Oti Mabuse
South African dancer
Too much energy.
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What is the worst job you have done?
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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When were you happiest?
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Threat of nuclear war, Iran/US situation, Syria, everything. I take sleeping pills.
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A hydrogen-powered private jet for me and my dog. We’d be zero carbon dioxide emissions, so could go anywhere we liked.
To my parents, for being such a bitch.
Camping with my parents in the south of France. We went every year with the beautiful bell tent they made on a sewing machine. We even had a lavatory tent which was fabulous except, one day, it blew away with my father in it.
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