.
Michael is said to have got in trouble after beginning to make his way down the south descent through the ‘death zone’ on May 13, 1999.
He was the brother of Pippa Middleton’s husband, the racing driver turned hedge fund manager James Matthews, 47.
Emotional: Earlier this week, Spencer fought back tears as he discussed his attempts to recover his late brother’s body on Mount Everest on The One Show on Thursday
The experienced mountaineer, who had previously conquered Aconcagua, the Pyrenees and the Swiss Alps, was the 162nd person to die on Everest.
Spencer went on to detail how he made the ‘difficult decision’ to undertake the mission himself.
‘In 2017, the family was sent a photo of a body on the mountain and they claimed that it could be Michael. In fact it did look like it could be, with similar summit suits. It’s the first time really that I thought even a body recovery was possible.
‘It continued to tick away in my head: “What if it is him?”. I’ve certainly grown up with feelings that he’s up there and died and was left there. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a body to mourn for my family?’
Tragic: Michael is said to have got in trouble after beginning to make his way down the south descent through the ‘death zone’ on May 13, 1999
Brothers: Spencer (left) spoke candidly about his elder brother (right) with whom he shares a striking resemblance
‘We scrapped together any information we had. Some of the footage of Michael on the mountain I’d never seen before,’ he said, becoming increasingly more emotional as the interview progressed.
‘It was the first time I’d seen him on camera, because as a kid we didn’t do home movies or anything.
‘Retracing his steps and understanding his final days a bit better was quite cathartic for me…’
The former Made In Chelsea star filmed Finding Michael with the help of survivalist Bear Grylls and record-breaking mountaineer Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja.
Challenge: Ahead of its release, he said: ‘I’m not the most emotional person but the nearer we got to the mountain, the more potent my feelings became. It’s the closest I’ve felt to Mike’
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