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The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2026 source ↗
A shoot with a showbusiness icon who I’d loved all my life and shall remain nameless. She walked into the room and immediately said she hated everything. Things went downhill from there. Rough day.
At university, I worked at a hotel in housekeeping. We saw so many weird things in people’s rooms. Guests would leave sex and party stuff behind!
I had to clean up the sump pump [toilet system] in my house because my sister and I flushed things we shouldn’t have.
Working in McDonald’s when I was 16. It was about 90p an hour. Because I was always late, they made me “trash walk” the length of Kentish Town high street and pick up the McDonald’s rubbish.
Anyone who can pick up a house spider with their bare hands.
A perfect cup of coffee – warm, bittersweet, anxiety-inducing and delicious.
I bought a house with someone and realised at the housewarming party that it was a mistake.
Getting to 39 without having a filling in my teeth.
I’d swap out a few boyfriends.
Doing a compulsory standup routine in my first week of drama school.
Shappi Khorsandi, Rachel Whiteread, Alison Steadman, Paul McKenna, Michael Ball, Adam Kay
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