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Gay man receives apology from former bully 20 years later
'It unlocked something in me I didn't realize I'd been holding on to': Gay man receives apology from former bully 20 YEARS after leaving school
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- ChadMichael Morrisette, 34, said he was tormented by the 'entire football team' when he was growing up in a small Alaskan town
- Former classmate Louie Amundson sent Morrisette an apology after talking to his ten-year-old daughter about bullying
- Morrisette said he found the note to be 'so moving' and forgave Amundson
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ChadMichael Morrisette, 34, said he was bullied throughout junior high and high school for 'every reason someone is bullied'
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A 34-year-old man who was bulled during junior high school received an apology from one of his former tormentors who reached out to him over Facebook 20 years later.
ChadMichael Morrisette, a brand consultant and visual designer in West Hollywood, said he was consistently picked on in the small Alaskan town he grew up in.
'The entire football team bullied me,' he told Yahoo Parenting. 'It wasn't one guy, it was six or seven guys who would follow me in the hallways, harassing me, insulting me, threatening my life.'
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Earlier this month, Morrisette received an apology note (top) from a former classmate, Louis Amundson, who apologized after having to talk to his daughter about bullying. In a response (bottom), Morrisette thanked Amundson and accepted his former classmate's apology
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'I was bullied for being gay. I was bullied for being little. I was bullied for every reason someone is bullied. It was awful. I couldn't even walk to classes without an adult escort or friends with me,' he said.
Morrisette said that he found Amundson's message 'so moving' and that he 'cried a little bit' after reading through the note.
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Amundson (top) said he 'sadly' had to tell his daughter 'yes' when she asked if he had ever been a bully. Morrisette (bottom) said he doesn't specifically remember Amundson, but thinks it's likely because he was bullied by so many fellow students
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Morrisette, who grew up Mormon, left home at 15 and graduated high school early, getting a temporary job as a stockroom assistant at Nordstrom in San Diego.
He then became a team member on the visual team and was recruited by Saks Fifth Avenue to design their window displays when he was 17, according to Racked.
Now living in West Hollywood, Morrisette has become LA's 'mannequin man', bringing to life window displays and exhibits across the city with his more-than-200 mannequin collection.
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