Michelle Visage: 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

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Recorded Michelle Visage said elsewhere, not written here

My children, because I spent the majority of their youth away from them as I’m the breadwinner and I had to pay the bills.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2024 source ↗

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Christopher Eccleston English actor

To my children, because their mum and dad’s relationship failed, and I know that has caused them great sadness.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 October 2019 source ↗

Neil Gaiman Author of fiction, comics and screenplays

My soon-to-be ex-wife, Amanda. I wish I’d been able to do whatever would have been necessary all the way back to keep us as a unit. Probably the worst thing I did was not tell her how miserable I was, certain that I could turn this around somehow.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 October 2023 source ↗

Ian Wright English footballer and pundit

My ex-wife, because I should have been a better man.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2019 source ↗

Nick Frost

It would be my mum. She was a terrible alcoholic and I spent a lot of my time kind of hating her but, in the past five years, I realised why she did what she did and I could forgive.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