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Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
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Thirty-odd years ago I bought a black pinstripe suit which I thought was £900. But when I went to pay that was just the jacket – the trousers and waistcoat were extra. I didn’t have the balls to put anything back. I dread to think how much it cost me in the end.
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A walk-on part for my mum in Les Misérables. It was in a charity auction. She always dreamed of being in a West End show.
Holidays. In the Spice Girls, we found ourselves with quite a few quid, so it was lovely to hire a big house in the Caribbean and have friends and family over.
A Rolex, after London 2012.
I once bought the most expensive moisturiser in the shop and it brought me out in spots. Lesson learned.
When you jump out of addiction and look back, things like drink-driving and sitting in crack houses are not good.
Walsall fans. I wanted to be a good manager but I was really bad with drink and gambling at the time. I should have done better.
For me, love is working through things when it’s not going well.
On holiday in Orlando with my wife, Kate, and kids just before lockdown. I wasn’t drinking or gambling. I was so happy, so at peace with myself – I’d been searching for that for many a year.
Going back to addiction.
That materialistic things will not make you happy.
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