Stephen Fry felt 'lost and adrift' as a child
Stephen Fry was a "screwed-up child". The 65-year-old actor has recalled feeling "lost and adrift" during his childhood, and he even attempted to take his own life at the age of 17. He shared: "I was a disruptive, deeply difficult, screwed-up child." Stephen still remembers feeling like a social outsider during his younger years. He explained: "Socially, I never fitted in, and felt fitted in, because I was bad at all the things that were valued as a child." The actor was a "very disruptive" personality between the ages of seven and 13, and Stephen's parents eventually turned to professional he...