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UK chat show icon Graham Norton has revealed just what he thinks of pop juggernaut Taylor Swift.

The Irish comedian, 61, who hosts the long-running Graham Norton Show in the UK, was chatting on the Kyle and Jackie O Show on Tuesday when the Shake It Off hitmaker came up.

‘Someone like Taylor Swift, who is arguably the most famous woman in the world – I don’t know if it’s an act, but she appears to be so close to normal,’ he told the radio hosts.

‘It’s weird. It’s like you can change the economy of a country just by showing up. How can you be this normal? And yet she’s so lovely and normal and just fantastic.’

He added he was also quite taken with Taylor’s very pragmatic approach to songwriting.

‘I remember saying to her, you know, because she’s going on a big, long tour. And I said to her, “Are you worried about keeping your voice?” And she went: “No, I write songs that are easy to sing”,’ Graham said.

Kyle agreed with Graham’s assessment and said he ‘loved’ the megastar.

‘She always has been super sweet. Like, she went from that gangly giraffe teenager country girl into a megastar, but has been the same from the beginning to the end. I love her,’ he said.

She literally decided “I will write easy to sing songs. And therefore, I need never worry about my voice because I’ll be fine.” And also, now all the fans sing all of them,’ Graham added.

He also revealed to news.com.au some of his biggest celebrity disasters throughout The Graham Norton Show’s 31 seasons.

One celebrity who ‘wasn’t a great guest’ was American actress Darryl Hannah.

He explained it wasn’t outrageous demands or ‘diva’ behaviour, but rather nerves that made the Kill Bill star difficult to work with.

He explained that Darryl’s reputation for nervousness proceeded her, with the Splash actress reportedly fainting during an appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman.

‘So, she did our show, and bless her, she wasn’t a great guest,’ he told the publication.

‘But what I loved was, because she got through it, afterwards she was high as a kite. She really felt like she’d done an amazing thing. And I was thrilled for her that she had gotten through it. It was still a very poor show.’

Graham also admitted that a boozy appearance from actor Mickey Rourke was ‘hard work’ for the chat show host.

‘I just happened to be standing there when he got out of the car and he was holding a bottle of Jack Daniels, which is already worrying,’ he said.

‘But then we noticed the bottle of Jack Daniels was half-empty. It soon became very clear where that Jack Daniels had gone. Those nights are quite hard work where you’re just trying to keep it together and get to the finishing line.’

He also brought up a 2012 appearance from pop icon Madonna, who looked less than impressed when presented with two dolls of her likeness made by two diehard fans in the audience.

‘I saw them after the show and said, “Oh, I’m sorry she was a bit rude about the dolls.” But they couldn’t have been happier. Their diva had behaved in exactly the way they wanted her to!’

The Graham Norton Show has been running for an impressive 31 seasons.

The funnyman’s flamboyant presentation and seemingly effortless interaction with guests has seen Graham nab numerous awards including three British Academy Television Awards for Best Entertainment Performance.