“When I was going through the most traumatic and difficult times of my life, when I was watching my parents die,” Mangan continues softly, “there were moments where things were funny.”
“I don’t care what situation you’re in or what topic you’re talking about,” says Stephen Mangan, “humour can always be involved.”
‘I’m in my early twenties, I might have 20 years left, why am I thinking about becoming a lawyer when I really don’t enjoy law?
In the wake of that loss, he found himself not only grieving for them, but reliving the trauma of losing his parents.