Betty White: Which trait in yourself do you like least?

The question

Originally asked

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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Betty White

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Being an incurable workaholic.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2010 source ↗

Others on this question

I’m terribly impatient.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2025 source ↗

My health anxiety. I am a bit of a hypochondriac. I hate that about myself and I’ve worked extensively in therapy on changing it.

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

Impatience and being bossy.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2024 source ↗

Judy Blume Novelist

My phobias. I’m down to two, so I take that as a positive sign.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2023 source ↗

Being with animals.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 August 2010 source ↗

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