Russell Howard
British comedian and presenter
I wouldn’t lose my virginity at an army camp and then roll over on to an ants’ nest.
If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I was a very lazy child, but I think I’ve made up for it by being a workaholic. I might push some of the work back to my childhood.
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Bill Bailey
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A bilious green suit springs to mind.
Dermot O'Leary
British-Irish television presenter
I had my heart broken a lot in my teens, but I'm not sure I'd change it.
I wouldn’t change anything. When I was 29, my first husband died, so I learned a new way of thinking about life, which is: there are many things that you can’t control.
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A Day In The Life by the Beatles.
Alan Bennett, because he has been such a huge influence on me.
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