Damon Albarn blasts Graham Norton over chat show snub in VERY awkward exchange
Damon Albarn took aim at Graham Norton for not inviting him back to his chat show during an awkward exchange on Friday’s episode.
The 57-year-old singer appeared on stage with Adrian Lester, Leo Woodall, Stephen Graham and Kaley Cuoco.
He was at the show to promote Gorillaz’s tour, which ends at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in June.
During the episode, Damon called out Graham about never being invited to the famous couch again.
“You didn’t invite me back,” he said, sipping his drink.
“Well, you’re here now,” Graham replied.
Damon Albarn took aim at Graham Norton for not inviting him back to his chat show during an awkward row on Friday’s episode
He was at the show to promote Gorillaz’s tour, which ends at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in June.
Damon continued: ‘I remember the last time I came back and told you in a nightclub… do you remember?’
‘What? ‘Was I in a nightclub?’ Graham asked, clearly confused.
‘Yeah, I was in a nightclub with you and I thought: ‘Why don’t I ever go on your show?’ Damon explained.
‘I don’t remember this at all. “I must have been pretty drunk,” Graham admitted.
Damon joked: ‘Must be one of those nightclubs.’
‘Yes, it must be so. How funny. “I might have forgotten that because I’m weird,” Graham replied.
It comes after Damon was spotted taking a low-key stroll with a new female friend in August, two years after his highly publicized split from Suzi Winstanley.
In 2023, The Mail On Sunday revealed that Suzi had ended things with Damon after 25 years of being together, despite trying hard to save their relationship.
The 57-year-old singer appeared on stage with Adrian Lester, Leo Woodall, Stephen Graham and Kaley Cuoco.
During the episode, Damon called out Graham about never being invited to the celebrity couch again
‘Yeah, I was in a nightclub with you and I thought: ‘Why don’t I ever go on your show?’ Damon explained
‘I don’t remember this at all. ‘I must have been pretty drunk,’ Graham admitted
Sources close to the couple, who share 25-year-old daughter Missy, said it was ‘kept a bit of a secret’ and only told to those who needed to know.
They were also revealed to be struggling with the Blur frontman’s travel schedule and his insistence that he spends most of his time at their home in Devon and has converted part of the space into a recording studio.
A friend said: ‘Suzi was so heartbroken she didn’t tell anyone. He really, really tried, but the relationship couldn’t be saved.
‘It’s been so sad for him, I think when he spreads news like that around it all becomes very final.’
Suzi was said to be so heartbroken that she couldn’t listen to Albarn’s latest album, The Ballad of Darren.
Many of the lyrics tell the story of their romance, which began in the late 1990s after Albarn’s split from Elastica star Justine Fleischmann.
The lyrics of the song The Ballad say: ‘I just looked at my life/And all I see is you ain’t coming back.’
Other lyrics imply that Albarn, also known for the virtual band Gorillaz, is at fault for the relationship’s breakdown. The album’s second track, St Charles Square, contains the opening lines: ‘I suck/I’m not the first person to do this.’
Albarn had moved into a two-bedroom flat in Ladbroke Grove and taken in fellow cartoonist Jamie Hewlett as a flatmate.
For their partnership, Olly and Suzi, who specialize in collaboratively depicting endangered wildlife, were invited to appear on Libby Purvis’s Radio 4 chat show Midweek, where Winstanley was also a guest.
Suzi Winstanley and Damon broke up in 2023 (filmed in 1999)
Hewlett and Albarn would hold meet-ups at the property when they began pitching the idea for the Gorillaz project.
The Girls and Boys singer recalled in a 2008 interview with the Sunday Times: ‘We had incredible parties in the flat.
‘Very interesting people walked through our doors that year.’
One of them was Winstanley, and at the end of 1999 they moved into a house together and welcomed their daughter Missy.
He previously described becoming a father as “witnessing a life force” in an interview with Esquire.
He said: ‘This changes you massively. It gradually shaves away any unsightly prickly parts and hopefully creates a beautifully rounded look. [life].
‘I don’t know, when you have children you inevitably look more towards the future.’
The duo kept most details of their private lives private, but Albarn did reveal some on rare occasions.
He explained that they could never marry because of a fundamental lack of interest in the institution.
Albarn once said: ‘I don’t think you’ll marry me. Suzi doesn’t believe in marriage, and neither do I.
‘Everyone who gets divorced is so devastated.’
