Karamo Brown: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

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

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

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

Recorded Karamo Brown said elsewhere, not written here

My son, Jason, because he has overcome so much and continues to keep a smile on his face, and I just love that.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 September 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

People who do hard, honorable work in obscurity.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2024 source ↗

Cuba Gooding Jr American actor

President Obama: he was the first to accomplish something so great in our country as an African American.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2012 source ↗

Carol Vorderman, because she’s stuck her head above the parapet to try to hold our bizarre politicians to account.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

Sam Shepard American playwright and actor

That's a hard one. All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Márquez.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2014 source ↗