Aidan Gillen: Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

Originally asked

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.

Recorded Aidan Gillen said elsewhere, not written here

Teachers at my school, for being such a smartarse.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2017 source ↗

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Stanley Tucci

My late wife – she died of cancer. We tried everything we could do to save her. I wish that I could have done more and that I could have been with her at the moment she passed away. I couldn’t be in that room, because I knew it would be so devastating that I wouldn’t be able to take care of the kids after.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 January 2016 source ↗

Martin Sheen American actor

My son Ramón was the victim of my wrath at a particular time that still withers me with disgrace.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2017 source ↗

Miriam Margolyes

To my mother for disappointing her. Mummy wanted me to be a different sort of person from who I am, but one can’t change oneself.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2025 source ↗

David Gandy British model

I pulled a chair away from a girl who was just about to sit down on our second day of primary school. She farted when she hit the floor and everyone laughed.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2020 source ↗