Despite his hardened facade, recent emotional disclosures from UFC middleweight world champion Sean Strickland reveal a contrasting aspect of his personality. Strickland, recognized for his tough behavior, has lately been vocal about his difficult childhood and his intricate relationship with his father.
During a frank discussion on Theo Von’s podcast “This Past Weekend”, Strickland recounted a heartbreaking memory from his school days during his childhood:
In second grade, I kept falling asleep at my desk, and my teacher took my desk away from me.
She made me stand up, and so I’m, like: “F*ck you”, and being this little kid, I just went and fell asleep on the ground.
Mind you, the school system’s like: “Oh, Sean, he’s just a bad kid.”
They don’t realize I’m up until three o’clock in the morning.
I remember laying in bed, I remember when I stopped believing in God, man.
Like, f*ck… It’s crazy sh*t, dude. Crazy sh*t, man.
Strickland further continued:
I think that’s one of the hard things people don’t understand about trauma, you know?
After that, he mentioned on his podcast:
So I did a podcast with Theo… Goddamn wall broke a little bit, allergies started to act up..
It wasn’t my finest moment… Damn demons lol.
