Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

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 Gabby Logan said elsewhere, not written here
I feel I have made amends, so I don’t feel that anyone is owed an apology but, if they read this and they think they are, do drop me a line.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2022 source ↗

Others on this question

View all 211 →
I did say sorry to my mum, for being the way I was when I was a teenager. You become a parent and go, “Oh my God, this is what they were doing.”
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗
Karamo Brown American television host, personality and actor
To my younger self for not being patient with myself, and for giving up on myself at times.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 September 2021 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 ↗
Mandy Patinkin American actor and singer
To my father, for not telling him the truth when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and going along with the family lie that he had hepatitis, when he knew he didn’t. At the age of 17, I lacked the courage and strength to stand up for what I believed.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2019 source ↗

More from Gabby Logan

View profile →

More on failure & regret

Also answered this

Ian Wright, Paul Merson, Mo Farah, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Joe Wicks, Max Whitlock

Search the directory for somebody in particular.

Explore further

Report this answer