You know what? That's a great question, and yes, it was like that because people kept telling me that.
Did you have to almost get over your own- get out of your own way to realize you're not strong enough to deal with something like that? Did you have to get over that yourself? Looking at yourself in the mirror, I'm a big dude. You talk about how other people look at you and say, oh, he must be OK. So a kid from Mississippi, a Black man from Mississippi, looking like you look, right. And whether I meet somebody that's in the best mood or the worst mood, I still have to take their energy and transform it.
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My mother taught me how to love and give. I'm an energy person, and that's why I do so much. People, you know, good or bad, indifferent, I take energy from people. Talking to my mother, my supports, and what I found at the end, it was people. And that's what happened with me, and I had to find, I had to pray, I had to do so many different things. They can handle it until it builds up and then becomes a ticking time bomb. So you look at me, and you look at people of that stature, and you think they're OK. Especially the military or places of power, and I was a big guy. You know, I was fighting because of 9/11, because the things I asked for support, I ask for help, and back then, it was much more stigmatized. I was in an outpatient for another year, and I was fighting. I was in two inpatients for four to six months each. What has worked for you in your mental health journey battling depression, and what advice do you give? We talk about mental health here all the time. You've been very vocal in helping veterans, obviously. First, and secondly, you've done so much for destigmatizing mental health. You know I'm so- first of all, thank you for your service. We will call you whatever you tell us to call you, Chef. And so, I took it kind of personal and one day I actually told one of the bosses, call me Chef Tim. And when I became a chef, they still didn't want to call me chef. Right, I was a big guy, and I did a lot of things, and I was the hardest worker. And I noticed everybody was calling everybody chefs except for myself. I love cooking, and when I came into the chef world, culinary world, I didn't even know what it meant. It's because when I became a chef, I wasn't supposed to become a chef. And explain to me the title? Why did you go with that Call Me Chef Dammit? What do you eat? What's a cheat day for you? Saturday and Sunday, I take off, and I just eat.
And those arms, I mean, we had to pull out extra chairs for the arms. It comes out today, and here he is, all three of him. A Veteran's Journey from the Rural South to the White House. So much to Chef Rush's story, he is recounting it all in his new memoir Call Me Chef Dammit.
The man affectionately nicknamed Tiny now making a big impact. A little boy from the rural South who made it to the White House. His passion now promoting mental health awareness and using resilience and a positive attitude to help others thrive. Doing 2,222 push-ups every day to raise awareness for 22 veterans who, on average, die suicide every day. Gaining widespread attention advocating military service and suicide prevention. This former Master Sergeant spent 23 years in the Army, serving in Korea, Afghanistan, and Iraq and has built a reputation and a physique that has made him a staple in mainstream media. But it's not just his cuisine that grabs your attention. Rush served as a White House chef through the Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations and made quite a name for himself, serving up award-winning meals for some of DC's elite. But during their presidencies, it was Andre Rush who quite literally might have been the most powerful guy in the White House. NARRATOR: Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump. The answer is going to surprise you, and it's all going to make sense. Now, you think of who's the most powerful person in the White House.
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