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My ex-wife Caroline, because she found my style of life rather irritating.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 August 2016 source ↗
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Kiefer Sutherland
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There have been moments when I’d want to say sorry to both my parents for some of the stuff I’ve done.
Harriet Walter
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My mother, because I didn’t appreciate until after she’d gone that she was a vulnerable human being. I just expected her to know everything and be everything.
Alex Jones
American far-right conspiracy theorist
An ex-boyfriend who, looking back, I lost patience with. Now we know more about mental health, I think that was at the root of it; I am sorry I didn’t understand it at the time.
Gloria Steinem
Writer and feminist organiser
I behaved badly with two old lovers. Years later, when I took one to lunch to apologise, it made it worse.
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