Norton: Statue in home town a waste of money

Chat show host Graham Norton has branded plans to erect a statue of him in his Co Cork hometown for The Gathering as “a waste of money”.

Norton: Statue in home town a waste of money

But the Bafta-award winning comedian, who hosts BBC’s flagship Friday night comedy chat show, The Graham Norton Show, has indicated that he may attend a Cork Rebel Week event in Bandon in October.

His attendance, at an as yet to be announced event, was revealed by Rebel Week organisers yesterday after Norton said a statue of him would “look hideous”.

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