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Atsuko Okatsuka

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2303 total appearances

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What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

Kind of like that.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

So that's day one.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

That's how I came out is, you know, with my uncle helping out.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

Just very brief, just for my mom to like recover from it.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

And then we reconnected with my dad, reunited back in Japan.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

Where in Japan?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

So I was in Chiba, where Tokyo Disneyland is, Tokyo DisneySea.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

Right.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

And yeah, just live like a normal, chill life.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

You know, my parents got divorced when I was...

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

Not even one yet.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

My mom has schizophrenia and a lot of other mental issues.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

Oh, wow.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

And so she was very... My dad already had two kids from his first marriage.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

Right.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

And so my mom suddenly had to be in a foreign country with the schizophrenia kind of bubbling up, especially after giving birth to me.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

She had to be a stepmom.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

My dad was her first boyfriend.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

She was in her 30s.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Atsuko Okatsuka: Can You Ever Really Go Home Again?

So a little later to start hearing voices and things like that.