Norton strips for charity

Irishman Graham Norton has shed his clothes to pose for Cosmopolitan.

The five-times-a-week Channel 4 presenter has stripped off to help raise money for charity.

But he has preserved some dignity, with a Dalmatian strategically placed in the photo to ensure he retains a spot of modesty.

He is one of the TV and sports stars who have agreed to bare almost all for Cosmo's annual naked male pullout section, designed to help raise cash for Everyman cancer charity.

Norton, who wore a crown and held on to sceptre for the shoot, said: "I wanted to do it to help the Everyman campaign.

"Also I've lost two and a half stone recently and thought I'd have a shot at it, so I can look back proudly when I'm a huge, 90-year-old butterball."

The camp comic - whose new daily show is called V Graham Norton - added: "I haven't told my friends - I thought it would make a nice surprise for them."

Other stars to have stripped for the magazine include Pop Idol judge and Capital FM DJ Neil Fox, BBC1 Castaway Ben Fogle and Footballer's Wives actors Cristian Solimeno (who played bad boy Jason) and Daniel Schutzman (Italian player Sal).