Which moment embarrassed you most?

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Recorded Sally Lindsay said elsewhere, not written here
I constantly forget people’s names when they have literally just told me.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗

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Meghan Trainor American singer-songwriter
When I was 11, I went down a water slide and my bottoms didn’t go with me. Everyone saw my bare white butt.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2024 source ↗
Rita Wilson American actress, singer, and producer
I was doing a photoshoot right after an awards show and I was talking about someone whose makeup I really didn’t like. I said: “She’s gorgeous, I don’t understand how a makeup artist could encourage that?” And the makeup artist on the photoshoot said: “I did her makeup.”
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
When I concentrate, I put my thumb in my mouth. I once did it during a really important meeting when asked a question I didn’t know the answer to. When I left the meeting my friend said: “What did you put your thumb in your mouth for?” I didn’t know I’d done it.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2026 source ↗
Alison Steadman British actress
Playing a pregnant woman, and not being able to find the padding - I shoved a cardie under my dress, and spent the whole play walking around with a sleeve dragging along the floor.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 January 2009 source ↗

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