My dad was a drug dealer & I was a gangster but I stayed out of jail thanks to comedy, says DOI star Darren Harriott
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thesun.co.ukWITH a drug-dealer dad and a past as a knife-wielding gangster, Darren Harriott could have ended up in prison – but instead he’s having the last laugh.
He credits comedy with saving him from a life of crime and now he will be one of the celebrities competing in TV’s Dancing On Ice.
To achieve his dreams, he once worked as a bouncer to pay the bills — including at West London’s Hammersmith Apollo, where he would later return as a headliner.
Since then he has appeared on numerous TV shows, including Guessable, Outsiders and Don’t Hate The Playerz — but now he’s training with American pro skater partner Tippy Packard, 27, and laughs at the thought of his former gang members watching him twirling around “in a sparkly outfit”.
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