{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Jay Mewes on "Deadshot: Beginnings" || Books That Changed My Life","description":"Jay Mewes \u2014 actor, comedian, and one half of the iconic Jay & Silent Bob \u2014 sits down with Chris Collins to talk about the book that changed his life: Deadshot Beginnings by Kim Yale and John Ostrander. At 12, Jay unknowingly delivered drugs to an undercover cop. He bounced between his grandma, strangers, and an aunt \u2014 rarely the same house two years in a row. Comics weren't just entertainment. They were survival. In this episode, Jay opens up about things he's never said publicly \u2014 including finding out who his father was at 51. In this episode: How Jay accidentally sold drugs to an undercover cop at age 12 \u2014 and what happened next The first time he's ever talked publicly about finding his biological father at age 51 (he grew up 20 minutes away) Why Deadshot and Vigilante \u2014 two characters who slaughter drug dealers \u2014 gave a kid who hated heroin something to hold onto  How Kevin Smith went from handing Jay comics at a community center to casting him in Clerks The candle-fire, bucket-of-piss moment that finally made Jay get sober Why you can't save someone who doesn't want to be saved \u2014 and how he learned that the hard way with his mom, his sister, and himself What it looks like to finally become the parent you never had Jay's new show: Five Things with Jay Mewes \u2014 catch him in Murdoch Mysteries Season 20 as Slippery Bill Watson. #booksthatchangedmylife #books #library #bookrecs #bookreport #interview #podcast #chrisbulldogcollins \ud83d\udea8 Grab the coolest book & library tees, socks, hoodies & more! https:\/\/booksthatchangedmylife.org\/collections\/all ","author_name":"Books That Changed My Life","author_url":"https:\/\/www.booksthatchangedmylife.org","html":"