S17.E12: Lewis Hamilton, Ewan McGregor, Jack Whitehall, Rita Ora

[Athena]

Graham Norton presents his talk show. Together on his sofa are world champion Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, actor Ewan McGregor, comedian Jack Whitehall and pop superstar Rita Ora, who chats and performs her new single Poison.

[theatremouse]

So Rita Ora forgot her shirt?

(Also get off my lawn. /oldpersonrant)

[peeayebee]

For me, the best thing about this ep was the video of the dog in the airplane. I also loved the cat one.

 

I'm so not into car racing. Lewis Hamilton seems like a nice guy, but I tuned out when he was talking about cars, or whatever he was talking about.

 

I kind of remember Ewan being a more fun guest. He was a bit on the dull side to me.

[TexasGal]

I love Ewan and Jack Whitehall, but the episode was slightly disappointing.

 

I did, however, rewind and pause on the pic of Ewan getting his OBE.  Sigh.  Love.

[dubbel zout]

All the guys were funny. I loved their stories about royalty, and Jack's crush on Andy Murray's mother is adorable.

 

Why wouldn't Graham get an MB or OBE? He's not that controversial.

 

Will we get another season starting before fall?

[dusang]

I did, however, rewind and pause on the pic of Ewan getting his OBE.  Sigh.  Love.

 

He was looking particularly fine in that shot, no?

 

I was a little annoyed when Lewis Hamilton opened the show taking shots at Jack Whitehall for not having a license.  It just seemed a bit... rude.

[dubbel zout]

I was a little annoyed when Lewis Hamilton opened the show taking shots at Jack Whitehall for not having a license.  It just seemed a bit... rude.

 

Whitehall was a good sport about it, definitely. Per Wiki, he was raised in London, so it's not as if he needed to know how to drive to get around.

[heebiejeebie]

Lewis Hamilton is much more palatable when he is at the top of his game as it were than when he is just a contender.  I hate to think what he will be like when he finally is regulated to a "has been" in his field.  I know he is scrambling trying to make some kind of style work so he can segway from who he is dating to a more David Beckham like pop culture figure.  Problem is I've heard he can be very nice, he can be very nasty but he always is just a bit dim.  So outside of racing I'm not sure he has much of a place (celebrity wise that is).

 

I do wish he and Kit 'The Snit" Harrington were on together.  Just so I could howl in laughter.  Oneof my sisters is married to a bit of a Someone in London (A SlightOne my family jokes).  I believe it was when she was at the Lord Mayors for some some charity event and the women's facilities were off this side hall with marble floors used for celebrities to exit to their cars without the crush of the press.  So they would waiting to use the loo and hear clicking on the marble floors.  So they would all look too see which female celeb whisked by.  Well the loudest set of heels going clickity clack belonged to Wee Kit the Snit (who threw a tantrum when two co-stars showed up at the Berlin premiere of his Pompeii film towering over the wee thing),  Almost immediately after he went tapping down the hall, they hear loud clacking heels coming back up the hall.  they all peer over to see why wee Kit who is known for his temper is coming back their way.  Only to see almost as Lil Lewie wearing heels just as big going back for his phone.  Or Nicole.  They weren't sure which accessory.  Anyway it would have been funny if they were on together and I could watch them try to sit straighter than the other.

 

Then again hearing what a prat Harrington is, I would love to see him on the show next time having to share the couch with the likes of Hugh Jackman and Idris Elba.  Pretty much anyone that makes him feel particularly tiny.

 

Speaking of Nicole I wonder if the lack of her also made Lewis a bit more relaxed. 

 

I did notice that Jack went into one of his rehearsed (he is good fitting in but his anecdotes seem way to fake to me) stories cutting Lewis off and Lewis was so not amused.