The question
What is the harshest 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.
“And for you, sir?” It happens a lot.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 May 2025 source ↗
“Didn’t you used to be Graydon Carter?”
In an audition at the Royal Court, this man called out, “Were you trained?”
Loved you in Dallas.
Another actress once said to me, “I’ve told you huge lies to make you feel good about yourself.” I’m not going to say who.
Not standing up to bullies.
High-functioning introvert.
Not knowing who my family are.
Throwing up all over the red velvet seats in the House of Lords on a school trip, aged nine.
A ballet dancer.
Bees humming in a tree of blossom.
Giovanna Fletcher, Lucy Lawless, Michelle Visage, Hugh Skinner, Bruno Tonioli, Pauline Black
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