BBC star Graham Norton – who is nominated for an award at the 2025 TV BAFTAs – sparked alarm on Sunday when he arrived on the red carpet with his arm in a sling
Graham Norton turned heads as he arrived on the red carpet of the 2025 TV BAFTAs on Sunday – as he had his arm in a sling. The iconic Irish talk show host, 62, showed no sign of being in pain as he arrived at the glitzy event with a smile.
The BBC star sported a striking suit to attend the awards which featured oversized buttons around the lapel. But it was the unexpected addition of a medical sling that made his outfit stand out.
Graham held his arm up with the device which was in a matching colour of black with a mesh-like effect on the material. It is unclear how the RuPaul’s Drag Race UK judge sustained the inury.
The Mirror has contacted the talk show star’s representatives for comment. Graham stands to win the Best Entertainment Performance award at the ceremony held in London on Sunday night.
He is nominated for his work as the host of his popular talk show, The Graham Norton Show, which airs on BBC One. He faces competition from Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan for their Sky show Rob and Romesh Vs, Declan Donnelly and Anthony McPartlin for their now cancelled ITV show Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, and Joe Lycett for his Channel 4 show Late Night Lycett.
Stacey Solomon is also nominated for her role as host of the BBC One show Sort Your Life Out – and Claudia Winkleman is also in. the running for her performance as the host of the insanely popular BBC show The Traitors.
Graham’s red carpet appearance comes after he recounted almost being killed in a past stabbing attack. The Irish star was set upon by thugs in the 1980s and feared for his life.
Recounting the horrific incident with The Telegraph, the star said: “Getting stabbed in 1989. I lost half my blood.
“The bad moment I remember – because when it’s happening, is all just trauma – but then the morning after, I was in the hospital ward and I remember a nurse came up to me and said, ‘Do you want us to contact anyone? Do you want us to contact your parents?'”
He continued: “And in my head, I was thinking, ‘Well, I don’t want to worry my parents but equally, if I’m going to die, they’d probably like to come and say goodbye to me, because they’d be annoyed if I didn’t tell them.’
“So, I said to the nurse, ‘Am I going to die?’ And she went, ‘Eerrrrm…’ and I was like, ‘Don’t pause. This is not the place to pause. This is quite serious.’ So that was bad.”
Fans of the star have been intrigued in recent months as he has been selling up properties on both sides of the Atlantic – but they will need to dig deep if they hope to buy either home. Earlier this year, it was revealed that Graham was selling his house located in the Wapping area of London – selling via Knight Frank for £4.95 million.
And then it was revealed he had put a home in Manhattan, New York on the market too. The home is up for sale for almost $6 million (£4.5 million) via the Corcoran Group.
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