Claudia Winkleman apologises 'in advance' of presenting The Graham Norton Show
Claudia Winkleman has issued an apology "in advance" of her one-off appearance presenting 'The Graham Norton Show'.
Claudia Winkleman has apologised "in advance" ahead of her guest presenting role on 'The Graham Norton Show'.
The 53-year-old star is standing in for the 61-year-old host on Friday's (28.02.25) episode of the BBC chat show as Graham is away in Australia performing on his tour and joked that her one-off stint might not go down well.
Claudia - who will be joined on the programme by guests Chris Pratt, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Toby Jones, Rob Beckett and Rachel Chinouriri - said: "I won't make a mess and I apologise in advance."
It is the only second that time Norton has missed an episode of the programme - after Jack Whitehall stood in back in 2019 - and he revealed details about Claudia's guest appearance when 'The Traitors' host appeared on the show last month.
He said: "Claudia does have another little job coming up. Because, at the end of this series I'm popping off to do a tour of Australia and my seat is going to be filled for one week only by none other than Claudia Winkleman."
Meanwhile, the 'Strictly Come Dancing' co-host recently revealed that she was turning down new TV work as she is satisfied with her current projects - which include the Channel 4 programmes 'One Question' and 'The Piano'.
She told The Sun: "I’ve been more than lucky and I think that’s enough. I do believe – and I’m going to sound like my kids – in gratitude.
"I’m incredibly grateful. I love 'Strictly', I love 'The Traitors', I love 'The Piano', I love 'One Question', and you won’t see me doing anything else."
'The Graham Norton Show' airs tonight (28.02.25) at 10.40pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
