Kellie Maloney: What disappointment has stayed with you longest? — FLAPSS

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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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Kellie Maloney

Retired boxing manager, promoter and politician

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Not being truthful to everyone from an earlier age.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2024 source ↗

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Jeremy Kyle English radio and television presenter

My ears – disappointments that grow bigger each year.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 July 2010 source ↗

Rob Brydon Welsh actor and comedian

Meeting Rod Stewart.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2012 source ↗

Rebecca Ferguson

Without naming names, some people I’ve put a lot of faith and trust and love into.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 December 2023 source ↗

Tuppence Middleton

Sign up to Inside Saturday

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2026 source ↗

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Losing my family.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2024 source ↗

Question Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought? Money & investment

A black Russian terrier – I paid almost £4,000 for him.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2024 source ↗

Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

In my early days of transitioning, I used to come to London and meet for a drink with a group going through the same thing. I used to wear a full wig, and one night I’d drunk too much and fell asleep on the train, and my wig slipped off.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2024 source ↗

Question What lesson has mattered most in your life? Time & hindsight

Choose your friends wisely.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2024 source ↗

Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

To my daughters and my partner, Tracey, for what I put them through with my transition.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2024 source ↗

Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

The pope. I was brought up in the Catholic religion, and I think he is trying to make the church more accepting of all. He’s got a very hard job because the church is very stuck in its rightwing conservative ways.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2024 source ↗

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