The question
Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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Katy Perry. I hired a Russell Brand lookalike as a joke for the radio, and she thought it was actually him. When she realised it wasn’t, she burst into tears. She was still married to him, but I didn’t take into account that there were things going on that we didn’t know.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 October 2022 source ↗
Some of my teachers. I was a bit of a handful as a kid. They were just trying to do their job and I made it very difficult.
All the kids I didn’t reply to who’ve written lovely letters about my books.
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.
If I have upset someone, I have said sorry to him or her at the time.
Heights. For Children in Need, I had to abseil off the Orbit in the Olympic Park. It was the most terrifying thing I’ve done.
Still biting my nails.
Now. I’ve moved to Hertfordshire after 25 years in London, got a fiancee and a dog, so everything has fallen into place.
When I left Radio 1: full snotty sobbing on air.
I splash out on holidays and scented candles – I’ve got one that my fiancee won’t let me light, so it’s just for show.
I went on a private jet with David Hasselhoff, and it was so turbulent between LA and Vegas I thought it was going down. I also thought: “The headline won’t be about me; it will be: David Hasselhoff and friend.”
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