The question
When were you most embarrassed?Originally asked
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Recently, sending a negative text about a person to that person.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2023 source ↗
Sending a text meant for my wife to Dara O'Briain by mistake, revealing myself to be a control freak.
If you’re a mother, you are embarrassing. Is that not just the way?
I was 17 and about to go on a first date with my first boyfriend. I was so desperate for my mum not to meet him that I was trying to get to the door before she did. I ran down the stairs as she opened it, and slid down the last five steps on my arse.
I was in Oliver! when I was 10 and I peed myself on stage in front of however many people the Palladium holds. It was the stuff of nightmares.
At my mother’s funeral last year.
A few weeks ago, walking on the beach in Anglesey with my dogs and my husband.
That I am a terrible actor.
I’ve never got through Ulysses.
As a decent human being.
Procrastination.
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