Life Uncut

Hey Lifers! Welcome to your weekend nom nom nom nom 🎙️

We kick things off with Keeshia finally receiving the long-awaited Santa sacks of Laura's hand-me-downs only to discover Laura accidentally donated a brand new alpaca shirt she never even wore. With the security tag still on it. 

A bloke went viral after using Claude AI to be his girlfriend's boyfriend for two weeks while she was in Bali — morning texts, good night messages, inside jokes, weather updates, the lot. He even coded in a jealousy function. 

Next, the "ghost lift" — the cosmetic procedure where surgeons are harvesting fat, skin and rib cartilage from cadavers to inject into the living. Bigger lips, chiselled jaws, breast augmentation. All from dead people.

PSA 📣 If you're in Australia, you can no longer register as an organ donor on your driver's licence — you now have to sign up separately at Donate Life 

Denmark has officially banned the cry-it-out sleep method, backed by 700 psychologists who say the neuroscience is clear. Laura shares what it was really like in the trenches with Lola, and we discuss what this means for exhausted parents everywhere.

Australia is revoking passports of parents who owe child support and an Aussie dad who went viral after being pulled aside by the AFP at the airport before his Bali holiday with his fiancée did not get the sympathy he was looking for. 

And finally, we came across a survey of a million women in their 30s asking what they miss about life before the internet. We get into phone use at dinner, always being contactable, the pressure to learn every AI tool before you get left behind, and why we all just want to be properly bored again.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 — Intro
• 6:36 — Man uses Claude AI to be his girlfriend's boyfriend for 2 weeks
• 13:06 — The "ghost lift": cadaver fat injections for cosmetic surgery
• 21:47 — Denmark bans the cry-it-out sleep method — backed by 700 psychologists
• 30:12 — Passports being revoked for unpaid child support 
• 38:30 —What do women in their 30s miss about life before the internet?

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Hey lifers!
Our guest Ask Uncut is BACK! Once a month (ish 😂) we bring in a special guest to help unpack your deep and burning questions, and this month's guest is the one and only Kayla Jade, also known as Blue Eyed Kayla Jade!

Kayla Jade is an OnlyFans star, porn creator, podcaster, entrepreneur, call girl, and now a debut author. With over 3 million followers across social media, Kayla Jade is one of the most fascinating, open, and honest voices talking about sex work today. She joins us in the studio to answer your deep and burning questions, but first... the pettiest hill she'll die on. 

Then we jump into your questions!

HE'S CHEATING AND I HAVE ALL THE EVIDENCE — NOW WHAT? I've been with my partner for almost five years. Long distance, great chemistry. Last weekend I found out he's been living a double life and I caught him via a hiking app. I went full NYPD and connected the evidence back two years. I know I'm the other woman. Do I go along with it, end it, or go nuclear and detonate his entire life?

MY EX STARTED GOING TO THE GYM AFTER WE BROKE UP AND I'M FURIOUS 
For four years I could not get this man to take a 20-minute walk. I suggested the gym approximately 100 times. He said he "just wasn't a gym person." He absolutely is a gym person. He was just not a gym person for me. Do I message him about it?

I'M THINKING ABOUT STARTING AN ONLYFANS BUT I'M SCARED
I'm 26, working as a DJ, and financially it just makes sense. The thing stopping me isn't the content itself it's what other people might think. My family are conservative, I grew up in a small town and I've moved somewhere that's still not a capital city. Any advice?

I LOVE MY KIDS BUT I MISS MYSELF
I have two kids and I love them more than I knew it was possible to love anything. But I genuinely grieve the person I was before I became a mum. How can you love something completely and still want to be the person you were before them? Does everyone feel like this?

