Minnie Driver: Which moment embarrassed you most?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Recorded Minnie Driver said elsewhere, not written here

When I was starting out, in the early 90s, I had to fake an orgasm in a room full of male ad execs at an audition for a chocolate bar ad. It was grim.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 February 2023 source ↗

Others on this question

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Kathy Lette Australian-British author

Bumping into my male boss at a nudist beach.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗

Tom Allen British comedian

I did a corporate gig early in my career, and they opened the buffet in the middle of my set and everybody left.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 November 2023 source ↗

Pauline McLynn Irish character actress and author

Eight or nine years ago, I disgraced myself in the Japanese ambassador’s home in Dublin, at a celebration for my late mother-in-law’s book about living in Japan. Afterwards, when I had to apologise, she told me it was the worst night of her life and, because I was drunk enough not to remember the details, it will never not be the most embarrassing night of my life. People are filling in details even now – “Remember when you fell under the table during the first course?”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2023 source ↗

Sally Lindsay