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0:00:02 > 0:00:06- Shwmae! - I'm Sion Tomos Owen, a Rhondda boy.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11- I was born here, - and I still live in Treorchy.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18- Can I please have - six thick cuts of bacon?
0:00:19 > 0:00:20- Where are we on the map?
0:00:21 > 0:00:22- Here!
0:00:22 > 0:00:26- The Rhondda is about 14 miles long - from Rhigos to Trehafod...
0:00:26 > 0:00:30- ..and three miles wide - from Cwmclydach to Blaenllechau.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34- At the moment, - it's home to about 70,000 people.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40- Everyone is familiar - with the usual images.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43- But there's a lot more - to the Rhondda.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44- LAUGHTER
0:00:45 > 0:00:49- That's class. I'm bonkers - about the place. Drinks on me!
0:00:49 > 0:00:52- I love going round to sing, laugh...
0:00:53 > 0:00:55- ..and draw cartoons.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56- Sion!
0:00:57 > 0:00:59- Today, I meet the Fforch family.
0:01:00 > 0:01:00- Shwmae But.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02- Shwmae But.- - Shwmae But.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04- Cennard Davies.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07- It's only been Welsh here.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09- And Dafydd Francis.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11- Lex was a breath of fresh air.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- In the series, I want to put - the Rhondda Valley on the map.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21- No - I'm going to make a new map - of the Rhondda and its people.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33- This is the family home in Treorchy. - Glyncoli was originally a farm.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39- Yes, there are farms in the Rhondda. - It's one of the oldest houses here.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41- You finish. There's no room.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43- CLATTER
0:01:43 > 0:01:44- Oh!
0:01:44 > 0:01:48- Welcome to the madhouse. - Come to meet everyone.
0:01:48 > 0:01:49- Go away!
0:01:49 > 0:01:55- Jeni, Mam, comes from Dinorwig. She - came to South Wales to be a teacher.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- Did you remember the bacon, boys?
0:01:58 > 0:01:59- Did you remember the bacon, boys?- - No!
0:01:59 > 0:02:00- Where's the number?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04- Adrian, Dad, prefers to be - on his bike than his feet.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09- He was an Art teacher, and quite - a good rugby player in his time.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- It's like a circus here!
0:02:12 > 0:02:13- I'll do the eggs.
0:02:14 > 0:02:20- And Dan, my big little brother, - is a BBC sound technician.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- He needs plenty - of room when he cooks.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- Out of the way, please.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29- I'm starving.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32- Dan, Dan, Dan!
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- LAUGHTER
0:02:35 > 0:02:41- So that's the family round the table - in Glyncoli, our home for 30 years.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50- When your father brought me - up the fantastic road...
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- ..I didn't know - there was a house here at all.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- The front door was half open.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00- When we walked in, there were - chickens in the front room.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02- In the house?
0:03:02 > 0:03:03- Yes.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06- It had been empty for some time.
0:03:06 > 0:03:11- There were metal windows, half - the size they are now, and rusted.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18- Dad asked, "What do you think?" - I said, "Fantastic!"
0:03:18 > 0:03:23- He thought I was being sarcastic. - But I really did mean it.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27- It was so similar to North Wales. - Mountains all around!
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- It sounds awful. - Chickens indoors, no windows!
0:03:32 > 0:03:34- IMITATES NORTH WALES ACCENT
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- Oh, it's lovely! I like it.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37- LAUGHTER
0:03:37 > 0:03:39- You know that's not what I meant!
0:03:40 > 0:03:41- LAUGHTER
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- But they got rid - of the chickens and we moved in.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- Not everyone was happy - about the move.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56- When you moved up, what did Mam-gu - say? She didn't like Treorchy.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- She told me, - "Why did they move up there? Snobs!"
0:04:01 > 0:04:05- Yes, she thought Treorchy - was more snobbish than Pentre...
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- ..because of Stuart Street, - which is a posh street.
0:04:09 > 0:04:09- Front gardens.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- Front gardens.- - Yes. She thought it was posher.
0:04:12 > 0:04:17- She lived above the street in Pentre - which is posher than below.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- Did she want you to stay in Pentre?
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- She sent you to the English school - so you wouldn't go far.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25- Yes.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- No. She said she wanted - him to speak Welsh.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33- But she couldn't see herself - putting a three-year-old child...
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- ..on a bus, to travel three miles.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38- That was why.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- And I was next door to the school.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44- You didn't have to walk far.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- I was like you, terrible as a kid.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49- How do you mean?
