The question
What trait do you most dislike in other people?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.
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Jealousy. It’s the thief of joy.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2026 source ↗
Entitlement or a lack of manners. Though I find they often flock together.
I have a hard time with people who are manipulative.
People who think they’re always right.
Caring too much about what others think.
To Gorka Márquez, who was my Strictly partner, for not winning the glitterball in 2022.
Getting to the end and thinking that I haven’t laughed enough.
Chaotic, warm, northern.
After the 2012 Olympics I hosted the parade. I had on a little skirt and when the prime minister came on everyone cheered. I thought: “Oh my God, they love David Cameron,” but they were cheering because my skirt had blown up, and I’d flashed my knickers at him.
More sleep – my children do not sleep.
That you get out of life what you put in. When you grow up on a farm you literally reap what you sow.
Cathy Rigby, Robert Evans, Charlie Higson, Bob Mackie, Seth Rogen, Nick Frost
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