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There are lots of people who believe that caricature of me the tabloids created, so they think they don't like me.

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Jo Brand
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 3
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Josephine Grace Brand
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One thing Christians do have in common is that they can't help coming across as smug.
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I'd love to live in Kent but it's all a question of work.
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