Blake Cook
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Grew up in a small town in West Virginia called Pombal, West Virginia. 1,000 people max in my hometown, 18,000 in the county. So real small town. Everybody knew everybody. You start daycare with the same people that you graduate with. So, you know, for 13, 14 years, it's the same friends. It's the same people every day. Even in the summer, we all lived next to each other.
Grew up in a small town in West Virginia called Pombal, West Virginia. 1,000 people max in my hometown, 18,000 in the county. So real small town. Everybody knew everybody. You start daycare with the same people that you graduate with. So, you know, for 13, 14 years, it's the same friends. It's the same people every day. Even in the summer, we all lived next to each other.
Grew up in a small town in West Virginia called Pombal, West Virginia. 1,000 people max in my hometown, 18,000 in the county. So real small town. Everybody knew everybody. You start daycare with the same people that you graduate with. So, you know, for 13, 14 years, it's the same friends. It's the same people every day. Even in the summer, we all lived next to each other.
So it was a cool place to grow up. Windows open, doors open, ride your bikes wherever until whenever. You know, we didn't have crime, you know, just rednecks, you know, so it was a great place to grow up. I grew up in a split house. You know, the only memory that I have of my mom and dad ever together, my mom was trying to leave, and my dad was punching a hole in the wall, screaming and yelling.
So it was a cool place to grow up. Windows open, doors open, ride your bikes wherever until whenever. You know, we didn't have crime, you know, just rednecks, you know, so it was a great place to grow up. I grew up in a split house. You know, the only memory that I have of my mom and dad ever together, my mom was trying to leave, and my dad was punching a hole in the wall, screaming and yelling.
So it was a cool place to grow up. Windows open, doors open, ride your bikes wherever until whenever. You know, we didn't have crime, you know, just rednecks, you know, so it was a great place to grow up. I grew up in a split house. You know, the only memory that I have of my mom and dad ever together, my mom was trying to leave, and my dad was punching a hole in the wall, screaming and yelling.
It's the only memory I have of them together, and So they got a divorce when I was young, you know, three or four. And my dad built a house right next door, right beside my mom. And that was kind of cool. Why'd they get divorced? My dad cheated. Yeah. So my mom had a lot of hatred towards him, but she ultimately left him because he was a cheater. He cheated on her. Were you close with both?
It's the only memory I have of them together, and So they got a divorce when I was young, you know, three or four. And my dad built a house right next door, right beside my mom. And that was kind of cool. Why'd they get divorced? My dad cheated. Yeah. So my mom had a lot of hatred towards him, but she ultimately left him because he was a cheater. He cheated on her. Were you close with both?
It's the only memory I have of them together, and So they got a divorce when I was young, you know, three or four. And my dad built a house right next door, right beside my mom. And that was kind of cool. Why'd they get divorced? My dad cheated. Yeah. So my mom had a lot of hatred towards him, but she ultimately left him because he was a cheater. He cheated on her. Were you close with both?
Growing up, yeah, I was close with both. My mom was phenomenal, man. To this day, I still wish her Happy Father's Day. She did her best. She was young. She was, I think, maybe 21, 20 when she had us. I remember she'd take me to college with her, to community college, so she could get her degree.
Growing up, yeah, I was close with both. My mom was phenomenal, man. To this day, I still wish her Happy Father's Day. She did her best. She was young. She was, I think, maybe 21, 20 when she had us. I remember she'd take me to college with her, to community college, so she could get her degree.
Growing up, yeah, I was close with both. My mom was phenomenal, man. To this day, I still wish her Happy Father's Day. She did her best. She was young. She was, I think, maybe 21, 20 when she had us. I remember she'd take me to college with her, to community college, so she could get her degree.
Brothers and sisters? I have a brother. I have an older brother. He's four years older than me. I love him more than anything. He's always protected me. Always. We're complete different. He's well-dressed, skinnier little fella. He's an attorney. Here I am looking like a convicted felon. But ultimately, man, at the core, we're the same person. Even to this day, he still looks out for me.
Brothers and sisters? I have a brother. I have an older brother. He's four years older than me. I love him more than anything. He's always protected me. Always. We're complete different. He's well-dressed, skinnier little fella. He's an attorney. Here I am looking like a convicted felon. But ultimately, man, at the core, we're the same person. Even to this day, he still looks out for me.
Brothers and sisters? I have a brother. I have an older brother. He's four years older than me. I love him more than anything. He's always protected me. Always. We're complete different. He's well-dressed, skinnier little fella. He's an attorney. Here I am looking like a convicted felon. But ultimately, man, at the core, we're the same person. Even to this day, he still looks out for me.
He's one of my biggest role models. So he's a phenomenal father. He's a great husband. He's just a great human. So I have a half-sister and a half-brother from my dad's, you know, I don't consider them that. They're my brother and sister. But when my dad got remarried, he started another family. My dad building a house right next to us.
He's one of my biggest role models. So he's a phenomenal father. He's a great husband. He's just a great human. So I have a half-sister and a half-brother from my dad's, you know, I don't consider them that. They're my brother and sister. But when my dad got remarried, he started another family. My dad building a house right next to us.
He's one of my biggest role models. So he's a phenomenal father. He's a great husband. He's just a great human. So I have a half-sister and a half-brother from my dad's, you know, I don't consider them that. They're my brother and sister. But when my dad got remarried, he started another family. My dad building a house right next to us.
It was cool as a kid because we would, for us, right, we would just go back and forth whenever. But, man, it caused a lot of drama, you could say. My mom and my stepmom didn't get along. And, you know, there was constant arguing in the driveways. I remember... And, you know, I would say that they were more of the instigators on it.
It was cool as a kid because we would, for us, right, we would just go back and forth whenever. But, man, it caused a lot of drama, you could say. My mom and my stepmom didn't get along. And, you know, there was constant arguing in the driveways. I remember... And, you know, I would say that they were more of the instigators on it.