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When were you most embarrassed?

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Johannes Radebe
When my trousers split on stage in Burn the Floor in Australia. I had always been warned to wear my flesh underwear and I did not that day.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗
Imogen Poots
I once asked a young woman if she had ever heard of the musician Laura Marling, insinuating I knew Laura Marling, to which she replied: “I am Laura Marling.”
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2024 source ↗
Frank Bowling
In the 1950s I went to the Chelsea Arts Club’s New Year’s Eve ball at the Royal Albert Hall dressed as a Christmas pudding, with swimming trunks under my costume and holly in my hair.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2026 source ↗
Sofia Coppola American filmmaker and actress
Being on the cover of a magazine at 18 with the slogan: “Did she ruin The Godfather?”
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2023 source ↗

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