Seann Walsh: What trait do you most dislike in other people? — FLAPSS

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What trait do you most dislike in other people?

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Seann Walsh

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Certainty. I also can’t stand it when someone calls you and then says, “Wait, I need to put my headphones in.”

The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

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Incompetent leadership.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2013 source ↗

After the third time someone’s late, we can’t be friends any more.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 November 2024 source ↗

Casual cruelty; the wearing of essential oils.

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

Entitlement or a lack of manners. Though I find they often flock together.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2017 source ↗

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

“What is Seann Walsh and how do we make it die?” It was online, thankfully. It wasn’t in Sainsbury’s.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

Question What worries you about getting older? Time & hindsight

That I’m going to start commenting “Wow” under AI images I think are real.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

Outside my very close-knit group of friends, socially I’m terrible.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

I did say sorry to my mum, for being the way I was when I was a teenager. You become a parent and go, “Oh my God, this is what they were doing.”

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

Finding your phone.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

A comedian or the guy who drives the little truck around airports that takes old ladies to their gate.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

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