Liam McGough - From big trees to Big Brother and back again - Part 2

These show notes are a duplicate of those found in Part 1.

 Our conversation with Liam covered many topics. He talked openly about:

• Growing up thinking he was the dumb one
• Failing all his GCSE's 
• Thinking he has undiagnosed dyslexia
• Finding confidence in his quick-wittedness and his climbing ability 
• Deciding to study climbing trees because he was already good at that
• Feeling part stupid, part genius
• His talent for doing dickish things, just to see a person's reaction
• Telling himself "don't be nervous because your brain will cope when the time comes"
• His preference for enduring the feeling of being afraid than being someone who couldn't do things
• Telling people he can do things and then works out how to do it
• Not celebrating early. He waits until the job is done and he's home.
• Getting  into trouble on the first day of everything and puts it down to being over-excited
• Being a bit of a show-off and his six months working on the stage at the Blaydon Races Bar in Tenerife
• His spell working in customer services as a stepping stone to Big Brother
• His confidence that he would be chosen to appear on Big Brother 6 in 2005
• His Mum's Multiple Sclerosis as a reason for auditioning for Big Brother
• Being turned down for Big Brother 6 and not knowing why
• Why it's important to be the best version of yourself, you can be
• His last-minute application for Big Brother 8, his invitation to take part and his last-minute rejection
• What it's like to be chopping trees when you're meant to be live on Big Brother 
• Two weeks into BB8, finding yourself in Chris Tarrant's dressing room waiting to go in
• Enjoying Big Brother because he wasn't at work
• What it's like, after 6 days in the house, to be voted by housemates as the person to receive £100k no strings attached
• Being motivated by experiences, not money and why the £100k prize didn't cause the controversy it was designed to cause
• His attitude of a no, only being a no today and feeling that something might happen tomorrow
• Seeing his brother and Dad as he came out of the Big Brother house 
• His Dad's ability to bring him back down to earth
• The first of 600 personal appearances at a Glasgow student union and why red wine and vodka is essential
• Why it's important to share the experience with friends
• Why he didn't buy into the fake girlfriend's scene
• Shutting down the Metro Centre
• The low point where he feels numb and is pretending to be busy and okay
• Moving to London and the relative obscurity 
• Giving stand-up comedy a go and believing he can do anything if he's motivated enough
• Auditioning for Billy Elliott when he can't dance    

Liam McGough - The Tree Guy
Big Brother 8 - Wikipedia
Liam in action on Big Brother 8