0:04:49 > 0:04:50- How do you mean?- - Naughty.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- Were you going to move anywhere, - or wherever you had a job?
0:04:55 > 0:04:56- I was going to go to France.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57- I was going to go to France.- - To play rugby.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- She'd follow me anywhere!
0:05:00 > 0:05:01- LAUGHTER
0:05:02 > 0:05:06- We thought of living in North Wales.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- He wanted to stay in the south.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- Rhondda boys will never leave.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- I've tried for 40 years.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- It's time for a little geography.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- The Rhondda isn't - one town or valley.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28- There's Rhondda Fawr - and Rhondda Fach.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33- Between both valleys, there - are over 30 towns and villages.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- Overlooking both valleys - is the land of Fforch Farm.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39- Yes, another farm.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- It's the home of Lynne - and Lorna Jones and their family.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47- Come on!
0:05:50 > 0:05:51- WHISTLES
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- We're on your land now.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- I thought I knew the Rhondda, but - I've lost my bearings completely!
0:06:14 > 0:06:15- I'm not sure where we are.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- Maerdy is over there, and the new - factory, built a few years ago.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- The old colliery was here.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24- The last one that was open?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- The last one that was open?- - Yes. It was down there.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31- The reservoir is above it.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39- We came up a road.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40- Did you build it?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- Did you build it?- - Yes.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- The small one behind us?
0:06:44 > 0:06:49- We did the steep part - from the bottom all the way up...
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- ..about 30 years ago.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53- How did you get around before that?
0:06:53 > 0:06:54- How did you get around before that?- - On a pony, mainly.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- Really?
0:06:56 > 0:06:58- When I first came here.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59- Or on foot.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02- What drew you here?
0:07:02 > 0:07:06- I was looking - for a bigger farm, in one place.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- We had several small places.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- When we came here, - I liked the mountain.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- I've always preferred being - on the mountain than in a vale.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- But there are no hay meadows.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- You have to buy food - or send sheep off in winter.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- Is it difficult?
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- Is it difficult?- - It's been very hard work for me.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34- But wind turbines have recently - been installed to help the farm
0:07:34 > 0:07:39- It's an extra income, so his son, - Arwel, can stay home to work.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- But the wind turbines - are controversial.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46- Not everyone likes them.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51- I don't have a problem with them. - I know they help us financially.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- They don't look bad.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- I don't think so, anyway.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- People's opinions vary.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01- How long are they up for?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03- How long are they up for?- - Twenty-five years.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- Then they come down.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09- I think they're pulled down, - then rebuilt...
0:08:09 > 0:08:11- ..or maybe replaced.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16- If they're pulled down, - only the concrete base is left.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- You won't see any sign of them.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- It's like the tip in Maerdy.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25- There was quite a lot of protest.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- People didn't want them to be built.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- Did anyone have a go at you?
0:08:31 > 0:08:32- No.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36- We didn't see anything - like that, really.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38- As well as wind turbines...
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- ..the family have started - another business recently.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44- They've begun brewing beer.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48- Dad came home from the pub one day.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- He said, "I want - to start a brewery."
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- I thought, "Go on! - We've drunk enough of it."
0:08:55 > 0:09:00- Did it spark off just like that? - "I like this, I want to make some!"
0:09:00 > 0:09:03- Farming is a dead loss now.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05- We have to change.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- There's more future in drinking!
0:09:08 > 0:09:09- Yes.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- Yes, Fforch Farm is the home - of Cwm Rhondda Ales.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- The company was founded - a year and a half ago.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- Caryl, Grug and Arwel run - the business and brew the beer...
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- ..the most important job!
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- How many different beers - do you have?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- We have four types now.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- Do you test them yourselves - before making them?
0:09:46 > 0:09:51- Or do you have everyone here - for a party to test a new beer?!
0:09:52 > 0:09:57- There are plenty of brothers - and sisters, well, brother!
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- We have plenty - of sisters and in-laws too.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05- Even those who don't like it think, - "It's free, I'll have some of that!"
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- All their beers have a local name.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- Today, they've got - an expert in to taste them.
0:10:14 > 0:10:14- Shwmae But.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15- Shwmae But.- - Shwmae But.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17- Alright?
0:10:17 > 0:10:18- Alright!
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- That's Boyo.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29- Oh!
0:10:32 > 0:10:33- What is the last one?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- What is the last one?- - Tommy Box.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36- What is Tommy Box?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38- What is Tommy Box?- - It's the old colliers' lunchbox.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- A lunchtime beer.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- Yes.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47- That could be a selling point!
