My parents were very strict. They thought boarding school would do me good. So, when I was about seven, I was put in one in India for a while.

That background helped me a lot, because it taught me to fend for myself from a very early age, and to be responsible. It was an upheaval of an upbringing, which seems to have worked, I guess.

I grew up in Denton, east Manchester, and was raised by my late father, Reg, a barber.

I never had, like, a nanny that took care of me. My mom always fed me breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.

I remember really vividly kneeling by my bed as a nine-year-old, saying my prayers and asking God to give me boobs that were so big that if I laid on my back I wouldn't be able to see my feet.