On BBC Breakfast, I accidentally said “fuck” on air. My microphone had been turned on when I wasn’t in the room. It went out across the telly and they had to apologise.
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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On BBC Breakfast, I accidentally said “fuck” on air. My microphone had been turned on when I wasn’t in the room. It went out across the telly and they had to apologise.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 November 2020 source ↗
I wouldn’t marry anybody until I met Anna.
Through food, I’ve become more interested in the protection of soil, the way things are grown, and biodiversity. I’d have become a quantum physicist!
I’ve made a lot of mistakes, but if I could go back and fix the mistake, I wouldn’t be here.
The 12 years I spent in receivership. That was me being a dick. I lost the court case when I wanted to sack my management and had to pay them £120,000. I said, “I am not paying you, because I should have won.”
A poster for The Godfather, my favourite film, signed by Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and everyone. I got drunk at a children’s charity auction and started buying everything!
At the beginning of lockdown; it was just me and my new baby and my partner in the house. It was lovely.
For Good, from the bit in Wicked the Musical where the two witches go their separate ways. The lyrics are about people coming to your life for a reason, who might not stay very long, but there’s a reason they’ve played a part in your life. I well up thinking about it.
Some famous people. I am not giving you names.
I used to be an ear-piercing specialist when I was 16, and had to pierce babies’ ears. It was horrendous. I had to practise on my friends – several have misplaced piercings.
Falling off what we in Middlesbrough call a “tarzy”, a bungee rope. I was swinging on it, fell and broke my arm.
Bryn Terfel, Emma Bunton, Juliet Stevenson, Harry Redknapp, Katharine Hamnett, Tuppence Middleton
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