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David Copperfield's "Lovingly Abusive" Childhood

Season 1 Episode 122
Aired on 07/15/2012 | CC
As a boy growing up in the suburbs of New York City, David Copperfield—formerly David Seth Kotkin—says he faced harsh discipline from his mother. Watch as he describes her "lovingly abusive" tactics and explains why she didn't want him to become a magician.

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