Ben, my own.

We're on.

We're on.

We're on.

Good, mate, good, good.

Good to be you.

Good to see you.

We worked out in the end, didn't we?

Yeah.

We try to get us around the table a little while back and it couldn't happen. But I'm happy to be here, mate. And I've got to say I'm proud of your success and I'm really happy for you, mate. You deserve it. Yeah, thank you. It's big coming from a man like yourself. I hope that you've caused it the last few years,

philomen businesses everywhere.

I know a lot of friends who like yourself. Thank you, man. You've caused it the last few years,

philomen, businesses everywhere. I know a lot of friends who are very close to you as well. Friends are well respected. Well respect you as well. You've lived a great life, mate, and you've still got that big smile in your face with everybody loves. I have that mentality of where I'm not even halfway through yet. you haven't seen the best of me yet.

I've had that mentality for years.

I mean, people talk about age and all of that. And I'm a ripe age of 54, but I feel the best I've ever felt. I've had me ups and downs. And I'm sure I'm going to have a lot more ups and downs. But I'll deal with it. It all look fucking great. Thank you.

I always go back to the start of my guests. Where did you grow up, how it all began? I grew up in South East London, New Cross. My mum, bless her. She's still there. My dad passed away about six months ago. Sorry to hear that. That's okay. Thank you. But yeah, it all started off in new cross. Come from a very humble beginnings, immigrant mom and dad.

When they came in the 50s, there wasn't many foreigners here.

It was the Cypriots, West Indians and the Irish, predominantly.

So we create the community and we all kind of stuck together.

The racism side of things was very strong growing up, but it was okay.

We dealt with it.

And I grew up in the flats, we started off in Tower Box and stuff,

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