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Fans feel they know me, so they want me to be on-the-spot funny, and it's hard to fulfil their expectations.

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Chris Lilley
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: November 10
Comedian
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Sydney
NSW
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Feels
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Fans
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I met Kim Kardashian in a nightclub once, and she was really nice. Kanye West was with her, but he didn't speak. He just looked at me.
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