Chris Appleton

And I think a lot of people can sometimes be in those situations.

It's easier to help others than to actually help yourself.

I think, well, as a kid, grew up in Leicester, found that I was good at hair at a young age.

I used to do my mum's hair around the age of nine because we were really poor and I kind of somehow wanted to sort of make her feel better about herself.

She had a really, her parents died at a very young age and

in a brutal way.

And I think like, I recognize that trauma and I could see the sadness.

So I used to see these Hollywood stars and I'd be like, I want to try and make my mom look glamorous.

So I do her hair and she'd stand up and look in the mirror and I saw her react.

So her shoulders would go back.

She'd stand a bit taller.

And I was like, wow, you get to make people feel something.

And I loved that.

So I was like,

okay, I'm going to do this.

So I got a job in the hair salon at a young age.

I think I was like 12, 13 at the time.

And because I had a job in the hair salon, kids at school just automatically, the guys, I just got bullied.

They said, oh, you're gay.

Because, you know, I did hair.