Felicity Jones: What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?

What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?

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.

Recorded Felicity Jones said elsewhere, not written here

“You’re a reasonably intelligent girl,” by a teacher, and it drove me crazy and made me want to get into Oxford.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 May 2023 source ↗

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Sharon Corr Musical artist

I can’t disclose that because it’s not suitable for public airing, but it was truly awful; they’ve since said worse.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2023 source ↗

Juliet Stevenson

I get a lot of abuse online because of my opposition to the assault on Gaza. The abuse is horrific, but I’ve learned to ignore it. The integrity of how you live your life is more important than what strangers think.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 May 2026 source ↗

John Waters American filmmaker

'Do you have a hobby?' It was a journalist. I went into a tirade: 'How dare you presume I'm a dabbler!'

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗

Midge Ure

I stopped drinking 18 or 19 years ago, and in an argument someone who will remain nameless said: “Oh just go and have a drink.” It was nasty.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