Could you forgive your childhood bully? Katy Wix confronts a painful memory
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When the actor and comedian’s teenage best friend suddenly became her cruel tormentor, Katy Wix’s mum told her to be patient and not to let it get to her. But it did. Decades later, a message arrives out of the blue…
By Katy Wix
In the same way that when you are full you can’t imagine being hungry, when you have a best friend you can’t imagine being their enemy.
I was in bed. I had bought a 2m-long phone charger so I could comfortably play Cake Shop 2 while lying down when, bored of my own peace, I went on Instagram. Among the usual DMs – one from a non-profit sunglasses company saying, ‘We love your account’s vibe’, a man saying, ‘My dog has drawn you’, and an invite to be on a podcast about DJing – was the message from her.
I zoomed in on her profile picture. It was my best friend from secondary school. The same teenage features, now stretched into an adult’s face, were sitting in a car holding a Chilly’s water bottle, with a smile the same shape as if she were midway through brus...
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