She rolls her eyes. ‘Look. I adore you. I do. You know I do. And so when I say this, I mean it with all the love in the world, and I’m saying it to help, not hurt.’

‘Why do I get the feeling you’re kissing my forehead right before you skewer me with a sword?’

‘It’s the trying, Duke. You try so hard to make a relationship what you think it should be in your head that you don’t let it unfold as what it actually is, and that’s why it never properly feels real.’

He was right: that feels like a sword to his heart.

‘I am who I am, Daphne,’ he tells her. ‘I’m a trier.’

‘Absolutely.’ Daphne nods. ‘I just mean … be who you are and trust that that’s enough.’

He looks at her. That’s just it, isn’t it? The thing he talks about in those sessions he pays hundreds – thousands! – of pounds for. Being enough. Feeling enough.

‘My therapist says nobody will see past my celebrity to the real me until I start to accept the real me and stop hiding behind my status,’ Duke says. ‘Which is embarrassing, because it’s a bit like complaining my mattress is stuffed with too much money, isn’t it?’

‘No,’ Daphne says emphatically. ‘This business is screwed up. Everyone thinks they know us, but when we let people in, we get screwed over. And then when we keep our circles tight, we get accused of being aloof and stuck up. It’s mad. I want you to know, though, that you are enough, and the man I’ve seen at 6 a.m. making scrambled eggs in the kitchen and singing into his toothbrush before bed, he’s remarkable. And my Christmas wish for you is that you get to see that. You’re a good actor, pal – but you’re an even better human.’

When they’ve said goodbye for the evening, Duke tells his driver he’ll walk to the hotel. It’s almost midnight, so the market is closing up and the crowds are non-existent. He’ll be fine, getting some fresh air. It’s not exactly dangerous in a tiny town in the middle of Bavaria. He just wants to feel normal. With his hat on and hood up, he should be okay. The trick is not to make eye contact with strangers – keep looking down; that’s what Owen Wilson taught him.