Jack Whitehall: When were you most embarrassed?

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When were you most embarrassed?

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Jack Whitehall

English comedian, actor, presenter and writer

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I was bumped as a guest on The Justin Lee Collins show for Bianca from EastEnders.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗

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Pauline Black

It was a small gig and I was doing Three Minute Hero, which has a long, held note at the end, and I fell off the stage.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 April 2025 source ↗

Romesh Ranganathan English actor and comedian

I was once walking through Edinburgh with someone in the industry. I was quite drunk and I slowly wet myself.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2024 source ↗

Ciarán Hinds

Falling off the stage and on to the pianist during the opening number in the Mother Goose pantomime at the Citizens theatre in Glasgow.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 July 2025 source ↗

Chris McCausland

When I was losing my sight, I couldn’t see where I was going, and I went into an undertaker’s thinking it was a barber’s. I asked the undertaker whether he had many waiting.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 November 2025 source ↗