Why don't I love myself, because I have picked out a lot growing up. This goes all the way back when I was like a seven-year-old, going up in the valley. Oh, Brodie, what are you gay? You walk like a gay boy. You are gay, like the kids -- I am not gay, I mean says that, I guess I am gay, right? I am gay, but I wasn't gay. So when you are seven, and when you are a first grader and these people are saying, picking on you, and you don't have an older brother to protect you or an older sister -- I did have an older sister but she didn't protect me, she was too into Elton John and Peter Frampton albums. I was on my own, my parents were divorced. Where was my Dad, he was up in Sacramento, I am down in LA.
That's why I think having a man around or a older brother, it matters. I didn't have that, I got picked on and what do I do? I cried, I became a pussy, a baby, am I gay? And then I kept in a lot of frustrations tied in with a house with Jewish women, my mom and my sister. What are you doing? I worry about you, or you are going to get hurt, what time? Dinner. And I just weighed me down, and it caused me to break out. It caused me to get sick.
I was sick all the time in junior high school because of my tonsils, I was stressed and then I went to college and I thought things would change and it didn't, it kind of reverted back. But then I got into college and I started doing comedy and when I got into that, other world, like I said, especially sports and then going up in the freedom, cutting the ties of the family, I really enjoyed my ride.
And entertainment, all I guess that, I don't own a house, I am not married, I don't have a family but I am living a great life because my earlier years were shit to me, I didn't like it. I didn't like being picked on. Is it funny now, yeah, because I can defend myself. You want to come on me, I'll battle you and where does that come from, stage time. I am confident in who I am, I am very solid.
But little Brodie, as a 7-year-old, 8-year-old, couldn't do it and it bothered me. And then you tie in the Jewish mom, then you tie in the therapy. I have gone to therapy and spoke to a therapist, probably maybe 60 times in life. It didn't help me at all, zero. My mom thought it helped me. My sister thought. Only tug, hug and make things better. It didn't.
And what helps me is I cut the ties, I put the work in, I started exercising and you want to come on me, let's battle. I got a resume, I have weights and I have got supplements. Bring it on.
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