Hugh Skinner: When were you most embarrassed? — FLAPSS

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When were you most embarrassed?

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Hugh Skinner

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Accidentally walking on to set naked for a scene where I wasn’t actually supposed to be naked.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 May 2026 source ↗

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Being misrepresented by a Sun journalist 12 years ago.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

Forty-eight hours after giving birth, I sent a picture that someone had sent me of their baby to a WhatsApp group, thinking it was my son (they kind of looked similar). Mortifying.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

Adam Lambert American singer

I don’t embarrass easily: I’m kinda shameless.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 February 2023 source ↗

Meghan Trainor American singer-songwriter

When I was 11, I went down a water slide and my bottoms didn’t go with me. Everyone saw my bare white butt.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2024 source ↗

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Catastrophising.

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I’m not interested.

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Question What do you believe happens when we die? Death & what remains

I think we’re definitely gone, but I do think people leave traces everywhere from what they did in life, and live on and continue to make an impact through the ripple effect of that.

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Pigeons. One got stuck in my flat once for quite a long time and it really changed how I feel about them.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 May 2026 source ↗

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Like nothing’s a problem.

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In the back of my mind I just assumed I’d be in a boyband at some point.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 May 2026 source ↗

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