Ashley Jensen
Scottish actress and narrator
That my son is kind and he loves David Bowie.
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What is the worst job you have done?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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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.
To still be working.
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Iris Apfel
American interior designer and fashion icon
Lasting this long.
Strictly. I went into it thinking I would last two weeks!
Gloria Estefan
Cuban-American singer and songwriter
Being able to communicate with people all over the world through my music.
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Waitressing. I was so bad. I smashed things. I once mistakenly ordered a very expensive bottle of wine for a table. They thought they were ordering a very average bottle of wine, and I ordered them an £800 bottle and they drank it. I got the sack a few weeks later.
When I was young, I was pretty reckless – my 20s were quite hedonistic. I don’t know whether I’ve been close to death, but I may have been without realising.
Having no purpose.
A grandfather clock for my partner’s birthday.
Going through a divorce.
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