Clare Stephens

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4,507 appearances 20 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 3 Jul

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And I kind of love the commitment to obscurity, which they may or may not go back on.

Yeah, they might just be having a break.

Yeah, and there's a lot that's been written.

There are experts who have commented on, like, what they'll need to do to build back the goodwill if they come back.

And I'm like, oh, God, this is ridiculous.

But what I find interesting is that I would have thought that

as you say, Holly, that more people would do this and it seems that they don't because there is something addictive about the nature of fame.

Like there is something... Definitely.

There are so many people who are like, I can't do this, I'm stepping back, and then they can't commit to it.

want to lie down.

And the question of how much money a person actually needs, the thing that sparked this was a TikTok on the Mamma Mia account by Liv James.

And she, so she talked about Garbo syndrome, she talked about Zoella, and she also talked about Dave Chappelle.

And in 2006, he turned down $50 million from Comedy Central to continue doing the Chappelle show.

He moved to South Africa and he faded into obscurity for a decade.

He ended up coming back and doing his stand-up.

It's interesting.

And he said after that, I think it was after that,

that you can't become unfamous.

The only choice is if you become infamous.

And I thought that was really interesting.

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