You can find everything Kayla Jade including her book Call Girl Confidential here

⏱️ Timestamps

• 0:00 — Introducing Kayla Jade: OnlyFans star, porn creator, podcaster & debut author
• 1:35 — How Kayla got started: from small town to OnlyFans during Covid
• 3:40 — OnlyFans vs. full service sex work — which pays more?
• 6:30 — Being doxxed as a mum
• 9:35 — The biggest misconceptions about sex work
• 14:50 — Pettiest hill
• 16:00 — How sex work has affected Kayla's ability to trust and date
• 20:15 — Listener Q: Caught cheating via a hiking app
• 27:45 — Listener Q: My ex started going to the gym after we broke up
• 33:55 — Listener Q: Should I start an OnlyFans?
• 40:42 — Listener Q: I love my kids but I grieve who I was before becoming a mum
• 46:30 — All about Call Girl Confidential
  
  

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Hey Lifers! 

Keeshia is back from Bali. If you go on leave, do you want your work team to miss you? Surely we all come back and want to hear how much we are needed! 😂

Happy belated Mother’s Day! Did you celebrate with your own mum or the mother of your children? Nick Cannon most certainly let his thoughts around mother’s day known. We talk about the very online debate over whether Mother's Day belongs to grandmothers or the mums currently in the trenches. 

Then, petty exes. It started with a (fake) story about a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader who hired a marching band to follow her ex to work for nine days straight. We wish it was real. We read your best revenge stories!

60 Minutes Australia released a world exclusive this week called Michael Jackson’s “secret” second family break their silence. Tara Brown sat down with the Cascio family, Michael Jackson's so-called secret second family, who are now speaking out about what they say happened to them. With the Michael biopic breaking box office records, Leaving Neverland quietly pulled from HBO, and the estate worth an estimated $3 billion, we unpack why this conversation is so divisive. We talk about the question of whether a biopic co-produced by the subject's own estate can ever be an honest one.

⚠️ Content note: this episode includes discussion of child sexual abuse allegations.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
3:25 Nick Cannon's Mother's Day
7:10 The Mother's Day debate: is it about grandmothers or mums in the trenches?
13:03 Britt's spa getaway
20:20 The (fake) marching band revenge 
23:11 Your petty revenge stories: prawns, passports, seagulls and fingernails in the post
28:00 60 Minutes Michael Jackson world exclusive
29:42 Who are the Cascio family and what are they alleging?
31:34 The Michael biopic: box office juggernaut
41:20 What the Jackson estate is worth
43:54 Can you separate the art from the artist?
45:38 "It's just a money grab" — unpacking the Cascio family's allegations
50:52 The parasocial defence of Michael Jackson and what the Epstein files taught us

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Hey Lifers! Welcome to Ask Uncut - your deepest, darkest and most burning questions, answered. 

Today’s episode comes to you slightly compromised. Britt had a few drinks in Italy last night… their wedding photographer Cass arrived with his partner Sarah and, well, “when in Rome” turned into a few too many cocktails. She was up at 5:30am, giant glass of water in hand, ready to earn her bacon. She earned it!

Vibes for the week:

Britt: Raising Chelsea https://www.disneyplus.com/en-au/browse/entity-0b7ad228-5160-4dde-8a64-bd7c9e7f2ebf

Laura: A Bit Hippie Hair Repair Kit https://abithippy.com.au/collections/hair-treatments?srsltid=AfmBOooqgRYDlZikT0tq8IB2dgd3pHYKVp1-XPr4pGaPtN_VoUU1Nceb

Then we get into your questions!

MY PARTNER AND I ARE HAVING A BABY SOON

Won't ramble on about how he is a great partner otherwise I wouldn't have chosen him to be my person…The only problem we have is that like most young people these days we used to do cocaine, not a lot..just a few times a year. Mostly at special occasions with friends. Now in our 30's since we started trying for a baby I stopped drinking/drugs to give it our best chance to conceive. My partners use has become more and more regular in the past year, he will bender for a whole weekend once and month and spend $1000+. I thought he would have changed in this new season in our lives together. He tells me he will change when the baby comes. I think he should be supporting this new life now as it makes me really anxious for our future. We have been battling this for a year, constant fighting, I told him how it upsets me when he does it so often. I care about his health, his job, the wasted finances, a possible addiction etc. He tells me he won't change, it's not a big deal as he only does it once a month and it's not a daily/weekly thing and I'm a hypocrite because I used to do it. The last fight we had was really bad because he promised me we wouldn't anymore and then a few days later I caught him doing it. I was so upset | left and stayed with my parents for a few days.. he begged me to come back and that things would change, they haven't. We have been battling this for a year, constant fighting. I love him but it hurts me so much, it feels like he doesn't respect me at all. And the stress on top of being pregnant is not good for me. What should I do? Am I overreacting? Is it not that big of a deal? Do I wait and see if the baby will change him? Is this a dealbreaker? It doesn't feel that easy now as there will be a baby involved. Any advice would be great

