Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗
The loss of physical, financial, and psychological independence.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2005 source ↗
Heights, something happening to my children and Manchester United getting good again (I’m a Man City fan).
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗
Endless vomiting. That comes from my emetophobia, which is a huge part of my OCD.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2026 source ↗
Heights. For Children in Need, I had to abseil off the Orbit in the Olympic Park. It was the most terrifying thing I’ve done.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 October 2022 source ↗
Tricking my dad into doing naked yoga.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗
All of my hairstyles from the age of 16 to 25.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗
Don’t make jokes at the expense of Little Mix. They have an ardent fanbase.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗
I was bumped as a guest on The Justin Lee Collins show for Bianca from EastEnders.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗
“You look like a fat Jack Whitehall.”
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗
Mainly my devil dog.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗
Ai Weiwei, Alan Arkin, Alfred Molina, Alison Steadman, Allison Janney, Ally McCoist
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