Adjoa Andoh: 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 Adjoa Andoh said elsewhere, not written here

My dad’s parents in Ghana, for not spending more time with them.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 September 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

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Stephanie Beacham

I think that’s a thesis.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2025 source ↗

Joe Wicks British fitness coach, television presenter and author

I would like to say sorry to my ex-girlfriend. I was with her for 10 years. I wish I’d treated her with more respect and been kinder at the end.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 May 2020 source ↗

Martin Sheen American actor

My son Ramón was the victim of my wrath at a particular time that still withers me with disgrace.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2017 source ↗

Brandi Carlile

To kids I bullied in school. I have apologised and I will continue to. To repay those things karmically, I will watch my kids’ hearts like a hawk for signs of hardening or any distortions of empathy that they might develop.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 November 2025 source ↗