Richard Coles: When were you most embarrassed?

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When were you most embarrassed?

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Richard Coles

British musician, writer, presenter and priest

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

My paso doble on Strictly Come Dancing would be hard to beat.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

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Nick Frost

I’ve pooed myself a couple of times.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗

Jack Davenport

I am in a public profession, so take your pick. It’s all embarrassing.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2024 source ↗

Corinne Bailey Rae

I remember being a teenager and writing this romantic short story in the style of the Brontës on a computer and I didn’t realise that the person whose computer it was could just print it out. A group of boys had a couple of pages and they were all reading it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗

John Simm English musician and actor

Going to pieces while meeting John Squire, the lead guitarist of the Stone Roses, backstage after a gig. I completely lost the ability to speak. I told him I had the same guitars as he’d just used on stage, and when he asked me which ones, the words completely went out of my head and there was a huge pause, and then his wife tapped his shoulder and he wandered off.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 March 2023 source ↗