Tom Read Wilson's Parents Correct His Childhood Meeting Story

Tom Read Wilson's parents have publicly corrected his account of how they first met, a story he recounted on 8 Out Of 10 Cats. While Tom claimed his father, a teacher, met his mother when she was an 18-year-old pupil at his school, his parents state this is factually incorrect. They explained that his mother never attended Bradfield College, where his father taught, though she did grow up on its campus.

According to his parents, Juliette and Crispin Read Wilson, they did not meet until Juliette was 20 years old and attending college. They married in May 1986, with Tom being born later that same year in November. The original story shared by Tom suggested a significant age gap and a student-teacher dynamic which his parents have now clarified was not the case.

Tom's father taught English at Bradfield College, and his maternal grandfather also taught French there. Tom himself grew up in a house on the campus but was never a student. His parents have since separated, and his father has remarried.