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When my son Jason King Derulo was born.
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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Every time one of my kids was born and I knew that they were healthy.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 January 2016 source ↗
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