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He waited until the laughter faded before he spoke, his hands folded, his eyes reflecting years of pressure behind the easy smile. He said he was tired of pretending everything was always fine, that the cheerful forecasts had been hiding storms of his own. Health scares, fear, the weight of expectations, the loneliness that can follow even the most familiar face on television. The cameras kept rolling, but the show felt like it had stopped.
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