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This was before I did any stand-up, so it wasn’t because he’d recognised me. But every time a new song started, he’d look around at me as if to say, ‘Well, are you going to f**king sing or not?’ It became very uncomfortable and I felt obliged to join in. I was singing like a hostage. You could see the quiet terror in my eyes as he growled, “Sing up you tart.”

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