Graham Norton on December 4, 2018 in London, England. (David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty)
Graham Norton was scared to death after losing half his blood in a horrific stab wound in 1989.
The Irish talk show host opened up about the terrifying experience in an interview with author Adam Kay for his new book in which celebrities share their stories of their positive experiences with the NHS.
Kay spoke to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby about the incident during an appearance on This morning.
“Graham Norton, who tells the most amazing story, he’s been a huge part of our lives for decades and you think you know someone,” he said.
“As a first-time drama student and he was stabbed, not a little stabbed, he was really stabbed.”
Graham Norton recalled being stabbed in 1989 and praised the NHS for its response.
The author told the This morning hosts that Norton had just moved to London to study acting when the terrible incident happened.
Kay said Norton described the NHS “as the safety net to catch us when we fall”.
“There’s this creepy section where he asks this nurse, ‘Am I going to die? “
“And the long pause the nurse gave before her response made her flesh clench in her bones.”
Talk to The Guardian last year about the stabbing, Norton said it was “the most formative thing that ever happened to him.”
There’s this creepy section where he asks this nurse, “Am I going to die?”
“It gave me a real perspective on life and what matters,” he revealed.
“Before that, I was in drama school, caught up in the pursuit of success. I went back to acting school and people were slamming doors because of the roles they got and I was like, ‘Uh, I’m almost dead. I am really very happy to be alive. »
“Now if I’m worried about something, I can put it into perspective,” he continued.
He has previously said that knife crime happens because people are “dehumanized” by a lack of empathy.
He had already said The mirror this knife crime happens because people are ‘dehumanized’.
“People lose their lives and also, people who stab, their lives are destroyed for nothing, for this stupid thing because they couldn’t understand the consequences of it,” Norton said.
“If you had the empathy, the level of imagination to think, that the person you’re stabbing could be a brother, a friend, a sister, a mother or a father, you wouldn’t be doing it.
“One way or another, people have been dehumanized,” he continued.
He also said he thinks knife crime is “more about economics than modern society.”
“It’s about people with nothing and if you have nothing to lose it’s a really scary place.”
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