Jack Whitehall: Which trait in yourself do you like least?

The question

Which trait in yourself do you like least?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Jack Whitehall

English comedian, actor, presenter and writer

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I’m rabidly indiscreet. If you tell me an embarrassing story, it will probably end up in one of my scripts or standup routines.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗

Others on this question

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Stephen K Amos

I’m slightly impatient.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 September 2025 source ↗

Michael Cunningham

I’m chronically late. It’s magical thinking: I actually believe I can take a shower and get dressed in three minutes, that the train will be pulling into the station the moment I arrive….

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2023 source ↗

Meghan Trainor American singer-songwriter

My self-criticism.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2024 source ↗

Maureen O'Hara Irish and American actress and singer

I’d rather name one for someone else. I’m egomaniacal.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2014 source ↗