0:10:48 > 0:10:50- Really good.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- It's time to take out - my sketchbook...
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- ..and learn more about the family.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03- How many children do you have?
0:11:03 > 0:11:04- How many children do you have?- - Seven.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- We had four daughters - when we came here.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12- We had three more children - after coming to the Rhondda.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- It's odd how the three youngest - have been drawn back here.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- They were born here.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24- Their roots are in the Rhondda.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29- The oldest ones went back, - the other side of the mountain.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31- It's odd.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33- Oh, my gosh!
0:11:35 > 0:11:36- What do you say?
0:11:36 > 0:11:36- Scott Quinnell!
0:11:36 > 0:11:38- Scott Quinnell!- - Thanks!
0:11:38 > 0:11:39- Scott Quinnell!
0:11:41 > 0:11:46- So the Fforch family are - the first characters in the book...
0:11:46 > 0:11:47- ..and on the map.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58- In 1891...
0:11:59 > 0:12:04- ..the percentage of Welsh speakers - was as high as Caernarfonshire.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- Treorchy High Street, of course.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08- Treorchy High Street, of course.- - Ynysangharad?
0:12:08 > 0:12:12- Where is Ynysangharad? - I'm doing a video, wise up!
0:12:13 > 0:12:14- LAUGHTER
0:12:15 > 0:12:16- I'm sorry!
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0:12:23 > 0:12:25- LAUGHTER
0:12:28 > 0:12:33- We're back round the table, - where we put the world to rights...
0:12:33 > 0:12:35- ..and laugh a lot.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38- I'm sorry!
0:12:39 > 0:12:41- Mam and Dad met in Barry College.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46- Mam remembers the first time - she came to the Rhondda.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50- I met Dad in my second year. - He wanted a lift home at Christmas.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- "I'll take you the scenic route," - he said.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57- We came through Porth...
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- The first time you came to Rhondda?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- ..over Penrhys...
0:13:03 > 0:13:07- ..so I could see the Rhondda vista.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- I was from Dinorwig. - You can't get any higher!
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- I wanted to show you - the isolation hospital.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- "What do you think - about the Rhondda?" he said.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23- Make her feel more at home!
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- All I could see were houses, - everywhere.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- Rows and rows of houses.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- When we arrived, he said...
0:13:32 > 0:13:36- .."Mam, I've had a lift - from some girls in college."
0:13:36 > 0:13:38- "Come in," she said.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43- When we left, she said, "Would you - like to take some baps with you?"
0:13:44 > 0:13:48- "Lovely," I said. There was - a doorstop slice of ham in them.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- We called Mam-gu 'Betty force-feed'.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57- She fed everyone - who came to the house.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00- Dad was the same.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- You know Peter Williams, - from Pentre?
0:14:04 > 0:14:06- He stayed in the house once.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11- Mam fed him so much, - he was sick when he left.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- Why didn't he say no?!
0:14:16 > 0:14:19- That's why she was called - force-feed.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22- Mam-gu was so welcoming.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27- That's the type of person she was. - Rhondda folk are like that.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- The Rhondda - has a population of 60,000.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- Almost 9,000 speak Welsh.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43- Cennard Davies's family has - lived in Treorchy for 150 years...
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- ..in the same house, - believe it or not.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51- The house was built in 1871.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- My great-grandfather built it.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57- He came from Carmarthenshire.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03- His wife was from the same area.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08- They married and settled - in Aberdare...
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- ..before moving to Rhondda Fach...
0:15:12 > 0:15:17- ..then over the mountain to Rhondda - Fawr when coal was discovered.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- It was like the Klondike.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22- People flocked here.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- There was more money to be made.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- Wages were 25% higher...
0:15:30 > 0:15:32- ..than other industrial areas.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36- Cennard's great-grandfather - was a builder.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- He worked on dozens of projects - in the Treorchy area...
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- ..including the family home.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49- When my great-grandfather - arrived in 1871...
0:15:49 > 0:15:54- ..only 16,000 people - lived in the valley.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59- By the time my grandfather...
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- ..was in his thirties...
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- ..at the turn of the century...
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- ..in the 1901 Census...
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- ..103,000 people lived here.
0:16:11 > 0:16:17- It rose from 16,000 to 103,000.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- By the time my father...
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- ..was in his twenties...
0:16:24 > 0:16:29- ..in 1928, it was 168,000.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31- It's amazing.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32- It's amazing.- - Yes.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37- That's more than double - today's population.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47- Most of Treorchy's population - came from the West.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51- A high percentage spoke Welsh.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- The late historian John Davies...
