Gavin Rossdale
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I’ve been doing pilates for 25 years and I swear by it. I decided to kit out a room with pilates equipment – and I think it’s the most expensive thing I’ve invested in.
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A BMW 6 series convertible. It was smashing.
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A walk-on part for my mum in Les Misérables. It was in a charity auction. She always dreamed of being in a West End show.
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A saxophone for £8,000.
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To stay in the moment and live each day to the maximum. You never know when it’s going to be taken away.
I wouldn’t take back the drugs, but there are a few boyfriends that I’d edit out of my life.
“You sing like a goat.” When I did my French album [Voila], this French woman – a supposed friend – said to my face: “It’s fantastic but, how come you sound like a chèvre?” It was like someone had hit me in the stomach.
On stage in Tasmania, I tripped over a floor monitor and landed on my back like a turtle, kicking my legs in the air trying to get back on my feet in front of about 5,000 people. But when I got on my feet, the whole crowd roared in triumph.
Pamela Anderson, because I love her strength and honesty and vulnerability at the same time.
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