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Dancing star Alex Vaz ‘FAME PUT ME IN THERAPY!’

‘Hopefully I can woo girls with lovely dance moves’

After moving to Aotearoa from volatile South Africa, Alex Vaz struggled to fit in and was frequently bullied. But when he’d come home in tears from high school, his single mother Norma would sweetly assure him he was loved and that the difficult times would pass.

“I couldn’t find free counselling services for teenagers, so Mum became my counsellor,” the former Heartbreak Island and The Bachelorette NZcontestant tells .

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