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Every offended interviewee who thought I was asking hard questions for some personal reason. It’s never personal.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 January 2021 source ↗
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Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?Originally asked
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Dominic Cooper
English actor
To Ms Dooley, for failing my maths GCSE several times over.
Riz Ahmed
British actor and rapper
Some of my teachers. I was a bit of a handful as a kid. They were just trying to do their job and I made it very difficult.
Aidan Gillen
Irish actor
Teachers at my school, for being such a smartarse.
Victoria Pendleton
British cyclist
Lots of people, mainly for being so absent from their lives while I was concentrating on sport. I’d also like to say sorry to my dad’s mum, because, aged four, I told her she was the worst cook in the world.
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I did a terrible job of fixing the downstairs loo once.
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