Woody Harrelson is opening up about his difficult childhood. The Zombieland 2 actor revealed that he was expelled from both nursery school and first grade because of his anger issues.
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“I had a lot of anger, a lot of rage,” he told
Esquire in a new interview.
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“To get kicked out of nursery school, you’ve got to go some distance. And then I also got kicked out of first grade,” the Hunger Games star said.
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“They thought I stole a purse, but I didn’t, and a teacher beat me up for stealing a purse I didn’t steal,” he explained. “So I went around the school breaking windows with my bare fists.” Around the same time,
his father abandoned the family, which exasperated his problems.
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“They thought I stole a purse, but I didn’t, and a teacher beat me up for stealing a purse I didn’t steal,” he explained. “So I went around the school breaking windows with my bare fists.” Around the same time,
his father abandoned the family, which exasperated his problems.
Once he was kicked out, his mom enrolled him in a private school that catered to students with special needs, where he had a much better time.
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“The idea there was to educate and simultaneously give love to the child, which sounds hokey, but it worked. I’d do something that was wrong or violent, and they’d treat me with love,” Woody said.
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Woody’s mom eventually moved the family to Ohio, where he acted in his first play in high school — a Nativity play at Christmas.
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What do you think of Woody’s confession? Sound off in the comments!
“I had a lot of anger, a lot of rage,” he told
Esquire in a new interview.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“To get kicked out of nursery school, you’ve got to go some distance. And then I also got kicked out of first grade,” the Hunger Games star said.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“They thought I stole a purse, but I didn’t, and a teacher beat me up for stealing a purse I didn’t steal,” he explained. “So I went around the school breaking windows with my bare fists.” Around the same time,
his father abandoned the family, which exasperated his problems.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
Once he was kicked out, his mom enrolled him in a private school that catered to students with special needs, where he had a much better time.
“The idea there was to educate and simultaneously give love to the child, which sounds hokey, but it worked. I’d do something that was wrong or violent, and they’d treat me with love,” Woody said.
Woody’s mom eventually moved the family to Ohio, where he acted in his first play in high school — a Nativity play at Christmas.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
What do you think of Woody’s confession? Sound off in the comments!
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