Mariella Frostrup: Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

Originally asked

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

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

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

Recorded Mariella Frostrup said elsewhere, not written here

I am mortified that we went into Afghanistan, promised to liberate the female population and, 20 years later, dumped them in a situation as bad, robbing girls of their futures.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2023 source ↗

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Milton Jones

To people who I’ve made a really quick joke about on stage and hurt.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2025 source ↗

Dan Stevens English actor

Downton Abbey fans for ruining Christmas in 2012.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 November 2017 source ↗

Julian Clary English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter

I’ve made some terrible remarks about people over the years in the interests of light entertainment, and I regret them all.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

Tracey Ullman British and American actress

I did a crap impersonation of JK Rowling a few years ago. Sorry, JK. Can this apology put me on a casting list for your next mega-franchise?

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2017 source ↗

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Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2023 source ↗

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During the first three months of the first lockdown. I was at home with my family and I was such a cliche: I was baking sourdough, making my own granola. It was an idyllic time.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2023 source ↗