Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

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Recorded Sara Pascoe said elsewhere, not written here
I didn’t learn to be intimate with people until I was in my 20s, so I was a very bad friend in my teens. There was a girl I was best friends with at college; I always used to kiss the boys she liked. I’d like to apologise to her.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 July 2018 source ↗

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Heidi Klum German-American model and TV host
When I was little, this boy would bully my friend and me all the time. One day, on our way home, we held him, put him to the ground and pushed his face full on into this big dog poo, and I’d like to say sorry.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 April 2016 source ↗

Louis Theroux British and American journalist and author
To everyone who has been out with me and had to deal with my lack of emotional maturity.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 November 2018 source ↗

Eddie Izzard British comedian and actress
Nelson Mandela, because I didn’t do enough to stop apartheid. Now I have hopefully made amends.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 May 2016 source ↗

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