Chat show king Graham Norton has opened up about his wedding day – saying having his mother watch him get married made him “very happy”.
The TV and radio presenter tied the knot to Scottish filmmaker Jonathan McLeod in an intimate ceremony in West Cork last July.
The 60-year-old TV star broke his silence on his relationship with McLeod, and shared details of the couple’s ceremony, which took place in Bantry House in front of 120 guests.
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Among the guests was Graham’s beloved 91-year-old mother, who he said was the reason they got married in West Cork.
He said: “I got married this year and we had our wedding party near to where my mother lives in Ireland just so she could come,” he said in an interview last year.
“She wouldn't have been well enough to come to London so West Cork it was. And it made me very happy.”
Graham, who is rumoured to be worth more than £24 million, said he was from a “generation of gays” who assumed marriage was “never going to be on the cards”, so he was over the moon to find happiness with Scottish filmmaker Jono.
“So, one, it's extraordinary that it can happen, I mean, I never gave up hope of finding the one. If it was a surprise, it was a pleasant surprise,” he shared.
But he joked it was easier to commit to his vows at his age.
“I had a joke in my speech: the vows are much more manageable. 'Till death do us part' seems more achievable at our age,” he told The Guardian.
“If you get married at 23, that's a big ask. We only have to put up with each other for a couple of decades. And then I'll be out of here,” he added.
Norton also said he likes the fact that he was able to reinvent himself as an author in his 50s as he prepares to debut his fifth novel.
“My books are quite quiet. They’re not exciting. One of the things I like about that bit of my life is I didn’t start it till I was 50. I loved waking up at 52 being a debut something. It was a good reminder that there’s more road than we think. I have just turned 60; my mum is 91. That’s 30 years. It’s a long time to coast. Starting the writing just reminded me, you’re not dead yet.”
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