Jay Blades shares impact of Judi Dench meeting after reflecting on his personal struggles
express.co.ukThe furniture restorer had previously revealed he'd faced a battle with depression after he found himself homeless following the breakdown of his marriage.However, things are looking very different now, with the TV star choosing to start his day with positivity.He said: “I get up these days and I know it’s going to be a good day.
No matter what rubbish comes to me,” Jay added in a recent interview with The Guardian.During the candid conversation, Jay also compared his experiences with racism in the past to his experiences nowadays.He explained how wants to use his influence to highlight black history, as well as “black future”.Jay said: “When I come across it these days it’s very subtle.The old days you’d have someone spitting at you.“These days I think it’s my role to educate people around race.“I do talk a lot about black history.
But I also love black future.”Jay has been outspoken in the past about having suicidal thoughts when his life fell apart, explaining that he was “so broken” and the only thing he could do was “let out all the emotions”.At one of his lowest points, he recalled: “I think I sat in a car for about a week, just, like, people were just going past all the time and just doing what they were doing.“I don't even remember going to the toilet.
It was just a void."It was almost as if I was there, I knew I was there physically, but I wasn't mentally there."It wasn't until a friend from Wolverhampton intervened, who received a call from his ex-wife when he was found on the streets by the police, that he saw a light at the end of the tunnel."He came to see me and I don't know what he said, he must have said something to me," he said back in July during an appearance on Mind Matters with Dr.Sian."I remember.
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