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Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

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Eddie Izzard British comedian and actress
Nelson Mandela, because I didn’t do enough to stop apartheid. Now I have hopefully made amends.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 May 2016 source ↗
Michael Stipe American singer
Anyone I slept with before the age of 27, because I was a selfish, cold-ass bitch.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2020 source ↗
Omid Djalili British stand-up comedian and actor
To my 17-year-old daughter Isabella, whom I described in an interview last year as "keen on maths".
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2010 source ↗

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