Our Parents Are Fockers ; Well, Wouldn't This Lot Make You Cringe?

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IT'S the hit movie that's chock-full of those excruciating moments where your parents show you up. In Meet The Fockers, Ben Stiller's character Gaylord spends much of the film cringing as his wacky sex therapist mum and hippie dad - played by Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman - disgrace him in front of his potential in- laws.

All right, it's only Hollywood make-believe. But if we're honest, our real-life parents can be just as embarrassing. If you doubt it, listen to these four red-faced sons and daughters who can really relate to the film after going through years of shame, courtesy of Mum and Dad.

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Our Parents Are Fockers ; Well, Wouldn't This Lot Make You Cringe?

MY DAD IS A CLOWN

I never let boys see him

DOMINIC Theron, 42, is a loving dad, but his alter ego Poppy The Clown was the bane of his daughter's life.

Tessa, 17, from Waltham Abbey, Essex, didn't want to stand out from the crowd at school. But that's not easy when your dad earns his living wearing silly clothe...

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