Tracey Ullman: Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

The question

Originally asked

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

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

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

Tracey Ullman

British and American actress

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I did a crap impersonation of JK Rowling a few years ago. Sorry, JK. Can this apology put me on a casting list for your next mega-franchise?

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

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 ↗

Rhys Ifans Welsh actor and musician

To anyone I’ve unintentionally hurt or upset.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2019 source ↗

Katharine Hamnett English fashion designer

To my parents, for being such a bitch.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2019 source ↗

I did say sorry to my mum, for being the way I was when I was a teenager. You become a parent and go, “Oh my God, this is what they were doing.”

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