OHMYGOSSIP — Chris Packham was left “scarred for life” after being bullied at school.
The 61-year-old naturalist has been a regular face on the BBC for almost 40 years and has fronted ‘Springwatch’ since 2009 but explained that he still has a “visual memory” of being tormented by his classmates.
He said: “It was devastating. It leaves a scar that lasts for a lifetime. I have a visual memory of some of the most horrific things that other young people said to me when I was a kid and they still hurt me now. They’ve tattooed something unpleasant in my psyche.”
The ‘Winterwatch’ star went on to add that he sought refuge in his childhood refuge from one classmate in particular and will “never forget” the way he was treated at school but has learned to “manage” the pain.
He told The Daily Mirror newspaper: “I am so pleased a particular child in my early life could never get to me in my bedroom. He made my life absolute hell. We never forget, we just remember less often. So you get past the damaging stage and learn to manage it so you don’t bear grudges – life’s too short. You want to be making progress, not just entertaining hate. At the same time, the damage is done.
“He didn’t understand me. I wasn’t able to put up any defence or give him any point of access to any understanding of why I might have been behaving, looking, sounding how I did. The classic gang mentality of kids meant he just built a series of acolytes around him and the persecution became quite intense.”
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