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Whats a random beauty thing you do? Wash my face? I hardly wear makeup, so probably the weird beauty thing I do is basically nothing. How did you make your first dollar? Working in a bakery Brumbys when I was 12. Wow, thats young was that even allowed? And how much did you earn an hour $5?! $5.60, thank you very much! But then I got my first gig on TV not long after that, so no more bakery for me. What trait of yours do you wish you could stop doing? Worrying. Ill worry about stuff thats probably not going to happen. It could be about people I love who are going through hard times or about when to get pregnant stupid things, well no, not stupid things. Is there anything you do to try to stop yourself from worrying? Yeah, totally. I love flower essences bush flower and bark flower essences. I make up potions, which are amazing. OK, this is a deep one If you were a shoe, what would you be? Wow. Shit man, thats pretty deep. Id be an old vintage 70s boot. What would you cook for your friends? A roast chicken with sage and lemon stuffing. And a big quinoa salad with roast beetroot and goats cheese. Whats your next tattoo going to be? Its going to involve pastel colours and possibly a
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