Graham Norton has admitted he likes to down a glass of wine for his nerves before he steps on stage to host star-studded events.
The TV star is presenting this years BAFTA awards for the ninth time running and likes a quick drink to make sure he’s feeling nice and comfortable.
”I brush my teeth – I think that’s good. And I normally have a glass of wine. I mean, if there is no wine then I can’t have it, but in an ideal world I’d have a glass of wine,” he said.
Take the edge off: Graham likes a glass of wine before an event
“It takes the edge off, and also it’s just … I like wine! I can see how Mariah Carey ends up with a basket of kittens, because somebody said, ‘What would you like?’ And she finally got to a basket of kittens.”
Graham has worked hard to get rid of his other pre-show rituals after he realised they were becoming self-fulfilling prophesies.
”Those things rituals become a kind of tyranny, and they’re self-fulfilling prophecies,” he told DigitalSpy.
Old school: Graham has gotten rid of all his other pre-show rituals
“So if you don’t have your lucky socks, you get to the venue and you don’t have your lucky socks, you kind of think, ‘Oh my God, it’s going to be awful,’ and it probably will be awful because you’re willing it to be awful.”
“So I’ve tried to get rid of all of those things that I ever did.,” he explained.
Despite hosting the ceremony nine times, the BBC star revealed he still gets nervous.
Nerves: Graham still gets nervous hosting events | VIPIRELAND.COM
”This one I do get nervous about, because the audience isn’t a normal audience. It’s not just the famous people.”
“The famous people are off-putting enough, but then the rest of it is executives and directors and people who are just bored out of their minds. There’s no excitement for them.”
The House of Fraser BAFTA TV Awards take place on Sunday May 10 at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London and will be broadcast on BBC One.
