The Real Network The Gareth Cliff Show

Bearded ladies & boring Oscars

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10.02.20 Pt 2 - The back of the throat can build a singing career. It’s raining in Australia, good or bad? Puppy farms in Australia are now illegal. How come we are so fascinated with women who have beards? Shouting “I have coronavirus!" on an aeroplane is not a cool thing to do, especially on a plane headed to a Jamaican holiday. Phillip Schofield has come out as gay. Siya has an old man moment. The Oscars are dead, long live Ricky Gervais! Loyiso Bala joins us as we meet another great mind from Henley Business School.
10 Feb 2020 12AM English Explicit South Africa Society & Culture · News

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