Billy Ocean: 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 Billy Ocean said elsewhere, not written here

My parents, because growing up you think you know more than they do.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2016 source ↗

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Warren Buffett Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025

I've mentioned that we strongly prefer to use cash rather than Berkshire stock in acquisitions. A study of the record will tell you why: If you aggregate all of our stock-only mergers (excluding those we did with two affiliated companies, Diversified Retailing and Blue Chip Stamps), you will find that our shareholders are slightly worse off than they would have been had I not done the transactions. Though it hurts me to say it, when I've issued stock, I've cost you money.

Recorded His letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders in the 1997 annual report, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., February 1998 source ↗

Engelbert Humperdinck British singer

My wife. I made mistakes in my early life and hurt her. Everybody thinks the grass is greener, but it’s not. To say sorry to her when she understands will be one of the greatest gifts God has given me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 February 2019 source ↗

Aidan Gillen Irish actor

Teachers at my school, for being such a smartarse.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2017 source ↗

Johannes Radebe

My father because I was 12 when he passed and I blamed him for everything in my parents’ marriage. Now I realise he did the best he could and was just figuring life out like everybody else.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