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CJ - The Autobiography of CJ de Mooi
Best known as an actor and one of the BBC’s Eggheads, few people would guess from his cultured exterior at the horrific early years of abuse CJ de Mooi endured.As a teenager, CJ fled from his childhood home to escape prolonged hatred and violence, and consequently slept rough for three years. He sank to - and almost didn’t survive - far worse depths than this before a bizarre stroke of luck came from a very surprising place.CJ’s jaw-dropping life story relates his journey in graphic detail and astounding honesty. He’s not afraid to shine the spotlight on his darkest hours, some of which are truly shocking. However, through it all he held onto his dream of a life on the stage and his desperate belief that he deserved better.Now a successful actor, CJ has shared his anger, torment and ultimate joy in this book, a most unexpected autobiography.
CJ : the autobiography of C.J. de Mooi : my journey from the streets to the screen
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C. J. de Mooi
Former professional quizzer and television personality
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| Born | Andrew Paul Booth (1969-11-05) 5 November 1969 (age 55) Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
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| Website | demooi.co.uk |
Connagh Joseph "C. J." de Mooi (pronounced[dəˈmoːi]; born Andrew Paul Booth on 5 November 1969) is a British actor, writer, former professional quizzer and television personality. He first appeared on television quiz show Eggheads in 2003, as one of five original members of the show's eponymous team.
Early life
In his autobiography, De Mooi states that he was given the names Andrew Paul at his birth, in Barnsley, Yorkshire. He moved to Rotherham in his childhood, and attended a local comprehensive school. De Mooi studied English and Performing Arts at Rotherham College of Arts and Technology before embarking upon a modelling career in Germany which lasted for four and a half years.
On a self-recorded YouTube video, De Mooi said he had a highly abusive childhood, causing him to run away from home shortly after his seventeenth birthday and become homeless beginning in Rotherham and Sheffield. While he was homeless, he turned to prostitution. Later in the video, De Mooi talked about how he travelled to London, jumped on a ferry to Amsterdam and later moved on to Cologne, where a chance encounter outside a gay bar led to the beginnings of his modelling career. The abuse De Mooi states he received as a child has been refuted however, and De Mooi himself states that his parents took him to see a psychiatrist as a child. This psychiatrist diagnosed De Mooi as a fantasist and accused him of lying and being an attention seeker.
He adopted the surname De Mooi when he began working as a model.
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