Kellie Maloney: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

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

Recorded Kellie Maloney said elsewhere, not written here

The pope. I was brought up in the Catholic religion, and I think he is trying to make the church more accepting of all. He’s got a very hard job because the church is very stuck in its rightwing conservative ways.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2024 source ↗

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Patricia Hodge English actress

The Queen. Her like has not been seen before and I doubt it will ever be again.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 September 2018 source ↗

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen English interior designer and television personality

The missus. She is the glamour mamma mia at the top of our feudal pyramid. We all live together, so she’s a full-time grandmother and rules the roost. How she steered us through lockdown was extraordinary.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2022 source ↗

Sam Shepard American playwright and actor

That's a hard one. All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Márquez.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2014 source ↗

Rob Delaney American comedian and actor

Margaret Atwood: she’s an empathic human being who writes books that help me be a better person.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 November 2015 source ↗