Mary Berry
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I had a little weep with joy 11 years ago when Thomas and Sarah had their IVF twins, safe and sound and perfect.
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When I left Radio 1: full snotty sobbing on air.
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Bryan Adams
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When I see videos of animal cruelty.
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When I think of my mother. After my father left, she became an alcoholic and wallowed in resentment.
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Really? We have to keep bringing up the Nobel debacle?
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I went on a private jet with David Hasselhoff, and it was so turbulent between LA and Vegas I thought it was going down. I also thought: “The headline won’t be about me; it will be: David Hasselhoff and friend.”
Katy Perry. I hired a Russell Brand lookalike as a joke for the radio, and she thought it was actually him. When she realised it wasn’t, she burst into tears. She was still married to him, but I didn’t take into account that there were things going on that we didn’t know.
Now. I’ve moved to Hertfordshire after 25 years in London, got a fiancee and a dog, so everything has fallen into place.
Heights. For Children in Need, I had to abseil off the Orbit in the Olympic Park. It was the most terrifying thing I’ve done.
Still biting my nails.
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