This is very sad.
Quote:
The ex-con told pals that he bullied his mum so much she begged him to leave.
He said: “I took the piss out of my mother all my childhood.
“If I threw a big enough fit I’d get my own way.
“My mum would say: ‘Take the f*cking lollipop – I hope you f*cking choke.’”
Darnell – who was born in Ipswich but did time in the US – admitted tensions ran so high that she ditched her tearaway son.
He added: “She’d schedule her life so we were around each other as least as possible.
“That was my undoing.”
Well, typical of the Sun to label him an ex-con, but I suppose that's the way things go.
A couple of years ago, I read an interview with Pete Doherty's mum - seemed like she'd tried to be a great mother. I remember she said that she'd chosen not to have a dishwasher, because parents and kids would share some time together while they washed and dried the dishes in the sink. A small detail, but I like their idea. And yet, after all that, Pete ended up having his 'troubles'.
Kids - even when they are seemingly 'grown-up' - do want time and attention from parents.
It's sad that Darnell thinks his mum tried to avoid him. Clearly, life wasn't easy for mother or son. It maybe explains why Darnell seems to be stuck...not able to move on.
Hope things improve for him in the future.
