19 November 2006
WE HAD NO CASH BUT SPENT £80K SENDING LEONA TO DRAMA SCHOOL
THE devoted parents of X Factor favourite Leona Lewis have told how they were left struggling on the breadline after spending tens of thousands helping her to fulfil her singing dream.
Dad Joe, 45, and his wife Marie, 42, had to find £80,000 just to pay for Leona's drama school fees.
"It's been a long expensive road,"says Joe, from North London, who had to work round-the-clock as a carpet cleaner, clothes salesman and train driver. "We had to sacrifice everything.
SundayMirror
