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Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.

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Maya Jama British television and radio presenter
I can be properly stubborn sometimes – but that’s me being a classic Leo.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2023 source ↗
Jack Whitehall English comedian, actor, presenter and writer
I’m rabidly indiscreet. If you tell me an embarrassing story, it will probably end up in one of my scripts or standup routines.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗

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Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret
Shitting myself in New York last November. I was wearing cream trousers. We were going to see my son Matty and his band, the 1975, at Madison Square Garden, and I was walking through the streets, enjoying the sunshine, pretending I was in some kind of video – throwing my hat into the New York sky like Mary Tyler Moore. I saw a couple of people turn and look at me. Now, although I’m not famous in New York, whenever Matty’s there I do get recognised as his mum, so I’m smiling and waving at them. I went back to the hotel room and bent over to get something out of the suitcase, and my husband said: “Do you realise you’ve shat yourself?”
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2023 source ↗

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