Graham Norton says a huge star refused to sit down on the sofa.
The presenter dropped a bombshell on Grace Dent’s Comfort Eating podcast, declaring that one major Hollywood star “refused to sit down” on his renowned BBC chat show, The Graham Norton Show. Chat show king Norton revealed some seating dramas.
Asked if any stars expect to be close to him, Graham confessed: “That does happen weirdly, it’s our fault really. What we should have done all along was mix it up, so that the biggest star wasn’t near to me, but now it is seen as the person sitting next to me is the biggest star on the sofa.”
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Norton admitted a shocker: Bradley Cooper, despite his star power, hasn’t clinched the prestigious seat beside him, saying: “Which sometimes means that huge stars for whatever reason have never sat next to me. Bradley Cooper has never sat next to me. There has always been someone more famous than him.”
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When Grace delved into guests doing a last-minute switcheroo, Norton revealed: “That has happened once. They walked out together, they were two actors, they walked out together and one of them was supposed to be sitting next to me and the other one just didn’t sit down. He just waited.”, reports the Mirror.
He added: “It was quite something to see.” Graham has been a household name for decades due to the ongoing success of his chat show, which first aired on BBC Two in 2007 before moving to BBC One two years later.
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The show has since grown in popularity, winning several awards, including the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance three times. The Graham Norton Show is scheduled to return on BBC One tonight (Friday, September 27) for its 32nd series.
Stars such as Demi Moore, Lady Gaga, Colin Farrell and Richard Ayoade all set to appear. It comes as Dame Maggie Smith, one of the most beloved guests on Graham’s show, has sadly died aged 89.
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She died in hospital and in a statement issued via their publicist, her sons Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens said: “It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith. She passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning, Friday 27th September.”
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