Fay Ripley
English actress, television presenter, cookbook author
Being judgmental – how dare they!
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
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Originally asked
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Mental cruelty.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
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An arbitrary contrarian.
Serially telling endless boring jokes and sexism and racism and homophobia (they often go together).
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I’ve always been frightened of the dark. I sometimes wonder whether it stems from being away filming from the age of five. I can remember being devastatingly homesick and having a little nightlight I used to look at to reassure myself things were all right.
The amazing women standing up against the Taliban.
When I was a teenager, I laughed at a joke I didn’t understand. Whoever told the joke turned to me and said, “What are you laughing at?” Of course I didn’t know and he obviously knew I didn’t know. It was excruciating.
If my children remember me as fondly as I remember my mum, that would be a treat.
The early family skiing holidays – before I’d broken an ankle and Gerald had torn a ligament – were just wonderful.
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