Giovanna Fletcher: Which moment embarrassed you most?

Originally asked

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

A verbatim recurring question in The Guardian's Q&A series.

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

Recorded Giovanna Fletcher said elsewhere, not written here

At the TV Baftas last year I was wearing these heels that had stiff bows on the front. One heel locked into the other bow and I went arse over tit.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 February 2024 source ↗

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Russell Mael

Signing away the rights to my life story to a major motion-picture company for a sum that I have since been told was way below the market rate.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 May 2025 source ↗

Fay Ripley English actress, television presenter, cookbook author

See my greatest fear!

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 November 2022 source ↗

Paul Merson English footballer and pundit

When you jump out of addiction and look back, things like drink-driving and sitting in crack houses are not good.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2023 source ↗

Marcus Mumford

One of the first TV appearances that our band made in America, on the Craig Ferguson show. I forgot the lyrics to Little Lion Man and then broke two strings.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 February 2026 source ↗