The question
Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?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.
To people who I’ve made a really quick joke about on stage and hurt.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2025 source ↗
Both parents, I’ll write the book someday.
My wife, because she manages me and sometimes there isn’t time for niceties and we have to talk in a language that isn’t very marriage-like.
To a girl we were mean to in first grade.
Downton Abbey fans for ruining Christmas in 2012.
Having conversations with young people who you remember being born.
Always trying to turn things into a joke.
Ambulances – I live near a hospital.
When I hired two private detectives and got them to follow each other.
Being offered a lift by James Acaster.
Oh, most days. I can watch a political programme and think, “That sounds a really good point.” Then someone will argue the opposite and I’ll think, “Yeah, he’s got a point as well.” I am constantly sitting on a fence.
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