Ruby Wax admits she 'would be dead' if she hadn't escaped her 'violent' parents after her father 'beat her up' during traumatic childhood: 'They slung verbal grenades at each other'
has revealed she 'would be dead' if she hadn't left her violent parents in the US and relocated to the UK.
'They slung these verbal grenades at each other and I was in the middle, especially because I was born into the land of the free and the brave and I could have a really great life and they were nipped in the bud at 22, so they wanted to make it hard.Ruby added: 'I had ambition and the drive of a Rottweiler to survive. I pushed them out of the way and I was very rebellious, I'd creep out of the window when I was 18.
Ruby married her husband, film director Ed Byrne in 1988, and they had three children, Max, 35, Madeline, 33 and Marina, 30. Ruby eventually moved to the UK and settled in Glasgow before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1978.In 1994, Ruby Wax Meets Madonna aired on the BBC which was followed by the series Ruby Wax Meets... between 1996 and 1998 which saw her interview the likes of Donand Trump, OJ. Simpson, and Pamela Anderson.
Insight: During her interview on Life Stories, Ruby also reflected on her broadcasting career and battles with depression 'And whoever I will not mention names said"we want you to do a game show" but I said I could be a really good interviewer and they said"uh uh" so I left town.'
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