Bianca Jagger: 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.

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Recorded Bianca Jagger said elsewhere, not written here

To my daughter, because she felt that I spent too much time saving other children. I would go to war zones and travel the world for human rights work, and she was missing me.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 March 2020 source ↗

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Riz Ahmed British actor and rapper

Some of my teachers. I was a bit of a handful as a kid. They were just trying to do their job and I made it very difficult.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 April 2021 source ↗

Seann Walsh

I did say sorry to my mum, for being the way I was when I was a teenager. You become a parent and go, “Oh my God, this is what they were doing.”

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

Ronnie O'Sullivan English snooker player

Frank Adamson, my first coach, for not spending more time with him in his later years. I feel bad about that.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2023 source ↗

Michael Stipe American singer

Anyone I slept with before the age of 27, because I was a selfish, cold-ass bitch.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2020 source ↗