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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I only ever wanted to be Barbra Streisand. I probably still do.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 December 2020 source ↗
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Robert Bathurst
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Wimbledon champion. I won the title frequently when playing against a pebbledash wall at home in Ireland.
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A stuntman. Evel Knievel was an icon.
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A nurse, because my grandmother was a midwife. I was named after her but never got to meet her.
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The failed attempt at a home perm on myself in the 80s. I wanted to look like Kelly McGillis in Top Gun.
Being mum to my awesome children, Woody and Nelly. They make my day, every day. I do joke with them that I’m happy to pay for the therapy they’ll inevitably need in later years due to my terrible parenting.
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As Naughty Grandma – you know, the one who is always causing mischief at Christmas.
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