United Kingdom, Aug. 8 -- Billy Porter relived traumatic childhood memories whilst writing his new children's book.

The 55-year-old star admits that he initially planned to make an encounter with bullies during his schooldays the subject of his new book Songbird in the Light but backtracked as he realised it wouldn't be suitable for the target audience.

Billy told People: "My original version of this book was called Rockhead Bill because when I was a kid, for a couple of years, my head grew larger than my body, and I got made fun of a lot.

"There was a lot of trauma in my childhood, and so when I tried to sit down and start writing... the inciting incident is somebody throwing a rock at my head. Kids can be the worst."

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