Keren Woodward: What disappointment has stayed with you longest? — FLAPSS

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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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Keren Woodward

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When a relationship I’ve been invested in stops working. And yet, here I am, happy as you like.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

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Nicholas Hoult English actor

I don't really have disappointments, because I build myself up for rejection.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 July 2010 source ↗

Andrew Ridgeley

My local Tesco stopping stocking Häagen-Dazs Peanut Butter Crunch.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2024 source ↗

Adrian Edmondson English actor, comedian, musician and writer

Not doing Top Of The Pops when The Young Ones’ single went to number one.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 July 2018 source ↗

Tracey Ullman British and American actress

Realising as I grew up that people don’t really know what they’re doing.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2017 source ↗

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I am a bit of a procrastinator.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

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

As the dark-haired bird from Bananarama.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

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

Always flying: we’ve had flights where the engine’s been on fire; where we’ve nose-dived.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

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

I’ve apologised to my son, Thomas, for being absent for quite a lot of his first few years, but, as a working mother and breadwinner, I kind of had to be. I like to think I’ve made up for it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

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

The last few years. There’s a beauty to getting to an age where you really don’t care about stuff that used to bother you.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

Can’t remember.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

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