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Alex Zane bullied over briefcase

Presenter was the only kid at school with one

Alex Zane grew up in Leeds

Alex Zane has revealed he was picked on in his youth for carrying a briefcase.

But the presenter was able to use it to deflect stones that were pelted at him at school.

‘I embrace the fact I was a geek,’ he tells a teen mag. ‘I was called Briefy Boy for five years, or “the briefcase kid”, “You’ve got a briefcase, we’re going to kick your head in”.

‘But that’s actually where the briefcase came into its own because, when rocks are thrown, you can use it as a shield.’

Alex, 30, says it had an influence on his relationships.

‘It did define who my friends were because the cool football jocks aren’t going to go, “Hey, we’re looking for someone with a briefcase to join our cool gang that girls fancy,"’ he adds.

Alison Adey