Sir Lenny Henry
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Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
What was hilarious was after spending most of my early teens borrowing money off my friends to get into clubs, now they just let you in for nothing.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
And I had the money.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
I go, let me come in.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
No, I've got money now.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
Money's no good here, chap.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
Get inside.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
Have a pint.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
I'm only 16.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
Have two pints.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
It was ridiculous.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
But I loved it.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
And I loved being this 16-year-old kid.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
Did you drink too much?
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
Did you smoke too much?
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
Did you try drugs?
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
Never smoked.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
Because I lived in a house where it was all just smoke.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
Because everybody just smoked in our house.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
And I could do without the smoking.
Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
Drinking, though, was different because I'd had a bit of drinking because we used to have, you've never had this, but if you're Jamaican, if you're a kid, you will have this.