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We all deal with our traumas differently.

Author: Alex Stevenson

Date: 08/03/25 8:30 am

Intro

Not another sad story from a celebrity. What a shock. Please, the information I’m going to dispense is a cautionary tale from a genius who never had a first chance. I’m not a person who’s interested in celebrities’ lives but I came across Richard Pryor’s life and it left me in disbelief.

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Only Mike Tyson & Dennis Rodman has stores just as bad if not worse than Pryor. We all know Pryor came from a dysfunctional home as most of us do but his mother was a sex worker and his grandmother ran a brothel. Meaning all Pryor knew was degeneracy; his home life brought him to lows you couldn’t possibly imagine; he was deemed “emotionally unstable” by his school.

Body

Pryor admits to being molested at a young age, something I’m sure changed his perspective. He saw his mother get turned out for low sums of cash and his dad often took the money as a pimp who was a former boxer. After his mother divorced his father in 1946 the judge ruled custody in favor of his father.

But this might have been for the best because Richard’s teacher struck a deal with him that changed his life. She said if you make it to school on time I will give you 10 minutes to perform in front of the class. But this was short lived as Pryor had real life issues that distracted him from school.

Conclusion

As an adult it was hard for Pryor to find work but he got his big break being on stage something he loved to do. Pryor admits the stage is a vice I used to escape my horrible reality. Later in life he appeared on the Ed Sullivan show with a new vigor for life after his time as a janitor, delivery, and several other jobs he’d done prior. At the roast of Richard Pryor he admits him and Paul Mooney performs certain acts on directors for movie roles.

But it didn’t stop there he allegedly set himself on fire being so scared of reality. He suffered a heart attack 3 years prior and had another in 1990 after the incident of setting himself on fire he would also have triple bypass surgery in 1991. Pryor, despite his genius humorously went on the Johnny Carson show to explain his actions but you could tell he wasn’t the same. As always, thank you for your time. Have a great day.

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