Whoopi Goldberg: Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Whoopi Goldberg

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I can be a huge asshole, not very nice. Doesn’t happen very often, but when it happens, it’s not attractive.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2015 source ↗

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Kathy Lette Australian-British author

I can’t cook. I use my smoke alarm as a timer.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗

Daphne Guinness British socialite

My trust in other people. I am rigorously honest.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2024 source ↗

Craig Charles English actor

Cowardice. There are so many issues that I would like to express opinions about but I’m too scared to stick my head above the parapet because of the social media pile-on.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2024 source ↗

John Malkovich American actor

How long do we have?

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2013 source ↗

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

I’m most afraid that someday I’m going to be on an airplane and it’s going to be acting the way I don’t want it to.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2015 source ↗

Question Which quality in your friends matters most to you? Relationships

Humor and honesty. Realness. No bullshit.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 September 2015 source ↗

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

When a person is judgmental without realizing that they are the thing they detest in others.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2015 source ↗

Question If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be? Identity & self

I would laugh more. I don’t laugh enough.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 September 2015 source ↗

Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

A perfect day is when I can sit outside and listen to an audiobook and watch my family walking around.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 September 2015 source ↗

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

Pope Francis. He’s going with the original program. He may not be perfect, but he’s trying.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2015 source ↗

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