Miles Chamley-Watson
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And I think that's also very important, having a father figure in your life.
And thank God my mom found my stepdad, Colin, who I say my dad to you because he is my dad who raised me.
I think that's also very, very important is because you need someone who's going to tell you no when they can.
And I honestly don't think I would be definitely not talking to you.
And I definitely don't know if I'd be behind the bars, to be honest with you, because I was just such a crazy little kid.
My friends I grew up with, you know, they're plumbers, they're happy.
But I was kind of the only one out of us to kind of make it out and create a name for myself.
What area did you grow up in?
First, it was Southwest London, and then it was Ealing, and then it was Putney, and then Kilburn a little bit.
And then we moved to New York.
Yeah, and a really, really funny story.
2012 Olympics, my three friends, Aaron, Adam, and Blake, they're all brothers.
They were plumbers, and they actually built the Olympic Village.
No.
So yeah, first time I was saying that, yeah, they literally built the village.
That's so cool.
And they were calling me like, hey man, I'm building a village.
I was like, what do you mean?
And they're like plumbing it and making it.
And then they kind of got to see me compete in 2012 and it all came.