A little more tea
Growing Up as Sammy the Bull’s Daughter
Karen Gravano
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"Do you know who I am?" was not Karen’s approach. Karen Gravano tells Ellie that her father kept the family humble at home. She remembers trying to slip into clubs without people recognising the family connection. What surprised you about her childhood story?
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It's like how Like you're the daughter of Sammy the Bull allegedly you know involved in 19 murders uh the underboss for John Gotti the Gambino family What is it like being the daughter of Sammy the Bull like growing up and even today So it it's kind of like a twisted story I mean growing up like one thing I will say about my father was that lifestyle didn't come in our home Like he kept us very humble I never walked around like "Do you know who I am?" Mm It was more like we tried to sneak around 'cause m- we would when we were kids we would like sneak out of the house and go to clubs and he would know the people so we would try to pretend that we weren't related- Yeah to these men Uh my father wasn't who he was But um- Yeah what business did he say that he was in then Construction Oh Most mob guys are in construction They yeah they- Which he he was