0:16:54 > 0:16:58- ..was brought up in Dumfries Street.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02- It's the longest street in Treorchy.
0:17:03 > 0:17:08- John Davies noted that in 1891...
0:17:08 > 0:17:13- ..the percentage of Welsh speakers - in that huge street...
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- ..was as high as Caernarfonshire.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- Good grief.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22- More than ninety percent - of the people...
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- ..spoke Welsh.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- What are your feelings - about the Rhondda today?
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- It's a lovely, interesting place.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37- There's a sense of community.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- People know each other.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44- I wouldn't live anywhere else.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- I might be a little parochial!
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- But only our family - has lived in this house...
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- ..and only Welsh spoken here.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57- Only the Davieses of Treorchy - have lived here.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- Yes.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- I'm in for a shock now.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- Mary. Where are you?
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- In the kitchen. - You have more hair there!
0:18:23 > 0:18:27- Llwyncelyn is in the lower part - of the valley.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31- It's not where you'd expect - to meet a YouTube sensation.
0:18:31 > 0:18:36- It's where Dafydd Francis, and - his alter-ego, Lex Gabore, live.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39- Oh!
0:18:40 > 0:18:42- He's a star.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47- Since 2011, almost half a million - people have viewed his Lex videos.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- Oh! I don't like 'em.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- I started in school.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- You were my teacher.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- I put silly videos on Facebook.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04- White eyeliner, - white eyeliner, white eyeliner.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08- I'm a Valleys boy. - I love the Valleys humour.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13- That's where I get inspiration - for my videos...
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- ..the Valleys humour...
0:19:16 > 0:19:20- ..how jolly and fabulous we are.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- Do other people appear - in the videos?
0:19:23 > 0:19:28- I did a video recently with Mam.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30- This is my mother.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- I dolled her up - for a Valentine date.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- She's quite young...ish.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39- LAUGHTER
0:19:39 > 0:19:43- In true Lex Gabore style, - I just took the mick.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48- I put ridiculous make-up on her.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- Julie Gabore.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52- Mammy Gabore.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54- Mammy Gabore.- - I love it.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56- How many people watch it?
0:19:56 > 0:20:01- It's about 90,000 now.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06- I'm not bragging...
0:20:06 > 0:20:07- ..but that's impressive.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- ..but that's impressive.- - More than the Rhondda's population.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12- Really?
0:20:13 > 0:20:19- When I go to London or Cardiff, - I can't wait to come back home.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23- I feel comfortable here. - It's an odd thing to say.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27- When I'm here, - I can't wait to get away...
0:20:27 > 0:20:31- ..to be a superstar in LA!
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- It's my comfort zone.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39- It's almost like a shawl - for Dafydd and Lex.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41- What is the reaction...
0:20:41 > 0:20:46- ..of people in the Rhondda to Lex?
0:20:46 > 0:20:50- The Rhondda isn't conservative, - but really old fashioned.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53- It's a mining community.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59- They think men should be men, - and be builders, or whatever.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- Lex is a breath of fresh air.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- All you need - is a camera in your bedroom.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11- You're a star.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15- I hope my videos...
0:21:15 > 0:21:17- ..inspire others.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22- There are young people who struggle, - not only with their sexuality...
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- ..but with their identity.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- Tell me more about Dafydd.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- Who is Dafydd?
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- Dafydd is mad and bonkers, like Lex.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50- I'm more reserved... not reserved...
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- ..but I'm quite modest.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- I'm shy when I meet new people.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59- I had trouble in school, - with people calling me gay.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02- They didn't understand me.
0:22:03 > 0:22:08- I was crazy. I was six foot, - fat and had curly hair.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10- A bully's dream.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14- It was a defence mechanism. - If they call me gay, I'll act gay.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16- I owned it.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- Are your family supportive?
0:22:22 > 0:22:24- Do they like the videos?
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- Do they like the videos?- - Mam is really supportive.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- All through my life, she's said, - "Be yourself."
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- As a child, I played with Barbies.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39- She never said no.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- She made me what I am.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49- Ready?
0:22:49 > 0:22:50- Ready?- - Ready.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55- What the hell?! Sion!
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- Oh, my god! I like it, actually.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02- I look so gay.
0:23:03 > 0:23:03- Elizabeth Taylor.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- Elizabeth Taylor.- - I wish.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- That's why I love the Rhondda...
0:23:12 > 0:23:17- ..because of the characters - and tidy people.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22- I look forward to meeting more - the next time.
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