The question
When were you most embarrassed?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim recurring question in The Guardian's Q&A series.
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Farting in front of Colin Firth.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2023 source ↗
When I was 17, my friends and I threw a fashion show for a breast cancer charity. Breast cancer is something my mum went through when I was 14, so prevention is very close to my heart. Our singer, who was performing during the fashion show, dropped out at the last minute so I had to step in. It’s on video, and my sister always brings it up.
Rapping the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme on national television.
My brother was singing Yellow Submarine on stage with his class. I was singing along with them, showing off cos I knew all the words. The song ended suddenly and I was the only one in the whole hall who sang, 'We ...'
I was once walking through Edinburgh with someone in the industry. I was quite drunk and I slowly wet myself.
I’d drink less alcohol in the 90s.
In the sea, somewhere hot. Looking back at people I love on the beach.
This country’s enchantment with privately educated, self-serving liars.
The perimenopause.
Loads. All the greats.
Bar and buffet at Top Ten Bingo in Greenford. A lot of the old people were quite bigoted.
Alison Steadman, Esther Freud, Peter Sarsgaard, Edmund Hillary, Shaznay Lewis, Fearne Cotton
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