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" In west London where I live, white people are a minority. In the area I am in, which is the borough of Brent, whites are less than 50%. "

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" I just follow the subjects I'm interested in. "

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" I've always enjoyed painting, but I went to teach in schools in Zimbabwe instead. "

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" I didn't think, 'I'd really like to work in TV; maybe I could carve out a niche where I talk to people who are somehow involved in marginal or difficult lifestyles... ' It was something I gravitated to very naturally as a subject area, almost instinctively, and somehow turned into a TV career without meaning to. "

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" After studying the subject for years, watching countless YouTube videos of Scientology handlers filming critics and journalists, it felt amazing to be on the receiving end myself: I felt like I'd been blooded. "

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