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My former bullies pay extra to come backstage and meet me after shows, and I pretend not to know them in front of their friends. It is the most divine pleasure to exact the revenge of the brutalized child that resides within.

Margaret Cho

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Margaret Cho
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: December 5
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