{"id":84504,"date":"2023-11-25T08:11:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T08:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/?p=84504"},"modified":"2023-11-25T08:11:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T08:11:46","slug":"romesh-ranganathans-tough-life-from-dads-imprisonment-to-home-repossession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/celebrities\/romesh-ranganathans-tough-life-from-dads-imprisonment-to-home-repossession\/","title":{"rendered":"Romesh Ranganathan’s tough life from dad’s imprisonment to home repossession"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Romesh Ranganathan opened up about his father’s imprisonment which led to the family home being repossessed.<\/p>\n

Speaking in a new interview the 45 year old revealed he was forced to drop out of private school as he also touched on the bullying he experienced.<\/p>\n

The comedian described his childhood as a tale of two halves.<\/p>\n

“It started off in a very comfortable two-up, two-down house,” he told the Radio Times. “The TV was the centre of the living room \u2013 until our house was repossessed.”<\/p>\n

The presenter continued: “My dad went to prison [for two years for fraud]. My mum, brother and I ended up in one room in a B&B. I didn\u2019t have a sofa \u2013 the view of the telly was from the bed.”<\/p>\n

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During that period, he moved from a private school to a state school.<\/p>\n

Romesh said: “My parents had come from Sri Lanka and they were obsessed with me going to private school. I didn\u2019t enjoy my time there. I was a bit of an outsider.<\/p>\n

“Without getting too dark, I was racially abused. So, I wasn\u2019t that bothered about leaving. I went to a state school, had a great time and went on to teach at that same school \u2013 which is where I met my wife [drama teacher, Leesa].”<\/p>\n

The BBC presenter met his other half Leesa Ranganathan while working in Hazelwick School in Crawley, where she was a drama teacher and he taught maths.<\/p>\n

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