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What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you?

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Imogen Poots
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People give me a hard time about my hats. Over Christmas, this drunk woman shouted something about me having a shit hat because I had a red beanie on. Last week at a party, someone gave me a hard time for wearing a cap. I just think about melting ice caps when this happens.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2024 source ↗

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Sharon Corr Musical artist
I can’t disclose that because it’s not suitable for public airing, but it was truly awful; they’ve since said worse.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2023 source ↗
Melanie Blatt English singer
“Your career will be over if you have the baby.”To whom would you most like to say sorry, and why? My parents, for my teenage years. I tried to run away when I was 15. We lived in a fishing village in France and, with my boyfriend, I headed to Spain to sell arts and crafts on the beach. Mum came and took me home.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2023 source ↗
I was going to a bar with friends and there was a line at the door. I’d been there before and asked the doorman to skip the line. He said, “Oh, I remember you, you were in Almost Famous, weren’t you?” And I said, “Yeah.” And he goes, “Yeah, get back in line.”
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 February 2026 source ↗
I get trolled on a daily basis so it probably involved my teeth, but that was until I learned to love my teeth.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

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