Henry Zebrowski

Now, as I said earlier, Jimmy Savile had a meticulously crafted personality.

And with that personality came a mythology.

See, even though his father made good money as a black market bookie, Savile maintained that he grew up penniless in a time and place where opportunity didn't exist.

It wasn't really true.

It was kind of true.

He said he scraped for attention, trying to survive as the youngest of seven in a working class family living on the breadline in a northern city.

Of course, he wasn't on the breadline.

His family was not on the breadline.

His father did just fine.

But this worked wonders for the working class cred that Jimmy Savile spent his entire life cultivating.

That was partly why Margaret Thatcher loved him so much.

It's like, oh, he's a small town boy done good.

You know, he brought himself up from nothing.

And if he can do it, why can't everyone else?

Yes.

Another working class hero, Chris Brown.

That came from nothing.

A guy made good.

Donald Trump is a guy made good.

See, with Savile's upbringing, he always liked to make it as tragic and dire as possible while also making himself miraculous.