Maisie Williams: The Painful Past Of A Game Of Thrones Star

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2022

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

Maisie Williams is one of the biggest actors in the world today. One of the breakout stars of Game of Thrones, Maisie hasn’t known a normal life since she was 11 years old when she was cast in the biggest tv show in the world. In this pathfinding and boundary-breaking conversation, Maisie reveals for the first time just how hard her start in life was. Even close to home, she had to overcome those who didn’t believe in her, and has had to battle through mental health issues ever since. Few journeys we’ve seen of people being able to define and find meaning in their own life despite those who doubt them are as inspiring as the one we’ve seen with Maisie. We are so proud of Maisie for bringing courage and honesty to the table today. It’s nothing less than the norm for her, because she’s shown courage and honesty all her life. Follow Maisie: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maisie_williams/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Maisie_Williams Maisie recommends this website if you need to talk to someone, it has got her through some of her worst days: https://www.7cups.com/ Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	They're asking the right questions.
0:02.0	We can stop as much as you are, but we don't have to carry on.
0:07.0	Daisy Williams is a little!
0:10.0	Game of Grunge is the biggest show on television.
0:16.5	Game of Thrones flipped. My whole world on its head.
0:18.8	I sometimes worry that I'm like alienated
0:22.0	because it will happen when I was so young and like
0:23.8	literally from the age of 12 I've been like set for life. I had a traumatic
0:30.4	relationship with my dad and ever since I can remember like I've really struggled
0:34.8	sleeping. It had like met its like peak and I was at school I was taken by a teacher
0:40.1	to the staff room she was saying like what's happened. I think a lot of the
0:45.2	traumatic things that were happening I didn't realize that they were wrong. I would
0:49.2	look around at other kids and be like where does the joy when does that come for me.
0:55.0	When you were 22 you talked about issues with substance abuse?
1:02.0	Yeah I just had that sense of impending doom and I didn't know how and give you a hug. Without further ado, I'm
1:25.0	I'm Stephen Bartlett and this is the diary of a CEO.
1:31.0	I hope nobody's listening, but if you you are then please keep this yourself.
1:35.0	So take me back Somerset.
1:44.0	What do I need to understand who you are now?
1:48.0	What do I need to know about that part of your life?
1:51.0	Well, I, as like a young child before the age of like eight, had quite a traumatic relationship with my dad.
2:07.7	And I don't really want to go into it too much
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