What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?

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I don't think you should do the serious stuff, you're not cut out for it.

Tim Lewis, Observer New Review Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2013 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.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 January 2023 source ↗
Maya Jama British television and radio presenter
That I wouldn’t be successful. Joke’s on them, I guess.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2023 source ↗
Adam Lambert American singer
“You’re never going to make it.” It was some guy I was dating. I had the last laugh.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 February 2023 source ↗
There’s a tweet somewhere saying, “If you like Africa so much, why don’t you go back there.” It was because I dedicated one of my dances to my three mothers – Mother Africa, Mother Nature and my mother.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗

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