Graham dated Scott Michaels for five years until and was in a relationship with Trevor Patterson from to Graham previously said he'd rather live alone for the rest of his life: "You have your own rules as you get older.
I would prefer to live alone for the rest of my life rather than live with towels that were folded incorrectly. But he rose to fame on TV after winning an award for being a stand-in host on a Channel 5 late-night talk show hosted by Jack Docherty. In , Graham - who was studying at the Central School of Speech and Drama - was mugged, beaten up and stabbed by two men as he walked towards Queen's Park in London. This evolution was inevitable. In Ireland we had The Late Late Show hosted by Gay Byrne who, a bit like Michael Parkinson , despairs of the modern chat show and will probably be horrified to hear that he inspired my show in any way, but he did.
It was an endless show - it lasted about three hours - and was very free-form and brilliant. For a long time we played catch up with American chat shows, but I think we have now overtaken them. In the end it's obviously still one person talking to another on a sofa, but we make a bigger effort here to differentiate our shows.
In the States they are all identical, they even have the same set - a big window with a skyline in the background. But a British audience expects more and we have been forced to push the boundaries of what a chat show might be and what you can get the guests to do. You do get big Hollywood names now but they are media-trained to within an inch of their lives so it's hard to get them to talk about themselves or share an opinion.
You even get clauses where people will specifically ask not to talk about certain subjects - their boyfriends or their divorce. There's a mistaken assumption that doing a chat show is easy, but it's trickier than people assume. To be a good chat show host you have to want to be a chat show host, not just want to be on the telly. People would probably be surprised at the amount of work that goes into putting together my show, given how shambolic the end result can be.
If a guest is disappointing it's not their fault - they are an actor, singer, footballer - which doesn't mean they have to be entertaining. Take Charlotte Charlotte Church : there is no reason why she should be a good guest - she was the "voice of an angel", she had a couple of kids and she has a new album out, not chat-show gold thus far, and yet she has developed a nice personality, she has a unique turn of phrase, she is funny, warm and honest and all of those things make her a great guest.
People like Bono really annoy me. He goes to hell and back to avoid paying tax. He has a special accountant. He works out Irish tax loopholes. And then he's asking me to buy a well for an African village. Tarmac the road outside your house, you tight-wad! Or pay for a school in Ireland. I've never met Bono and now I probably never will. But if I do meet him I'll ask him because I think it's a hard thing to justify. I pay a lot of tax. The actor has not shared any information on this topic.
Graham Norton is openly gay and has talked about his homosexuality on multiple occasions. He also dated Trevor Patterson and Andrew Smith. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Search Search for: Search. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.
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