The question
Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?Originally asked
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My dad’s family, for fake drowning when I was 12 on holiday in France – it caused such embarrassment that we had to leave. All because I wanted to get the inflatable ring off my brother. It still haunts me. I guess acting was always going to be my future.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2024 source ↗
My dear friend Katy. I’m sorry that I couldn’t stop you from making the most devastating decision. She committed suicide.
To my younger self for not being patient with myself, and for giving up on myself at times.
The people I never thanked for what they selflessly gave me in my career; when I was younger I just took it for granted.
I’ve apologised to my son, Thomas, for being absent for quite a lot of his first few years, but, as a working mother and breadwinner, I kind of had to be. I like to think I’ve made up for it.
Rapping the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme on national television.
Dolly Parton. I love how she does what she wants, and lives how she wants, keeping her life so private. Also, she helped fund Covid vaccine research.
Avoidance coping.
I didn’t email my grandfather enough before he passed away.
If emergency train announcements were written up on the information screen. The times I ended up at the wrong destination could easily have been avoided.
“I’ll tell you later.” They never do.
Martin Freeman, Aidan Gillen, Cynthia Nixon, Emilia Fox, Dominic Cooper, Cybill Shepherd
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