Graham Norton has get married to his mystery lover in a secret wedding ceremony at his native West Cork in Ireland over the weekend.
The TV host, 59, celebrated his union with his long-term partner – whose identity has never been revealed – at four-star venue Bantry House with 120 guests in attendance.
It’s been reported by the Irish Independent that singer Lulu and drag queen Panti Bliss were among the celebs who attended and even performed at the private affair.
Though Graham Norton has always been quite tight-lipped about his private life, here’s what we know about the BBC host’s dating history.
Who has Graham Norton dated?
Graham Norton previously dated RuPaul’s Drag Race star Tina Burner – whose real name is Kristian Seeber – which he addressed in his biography The Lives And Loves Of A He Devil.
On their ill-fated relationship and their decision to move in together, Norton wrote: “The experiment lasted for about six months and it was a disaster.
“I realise that even to a perfect stranger the outcome would have been glaringly obvious, but when you are in the middle of something and you are desperate for it to work, you’ll try anything.”
Seeber also spoke of their relationship, saying: “Graham is so famous, he’s at that level where your life is just like put on a platform. He’s such a great guy and it never ever got to him. It was the most amazing thing.”
Later, Graham dated Trevor Patterson for two years, before breaking up in 2013. He was then in a relationship with music marketing consultant Andrew Smith until 2015.
In 2018, there were rumours that he was secretly dating a crew member of The Graham Norton Show, with a source saying that they had been dating for over a year at that point.
Though the TV host has been open about how his past relationships fizzled out, he has kept his current relationship under wraps, not making references to his partner on social media.
Has Graham Norton been married before?
Prior to his secret marriage over the weekend, Graham Norton has never been married before.
There was some confusion online over his relationship with agony aunt Maria McErlane, because the latter often refers to herself as Graham’s ‘wife’.
But this is just an inside joke between the pair who are good friends and have together for decades on TV and radio.
What has Graham Norton said about being single?
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In 2021, Graham Norton said he didn’t mind being single, telling The Times: “There’s a weird thing that happens in your life that the older you get the less right you have to be picky, but the pickier you become. And your dating pool becomes smaller and smaller — but that’s because you want it to be.”
He also spoke about being spotted on dating app Tinder, saying: “I’m a single person, why wouldn’t I go on Tinder?,” adding that he had since deleted the app.
“I was on Tinder a couple of years ago, but I’m not on it now. I felt like I’d done it.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
