James Norton: Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

Originally asked

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

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded James Norton said elsewhere, not written here

My 13-year-old self, for all the resentment.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 July 2022 source ↗

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Andi Oliver British cook, television and radio broadcaster, singer

To my brother, because when we were kids I didn’t understand his illness and it used to irritate me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 December 2021 source ↗

Adam Clayton

To all my ex-girlfriends because I never turned into the person I thought I was. And to Naomi Campbell, for not being ready to deal with my addictions.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2024 source ↗

Seann Walsh

I did say sorry to my mum, for being the way I was when I was a teenager. You become a parent and go, “Oh my God, this is what they were doing.”

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

George Takei

As a teenager I told my father, “You led us into the camp like sheep to slaughter.” I knew I had hurt him, this man that I loved so much. That’s haunted me all my life.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2019 source ↗