David Baddiel
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Over a YouTube clip about animals. "Laboratory animals see sunlight for the first time", or "elephant mourns his best friend the goat". I watch something like that every day and I'm always in pieces.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2014 source ↗
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Paul O'Grady
British comedian, actor and television presenter
When I watched a series called Pose. The hospital scenes took me right back to when we were going through the Aids years. It’s the same with It’s a Sin.
Oh when was the last time I didn’t?! I’m a crier. I cry. All the time.
Scott Mills
English radio DJ and television presenter
When I left Radio 1: full snotty sobbing on air.
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View profile →A dog. (I don't have one because we're back and forth over the Atlantic and it would be cruel to leave it.)
It’s hard to narrow it down, because I want them to have a bit of everything—humor, kindness, integrity, intelligence, tolerance (they need lots of that). But if I had to choose just one it would probably be loyalty.
Playing with a dog. And we’re both drunk.
I can't remember a time when I was happier than now, to be honest – though that's always been the case.
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