Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

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Helen Edmundson, because I wasn’t able to be a better friend at school.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗

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Sara Pascoe English comedian, presenter, writer
I didn’t learn to be intimate with people until I was in my 20s, so I was a very bad friend in my teens. There was a girl I was best friends with at college; I always used to kiss the boys she liked. I’d like to apologise to her.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 July 2018 source ↗
Eddie Izzard British comedian and actress
Nelson Mandela, because I didn’t do enough to stop apartheid. Now I have hopefully made amends.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 May 2016 source ↗
Minnie Driver British and American actress
I know I should be more evolved, but the person I would like to say sorry to I’m not ready to say sorry to yet.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 February 2023 source ↗
To my father, who was aggressively indifferent to what I was doing. He did say sorry to me when he was dying and I don’t think I was very gracious.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 February 2026 source ↗

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