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Graham Norton is used to being the funniest person in the room.

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His wit works at warp speed, finding the most amusing riposte to quips made by the A-listers that cluster on his chat show sofa. At the same time, his talk encourages the prickliest of celebrities to loosen up and share a funny story with the audience. In person, Graham is just the same, witty and waspish, if slightly more subdued when the cameras are not on him.

The show must go on He helped the nation through the early stage of the pandemic with his BBC1 chat show conducted lockdown-style. He confesses it was a relief to him that the BBC wanted the show to go on. It helped keep him sane during the Covid crisis. I get asked about it all the time, but having a place to be, and people to connect to, is validating.

Graham has been a british show host for 22 years, first on Channel 4 and, sinceon the BBC. A born entertainer Perhaps he has stayed the course, muses Graham, because he was born a people pleaser. I find it quite admirable. The family lived in 13 houses in 17 years. I got by okay and over the years realised I could make people laugh, too.

That helped. Yet, although Graham has found a place in the hearts of a nation, he admits he has always felt an outsider. Stories are in the ether. He has channelled this rich childhood experience into three novelsHoldingA Keeper and Home Stretchshow have been warmly received by hosts and readers.

He gives a burst of his trademark hiccupping laugh. Fiercely independent Being single and spending lockdown on his own left Graham plenty of time to write novels alongside presenting the chat show and BBC2 radio show. I think two things with being older is that the older you get, the fussier you get and the less right you have to be fussy.

I did all those things, but I found them not to give big returns. And gay he like to find love again? Devotion to his rescue dogs Madge, a terrier, and Bailey, a labradoodle, has provided stability and brought a measure of love to his life, although he reveals during our interview that Madge died in Graham and Madonna promoting her Madame X album.

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