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Status anxiety

Would I have broken my neck for a bit of TV fame?

I said yes to The Jump, in which seven contestants have already injured themselves. But they never called back

13 February 2016

9:00 AM

13 February 2016

9:00 AM

Not long ago I was asked if I wanted to participate in a Channel 4 reality show called The Jump. Rather embarrassingly, I’d never seen it, but my agent’s description of it sounded quite appealing. A bunch of micro-celebrities are taught a variety of winter sports, including skeleton, bobsleigh, speed skating, giant slalom and ski jumping.

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Toby Young is associate editor of The Spectator.

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