Roy Wood Jr. returned to *The View* this morning to talk about his new book, *The Man of Many Fathers*. The comedian opened up about the inspiration behind the book, which is a compilation of life lessons he’s learned from different people throughout his life.
While chatting with the co-hosts, Wood explained, “So many of my lessons didn’t just come from school teachers and college professors. There were dishwashers, there were pimps, there were co-workers on cocaine. There are so many people in our lives that come in and out of our lives for a day or for a week who could leave a lifetime impact.”
Wood, who lost his father when he was 16, shared that he wrote the book with the hope of passing on his life experiences to his nine-year-old son. “I want to put the story of why I am who I am so that if God forbid I pass before my son and I could have those grown-men conversations, there’ll be some degree of a blueprint,” he explained.
Co-host Ana Navarro was curious about what Wood could have learned from the pimps he mentioned. Wood replied, “Oh! You know what I learned? I learned the fact that you have to pick yourself back up.”
He went on to recall a moment earlier this year when he performed a stand-up routine at The Apollo in New York City and got “booed” by the audience. “I was staying at a hotel that was run by some pimps in Jersey. Hands down one of the best pep talks of my life. I know it’s a heinous occupation, but the idea that in that lowest moment, somebody you would never expect, gave me a degree of wisdom.”
Wood added, “He was like, ‘Why are you crying about getting booed? I’ve been shot three times!’ I was like, ‘You right. If you can take a bullet, I can take a boo.’”
*The View* airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.
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