Graham Norton was reportedly in talks to replace David Walliams on the upcoming season of Britain’s Got Talent after Walliams received backlash when disrespectful comments he made about auditionees came to light.
embroiled in controversyAccording to a transcript, the children’s author also said of a female hopeful: ‘She’s like the slightly boring girl you meet in the pub that thinks you want to f**k them but you don’t.’chats between him and his fellow judges in January 2020, according to The Guardian.
Following the scandal, Walliams’ position on the show was ‘up in the air’ with reports suggesting the judge has quit and that bosses set their sights on presenter Norton, 59, as his replacement.‘Bosses had their hearts set on Graham,’ a TV insider told‘Money was not the issue but, after some thought, Graham realised it was not a project he wanted to take on right now,’ they added.
Following Walliams’ controversial comments, a spokesperson for BGT told Metro.co.uk at the time that ‘the judging panel for Britain’s Got Talent 2023 will be announced in due course’. ‘It’s still very much up in the air at the moment on whether David is going to take part in next year’s show. No decision, though, has been made as yet,’ they added.Despite the backlash, co-star and long-serving judgevocalising her support as she chatted to Good Morning Britain at the Variety Club Show Business Awards last year.
Asked how she wants the panel to look next year, she replied: ‘I would like to see the judging panel look like it did before. I think we’re a great team, we’re a family.’
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