matthew scheidt sr. picture with his son, the future fabulist. >> no one has a perfect childhood. we all, we've all had probably rough patches. >> reporter: but some patches are rougher than others. matthew sr. separated from mother kelly when their son was five. for years, this rickety trailer was what matthew jr. reluctantly called home. >> every time i'd go to the, walk to the bus, you know, i'd make up these little fibs to the kids that i was in school with that, oh no, i don't live there. that's just grandma's house. i live in a nice house across the street. >> reporter: so, you were from the trailer park, but you didn't want anybody to think that you were from the trailer park? >> yeah, yeah. and that was, that was a secret that i even kept, you know, every single day. >> reporter: kelly struggled with drug addiction. matthew's childhood memory seared by the night he witnessed her arrest. >> i end up seeing her car actually pull in, and behind her car there was three, four, five other suvs and othe