Tom Read Wilson Finally Tells His Story: “It Was A Constant Barrage Of Verbal Abuse”
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
I fell in love with you then. And I think I did have a crush for a while. But actually, everything shifted for me because I am sort of rubbing along so happily as a single person.
Tom Reed Wilson.
Electrify.
What challenges did Tom Read Wilson face during his upbringing?
The number one question about you was, is he acting? Is he for real?
How did Tom become aware of prejudice in his early life?
Believe it or not, little Tom was much the same as big Tom. And there was a lot of bullying. But what that makes you do is you think, well, the only way I can survive is to celebrate it.
I want to show you a photo.
I haven't seen this for a very long time. Goodness knows where you laid your mitts on it.
I did not know there was a challenge with you eating during that time.
I was just surprised. so tightly wound, I had to sit down to eat, and I realized that my body wasn't gonna let me do it.
What was Tom's experience of coming out as queer?
But I secretly auditioned for The Voice, and it was a direct consequence of that that Celebs Go Dating came along, and then The Jungle.
I've noticed it with Celebs Go Dating. We can just empty our souls to each other.
Empty our souls.
Empty our souls.
Empty our souls.
It's time for you to leave already.
How did Tom's relationship with food impact his mental health?
What time is it? But can I talk about my biggest gripe with Celebs Go Date? Yeah, do.
My biggest gripe is... Oh, my goodness me.
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What was Tom's journey in the entertainment industry?
It takes just a second, and it helps us to continue to grow this podcast.
You know, when we met and we went out into Brixton together and that first lady buttonholed you in the park and said, I have to talk to you about your podcast because it's changed my life. And then we left the park. and you were buttonholed again by somebody who said, I can't believe this. You're in my ear here and in my retina there. Yes, yes. And I thought, oh, for heaven's sake, this is either side of the bar. I think it's a boon.
It's surreal.
It's surreal.
It is surreal what has happened here. But I've begun to understand why we have had the most phenomenal guests on who have not told their story, especially since I'm a celebrity. Have you sat down to do a long-form interview?
No. No.
No.
No, and I don't really, you know, a disbosoming. I do overuse that word, I have to say, but it's just such a good word. It is.
It is. And no one else uses it.
No. And, you know, people automatically know what it means, that it's sort of getting things off your bosom or your chest. But it's just a delicious word.
It is. It is. It is. You know, so on that, though, of not being in a position where you have disbosomed before.
Yes.
Oh, I mean this is a compliment, but it sounds smuttier when you say it.
Really?
What did Tom learn from his time on I'm a Celebrity?
Wait, you say it.
When you say it.
Disbosomed.
Yeah, I think it's something about your basso profundo, darling. It just sort of makes me oscillate a bit.
I'll try to refrain.
Here we go.
Yeah, you started this.
I know, I know. And I told you, I made a solemn pledge on the way here. No smut. It was a pure smut embargo.
And you broke it the moment you walked into the studio.
It's blown on a zephyr into the Blue Mountains, never to return.
Never.
It's...
Farewell, smut embargo.
There you go. There you go.
Somebody on your lovely team just asked, when did we meet? And you were saying it's just nudging nine years ago. Yes. And I remember it. It is indelibly seared on my mental retina because I remember when you came down those stairs into the bowels of that restaurant. Yes. And we had that first sort of pre-filming supper together to get to know each other a bit. And what I can't forget is you have something that I've always aspired to have, which is a kind of a corkscrew gaze, I call it, when you look beyond my countenance into my eyes. Very so. And it is it's a very disarming thing, but it's also a deeply flattering thing because you instantly feel like you matter beyond all possible measure. You know, it's really and I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of people I've met that can do that.
Wow. Wow. You know, this is precisely what you do.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:15
2
What challenges did Tom Read Wilson face during his upbringing?
0:15–0:20
3
How did Tom become aware of prejudice in his early life?
0:20–0:48
4
What was Tom's experience of coming out as queer?
0:48–1:06
5
How did Tom's relationship with food impact his mental health?
1:06–1:32
6
What was Tom's journey in the entertainment industry?
1:32–3:24
7
What did Tom learn from his time on I'm a Celebrity?
3:24–6:04
8
How did Tom's friendships influence his personal growth?
6:04–1:39:22
Speakers
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