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When the babies were born, in March 2017.
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Isla Fisher
Australian actress
When I heard the referendum result.
Mathew Horne
English actor
Yesterday, because grief creeps up on you.
Jonnie Peacock
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I welled up a little when I was voted off Strictly.
Emily Mortimer
British actress
Yesterday, at my stepsister’s funeral. She was 78, an actor, and died of cancer.
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View profile →I don’t know, because I spend like a man with three arms. I am always spending on clothes; I like to have things made.
As a wonderful husband and a great father, and somebody who inspired others to pursue their own dreams, like Fred Astaire inspired me.
I was a door-to-door carpet-cleaning salesman. I thought my life was going to end, so I binned that after a day.
Convincing my wife to marry me and have children with me.
Not doing as well as I’d hoped in dancing competitions. I was massively competitive and massively disappointed most of the time. It’s the same now.
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