TO MOVE OR NOT TO MOVE

My best friend got engaged last year, and recently we were talking about timelines for weddings. She basically said that if someone in your close circle (like a best friend or cousin) is engaged before you, it’s kind of “rude” to get married before them, like there’s an unspoken order you should follow. Apparently in her family/social circle, people wait their turn so no one “cuts in” with their wedding, and it’s caused actual fallouts when people didn’t follow that. I had literally NEVER heard of this and thought weddings were just whenever suits the couple? But now I’m second guessing myself. She spoke about waiting for her to have her moment before anyone else can have theirs. Personally, I don’t care about my “moment”, I just want to marry the love of my life when it suits us. Is there actually an unspoken etiquette around not getting married before friends who got engaged first? Or is this just a cultural/family-specific thing

MY FRIEND WON'T SET ME UP

I recently had a friend tell me that she was too busy to organise a set up with a guy whom she had suggested to me without organising. For context: I’m the only single friend in a group of 7 people. This has meant countless weddings, baby showers, first birthdays and general catch ups where I am attending on my own. My friends have struggled to understand the impact that this has on me and at 32, I find all of these interactions pretty hard. Recently my friend told me that a colleague potentially knew someone who they could set me up with, without me even asking for her to do this. When I tried to follow up 2 months later to casually see what the go is (after being ghosted by a guy I liked and having minimal support), she bluntly told me that she and her colleague had been too busy at work. I tried to say that it had been two months so was just curious and I got a list of why she had been too busy. I feel like as the single friend I am constantly turning up for everyone with minimal return; I’ve listened to this friend talk about her fertility struggles and her co-parenting struggles with her step child, and I also listen to her work stressors. I’m also working in a high pressure job as well as living on my own and carry the burden of this on my own with most friends too preoccupied with their partners and children to listen or let me debrief. Am I being overly sensitive or should I raise with her how it made me feel to shut me down and say she had been too busy to send a text

CAN YOU USE BINS

I was on a walk with my friend the other day and we grabbed a takeout coffee. To add context we were walking around our suburb and it was bin day. Once I finish my coffee, I put it in someone’s bin that was on the curb. Now this bin had already been collected so it was empty but I still put my coffee cup in it. She said that that is so rude and I shouldn’t have done that. I didn’t see an issue with it because it was a little coffee cup and it was a bit. What are your thoughts on this? Thank you.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

• 00:00 — Britt accidentally got drunk in Italy and is recording at 5:30am
• 03:56 — Vibes of the week
• 11:04 — Q1: My pregnant partner keeps going on cocaine benders - am I overreacting?
• 23:13 — Q2: Is there an unspoken rule about who gets to get married first?
• 31:54 — Q3: My friend promised to set me up months ago and still hasn't sent the text!
• 44:06 — Q4: Can you put your rubbish in a stranger's bin?

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Hey Lifers! Welcome to your weekend num num 🎙️

The Met Gala happened and we need to talk about the nipples. All the Kardashians coordinated sheer looks with visible nipples and Britt is calling it... this was a business decision, something Skims is coming. We also cover Kim's limo vlog, the Olympian who shot actual bubbles from her gown, Blake Lively showing up post-trial completely unbothered, and Zendaya quietly pulling the pin, which might be its own statement.

Then a Reddit thread where men explained why they didn’t propose or finally left. One had “one foot out the door for years.” Another said the sex was “dog shit” but he was “too emotionally weak to end it.” We get into fertility vampires and why “I didn’t want to hurt her” isn’t landing the way they think it is.

