De Niro has appeared on ‘The Graham Norton Show’ several times. Graham Norton has revealed why a rambling anecdote told by Robert De Niro on his BBC One chat show was never shown on air. The Irish talk show host began presenting his popular Friday night show in 2007 and has even become a hit in the United States. Despite the success of the show, there have been plenty of awkward moments over the years, most recently when James Corden had to correct Timothee Chalamet.
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During their conversation, Meyers asked Norton if there have ever been any occasions where he’s had to intervene when a guest’s story isn’t going quite to plan. “If there’s an easy way to end it, I will… ‘shut up! Save yourself! Run!’”, joked the 61-year-old.
Norton then went on to tell a story about Robert De Niro, who has been on his show several times, despite the Oscar winner not being great at holding a conversation. “I remember, Robert De Niro, he’s a lovely man, but he’s not that chatty. He’s been on an enormous amount of times, and I’ve discovered that he’s a benign presence. It’s not like he’s having a horrible time – he’s having a nice time! – he just doesn’t like to talk very much,” Norton explained.
He was on our show, it must have been the fourth time he was on, and he was having such a nice time that he started to tell an anecdote! And we were like, ‘oh my god, Robert De Niro is telling an anecdote’. Well… it soon became clear why he doesn’t.”.
