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What most recently moved you to tears?

192 answers answered between 2007 and 2026 one of 25 in The Q&A

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Read by field Everyone Arts and letters 171 Politics and public life 4 Business and finance 3 Technology 1 Sport 13
Read by age Any age Before thirty 7 In their thirties 32 In their forties 37 In their fifties 51 In their sixties 31 Seventy and beyond 29
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Simon Bird English actor and comedian
My sister's wedding. Probably a bit of grit in my eye or something. Let's not make a big deal out of it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2014 source ↗
Chris O'Dowd Irish actor and comedian
When our baby took to the boob for the first time: happy tears at him having his first feed, but also sad at the thought of how many more boobs he’ll seek out before he’s truly happy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2015 source ↗
Julia Stiles American actress
On a plane. I become so sentimental on planes: I could be watching Bridesmaids and start crying.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2015 source ↗
Rory Kinnear English actor
Last week I saw a moorhen feeding her chicks, and became overwhelmed by the miracle of parenthood and maternal sacrifice. And I hadn’t even been drinking.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 August 2017 source ↗
Hayley Atwell British American actress
On stage. It was cathartic. It takes a lot for me to cry in real life.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 December 2018 source ↗
Greg James British author, broadcaster, comedian, and presenter
Last week. I had quite a bad anxiety attack.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2019 source ↗
Vick Hope British television and radio presenter
This sounds so silly, but I cry with happiness all the time. I cry when my flowers open!
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2022 source ↗
Hamza Yassin
My last dance with Jowita, my dance partner. It’s been an emotional rollercoaster; she’s taught me so much about myself and I grew as a result. I’m more confident, more understanding, more respectful, more attuned with myself and others, more mentally strong.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
Rebecca Ferguson
The really terrible things that are happening in the Middle East made me cry for two days after 7 October. All those poor children on both sides.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 December 2023 source ↗

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