{"id":2087761,"date":"2025-10-13T13:45:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2087761"},"modified":"2025-10-13T13:45:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:45:55","slug":"graham-norton-names-guest-from-hell-on-bbc-chat-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/graham-norton-names-guest-from-hell-on-bbc-chat-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Norton names guest from &#8216;hell&#8217; on BBC chat show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.attitude.co.uk\/tag\/graham-norton\/\">Graham Norton<\/a><\/strong> has revealed his most hellish interview on\u00a0The Graham Norton Show, naming Mark Wahlberg as the guest who was too drunk to handle.<\/p>\n<p>Wahlberg appeared on the talk show in 2013 to promote his movie at the time,\u00a0Broken City, joining a star-studded sofa alongside comedian Sarah Silverman and actor Michael Fassbender.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"at-related-articles__title\">Read next<\/h4>\n<p>Speaking at the Henley Literary Festival 2025 on Friday (10 October), according to the <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/graham-norton-show-bbc-guests-b2843705.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Independent<\/a><\/strong>, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.attitude.co.uk\/culture\/attitude-101-graham-norton-person-of-the-year-459449\/\"><strong>Attitude cover star<\/strong><\/a> said: \u201cMark Wahlberg was a weird one because when he arrived, he didn\u2019t seem drunk.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">\u201cIt was hell\u201d \u2013\u00a0Graham Norton on Mark Wahlberg being drunk on The Graham Norton Show<\/h2>\n<p>He added: \u201cHe told me about his film, told me a couple of stories about stunts going wrong or whatever, and then it was only 15 minutes into the show when whatever the hell was in his system really took hold \u2013 and it was hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Graham Norton Show S12E16 - Mark Wahlberg, Sarah Silverman, Michael Fassbender, Laura Mvula\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s21Z8wjWeQM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.attitude.co.uk\/tag\/drag-race-uk\/\"><strong>RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race UK<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0judge was interviewing Fassbender, he remained uninterrupted. Norton recalled: \u201cI thought, \u2018this one is going well \u2013 I wonder why,\u2019 and I looked over at Mark Wahlberg and he was asleep. So yeah, we don\u2019t encourage that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wahlberg, formerly known by his stage name Marky Mark, is an American actor, producer and former rapper well known for films such as Ted and Daddy\u2019s Home.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Norton named Mickey Rourke as another difficult intoxicated guest<\/h2>\n<p>Norton also cited\u00a0former <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.attitude.co.uk\/tag\/celebrity-big-brother\/\"><strong>Celebrity Big Brother<\/strong><\/a> housemate <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.attitude.co.uk\/tag\/mickey-rourke\/\"><strong>Mickey Rourke<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0as another challenging, intoxicated guest, who arrived having already drunk half a bottle of Jack Daniels.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC recently agreed to a three-year deal with Norton and\u00a0So Television\u00a0to produce three more series of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b006xnzc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Graham Norton Show\u00a0for iPlayer<\/strong><\/a> and BBC One. The three-series deal starts with series 34, which will air in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>In his most recent episode, Norton was joined by celebrities including <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.attitude.co.uk\/tag\/julia-roberts\/\"><strong>Julia Roberts<\/strong><\/a>, Colin Farrell,<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.attitude.co.uk\/culture\/film-tv\/review-gloria-estefan-musical-almost-blows-the-roof-off-the-london-coliseum-299232\/\"><strong> Gloria Estefan<\/strong><\/a>, Benedict Cumberbatch, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.attitude.co.uk\/tag\/robbie-williams\/\"><strong>Robbie Williams<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wahlberg was invited back to the show last year, in 2024, alongside Will Ferrell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.attitude.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graham Norton has revealed his most hellish interview on\u00a0The Graham Norton Show, naming Mark Wahlberg as the guest who was too drunk to handle. Wahlberg appeared on the talk show in 2013 to promote his movie at the time,\u00a0Broken City, joining a star-studded sofa alongside comedian Sarah Silverman and actor Michael Fassbender. 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