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26 February, 2012
Reporter: Alex Cullen
Producer: Rebecca LeTourneau

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Henry Winkler played the coolest guy on television. The Fonz was America’s most popular bachelor, but behind the smooth character, Winkler was battling a big secret – he was barely able to read his own Happy Days scripts.

"They said that I was stupid, that I was lazy. I don't know how I got through. I can't spell, I can't write. I can't read," he says.

His talent for improvising on set hid his dyslexia from his co-stars, but now Winkler has turned author, speaking publically about the pain and humiliation of hiding his condition.

"I never thought that I could write a book in my whole life," he says.

But, he has written 18 children’s books and received an OBE from the Queen – and in this interview with Alex Cullen, reveals how his books are not only helping other kids, but helping him deal with his past.