Louis Smith: What most recently made you cry?

What most recently made you cry?

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 Louis Smith said elsewhere, not written here

When I watched Ghost about four months ago.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2013 source ↗

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Stephen Dillane British actor

In the first room of the Australian art exhibition at the RA. Don't know why. Loved it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2014 source ↗

Courtney Pine British jazz musician

When my new-born daughter Cleopatra died and I wasn’t there. I was doing a US tour and I remember sitting down in an airport and losing it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2022 source ↗

Brandi Carlile

I cried last week after talking about marriage equality with my daughters. My oldest let slip that she believed that if the supreme court overturned Obergefell, she wouldn’t have parents any more. I felt angry with my country and ashamed that I didn’t consider the possibility that she might think that.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 November 2025 source ↗

Paul Giamatti American actor