It’s no secret that native actor Romeo Tan was a chubby child.
And like most chubby children, he was the sufferer of bullying. Whereas the 36-year-old has talked about this briefly again in 2015, he went into extra particulars on the newest episode of the meWATCH speak present Hear U Out.
Romeo talked about to host Quan Yi Fong that he was usually mocked and teased due to his weight. He recalled: “Somebody squeezed correction fluid on my chair. While you sat on it, it might go away a white stain in your trousers. They’d play such a prank on me or shoot a rubber band at me.”
One incident which left him scared and offended was when a fellow scholar shoved him and triggered him to fall from a bicycle. To make issues worse, the bully dipped his foot in drainage water and smeared it throughout Romeo’s thigh.
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The actor didn’t retaliate then and simply saved quiet and waited until the bully left earlier than he returned dwelling.
When Yi Fong requested why he didn’t do something, Romeo replied: “I couldn’t inform what he’d do subsequent. I do know it was mistaken. I simply didn’t have the heart to confront him.”
It wasn’t simply his friends who had been imply.
His instructor even as soon as remarked “I’ve by no means seen such a fats Romeo earlier than” in entrance of his class. One other time, he was enjoying a sport of cops and robbers with some buddies and a bunch of them bumped into the carry which broke down.
The turning level got here when a Bodily Schooling instructor commented that Romeo and his good friend (who was additionally a chubby child) would fail their Nationwide Bodily Health Award (NAPFA) take a look at.
As a way to show a degree, the 2 of them made a pact to move their 2.4km run, which they finally did.
From that time on, the 2 of them launched into a weight reduction journey and Romeo shed 20kg in three years. That was the primary time he felt inspired and that individuals checked out him otherwise.
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He mentioned: “I’m a sluggish learner. I are typically sluggish on the uptake. I used to be in Secondary 4 once I lastly realised I have to tackle my weight drawback.”
Romeo added: “It additionally made me realise how superficial persons are. After I slimmed down, I had extra buddies. Girls would come and speak to me. Girls would [ask] ‘be my regular’. They needed thus far me.”
Regardless of recognising that the world was a merciless and superficial place, Romeo didn’t really feel the urge to hunt vengeance towards it for what he had been by means of.
“[The world is] one thing I can’t change. That is my life. I can solely make one of the best of it,” he defined.
This text was first revealed in AsiaOne.
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