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Big Fish with Spencer Matthews

S3 E8: Tommy Mallet: 'My dad told me I'd amount to nothing; I told him I'd be a millionaire'

Big Fish with Spencer Matthews

Global

Entrepreneurship, Health & Fitness, Business

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Tommy Mallet is an entrepreneur and TV personality - best known for appearing in The Only Way Is Essex. He started his own affordable footwear brand Mallet London in 2015, after being bullied at school for not being able to afford the best trainers. Mallet London has gone from strength to strength - with celebrity fans like Drake, Craig David and Will.I.Am. 

Tommy struggled academically at school, he was diagnosed a few years ago with ADHD and his dyslexia meant he struggled to read and write. He left school without any qualifications - and found his drive to earn money after working in luxury houses. This is a fascinating conversation about drive and perseverance.

Catch up with Tommy and his wife Georgia in the brand-new series of Georgia and Tommy: Baby Steps on ITVBE and ITVX, coming soon.

Transcript

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0:00.0

If I had to picture a moment of calmfulness, it would have to be at the beach.

0:05.0

On the edge of the sand, with the waves at my toes, what's yours?

0:10.2

Calm's Herbal Remedies.

0:12.2

Calm's days, a traditional herbal medicine used for stress, exclusively based on traditional use only, contains Valerian Root. Always read the label.

0:22.4

This is a Global Player Original podcast. I remember my dad telling me

0:27.1

McDonald's car park, look, I'm going to be nothing because I didn't have no GCSEs

0:31.4

and I told him I'd be a millionaire by the time of 20th.

0:40.8

Welcome to Big Fish with me, Spencer Matthews. Each week I speak to inspirational people about how they reach the top of their game and their mindset for success.

0:48.3

Tommy Mallet is an entrepreneur and television personality, best known for appearing in the only way as Essex.

0:59.6

He started his own affordable footwear brand Mallet London in 2015 after being bullied at school for not being able to afford the best trainers. Malit London has gone from strength to strength

1:03.8

with celebrity fans like Drake, Craig David and Will I Am. Tommy struggled academically at school.

1:09.0

He was diagnosed a few years ago with ADHD and his dyslexia

1:12.6

meant he struggled to read and write. He left school without any qualifications and found

1:16.9

his drive to earn money after working in luxury houses.

1:25.4

Tommy, thanks so much for joining me. Thanks for having me.

1:28.0

Tell me a bit about how you came to be Tommy Mallet, because that's not your real name, is it?

1:35.1

Yeah, so basically, you only just found that out as well, and you remembered it.

1:39.7

No, no, no, no.

1:40.8

Oh, you got that as well.

1:41.9

Oh, yeah.

1:42.8

Oh, we know you in here. That's an exclusive, that is. Basically, I, my, no. Oh, you got that as well. Oh yeah. Oh, we know you in here. That's an exclusive that is.

1:46.0

Right.

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