{"id":62561,"date":"2018-10-13T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2018\/10\/13\/grayson-perry-im-an-unapologetic-fetishist\/"},"modified":"2018-10-13T15:00:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-13T13:00:37","slug":"grayson-perry-im-an-unapologetic-fetishist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=62561","title":{"rendered":"Grayson Perry: &#039;I\u2019m an unapologetic fetishist&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The artist, 58, on art, road rage, teddy bears and his mum\u2019s affair with the milkmanMy childhood was chaotic. Mother had an affair with the milkman, who later became my stepdad and my father left. My stepdad was an angry guy and Mother was a hysterical narcissist. It was a toxic mixture and there was a lot of disruption and violent arguments in the house. I retreated into a fantasy world to protect myself.If I\u2019d had a happy childhood I definitely wouldn\u2019t have become the person I am \u2013 although a bad childhood isn\u2019t a recipe for being a creative person. There are many people in the arts who come from perfectly happy, middle-class homes. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2018\/oct\/13\/grayson-perry-im-an-unapologetic-fetishist-\" target=\"_blank\">Grayson Perry: &#039;I\u2019m an unapologetic fetishist&#039;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The artist, 58, on art, road rage, teddy bears and his mum\u2019s affair with the milkmanMy childhood was chaotic. Mother had an affair with the milkman, who later became my stepdad and my father left. My stepdad was an angry guy and Mother was a hysterical narcissist. It was a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}