Bobbi Brown: What most recently moved you to tears?

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What most recently moved you to tears?

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Bobbi Brown

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I teared up when I did a voiceover for my memoir while talking about my mother-in-law, whom I adored and miss so much.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 October 2025 source ↗

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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 ↗

Sally Lindsay

I am a perimenopausal woman, so about two minutes ago, at a dog being adopted on Insta.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗

Joely Richardson British actress

Two and a half weeks ago, when a loved one was going away. Separations never get any easier.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2015 source ↗

Sofia Coppola American filmmaker and actress

Two weeks before shooting – after some of our financing dropped out – when the producers said I had to cut a week’s worth of scenes out of my script. I was on location and away from my daughters [currently in middle and high school] who I felt were needing a mother.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2023 source ↗