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.
I love you but I hate your lifestyle.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 November 2025 source ↗
That I am a terrible actor.
“You were amazing in Game of Thrones.” I say it’s the worst thing – it’s also the best!
'Excuse me, madam, you have a thong hanging out of your handbag.'
“You look like a fat Jack Whitehall.”
I’m not thrilled with my lack of commitment to feminism in my 20s.
Sacrifice the self and you will gain it. Serve the self and you will lose it.
Self-righteousness and a phobia of embarrassment.
A lifelong sleepover.
Leaving the stage from a panic attack in my 20s. Hearing the audience angry.
Greed, lack of empathy. Same thing.
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