Rylan Clark-Neal
English media personality
To the British public for my time on X Factor.
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Anyone I slept with before the age of 27, because I was a selfish, cold-ass bitch.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2020 source ↗
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John Waters
American filmmaker
To my teachers in high school - that I didn't punch them in the mouth for discouraging all my interests.
My kids. I think if you don’t want to say sorry to your kids you’ve been an appalling parent.
Rick Astley
Singer, songwriter and radio presenter
My wife, because she manages me and sometimes there isn’t time for niceties and we have to talk in a language that isn’t very marriage-like.
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Heady, dizzying, magical. Time stops.
Scarlet fever, 1962. Hypothermia, 1974. Lightning strike, 1986.
Deciding what I wanted to do at 15 and, against all odds, doing it.
A page from Jim Morrison’s final notebook – I bought it as a birthday gift for a friend.
Archaeologist, pop star, store cashier.
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