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Tina Campbell

Michael Barrymore ‘busiest and happiest’ he has ever been after surprise resurgence as a TikTok star

Michael Barrymore has opened up about finding fame again as a TikTok star and theatre director, declaring he is the “busiest and happiest I’ve ever been”.

Barrymore, 71, was once one of the UK’s biggest stars, but his decades-long career came to an abrupt end in 2001 after 31-year-old Stuart Lubbock was found dead in Barrymore’s swimming pool after a party at his Essex home.

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