John Waters: 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 John Waters said elsewhere, not written here

To my teachers in high school - that I didn't punch them in the mouth for discouraging all my interests.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗

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Billy Ocean British singer

My parents, because growing up you think you know more than they do.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2016 source ↗

Charlotte Rampling English actress

I’ve said sorry to the people I have to say sorry to.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 September 2022 source ↗

Max Whitlock English artistic gymnast

My coach, Scott Hann, for all the stress before competitions.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2016 source ↗

John Simpson English journalist

I’d like to say sorry to my mother. I had to choose between my parents, and I chose my father because he didn’t have any other kids. (My mother was a war widow and had two children from her first marriage.) I thought, in a childish way, that one had to be fair. It was very difficult for my mother and me, and we never really got over it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 December 2016 source ↗