Seann Walsh: What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you? — FLAPSS

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What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you?

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Seann Walsh

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“What is Seann Walsh and how do we make it die?” It was online, thankfully. It wasn’t in Sainsbury’s.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

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Why is your nose so wonky?

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2026 source ↗

Is that the final mix?

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 May 2025 source ↗

“And for you, sir?” It happens a lot.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 May 2025 source ↗

“You’re getting old.” My son Harris was factually correct, but I didn’t need to hear it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2024 source ↗

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Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

Finding your phone.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

I did say sorry to my mum, for being the way I was when I was a teenager. You become a parent and go, “Oh my God, this is what they were doing.”

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

A comedian or the guy who drives the little truck around airports that takes old ladies to their gate.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Enthusiastic, chaotic, bungling.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

Outside my very close-knit group of friends, socially I’m terrible.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

When I was about two, I accidentally knocked a boiled kettle on myself. I am scarred, in many ways, from that.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

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