'I was a grubby git from Cork': Graham Norton on trying to 'reinvent' himself when he left Ireland

Bandon’s favourite son, Graham Norton pictured on tonight's episode of The Late Late Show. Picture Andres Poveda

Graham Norton has said that getting older contributed to his decision to marry. The Cork-born BBC presenter tied the knot with Scottish film-maker Jonathan McLeod in July, before 120 guests at Bantry House.

“I never thought I’d get married,” Norton (59) told Ryan Tubridy on The Late Late Show, where he was promoting his new novel, Forever Home.