Next, a UK corporate worker who suspected her job might not be real and quietly did almost nothing for a year to test it. She sent a 15-minute task list on Monday mornings and a couple of emails to show she was online. No one noticed. She had to quit herself! We debate whether it’s actually her fault and how much work people are really doing anyway...

It's Sir David Attenborough100th Birthday!! We celebrate accordingly. 

And we close with Holly Butcher’s viral letter, written at 27 before she passed from cancer, urging us to whinge less and give more - her perspective on life is worth sitting with this Saturday morning.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 — Are we still doing the Met Gala? And why the vibe is shifting
03:17 — The nipples: coordinated, intentional, and probably a Skims launch
04:25 — Kim's behind-the-scenes vlog: late, lost her phone, can't move in the outfit
08:01 — Met Gala chaos, bubble dresses & who actually delivered
13:41 — The Reddit thread: why men didn't propose or finally left
20:29 — The woman who did nothing at her corporate job for a year and no one noticed
33:55 — Happy 100th birthday Sir David Attenborough
40:00 — Holly’s letter: a final reminder on how to live

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With everything that's come out recently about AI tools like Grok, online predators, and disturbing cases emerging from childcare centres, the question every parent is asking is ‘how do I actually keep my kids safe?’ It's a topic that feels bigger and more frightening by the day and one that parents constantly think about.

Today we're sitting down with Kristi McVee. Kristi McVee is a former Detective Senior Constable and Specialist Child Interviewer. After 10+ years investigating child sexual abuse, Kristi shifted her focus to prevention to give families the tools, language and the confidence to protect kids. She’s the author of Operation KidSafe: A Detective’s Guide to Child Abuse Prevention, a speaker, educator and the founder of CAPE-AU, where she teaches parents and educators how to talk about consent, spotting red flags, online dangers and building trusting conversations with kids.

Today’s conversation isn’t about scaremongering, it’s about learning real strategies and assessing both physical and online risks to keep our kids safe.

We chat:

• The sobering statistics every parent needs to know - 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 5 boys will be sexually abused before the age of 18
• The biggest myths surrounding child sexual abuse, including why "it won't happen to my family" is dangerous thinking
• Why nearly 50% of child sexual abuse is perpetrated by other children and what "harmful sexualised behaviours" actually means
• When and how to start body safety conversations with your kids 
• Why using correct anatomical language could one day be critical to a legal case
• The grooming red flags hiding in plain sight and why grooming looks a lot like nurture
• The difference between in-person grooming and online grooming, and why kids often don't even recognise what's happened to them
• The sleepover question
• How to assess the safety of your child's daycare or early childhood education centre
• Red flags in your child's behaviour that could signal something is wrong
• The importance of connection: why predators use your lack of connection with your kids against you

timestamps:

• 00:00 — Introducing Kristi McVee: former detective and specialist child interviewer
• 01:43 — Kristi's background: joining the police with a two-year-old and becoming a child abuse detective
• 04:11 — How do you come home to your own child after seeing this every day?
• 06:34 — The biggest myths about child sexual abuse 
• 08:26 — What age are children most at risk, and who is most often the perpetrator?
• 10:11 — Harmful sexualised behaviours between children: what parents need to know
• 13:09 — When to start body safety conversations 
• 16:22 — Should you use correct anatomy names with your kids? 
• 17:30 — Why are convictions so rare? 
• 20:21 — Red flags to watch for: grooming looks like nurture
• 22:03 — The "don't tell mum" problem and why secrets are a grooming tactic
• 23:22 — Online grooming vs in-person abuse: what's the difference?
• 25:16 — Has the social media age limit actually made a difference?
• 26:52 — What is Grok, why is it dangerous, and what can parents do?
• 28:41 — Should your kids go on sleepovers? A former detective's honest answer
• 31:23 — How do you explain to a six year old why they can't photograph their body?
• 36:00 — Behavioural red flags that could signal something is wrong
• 38:26 — The daycare safety crisis: how to assess risk and ask the right questions
• 41:23 — How often do offenders reoffend 
• 42:26 — How Kristi keeps going when the weight of this work feels impossible
• 43:26 — The single most important thing parents can do

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Hey Lifers!

