The question
When were you most embarrassed?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim recurring question in The Guardian's Q&A series.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When I was starting out, in the early 90s, I had to fake an orgasm in a room full of male ad execs at an audition for a chocolate bar ad. It was grim.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 February 2023 source ↗
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I was once walking through Edinburgh with someone in the industry. I was quite drunk and I slowly wet myself.
Throwing up all over the red velvet seats in the House of Lords on a school trip, aged nine.
Pretending I’m happy when I’m not.
I know I should be more evolved, but the person I would like to say sorry to I’m not ready to say sorry to yet.
With great stories.
I thought that I would become more mature about certain things, and it didn’t happen.
That your life is only in this very second.
I’d edit out all the awful men I managed to find who confirmed my worst suspicions about my body and my character.
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