It's nothing to do with bettering himself AL, more creit to him for doing tat, I totally applaud that, it's the faux suffering and experience that is nauseating. He described Stevenage as a 'slum', it's the original Ali G ' I is from the ghetto' bull. No mate you're not and it's insulting to people who are that you imply you had the same issues and travails as some kid from Detroit who WAS born in a ghetto and fought their way out.
I'm happy he's rich and successful, great, go him, but he doesn't need to denigrate his hometown and it's inhabitants when clearly Stevenage is some people's idea of rural heaven, it's most certainly not a 'slum'.
He's being Westwood all the way, the idiot.