David Hasselhoff: Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

Originally asked

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

The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.

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

Recorded David Hasselhoff said elsewhere, not written here

Holding a grudge.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗

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Kelly Hoppen

Fear of flying.

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

Seth Rogen

My ability to stress myself out.

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

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008

Sometimes I wrote off my own failings as just another example of the world trying to keep a black man down. I had a tendency sometimes to make excuses for me not doing the right thing.

Recorded Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia, The White House (Obama administration archive), 19 May 2013 source ↗

Ally McCoist

Bad timekeeping.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2024 source ↗

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

"You can't see your children for two weeks." (When I was going through my divorce.)

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗

Question How close have you come to death? Death & what remains

Scuba diving in Costa Rica. My stunt double and I were trying out some equipment that let us talk to each other and I ran out of air at 80ft - probably because I talked too much. I had to use his air. Then we were surrounded by sharks. It was scary.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