Joe Wicks has revealed how his father’s struggle with heroin addiction shaped his childhood. The fitness star, 33, told Russell Brand that he “steered clear” of drugs as a youngster after seeing the damage his father Gary’s addiction had on family life.
Speaking on Brand’s Under The Skin podcast, Wicks said: “Because of my dad’s addiction, and the damage I saw that cause, me and [older brother] Nikki steered clear of it. “We weren’t smoking weed, we were training, exercising and playing sport. “Along the line, I decided that wasn’t going to be my destiny - that wasn’t going to be my path.” Wicks, also known as The Body Coach, told Brand how his father was in and out of rehab during his childhood.
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