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I think the media are so hypocritical a lot of the time in the way they chastise something just so that they can print it again.

Lily Cole

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Lily Cole
Age: 36
Born: 1987
Born: December 27
Actor
Film Actor
Model
Stage Actor
Lily Luahana Cole
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