Heidi Klum
German-American model and TV host
Three days ago, when my makeup artist poked me in the eye.
What most recently made you cry?
Question
What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
Question
How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
Question
Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
Question
What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
Question
When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
Question
Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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.
I cried after I won the Booker.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2020 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 193 →
James Dyson
British inventor and businessman
Very recently, when a graduate at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology gave the most brilliant speech on behalf of the students at our first graduation.
Last week – A303 eastbound carriageway closures.
Lleyton Hewitt
Australian professional tennis player
My kids wrote a song for me, recorded it on to a CD and it was played before my last Australian Open. I had no idea until I heard it live on TV.
More from Bernadine Evaristo
View profile →On a cosmetics production line. I walked out after half a day.
Travelling Europe with a friend, when I was 29. She was driving and the brakes went, on one of those vertiginous Italian mountains. It was terrifying for the 20 minutes it took to coast down the mountain.
A pair of Russell & Bromley boots with studs. I have had them for eight years and wear them all the time.
Disappear by Beyoncé.
When I met my husband, David, in 2006, on Dating Direct.
The people I never thanked for what they selflessly gave me in my career; when I was younger I just took it for granted.
More on identity & self
- What is your greatest fear? 256 answers
- Which trait do you most dislike in yourself? 243 answers
- What did you want to be when you were growing up? 195 answers
- What is your idea of perfect happiness? 158 answers
- How would you describe yourself in three words? 111 answers
- What are you most proud of? 103 answers
Also answered this
Joan Collins, Bill Bryson, Maggie O'Farrell, Anne Enright, Mary Berry, June Brown
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All identity & self questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject