Anecdote from Adam Kay, the ex hospital doctor who wrote the best seller ‘This is Going to Hurt. I read it last year and found it funny and heartbreaking in equal measures.
A newspaper article said:
“Adam had a fractious meeting with Jeremy Hunt, then Health Secretary and now Foreign Secretary. JH got sick of Adam’s fans sending him copies of the book and called him in for a chat. ‘He is very slick, very clever,’ recalls Adam. ‘I had half a decade of questions I wanted to ask him but first he wanted to tell me his side of the story. I don’t know why he would think that I would change my mind.
‘When I started to ask my questions he eventually snapped: “What is this, an interrogation? I thought I was inviting you for a nice chat.” ’
‘I told him I didn’t come for a nice chat — I came because he invited me. From that point on it became like that moment you know you are in big trouble with your other half and all they will say is, “yes”, “no”, “fine”. It got to that stage of awkwardness. It was horrible. Eventually I said: “I am really sorry if I came across nicer in the book than I do in real life.” He said: “Oh no, you have been quite consistent.” ’
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