Richard Gadd opens up about being bullied at school: “He beat the hell out of me”
nme.comBaby Reindeer creator and star Richard Gadd has opened up about his experiences of being bullied at school.Speaking on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, the Scottish actor and comedian revealed how he suffered from crippling anxiety after being picked on daily by older pupils.“School could be tough in places.
I definitely grew up in a neighbourhood where masculinity was at the forefront,” he told Maron.“The school was a state comprehensive and in my early years I was picked on quite badly there.
I had a birthmark on my head, which has actually faded, and it was the shape of Africa. They would call me ‘tea stain’ because it was like I had dropped a tea bag on my head.“It got to the point where they were singing songs about me on the bus and stuff like that.
They would sing mean songs and I would sit at the front. I always remember coming back on the school bus and thinking ‘I hope they don’t sing about me today’.
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