Gemma Whelan
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To my husband for all the huffing and puffing.
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My housemate, because I keep shrinking his jumpers in the wash.
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Louis Theroux
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To everyone who has been out with me and had to deal with my lack of emotional maturity.
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To a girl we were mean to in first grade.
Cat Deeley
English television presenter
To anyone I have lost touch with. It happened purely by accident as life took over.
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View profile →So many things. Every headline in the newspaper, global warming … the list goes on.
When I was 17, my friends and I threw a fashion show for a breast cancer charity. Breast cancer is something my mum went through when I was 14, so prevention is very close to my heart. Our singer, who was performing during the fashion show, dropped out at the last minute so I had to step in. It’s on video, and my sister always brings it up.
Every time I go on a plane I feel awful about it. So for me, and everyone in the world, being able to board an electric plane would be really cool.
The last time I really sobbed was watching Daniel Radcliffe’s documentary about his stuntman on the Harry Potter movies [David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived].
When you’re younger you confuse love with chaos and passion and, as I’ve gotten older, I realise that love is the opposite: it’s peace and it feels safe, like home.
Working as a waitress in a cocktail bar in Shoreditch, London.
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