Rylan Clark-Neal
English media personality
To the British public for my time on X Factor.
Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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In the last five years, what have you become better at saying no to?
Daily life
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a favourite failure?
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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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 the people who, because of my career, I cannot spend time with. I have to be selfish, unfortunately.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 January 2022 source ↗
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Romesh Ranganathan
English actor and comedian
When I was 17 I launched into a rant at my dad about what I thought of him. We never spoke about it again and then he passed away. I would love to say sorry to him.
Clara Amfo
Broadcaster
I never said it out loud, but I had this “Why aren’t you like the other mums?” energy towards my mum. Now I am an adult, I am happy that she came here from Ghana and remained who she was, but for a long time I resented her.
Sofia Coppola
American filmmaker and actress
To a girl we were mean to in first grade.
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View profile →I'm tired, I'm not myself and I'm not enjoying the sport as I have done for the last decade. Some might recognise it as burnout; I just know that over the last few years I haven't had the answers.
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Public statement announcing his break from swimming, April 2023, The Independent, 1 July 2023
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The realisation that I am not the best version of myself.
When I lost that 100m final I spiralled. I went quite aggressive. It is an Adam I don't really recognise.
I was on a cliff in Dartmoor, doing a Royal Marine abseil. I fell upside down and thought, “I’m going to die here.”
As a great man.
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