Jack Whitehall: What do you fear most? — FLAPSS

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What do you fear most?

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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.

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JW

Jack Whitehall

English comedian, actor, presenter and writer

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Turning into my father.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗

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Being confined in a straitjacket.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2018 source ↗

Being run over by a cyclist on a pavement or pedestrian crossing, because it’s nearly happened too frequently.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2026 source ↗

Naming my greatest fear, because then I’ll have to admit it, won’t I?

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2024 source ↗

That I take this questionnaire too seriously and reveal my crimes and misdemeanors, or I treat this questionnaire too flippantly and bring shame to the House of Proust.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2014 source ↗

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Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

I was bumped as a guest on The Justin Lee Collins show for Bianca from EastEnders.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗

Question What lesson has mattered most in your life? Time & hindsight

Don’t make jokes at the expense of Little Mix. They have an ardent fanbase.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗

Question What accomplishment matters most to you? Craft & work

Tricking my dad into doing naked yoga.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗

Question What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you? Failure & regret

“You look like a fat Jack Whitehall.”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗

Question What is the worst job you have ever had? Craft & work

It’s also one of the best jobs I’ve done, but two hours in, when everyone’s pissed and ignoring you, hosting the Brit awards can be a tough gig.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗

Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

All of my hairstyles from the age of 16 to 25.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗

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