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Gordon, if you had to pick just one person from your life who's really been there for you,

who would come to mind.

Well, there's only one obvious answer to that, isn't it?

In the last three years in particular, Martin Comston,

I've been riding on the coattails of your success on this podcast, but actually, away from all this carry on, you've been a proper friend. You're there on the phone, regardless of what time,

if ever I need to speak to somebody and I'm having a ruffled ride of it, you are always there,

regardless of what you're doing, what you're filming, you know, whether it's a straight to the bottom of the bargain basement bin DVD or a prime time TV show, you'll always pick up

the phone. So, Martin, thank you very much for being there for me.

Mate, that genuinely means a lot. How about you? Well, mate, I actually talked all about that

on the cover story series with Aviva, where I spoke about my mum, you know, and I think it's such an important relationship,

you know, and I think my mum has moulded me into the person I am, but there is one lovely

moment in there where I was asked what was the one element of my personality I would ensure.

And this was something you always told me was one of the best things I had, and it's my mischief.

And I always thought that would be something that people would want to knock out of me, but you always encouraged me to bring that side out of me.

So that was lovely when somebody else spotted that in something that you've always tried to bring out the best of me, mate.

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