Laura had a very unexpected visitor pop into her ToniMay store in Bondi - none other than Sydney Sweeney, who came in with her best friend and walked out with two bespoke solid gold pieces. The thing is, there had been zero press about Sydney being in Sydney (yes, really) - so did this little shopping trip and Laura’s socials accidentally out her location? 

Britt's update comes with a hot warning, and we mean that literally. During a lovely morning in bed with her husband in Italy, she managed to burn herself in a very unfortunate place with a very hot coffee. We’ll say no more…

And in other news: Laura's daughter Marlie-Mae has a new best friend. It's a snail. She's already been scoping out enclosures. We support this era.

We unpack all things The Devil Wears Prada. The iconic cast reunited to dish on fashion faux pas, and we took the opportunity to go deep on the trends we are absolutely not letting back through the door. 

And then there's Emily Blunt, who is copping serious backlash online after telling fans to quit their jobs and chase their creative dreams, even if it means making "no money." Easy to say when you're Emily Blunt? Or genuinely good advice? We get into it.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

• 00:01 - Sydney Sweeney walks into the ToniMay Bondi store!
• 7:50 - Britt's update: the great Italy coffee burn incident
• 13:19 - Marlie-Mae's new pet snail & the terrarium saga
• 20:22 - Devil Wears Prada 2 - the sequel, the cast, and the cultural shift in fashion
• 29:40 - Fashion faux pas: what we never want to see return 
• 36:00 - Emily Blunt's "just quit your job" advice - tone deaf or actually real talk?
• 51:42 - Suck & Sweet 

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Welcome back to ask uncut where we unpack your deep and burning questions.

Britt is officially Britally, coming to you live from Italy. Laura did a full wardrobe purge and has made peace with the fact that her sequined mini skirt era is over. Keeshia is the hand me down bin chicken.

Vibes of the week:
Laura - The Founder podcast — I Started a Jewelry Brand With $25K and the WRONG Business Model

Britt - Vietnamese iced coffee. Espresso shot over condensed milk 

Keeshia - Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know Podcast - Fighting The Crypto Cult with Ben McKenzie

Then we jump into your questions!

Q1: Two of my close friends have fallen out. I'm hosting a dinner party with Friend B this weekend. Friend A has a flair for drama and is asking who's coming. Do I tell her or withhold to avoid the fallout?

Q2: I introduced my work colleague to my friend's ex. I said he was a great guy and fully encouraged her. They've been together for five months. I have just found out the real reason the relationship ended — secret brothel visits, SA’ing her friend in a taxi, and inviting her friend into the shower. Do I now tell my colleague he’s different to who I thought he was?

Q3: I'm pregnant, my husband has a higher sex drive than me, and he keeps asking me for handjobs when I'm not in the mood. I find it really awkward. Am I being a bad partner?

Q4: My housemates chew with their mouths open. Loudly. I love them. How do I tell them without it being weird? 

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

• 00:00 — Britt is officially Britally 
• 01:04 — Laura did a full wardrobe purge
• 04:34 — Vibes of the week
• 13:45 — Q1: Do I tell my dramatic friend she's not invited to my dinner party?
• 24:53 — Q2: I vouched for him. Now I know more. Do I owe her the truth when I gave the character reference?
• 33:40 — Q3: My husband keeps asking for handjobs when I'm not in the mood — am I a bad partner?
• 42:19 — Q4: My housemates chew with their mouths open — how do I say something?
  
  

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Hey Lifers! Welcome to your weekend num num num num!
We chat:

• Kris Jenner has quietly pulled off the greatest momager flex of all time. 
• NASA had a problem. Astronauts were choosing the wrong size for their in-suit urine collection device (yes, the penis pee bag). 
• Younger men are actively choosing to date older women. Ben weighed in with his own answer that wasn't in the article!
• The millennial propaganda we all fell for
• And are 40 year olds aged out of coachella?

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

• 00:00 — Intro
• 01:53 — Kris Jenner's trifecta
• 05:55 — NASA's astronaut penis sizing crisis and the genius rebrand
• 12:33 — Why younger men are choosing to date older women
• 23:04 — The millennial propaganda 
• 32:12 — Is Coachella actually age-gated or is this about women specifically?

