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alvin Harris would have love for me, having been born in the eighties, had he and I not got into a fight in 2009 over an interrupted live performance by Jedward. He probably won’t remember this, but in that former life, when I worked in television, Mr. Harris and I had a fracas backstage, which was followed by his removal from the studio grounds at Wembley owing to his stage trespass. So his 2007 ditty may mean I am the exception to the rule, but, nevertheless,

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