Sir Lenny Henry
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So he was knocking the pan of rice to see if it was done.
And it was done.
And he put it down.
And I said, Lloyd says...
You're my dad, is that true?
And he went, yes.
Your mother never tell you.
and i just it was like somebody had taken my world and flipped me upside down i don't know if anybody's ever experienced this but it was really it was a massive thing for me like being hit by a truck i just didn't know what i was doing in this guy's house and now i knew scales falling off my eyes and i was very and i ran all the way up the hill to my house from about it took about five minutes to run run run and um
Mum was in the kitchen and she was banging the rice on the wall to see if it was done.
And it was.
And she put it down.
And I said, Uncle Albert says, he's not my Uncle Albert.
He's my dad.
Is that true?
She said, yes.
We thought we'd let you get to know him first before we tell you.
And that's the story.
So after that, with the scales from my eyes, now was...
The birth child of Uncle Albert, who is now my birth father.
And I had to get to know him.