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What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
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Watching the news. Human life seemed pretty cheap in 2024.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2025 source ↗
I cry a lot. Especially on planes. What is that about? On a plane, I’ll be in floods at The Good Dinosaur.
At a function for the True Colors Fund, where formerly homeless gay and transgender kids were telling their stories. It was heartbreaking.
Over a YouTube clip about animals. "Laboratory animals see sunlight for the first time", or "elephant mourns his best friend the goat". I watch something like that every day and I'm always in pieces.
When I read the story of a blind, bisexual goose called Thomas who had died in New Zealand after a lifetime of love for a swan called Henry. It sounds ridiculous but is entirely true.
Whenever I’m swimming in the lido at London Fields.
I’d give my younger self the lessons I’ve learned over the years, sparing myself the need to figure everything out so publicly.
Whenever I walk past an ice-cream shop, I just can’t not buy an ice-cream.
When people are rude to their waiter.
My friend Josie Naughton, the co‑founder and CEO of the charity Choose Love, which supports refugees and displaced people. She left her job working for Coldplay to dedicate her life to this cause.
I’ve learned that true love shouldn’t be complicated. It’s the safety and freedom to be seen and celebrated for who you truly are.
Kelsey Grammer, Michelle Dockery, Ricky Gervais, Carlos Acosta, Fran Healy, Gary Numan
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