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I’ve said sorry to everybody I wanted to – I’m good at saying sorry quickly.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2017 source ↗
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Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?Originally asked
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Harriet Walter
English actress
My mother, because I didn’t appreciate until after she’d gone that she was a vulnerable human being. I just expected her to know everything and be everything.
Harry Redknapp
English football player and manager
To any of the players I may have fallen out with during my time in management.
Rose Ayling-Ellis
British actress
My dad’s family, for fake drowning when I was 12 on holiday in France – it caused such embarrassment that we had to leave. All because I wanted to get the inflatable ring off my brother. It still haunts me. I guess acting was always going to be my future.
Richard Osman
English TV presenter and writer
To my kids, for my shortcomings.
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