90s star was bullied over free school meals and had to tape his clothes before finding fame | 7NCX980 | 2024-02-07 21:08:01
Gladiators star Wolf has revealed he was bullied for having free school meals and was pressured to tape up his garments and use newspaper to make them fit him.
The TV icon, actual identify Michael Van Wijk, rose to fame on the original programme, which ran from 1992 to 2000.
Nevertheless, before turning into part of a Saturday night staple, Michael grew up in poverty, being brought up by a single mum in South London within the 1950s.
The now 71-year-old revealed: 'Because I got here from poverty we had nothing.
'Once I was slightly boy the opposite youngsters can be displaying their new football boots, and I'd have my clothes from the church jumble sale.&
'I'd put some newspaper in my jumper because they weren't the appropriate measurement and gaffer tape them up.'
He continued to The Sun: 'At college we had a system the place for lunch youngsters who couldn't afford it they'd get these chits to pay for his or her lunch.&
'There was a box next to where you paid, and all the youngsters would see you set the chit within the field and make fun out of you which you could't afford lunch. So that you ended up getting in a battle, you recognize.&
'And thru my entire education individuals can be invited to birthday parties, however I might make excuses that I couldn't go.&
'It was because I couldn't afford to buy a birthday current – you'll be able to't turn up with no birthday current.'
Michael would work three jobs in someday, together with as a bouncer at night time, to start out his personal business.
Ultimately, he opened his own fitness center, before turning into a Gladiator, and then happening to cage-fight and compete in Jiu Jitsu championships.
He's since gone on to turn out to be a family identify, and even made an appearance on Netflix reality show Squid Game.
Although he was knocked out from winning the £3,610,000 prize, in current weeks, Wolf has insisted he's nonetheless match sufficient to star on the Gladiators revival.
Following in the footsteps of Jet, Lightning and Hunter, the likes of Apollo and Dynamite have taken to the world, with some already having revealed their gruelling training regimes and horrific injuries.
And while& the new generation of superhumans,& embrace the UK's fittest man, Group GB Olympic athletes and even a James Bond actor, Michael previously insisted he had a shot, saying he would 'completely' beat them '100%'.
& 'I wouldn't even fear about it,' he added to PA.
Gladiators airs Saturdays at 5.50pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
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