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United States Jay Blades recalls ‘most scary’ experience with Repair Shop guest ‘Glasses steamed up!’
Jay explained his mum would be proud of his achievements, and Naga urged him to talk about her parenting style when he was younger.
She asked: “Can you just show me the look that your Mum would have given when it was time to be quiet and go to bed?”
Jay sadly couldn’t replicate the withering stare, but revealed one of The Repair Shop’s recent guests pulled off an uncanny impression.
He recalled: “I’ll tell you what happened. Something that happened in The Repair Shop yesterday.”
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“Someone came in and gave the ‘Mum look’. And it was the most scary thing, my glasses steamed up!”
Jay has yet to speak to his mum, who lives in Barbados, about Learning to Read at 51, as she is several hours behind the UK.
Going on to detail the stare she would give him in more detail, Jay explained: "I can't even do it.
“But it is this look that… mums don’t even have to say anything.”
His new documentary about his experiences learning to read 20 years later has already drawn acclaim from viewers and critics.
Twitter user Michael Rhodes said: “Watching @jayblades_ programme on learning to read. Much respect for making this.”
“Full of admiration for Jay Blades,” Jon Biddle wrote. “Opening up on national TV about his lifelong struggle with reading is incredibly brave, and will give many people in a similar situation the confidence to try and learn.”
And Antoinette Sandbach added: “Jay Blades learning to read at 51 is so honest and inspirational. Honesty about depression, how delays in identifying dyslexia blights lives and how support can change lives.”
As well as his mother, Jay also paid tribute to his ‘second mum,' who is part of his found family and took him in after his mother went to live in Barbados.
His second family in Wolverhampton appear in the documentary themselves to chat about his achievements and difficulties with reading.
He told Naga: “I’m going to speak to her today, and see what they thought of it.”
The Repair Shop airs Wednesdays at 8pm on BBC One. Learning to Read at 51 is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
