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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Probably the same thing.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2023 source ↗

Jason Derulo American singer and songwriter

The need to put other people down.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 October 2022 source ↗

Daphne Guinness British socialite

Gossip and backstabbing.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2024 source ↗

Ed Harris American actor and director

Greed and stupidity.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 August 2007 source ↗

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Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

At school, I got my head stuck in a balustrade on the stairs at lunchtime. I had pupils laughing at me, parents laughing at me, teachers laughing at me and eventually, at the end of the day, the fire brigade laughing at me.

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

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

I got sacked from TK Maxx for falling asleep under the coats.

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 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 ↗

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 How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

When I was about two, I accidentally knocked a boiled kettle on myself. I am scarred, in many ways, from that.

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

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