John Waters: Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

The question

Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

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

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

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John Waters

American filmmaker

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

To my teachers in high school - that I didn't punch them in the mouth for discouraging all my interests.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗

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Omid Djalili British stand-up comedian and actor

To my 17-year-old daughter Isabella, whom I described in an interview last year as "keen on maths".

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2010 source ↗

John Simpson English journalist

I’d like to say sorry to my mother. I had to choose between my parents, and I chose my father because he didn’t have any other kids. (My mother was a war widow and had two children from her first marriage.) I thought, in a childish way, that one had to be fair. It was very difficult for my mother and me, and we never really got over it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 December 2016 source ↗

Gina McKee British actress

My brother: I never meant to kill your pet frog. I thought I was doing a good deed cleaning the mossy tank with bleach. Can I also say sorry to the frog?

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 January 2016 source ↗

Graydon Carter