Mariella Frostrup: Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

Originally asked

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

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

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

Recorded Mariella Frostrup said elsewhere, not written here

I am mortified that we went into Afghanistan, promised to liberate the female population and, 20 years later, dumped them in a situation as bad, robbing girls of their futures.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2023 source ↗

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Rosalind Eleazar

My closest friend at uni – I sometimes retreat from life in quite an extreme way, without word. Back then, I didn’t really understand what I was doing.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗

Tracey Ullman British and American actress

I did a crap impersonation of JK Rowling a few years ago. Sorry, JK. Can this apology put me on a casting list for your next mega-franchise?

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2017 source ↗

David Gandy British model

I pulled a chair away from a girl who was just about to sit down on our second day of primary school. She farted when she hit the floor and everyone laughed.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2020 source ↗

Viv Albertine Australian-born British musician and writer

I wish I’d told my mother that, in all the years I knew her, she was never once boring. We weren’t demonstrative, so that would have meant that I loved her.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 October 2020 source ↗