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My dear friend Katy. I’m sorry that I couldn’t stop you from making the most devastating decision. She committed suicide.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 April 2022 source ↗
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Clara Amfo
Broadcaster
I never said it out loud, but I had this “Why aren’t you like the other mums?” energy towards my mum. Now I am an adult, I am happy that she came here from Ghana and remained who she was, but for a long time I resented her.
Kelsey Grammer
American actor
My two middle children, Mason and Jude. They will know why.
Emily Mortimer
British actress
Our dog, Snowy. He’s a miniature poodle, and he’s needy and really irritating as a result.
My parents, because I rather slipped from their standards on more than one occasion. And when they got older, I wish I’d been kinder and more tolerant with them.
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That my parents and my siblings were so shocked and appalled by my changing my path, from university to deciding to be an actor, that they have never seen anything I’ve done.
I don’t have a happiest; I live in the now.
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