Graham Norton reveals best and worst guests - from Lady Gaga to Kevin Costner
The TV presenter, whose BBC One show returns this month, found Hollywood stars 'boring' and 'snooty'.
Brutally honest Graham Norton has revealed his best and worst chat show guests ever – with both Robert De Niro and Madonna coming up short.
The TV presenter, whose BBC One show returns this month, found Hollywood stars De Niro and Kevin Costner “boring” and “snooty” respectively.
Graham, 61, who is about to embark on a UK tour promoting his latest book Frankie, pulls no punches, saying: “We have had very quiet guests. I mean Robert De Niro is no king of chat.
“He is a very benign presence. Once he started to tell an anecdote, but it was so bad.
“He got really quite a long way into the story and lost his way, so we cut it out.
“It was the most he has ever said on a chat show and it was not left in.”
On Costner, he said: “I ask him a question and he looks at me like ‘Jesus, do I have to talk to this man?’
“He kind of gives a half-a*** answer and Helen Mirren chips in and asks him a question and he could not be happier.”
When it comes to female pop stars, Graham praises Lady Gaga, saying: “When she came on our show she was really nice to the audience and to fans who had made dolls of her. It was a really beautiful moment.
“But when Madonna was on, we had someone who had painstakingly made dolls of her in each outfit from red carpets.
“We showed them to her and she just went, ‘Those glasses are wrong.’”
The broadcaster added that Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts was his favourite guest on the last series, recalling: “She was on with Cher and Tom Hanks, and she was the secret sauce and kept everybody talking.
“She talked to the audience and cracked jokes.”
●The Graham Norton Show returns on BBC One on Friday September 27 at 10.40pm.
