Editing Mark "Hossy" Matthews (section)

==Life==
Mark Matthews struggled early in life with his feelings towards horses. This started in his teen years and as he got older his feelings eventually lead to a troubled marriage, and his eventual divorce. The underlying problem and his attempt to deny it led him to drug abuse, self-loathing, and the brink of suicide before he finally came to accept himself as he is and to leave the guilt behind.<ref>https://www.animalzoofrance.com/images/a/a1/Horseman.pdf</ref>

In 1992 he married his horse called Pixel.

1998 he, Pixel and two other Zoophiles with their partners, where guests on the Jerry Springer Show.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0992149/?language-en-en=&ref_=ext_shr_lnk</ref><ref>https://www.zoovilleforum.net/data/video/91/91528-f2024ea9062560d999f435d9b583b090.mp4</ref> The episode was so controversial that several TV stations refused to broadcast it.<ref>https://www.snl24.com/drum/celebs/a-man-marries-a-horse-and-other-absurd-memorable-jerry-springer-moments-20180622</ref>