Graham Norton shares ‘awkward’ encounter with Jessica Chastain

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Graham Norton, 58, has made a number of humorous gags about his guests over the years, but has now decided to leave this in the past. The host said he doesn’t believe his audience has an “appetite” for that humour anymore.

When asked if he regrets any of his gags about his celebrity guests, he said: “It is that thing where you can do jokes about anyone until you meet them and then, of course, they are quite nice, fun or a nice person.

“And then you go back and the writers are going, ‘No, you met, now we cannot do jokes about them any more’.

“And I think that sort of comedy at the moment is not popular.

“That idea of roast jokes. It is not now,” he added to the Daily Star.

The Graham Norton Show first came to screens back in 2007.

The long-running programme is known for its star-studded guests, adult humour and performances at the end of the show.

Graham’s revelation comes after he revealed how the crew focus on keeping the audience laughing.

“We’re not pretending to be important,” he told The Times.

“We’re the distraction, to the point where the chat show is edited for laughs.

“Even if somebody tells a serious or moving story, it’ll probably be cut out because that’s not what the show is.”

Guests on the show over the years have included; Mark Wahlberg, Dame Helen Mirren, Kevin Costner and Taylor Swift.

Despite meeting some of the world’s biggest celebrities, the host recently said he never befriends them.

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He labelled himself “the help”, who he claims A-listers would never consider inviting out for a drink afterwards.

He said: “We do the show and then after, on the Friday morning, I will see a picture in the paper of all the guests leaving a restaurant because they’ve all had dinner together and I’m like, ‘Hello. I was there too’.”

The presenter added it was “interesting” that it hadn’t crossed his guests’ minds to invite him out, but said he didn’t want to go anyway.

Instead, the broadcaster is more than happy to spend his spare time home alone and hopes to adopt a new dog soon.

Graham also hosts his own show on Virgin Radio following his move from the BBC.

As well as this, he’s known for his sassy one-liners as a commentator at the Eurovision Song Contest.

He is said to be one of the broadcaster’s highest paid broadcasters, raking in more than £600,000 a year.

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