Jon Sopel: Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

Originally asked

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

The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.

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

Recorded Jon Sopel said elsewhere, not written here

Impatience and vanity.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2024 source ↗

Others on this question

Bonnie Raitt Singer and guitarist

When I’m self-involved or insensitive to others.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2022 source ↗

Vick Hope British television and radio presenter

I can’t say no. I am a people-pleaser, and it means that I burn myself out because I take on too much.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2022 source ↗

Marina Abramović Performance artist

My difficulty to forgive.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 October 2024 source ↗

Jack Whitehall English comedian, actor, presenter and writer

I’m rabidly indiscreet. If you tell me an embarrassing story, it will probably end up in one of my scripts or standup routines.

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