When I was growing up, I was obviously gay, and I got heckled every day of my life. The only way I knew how to survive was to make people laugh. If I could make them laugh, I wouldn't get hung in a locker for two hours. That's a blessing.

I was into Barbie and designer jeans.

Challenge yourself, jump off the deep end and learn to swim.

You don’t have to be perfect to be pretty.

Humour ended up being a really useful skill when it came time to be an international television celebrity.

Compare yourself to yourself and say, 'How can I be better? How can I be the real me?'

When I was growing up, I was obviously gay, and I got heckled every day of my life. The only way I knew how to survive was to make people laugh. If I could make them laugh, I wouldn't get hung in a locker for two hours. That's a blessing.