His mother was 17 when she had his brother,
19 when she had Joe;
his father was in and out of rehab for drug addiction.
"There was a lot of shouting, a lot of doors slammed,
we didn't sit down and have dinner together."
And yet, he says:
"One thing I had more than anything,
I had love and support from my mum and dad.
My mum used to say:
"I don't care if you become a dustman or a doctor,
you can be who you want."'
It is a powerful and unusual stance,
and it means ............... he really gets imperfection -
human frailty, too much sugar, not enough lunges -
he gets that you can make Poor choices
without being a bad human being,
he is palpably nonJudgmental,
without ever saying;
"I'm not here to judge you."
I think viewers can smell that, at any age ..........
BHP
