Graham Norton has appeared to make a quiet dig at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding after attending the high-profile celebration last month.
The 63-year-old talk show host opened up about the ceremony as more celebrity guests continue to share glimpses of the lavish event, which was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City on July 3.
Speaking on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio UK, Norton described the marriage of the pop superstar and the NFL star as “lovely,” while admitting there were parts of the day he personally “wouldn’t have done.”
Reflecting on the ceremony, he suggested that despite the couple’s global fame, the day still had the familiar feel of “any wedding.”
His remarks come eight months after Norton revealed he had been required to sign “so many” nondisclosure agreements before taking his place among the star-studded guest list at Swift and Kelce’s celebration.
Graham Norton has shared his thoughts on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding last month, appearing to offer a subtle critique of the celebrity-filled occasion. The couple are pictured in March
The 63-year-old talk show host said the wedding was “lovely,” though he noted that some details of the ceremony were choices he “wouldn’t have done” himself
Norton explained: “You saw things, you know, ‘Oh, that’s a lovely touch,’ and then you saw things, like, ‘Oh, I wouldn’t have done that.’”
He added: ‘It was a lovely, lovely wedding.’
Earlier in the radio show conversation, he described the anticipation he experienced while heading towards the massive arena in Manhattan.
‘When gay weddings started, I remember everyone going: “Oh, what will a gay wedding be like? What would that be like?”
‘Yeah, it’s like a wedding, you know? So that was the most interesting thing about the Taylor Swift thing.’
He continued: ‘Being in the car, the big black car, and New York is all shut down, and you’re heading toward Madison Square Garden, that was the kind of big, exciting [thing].’
‘That was like, “Oh, my God. Oh, my God. What’s it gonna be like?” And then you went through these big curtains and the cars there, and you get out of the car. The minute you got out of the car, you were at a wedding.’
Norton was one of many stars invited to the extravagant nuptials held at Madison Square Garden in New York City on July 3
Norton explained: ‘You saw things, you know, “Oh, that’s a lovely touch,” and then you saw things, like, “Oh, I wouldn’t have done that.”‘ Above, Swift and Kelce in May
Just this week, Kelce opened up about married life about a week after friends of the newlyweds revealed Swift was experiencing ‘bliss’ as Mrs Kelce and ‘waking up together’ in their marital home.
He said their wedding was ‘crazy’ and described their ceremony as the ‘best night of [his] life.’
‘That’s about all I really got from that night,’ he said at Kansas City Chiefs training camp ahead of their first preseason game against the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday.
‘It was a crazy night. It was full of a lot of celebration. But it’s football, baby.’
Norton was among the estimated 1,000-something wedding guests to celebrate Swift and Kelce’s nuptials, which reportedly cost them $50 million.
Fellow celebrities in attendance for the couple’s wedding weekend included Adam Sandler as the couple’s officiant and A-list guests like Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez and Cindy Crawford.
The bride and groom also invited Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid, Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Karlie Kloss and many more stars to their Madison Square Garden wedding.
Just this week, Kelce opened up about married life about a week after friends of the newlyweds revealed Swift was experiencing ‘bliss’ as Mrs Kelce. Pictured in September 2024
Maren Morris was also in attendance and previously gushed about the bride and groom’s ‘beautiful’ wedding vows and witnessing their ‘love for each other.’
Late last year, the Love Story hitmaker made an appearance on Norton’s eponymous talk show and discussed her wedding preparations over half a year before tying the knot with the Kansas City Chiefs tight end.
‘I know it’s going to be fun to plan because I think the only stressful weddings are the ones where you have a small amount, and people are on the bubble,’ Swift said on The Graham Norton Show in October 2025.
‘And you have to evaluate or assess your relationship with them to see if they should be there. I’m not gonna do that.’
