“Sorry, I don’t mean to insult you, but did you know you look a bit like that actress Siobhán McSweeney?”
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I’ll never amount to anything. Who? He was my rival at dance school. It hurt and is something that I’ve always had in the back of my head to defy.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗
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Paul McKenna
British hypnotist and TV personality
“Oh, he’s all about money.” I’ve never charged anyone in all the years I’ve been doing one-to-one work. That’s my gift to the world.
A fellow artist called me a flaneur!
That I am a terrible actor.
More from Johannes Radebe
View profile →Lack of empathy and compassion.
I almost pulled out of my first solo tour because of impostor syndrome.
When my UK citizenship was approved. It’s taken me eight years and lots and lots of money. I was at home in South Africa when I received the news and my mum said, “I am so happy for you because this is your glitterball.”
In South Africa I washed cars, I danced in parking lots and shopping malls, and was a children’s entertainer.
Driven, authentic, resilient.
As someone who cared boldly about people, stood firmly for what he believed in and lifted others when they needed help.
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