Veteran broadcaster Graham Norton has addressed swirling speculation regarding an invitation to Taylor Swift’s wedding to NFL star Travis Kelce, confirming he remains entirely in the dark.
He also took the opportunity to clarify previous remarks about signing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) related to the pop superstar, which had been widely reported.
The Irish presenter’s comments follow his appearance in Swift’s music video for the song “Opalite”, where he featured alongside other notable guests from his BBC chat show, including actor Cillian Murphy, singer Lewis Capaldi, and About Time star Domhnall Gleeson.
Speaking to Maria McErlane, his co-host on the podcast Wanging On, at Advertising Week Europe, Norton clarified the NDA situation. “I don’t know, no (I have not signed a non-disclosure agreement),” he stated.
“I said that as a joke on the podcast, I said, ‘oh I’ve signed all these NDAs’, and then it started getting reported as a serious thing in America. I didn’t say cut that out because I thought it was so obviously a joke.”
Swift, 36, announced her engagement to Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce in August of last year.
Reflecting on his unexpected cameo in the video, Norton quipped: “I said to Taylor at the time, often in your 60s you begin to give up on your dream of appearing in a major pop video, but it happened, and thank you very much, Taylor Swift.”
“Opalite” is featured on Swift’s latest studio album, The Life Of A Showgirl, which was released last October.
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Norton also took the opportunity to reflect on his extensive career, expressing gratitude for being able to “age in real time on television with an audience”.
He mused: “When I look back and I think of some of the things I did when we started, I’d be running around the audience with a microphone getting people to tell me their sex stories, confessing about sex toys and things. I was 30-something then, now I’m 60-something, if I was doing that, it would just be creepy.”
