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The dramatic, unconventional upbringing that gave comedian Ashley Storrie so much of her jaw-dropping material

19 January 2018

Ashley Storrie’s early life was tough.

“I talk about my grandmother being murdered by her boyfriend,” she explained on .

“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?’.”

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Ashley’s stand-up career began with her first show at the Edinburgh Fringe aged just 13. More recently she’s found a large online audience for her videos, including If Harry Potter was Scottish, which has received over 25 million views.

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The videos have showcased her off-beat style of comedy.

“I like that I didn’t have to change,” says Ashley. “I pitched my comedy to people and, in terms of mainstream media, [the response has] always been ‘It’s a bit too out there’, or ‘It’s a bit too strange’.”

“It’s not really that quirky or weird, it’s just me that’s a wee bit different.”

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