Michael John Bergin (born March 18, 1969) is an American model and actor.
The fact is, my parents loved me, and I wanted to be worthy of their love. I wanted to make them proud.
Thank God for little miracles, right?
I wasn't even 20 at the time, but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man, a warm, funny, loving family man, and turn him into a loser and worse.
A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.
I guess that's what I was: a set of abs. And they lit the abs and shot the abs and sent the abs on their way. The photographer didn't look at my face once. I was humiliated.
I spent two weeks prancing around a studio in Queens in my underwear with nine other guys. They were long days. But what the hell, it was Calvin Klein.
I'd been around women who put me down, made me feel bad, or said things to fuel my insecurity.
My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.
By the time I was 8 years old, sports had pretty much taken over my life.
I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.
I wanted to grow up to be just like my father.
I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.
I didn't know a damn thing about style.