Graydon Carter: What disappointment has stayed with you longest? — FLAPSS

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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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That I didn’t go to Turkey during the pandemic for one of those male hair treatments.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2025 source ↗

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Robert Peston British journalist

I am rarely disappointed. I try to make the best of things.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 June 2018 source ↗

The Covid years. My life is diminished since then. I lost my brother. My children lost some social expression, and we are still recovering from that.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗

Mike Skinner English rapper

Realising that success wasn't going to keep me happy all my life.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2009 source ↗

David Haye British boxer

Being let down by people I trust always stings.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 April 2016 source ↗

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Intermittent laziness.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2025 source ↗

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

Getting into a tense argument with Russell Crowe during one of the Vanity Fair Oscar parties.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2025 source ↗

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

Canadians are trained to say sorry to almost everything and everyone.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2025 source ↗

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Content. Cheerful. Appreciative.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2025 source ↗

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

My first week in New York in 1978, when I was about to start as a writer at Time. And my first week in the south of France after retiring from my job of 25 years as editor of Vanity Fair.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2025 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

With dozens upon dozens of beautiful women weeping over my casket.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2025 source ↗

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