Graham Norton has revealed the “worst ever guest” he had on The Graham Norton Show.
The 59-year-old was in Dublin promoting his new book, Forever Home, when he told the audience about Harvey Weinstein’s “chilling” behaviour.
The disgraced former Hollywood mogul appeared on an episode of the BBC talk show in 2015 alongside David Tennant, Olivia Colman and Jessie J, two years before dozens of women came forward with allegations of sexual assault by the now convicted rapist.
According to Joe.co.uk, Norton said at the book event: “I often talk around who my least favourite guest was, but someone reminded me, I have a really good answer to this now.
“It’s Harvey Weinstein. He’s in jail, so he gets the prize for the worst guest ever.”
The broadcaster added: “And actually, it was weird, because he asked for my email. And he emailed me something very nice, a complimentary thing. And then he decided he wanted to be on the show because he was going to promote something.
“And it was a show that was fully booked, so I replied saying, ‘Oh, thank you so much, but the show is fully booked’. He emailed back, ‘What if I blah de blah de blah?’ ‘No, the show is fully booked, blah de blah.’
“And he emailed back again, ‘But I think…,’ and I just had to turn to my booker and say, ‘Can you please deal with this?’ And at the time, I thought that sort of attitude, that kind of, ‘Oh no, I’m going on,’ that is what makes you a very good producer.
“But of course, now that we know what we know, that is what makes him a predator. It was that kind of weird, tunnel-vision thing,” Norton shared.
“And it was sort of chilling in retrospect, because I was just laughing at those emails. But you realise, oh my God, that is an insight into how that man is.”
Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year sentence in a California prison and is awaiting trial on charges he assaulted five women in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills from 2004 to 2013.
