"My earliest memory of Mum is being sick on her. We were on a holiday in Sardinia and while we were watching a show at the hotel, I started to feel unwell, so I turned around and puked. Not sure why I aimed it at her. I guess I just wanted to make sure she would console me as if it would bring us closer."
"She was mainly disgusted, which is fair enough. Mum was very patient with me. I felt a lot of love, and my two big brothers did as well. Although there were times when we might have taken advantage of her kindness like when we slid downstairs on a bodyboard, or tried to trick passersby by putting a 10 note on a fishing rod out of the window."
"For most of my childhood, I was really shy. I liked being in my own world and would hide behind my mum's legs if guests ever came over. I hid a lot, actually. I got good at spying. So good that I decided to hide from the estate agent when she brought people round to view the house we were selling, so I could give Mum feedback. There was one time they found me in a cupboard. It was really awkward."
Dylan Llewellyn was born in Reigate in 1992 and graduated from RADA in 2011. He began his career with roles in Hollyoaks and Call the Midwife and is best known for playing James Maguire in Derry Girls and Jack in the sitcom Big Boys. He competes in Celebrity Race Across the World alongside his mother, Jackie, on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. He describes himself as a mummy's boy and recalls early memories of childhood mischief and shyness, including vomiting on his mother on holiday, sliding downstairs on a bodyboard, hiding from estate agents, and spying from behind his mother's legs.
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