{"id":2274018,"date":"2026-02-09T13:41:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2274018"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:41:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:41:37","slug":"graham-norton-says-taylor-swift-video-idea-came-while-she-was-on-shows-sofa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/graham-norton-says-taylor-swift-video-idea-came-while-she-was-on-shows-sofa\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Norton says Taylor Swift video idea came while she was on show\u2019s sofa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The Irish presenter of BBC One\u2019s The Graham Norton Show, featured alongside actor Cillian Murphy, singer Lewis Capaldi, About Time star Domhnall Gleeson, Past Lives actress Greta Lee, and British actress Jodie Turner-Smith, in Swift\u2019s video for Opalite, which was released on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Norton explained: \u201cThe whole thing came to her in a blinding flash while she was on the sofa\u2026 and the next thing you know she\u2019s written this whole treatment.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Swift - Opalite (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1FVF-9KQiPo?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<\/figure>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cTaylor properly wrote this, it\u2019s all storyboarded and she properly directs it. Taylor is a marvellous director \u2013 I didn\u2019t think I had that (performance) in me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The Eurovision commentator said Swift\u2019s ability to remain calm on set is \u201cextraordinary\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He added: \u201cIt was like a movie shoot, a massive, massive deal. Everyone was lovely on set, it was a really, really fun experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Norton went on to say he kept a bottle of Nope-alite, a fictional spray which is advertised in the video, but it was accidentally binned by a new cleaner who mistook it for an empty bottle of real cleaning product.<\/p>\n<div class=\"indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5\">\n<figure data-testid=\"article-image-wrapper\" style=\"width:426px;max-width:100%\" class=\"indo-a466b963_figure indo-a466b963_aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"indo-90c71878_root indo-90c71878_placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:150%\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 375 375\" class=\"indo-40b00b8f_root indo-90c71878_logo\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path fill=\"#D7D7D7\" d=\"M204.375 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Crossick\/PA)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The 62-year-old said he had struggled to keep the video a secret, having worked on it in November, and added that he was \u201cin awe of myself\u201d for keeping the video a secret.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He added: \u201cOn New Year\u2019s Eve I was with a gaggle of gays and I just thought this is so good, surely I can tell them, but I didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cThere was many extras in my scene, no one joined all the dots and realised it was everyone off the Graham Norton sofa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He said a large portion of the video was shot in Croydon and other parts of London, with additional parts filmed in the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">During his time working on the video, Norton said he did not meet Swift\u2019s fiance, Kansas City Chiefs NFL player Travis Kelce, but that her mother, father and brother were on set along with the photographer who shot her engagement photos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Opalite is the latest single taken from Swift\u2019s latest studio album The Life Of A Showgirl, which was released in October last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It comes after the singer, 36, announced her engagement to Kelce in August and revealed in My that she had regained control over her back catalogue.<\/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.independent.ie \u2019 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