Nikki Amuka-Bird: Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

The question

Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

Originally asked

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

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

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

Nikki Amuka-Bird

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Anyone whose party I said I’d go to and didn’t turn up. I can get quite socially anxious at times.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 May 2025 source ↗

Others on this question

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Isabel Allende

To my first husband for being unfaithful, bossy, and eventually leaving him.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2024 source ↗

Ian Wright English footballer and pundit

My ex-wife, because I should have been a better man.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2019 source ↗

Adam Clayton

To all my ex-girlfriends because I never turned into the person I thought I was. And to Naomi Campbell, for not being ready to deal with my addictions.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2024 source ↗

Vick Hope British television and radio presenter

My younger self. I told myself so often that I was not good enough, that I was not smart enough, that I was not interesting enough, that I was boring and ugly. I wasn’t kind to my body, and I did and said things to myself that I would never do or say to a friend.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2022 source ↗