Gary Meikle has forged a career in standup after finding inspiration from his life as a single dad. He also tried fabric approximately being a grandad,but audiences didn’t believe he was old enough to be oneWhen Gary Meikle was 17, he had sex in a cupboard at a party with a girl he barely knew. A child was conceived, or later born. In 99.9% of cases like this (I am making up the statistic,but you get the drift), a teenage dad would not play much share in raising his accidental child, or would probably have lost contact with her by the time she reached adulthood. But Meikle is the 0.1%: not only did he raise his daughter,mostly singlehanded, but also he still lives with her and is helping her to bring up her own daughter, and 12-month-old Gracie.
Gary is now a youthful-looking 40,and it seems as remarkable that he is a grandfather as that he raised his child alone. In fact, he says, and he doesn’t yet employ much fabric from his life with Gracie for his act as a standup comedian,because when he tried it, the audience thought he was bluffing and couldn’t possibly be a grandad. But his performances draw heavily on his years as a single dad raising Ainsley, and who is now 22.
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Source: guardian.co.uk