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Hey Lifers!

We have a very special guest in the studio today! It’s Sam Fischer. You might know him as the man behind This City, one of the most viral songs of the TikTok era. We know him as Britt's personal wedding singer. He wrote and recorded a surprise wedding song for Britt and Ben!

Sam is currently in Australia opening for Guy Sebastian on his national arena tour, and he's got a debut independent album on the way! We start with some industry chat where Sam explains how things work with music artists behind the scenes with record labels, pay, royalties and what it’s like to go independent!

Then we get into your questions!

MY MUM IS DATING SOMEONE I GENUINELY CANNOT STAND AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER I CAN FAKE IT
My parents divorced five years ago after my dad had an affair. It was devastating for our whole family but we got through it. My mum spent a couple of years on her own and she seemed like she was really finding herself again, which was beautiful to watch. About a year ago she started dating someone new and I really tried to like him, but there is something about him that just doesn't sit right with me. He's not outwardly awful, he's never been rude to me or my siblings, but he talks over her, he makes little digs disguised as jokes, and I've noticed she apologises a lot when he's around in a way she never used to. I've gently tried to bring it up once and she got really defensive and told me I just wasn't used to seeing her with someone new. Maybe she's right. Do I keep saying something or do I zip it and keep my opinions to myself?

I SLEPT WITH MY BEST FRIEND'S EX AND IT'S EATING ME ALIVE
My best friend and her ex broke up about two years ago. It wasn't a great relationship, he wasn't particularly good to her, and when they split she was upset but I think she knew deep down that it would be for the best. They've had zero contact since. A few months ago I ran into him at a party. We had been drinking and I guess one thing led to another. He ended up stumbling back to my apartment and we had sex. In the morning I kind of expected it to feel awkward and him to high tail it out of there but he didn’t. It felt weirdly comfortable and he stayed and hung out for a few hours. It's happened a few more times since and I think I might be starting to get the feels a bit. I haven't told my best friend and the longer I leave it the worse it gets. She's one of the most important people in my life. I genuinely don't think she has feelings for him anymore but I also know that doesn't necessarily mean she'll be okay with it. When is the right time to tell her and is there even a right way to do it?

PARTNER WANTS ME TO REMOVE UPPER LIP HAIR
What are your thoughts on your partner asking you to remove your upper lip hair. My partner asks me every month to remove my upper lip hair. It takes him about 2 weeks to notice it has grown back after I get it threaded off. If he wants it removed should he pay for it? Are our partners allowed to ask us to remove our facial/body hair?

IS IT TOO LATE TO START OVER?
I'm 34 and I have spent the last decade building a career in marketing that I genuinely do not care about. I took the job at 24 because I’d finished my degree, it paid pretty well and I didn't really know what else to do and then I just kept going because that's what you do. I've been promoted, I earn decent money but I dread Monday mornings with a consistency that I think at this point is probably worth paying attention to. What I actually want to do is work in film or TV probably in some type of production role. I've just never had the guts to try to get into it. The problem is every time I look at job listings or internship opportunities I'm looking at roles filled by 22 year olds and I feel like I'm already a decade behind. I know 34 isn't old. I know that intellectually. But it feels old when you're starting from scratch in a competitive industry and you've got a mortgage and a life that requires a certain income to function. I'm not even sure I'm asking for permission, I think I'm asking whether anyone has actually done this and whether it was worth the chaos it caused.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

• 00:00 — Welcome back Sam Fischer, Britt's personal wedding singer
• 05:16 — Leaving Sony after a global hit and going independent, new music and the debut album coming July
• 11:58 — Sam's petty hill: close talkers
• 13:41 — Q1: Mum is dating someone the family can't stand — do you say something?
• 21:35 — Q2: I slept with my best friend's ex and now I have feelings for him
• 30:47 — Q3: My partner keeps asking me to remove my upper lip hair — should he pay for it?
• 38:04 — Q4: I'm 34 and I hate my career — is it too late to start over in film and TV?
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