The question
What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Dying: I’m too iconic to go.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2024 source ↗
I’m quite scared of bats. I’m just seeing rats with wings – no, thanks.
Losing one of my children, as there is no greater loss.
Pain of any sort.
Rats. We had one swim up our loo recently, it was horrific.
A Vivienne Westwood & Burberry two-piece suit I bought for a press night. At the time I was: “Yeah, of course I’m going to be a 30-inch waist for the rest of my life.” Now the trousers don’t fit.
Falling flat on my face in Billy Elliot on Boxing Day when I was 14. I fell smack bang at the end of my number. I was mortified.
I was a secret shopper and had to do a lot of bookies – Coral and William Hill – all around London. For 18-year-old me looking all fab it was quite scary going in and saying: “Hiya, can I put £4 on No 7 horse, please?” But you got to keep the money when you won.
Patience is not my forte.
I really hope there is a big pearly gate.
Fun, fab and fearless.
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