Ian Wright: Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

The question

Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

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.

Ian Wright

English footballer and pundit

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

My ex-wife, because I should have been a better man.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2019 source ↗

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Victoria Derbyshire British broadcaster

I’m good at saying sorry – so no one, because I’ve already said it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 September 2021 source ↗

Jacqueline Wilson English novelist

A little girl called Pat. We were nine-year-olds together and all the class made her life a misery. I knew she wanted to be my friend and I would only be friends with her if nobody else was around. I feel dreadful about that.

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

Martin Freeman English actor

I say it a lot to my kids when I’ve lost my temper, and I’ll save up a big one for when they are 18.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2019 source ↗

John Simpson English journalist

I’d like to say sorry to my mother. I had to choose between my parents, and I chose my father because he didn’t have any other kids. (My mother was a war widow and had two children from her first marriage.) I thought, in a childish way, that one had to be fair. It was very difficult for my mother and me, and we never really got over it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 December 2016 source ↗