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Once, I was MC at a Christmas gig in Romford and a woman threw a dildo at my face.
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Bradley Wiggins
British former professional road and track racing cyclist
I’ve never had a job.
Gemma Chan
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When I was a teenager I worked as a lifeguard, and one of our duties was to clean the showers. It essentially involved cleaning people’s pubes from the drain.
Chaka Khan
American singer
When Rufus first came out, it was all white guys and myself, but then the band changed and Tony Maiden, Bobby Watson and Andre Fischer came in. This guy booked us for a gig in Illinois, based on our original album cover, and when we got there he said that there were too many black people in the band. He actually put some white guys on the stage with us.
Working in McDonald’s when I was 16. It was about 90p an hour. Because I was always late, they made me “trash walk” the length of Kentish Town high street and pick up the McDonald’s rubbish.
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Like you have nothing to prove.
Seeing Bob Dylan live.
I would just like to be remembered.
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