Graham Norton is the chat show king that nearly every star in the world hopes to meet. In a new look at the success of his 26-year-old talk show, the Irish comedian revealed that he owes much of his global success to three iconic divas: Cher, Joan Collins, and Dolly Parton, who helped make his BBC One series a worldwide sensation.
The ladies helped establish Graham's presence on television by taking a chance on appearing in early episodes when he first launched his career on Channel 4 in the late 1990s.
Despite now having these three global icons on speed dial, Graham admits it's his 92-year-old mother, Rhoda, who is the first to call him with a candid review of his weekly chat show after it airs on Friday nights, reports the Mirror.Living in fear of his Irish mother's no-nonsense opinion, he admits: "My mother watches the show every Friday and every Saturday I get her review."There are only two of them.
One will go, 'Saw the show last night...I thought it was alright.' That is the good review."If it is a bad review, she will say, 'Saw the show last night...How do YOU think it went?' So with parenting like that it is no surprise I seek the validation of strangers.
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