Lil Nas X
American rapper
I feel like it’s always what I’m about to do.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Getting the job on Strictly at the age of 56.
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Ruth Jones
Welsh actress, producer, and writer
I ran 10k once. I’ve got a medal.
Mark Gatiss
British actor and writer
Sherlock being such a worldwide phenomenon.
Billy Porter
American actor and singer
Holding on to my sanity.
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In my dreams: I’ll feel as if I am falling towards a white light and then suddenly I wake up.
When I found out that I was having my baby. They told me I was having a little girl and I named it Elizabeth. Then, when the baby was born it was my beautiful boy, Mark.
People close to me throwing me under a bus for a crust.
We’ve Only Just Begun by The Carpenters.
Dancing was in my bones from when I started ballet at two.
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