Jayden Clark, 22, from Adelaide, Australia, won a life-changing lottery jackpot as a child. While he enjoyed the initial excitement, he later confessed to feeling guilty and out of place due to his family's newfound wealth. It took moving to Los Angeles for him to feel 'normal' again.
A lottery winner has revealed what it's really like to scoop millions of pounds at a young age. Jayden Clark, a 22-year-old from Adelaide, Southern Australia, was told by his mum that she had a ‘huge surprise’ for him one day after school around a decade ago. Jayden and his two siblings were ‘excited,’ and expecting their mum to tell them they were having another sibling.
When he and his siblings returned to their home, their parents revealed a ‘gigantic’ cheque – they had won the lottery jackpot. Jayden said in a TikTok: ‘I remember not thinking much of it other than just the excitement my parents had. ‘At that age I had no understanding of money and how much that was going to change our life. ‘I remember we took two weeks off school to plan how we were going to do life – we didn’t know anyone who had any money so we had to figure it all out ourselves.’ Overnight, the family ‘went from being pretty decently poor to multi-millionaires.’ But some 10 years later, Jayden has revealed he felt guilty and ‘like an outcast’ in the years following his family’s miraculous lottery win. He said: ‘It had a big impact on us all, especially us kids. ‘You have this weird mentality of work and value of money. Winning the lottery makes it hard to feel like a normal person. Jayden’s friends used to come and visit his family’s home to see Santa at Christmas (Provider: Instagram/jaydenclark22) ‘For a long time I wanted to share my story, but then I would just feel embarrassed by it. ‘Very often we would feel out of place and like we’re not fitting in anywhere – that’s the truth. ‘At home I felt like an outcast, I felt guilty for having the money.’ The 22-year-old says it took a move to Los Angeles to start feeling ‘normal again
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