DJ Khaled: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

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

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

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

Recorded DJ Khaled said elsewhere, not written here

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

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

Others on this question

Angus Deayton English actor, comedian, presenter and writer

Sir Alex Ferguson is the most impressive person I’ve met in terms of charisma and achievement.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2016 source ↗

Martin Freeman English actor

It’s hard to beat David Attenborough. Everything he does is quality. I like people who make me proud to be British.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2019 source ↗

People who do hard, honorable work in obscurity.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2024 source ↗

Mel Giedroyc British actress and comedian

Probably my husband. In a world of bullshitters, he steers a tremendously honest course.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 August 2015 source ↗

I fear nothing, except for flying.

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

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

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

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