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Evening Standard
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Maddy Mussen

‘Such a regretful no’: How Succession’s Sandi has perfected the art of saying ‘absolutely not’

In the latest episode of Succession, professional side character and Waystar Roy Co board member Sandi Furness is discussing how she declined Connor Roy’s wedding invitation when she mutters the somewhat throwaway line: “That was such a regretful no.”

Of course we know this is complete bulls**t, but it is such a well placed, understated way of saying “I do not want to come to your wedding because I do not like you or your spouse enough to allocate my precious time that way,” that you simply have to marvel at it. The rudest snub in the world, packaged into a neat little digestible morsel.

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