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"text": "19 February 2006 Sunday People - EXCLUSIVE: ON ME WEB CAM, SON!\nJust like Leslie Grantham who also slagged off his costars, Forgeham blasted Zoe as \"egotistical\" and said she was \"full of herself...and up her own ass\""
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