My penchant for having just one too many.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 July 2025 source ↗
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
How little confidence I had in my late teens and early 20s.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗
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Beverley Knight
Singer and stage actor
Some of the neuroses of my 20s. I knew I had a great talent, but I thought it was unmarketable because I felt ugly.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 July 2022 source ↗
David Hasselhoff
American actor, singer, and television personality
My drinking habits.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗
Kelsey Grammer
American actor
My sister’s death – I would love to meet her kids. [Karen Grammer was 18 when she was abducted, raped and murdered.]
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2016 source ↗
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Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗
As someone who tried to keep learning, and wanted to help.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗
Anybody who invests the lion’s share of their time in helping others.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗
I bought all my siblings signet rings and pendants with my family crest on. There are a lot of us.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗
Have you seen my documentaries?
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗
Jump Around by House Of Pain, and Pull Up To The Bumper by Grace Jones: stuff people could dance to.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗
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