Ricky Wilson
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I might have carried on doing The Voice.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Nothing. Tony Benn, one of my favourite politicians, said, “I don’t care where you’ve been, I care where you’re going.”
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Helen George
English actress
Going through a divorce.
Julie Hesmondhalgh
English actress and narrator
Every time I got drunk and out of order. Especially in my teens and 20s.
Dermot O'Leary
British-Irish television presenter
I had my heart broken a lot in my teens, but I'm not sure I'd change it.
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Doomscrolling on my phone.
I wanted to be in the WWF – the wrestling one, not the wildlife one.
Being misrepresented by a Sun journalist 12 years ago.
Chlöe Swarbrick who is co-leader of the New Zealand Greens. She’s demonstrating the bold leadership that I look to do every single day.
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