Julian Clary: Which trait in yourself do you like least? — FLAPSS

The question

Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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

The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.

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Julian Clary

English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter

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My cold indifference towards discarded friends.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

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Robert Glenister English actor

Lack of confidence.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 July 2022 source ↗

Jacqueline Wilson English novelist

Catastrophising.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 May 2022 source ↗

Catastrophising.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 May 2026 source ↗

Being too damned self-absorbed.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2021 source ↗

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Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

My education. Benedictine monks didn’t really prepare me for the life I have lived.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Sydney mardi gras, 1993.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

A gig in Chatham.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

Dame Joan Collins. She insists on being happy whatever is going on and, despite being a Tory, is a very caring person.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Running out of Molecule cologne.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

I’ve made some terrible remarks about people over the years in the interests of light entertainment, and I regret them all.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

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