DJ Khaled: What is the trait you most deplore in others?

Originally asked

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

A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.

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

Recorded DJ Khaled said elsewhere, not written here

People who do not love. If you are not loving, you are not living. Why wouldn’t you love? What’s the problem?

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2016 source ↗

Others on this question

Jealousy. It’s the thief of joy.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2026 source ↗

John Mellencamp Singer and songwriter

Ungratefulness.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2015 source ↗

People who aren’t kind enough.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 August 2025 source ↗

Comparing themselves to other people.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2023 source ↗

Health, life, everything around me on a daily basis, being grateful for life—every day is a blessing.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 November 2016 source ↗

Jay Z. He’s a mogul. He’s a Sagittarius like me. I love his business moves.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2016 source ↗

I fear nothing, except for flying.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2016 source ↗

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