A friend and I were talking about eating disorders and he said: “Well, we never have to worry about you not eating.”
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It’s that bad, I’d never repeat it. I’ll just say it was particularly cruel and incredibly racist. It was somebody that I used to date, at the end of the relationship, and it hurt very deeply.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 December 2023 source ↗
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"You can't write."
A radio presenter said I had yellow teeth – to my face. When I was 45, a manager in LA said I was too old to work in Hollywood; and then she rang my agent and said, “Can you tell your client never to wear that perfume again because it made me feel sick.”
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Without naming names, some people I’ve put a lot of faith and trust and love into.
My stepmother died a few years ago but I didn’t make that last hour to have a conversation with her, so I’d like to say sorry for that.
As someone who tried, who had dignity, and stuck to what she believed in despite the storms.
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