Melissa Etheridge: Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

Originally asked

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

The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.

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

Recorded Melissa Etheridge said elsewhere, not written here

Deplore is a heavy word. I don’t deplore it but I constantly feel the pull of my old Midwestern ways of eating. Boy, can I put some pancakes away.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2023 source ↗

Others on this question

Well, I’m always right.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2025 source ↗

I get distracted by anything and everything, so all my projects finish just before the deadline. Sometimes, it’s a bit too tight.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

Taking myself seriously, even in a Vanity Fair quiz.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2012 source ↗

Laziness and procrastination.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2010 source ↗

Again, not gonna change anything about myself. I’ve really learned to appreciate everything. Okay, maybe I’d be taller. How about that?

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 5 September 2023 source ↗

To let fear overcome my life. We’re not gonna let that happen because love is always greater than fear.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2023 source ↗

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