Graham Norton has taken a swipe at plastic surgery culture in Los Angeles, joking that people there look like they have "escaped a hotel fire". The TV presenter made the comments during an episode of his podcast, Wanging On, with co-host Maria McErlane.
Podcast discussion on cosmetic procedures
The conversation began after the pair read a message from a listener about a friend who had been discussing getting a boob job. Graham said: "She told you she was getting a boob job over a year ago. Boobs have not been touched. I think she's just coming up with a shopping list of things she'd like to have done."
He added: "You know, and people do, you know, we all talk about what we'd like to have done, but then don't do it." Graham said the choice was entirely her friend's, and the only thing she could do was reassure her she looked fantastic, whatever the outcome.
Jokes about Hollywood appearances
He went on to say: "You know, everyone in LA is telling each other they all look great. Whereas actually, someone should just step in and go, 'You all look like you've escaped a hotel fire', but nobody says that."
Maria also revealed Graham had made another comment about an unnamed person's cosmetic procedures, recalling: "I think you said the other day, you made a quote the other day. I can't remember who you were talking about. 'Looks like some skin has been stretched over a light bulb'. That's a really good image to have in your mind."
Maria's thoughts on surgery
Maria suggested cosmetic surgery could prove "addictive", and remarked: "Whatever you do to the exterior, you are still the same person inside. And quite often people think that fixing the outside as they see it will somehow fix the unhappiness inside. And it doesn't."
The comments come after Graham previously shared that he was once close to Star Wars star Carrie Fisher, first meeting her during filming for Ruby Wax's BBC Two show, Ruby. In May, he revealed during a separate podcast episode: "I didn't really care about Star Wars at all, but years later, there was a time where Ruby Wax did this chat show where it was kind of a dinner table and Ruby had people and you chatted to each other."
He added: "I was doing one with Ruby and it was the first time I ever met Carrie Fisher and so before the show, Ruby said to me, 'Look, I know Carrie, so I can't ask her about Star Wars, can you ask the Star Wars questions?' And so I did, and from that day on, Carrie thought I was a fan of Star Wars and I never told her that I could not have cared less for Star Wars."
He went on to reveal that this prompted Carrie to divulge the "whole plot" of an upcoming Star Wars film, despite a strict "secrecy" surrounding it.
