John Simpson: 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 John Simpson said elsewhere, not written here

I’d like to say sorry to my mother. I had to choose between my parents, and I chose my father because he didn’t have any other kids. (My mother was a war widow and had two children from her first marriage.) I thought, in a childish way, that one had to be fair. It was very difficult for my mother and me, and we never really got over it.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 December 2016 source ↗

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Billy Ocean British singer

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

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

Rose McGowan American actress and activist

The trans community because I didn’t use the correct words, but I’ve learned from my mistake.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 December 2018 source ↗

Val McDermid Scottish crime novel writer

To my mum, for never being able to live up to what she would have liked me to be. She always wanted me to be a little princess and I was never going to be that.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2020 source ↗

Sofia Coppola American filmmaker and actress

To a girl we were mean to in first grade.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2023 source ↗