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That I wouldn’t be successful. Joke’s on them, I guess.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2023 source ↗
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What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you?Originally asked
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On X, I am regularly called a traitor, a fraud, a grifter, a weakling, a narcissist, a coward and a child molester.
In an audition at the Royal Court, this man called out, “Were you trained?”
I love you but I hate your lifestyle.
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