A Quote by Bradley Wiggins
Part of me worries about upsetting people, because we all have perceptions about Olympic champions.
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I think people hate me pretty much across the board, which is nice. I mean, it's a pretty evenhanded loathing among a certain amount of the critical population, which used to be about 80 percent. So now I've gotten to the point where I just don't worry about it that much. It used to be very upsetting, now it's only mildly upsetting.
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There's always going to be a part of me that worries about not looking as slim as other actresses.
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