Ashley Storrie’s early life was tough.
“I talk about my grandmother being murdered by her boyfriend,” she explained on The Funny Life of....
“My mother [comedian Janey Godley] was abused by my uncle and took him to court for being a paedophile.
“There was a point where the police raided our house. It was so normal I just thought that’s how everybody’s family worked”, says Ashley.
“When it’s your reality, it’s not unconventional. And I think that it makes people uncomfortable sometimes when I talk about it. Because I talk about these things so flippantly and candidly.”
When her grandfather, whom she described as “a criminal” died, the family were forced to leave their home in Glasgow’s east end. A move to the city’s west end was a revelation to the seven-year-old Ashley.
“There was definitely a period of, ‘What’s wrong with all these people? Why are they not having dramas every five minutes?’.”
