Yeah, I could remember being called like everything but shot of God, you know, growing up.

And I could remember, you know, because if I made a mistake, like, I could remember being, you're a hypocrite, you know,

all the swear words you can name mom. I can remember being told I was a child that wasn't wanted, you know, all these kinds of things.

And then what you do is so sometimes getting older, what I did was I tried to be the kind of kid that my family could be proud of.

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Coco's getting some counseling today.

I guess, yep, we're going to do it together.

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