Elton John: What trait do you most dislike in other people?

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Elton John

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Entitlement, arrogance, and bigotry.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2023 source ↗

Others on this question

Selfishness. People who block junctions in their car.

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

Dolly Parton American singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman

Dishonesty and being late for appointments.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2012 source ↗

Anthony Hopkins Welsh actor

Freeloaders with a sense of entitlement.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2010 source ↗

Mean-spiritedness and the inability to set and respect boundaries.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2018 source ↗

Being with my husband, David, and the boys.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 2 June 2023 source ↗

AIDS activist Jeanne White-Ginder.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2023 source ↗

Dying, because I am so happy now.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2023 source ↗

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