Christian Louboutin: 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 Christian Louboutin said elsewhere, not written here

Intolerance, which is never far from stupidity.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

Not having the ability to say sorry when they’re wrong.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2026 source ↗

Jack Whitehall English comedian, actor, presenter and writer

I dislike dawdlers. When I walk, I do so with purpose. I have no time for people shuffling along.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗

Indecision and wishy-washiness.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

Adam Kay British comedy writer, author, youtuber, comedian and former physician

People who barge into a lift instead of standing aside for anyone exiting should be dipped in kerosene and fired into the sun.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗

I never let it go.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2021 source ↗

A picnic in my garden in Kerdalo, Brittany.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 September 2021 source ↗

Weirdly enough, in Portugal during confinement.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2021 source ↗

Losing my virginity.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2021 source ↗

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