Karamo Brown
American television host, personality and actor
I cried this morning watching RuPaul’s Drag Race. I love seeing queens overcome challenges.
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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Watching Long Lost Family on telly.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2023 source ↗
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Handing out leaflets for a European coach trip wearing just lederhosen, in February and March in Surrey. It was freezing, and I got fired.
My first summer working, in 1984. I’d come out of drama school, I’d landed a job that got me an Equity card doing Godspell in Aberystwyth – and it was just unmitigated joy.
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I am pretty proud of having got Aspects of Love back into the West End.
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