What did your parents teach you about money? That I didn't want to live like them, in poverty. My dad was a printer who gave all his money to a fanatical Christian cult.
My mum was a cleaner. I grew up wearing charity shop clothes, getting food from food banks, living on benefits and free school meals.
I was desperate to escape. I ended up homeless at 16 because I couldn't live in the family home any more – it was too stressful with all my parents' religious stuff.
I moved into a squat in Manchester and got several jobs, saving all the time so I could fulfil my dream of going to London and breaking into showbusiness.
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