90s star was bullied over free school meals and had to tape his clothes before finding fame | A1CS1E3 | 2024-02-06 21:08:01
90s star was bullied over free school meals and had to tape his clothes before finding fame | A1CS1E3 | 2024-02-06 21:08:01
Gladiators star Wolf has revealed he was bullied for having free school meals and was pressured to tape up his clothes and use newspaper to make them match him.
The TV icon, actual identify Michael Van Wijk, rose to fame on the original programme, which ran from 1992 to 2000.
Nevertheless, before turning into part of a Saturday night staple, Michael grew up in poverty, being brought up by a single mum in South London within the 1950s.
The now 71-year-old revealed: 'As a result of I came from poverty we had nothing.
'Once I was just a little boy the opposite youngsters can be displaying their new soccer boots, and I'd have my clothes from the church jumble sale.&
'I'd put some newspaper in my jumper as a result of they weren't the proper measurement and gaffer tape them up.'
He continued to The Sun: 'At college we had a system the place for lunch youngsters who couldn't afford it they'd get these chits to pay for his or her lunch.&
'There was a field next to the place you paid, and all the youngsters would see you set the chit in the box and make enjoyable out of you which you can't afford lunch. So you ended up getting in a struggle, you recognize.&
'And thru my entire schooling individuals can be invited to birthday events, however I might make excuses that I couldn't go.&
'It was as a result of I couldn't afford to buy a birthday current – you possibly can't flip up and not using a birthday current.'
Michael would work three jobs in someday, including as a bouncer at night time, to start out his own business.
Ultimately, he opened his own fitness center, earlier than turning into a Gladiator, and then happening to cage-fight and compete in Jiu Jitsu championships.
He's since gone on to develop into a family identify, and even made an appearance on Netflix reality show Squid Game.
Though he was knocked out from winning the £3,610,000 prize, in current weeks, Wolf has insisted he's nonetheless match enough to star on the Gladiators revival.
Following in the footsteps of Jet, Lightning and Hunter, the likes of Apollo and Dynamite have taken to the world, with some already having revealed their gruelling training regimes and horrific injuries.
And whereas& the new generation of superhumans,& embrace the UK's fittest man, Staff GB Olympic athletes and even a James Bond actor, Michael previously insisted he had a shot, saying he would 'absolutely' beat them '100%'.
& 'I wouldn't even fear about it,' he added to PA.
Gladiators airs Saturdays at 5.50pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
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