It’s less bed of nails, more hard as nails for Dynamo – who puts his success down to his tough upbringing. Likening himself to rapper Eminem and the late Amy Winehouse, the magician says their difficult starts in life helped them all to become stars. “Some of my greatest triumphs have come from dark places,” he says. “My whole outlook on life came from not having a father figure – someone to guide me.
I had to take my own path.” Dynamo, real name Steven Frayne, has faced more adversity than most. Growing up on a rough estate in Bradford, he was often in danger.
He was bullied as a kid and has spent a lot of time in hospital with Crohn’s disease. Now he’s tested positive for Covid-19 and his Crohn’s drugs can hamper the immune system,
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