Chris Bryant: Which moment embarrassed you most?

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Recorded Chris Bryant said elsewhere, not written here

An earthquake in Peru forced me and a young man into the street, where he had to introduce me to his family at three in the morning.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

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Jack Whitehall English comedian, actor, presenter and writer

I was bumped as a guest on The Justin Lee Collins show for Bianca from EastEnders.

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

Shakin' Stevens Welsh rock and roll singer and songwriter

I was in the musical Elvis, and after a costume change I went below stage to be raised up on a platform. As I was raised up, I blanked and couldn’t remember the first line of the song King Creole. I mumbled the first few lines and hoped nobody would notice.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 February 2023 source ↗

Liev Schreiber American actor

When I was 19 I worked at a gay bar while I was at drama school in London. One of the guys I worked with was Glaswegian and I learned the dialect from him. The acting teacher at the school said, “Liev, you’ve got the region but you’ve missed the character entirely” because I played Jimmy Boyle in a very camp Glaswegian accent.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2024 source ↗

Meghann Fahy

In my 20s I was in a show called The Unauthorised Autobiography of Samantha Brown. The actor who played my dad messed up his lines and it made me laugh so hard that I ended up peeing my pants.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2026 source ↗