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Jodie Turner-Smith Graham Norton

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Thunderpants88 · 12/10/2025 23:09

Just watched the Graham Norton show with Jodie Turner-Smith AIBU or was she utterly obnoxious? Every single move she made was the sickly sweet looking at the camera for attention. Whenever any other celebrity has the spotlight she interjected and tried to bring the attention back to her. Her whole time on the show was pathetic acting for attention and extremely false.

Did anyone else see this or AIBU?

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EleanorReally · 19/10/2025 11:50

i thought she was drunk or high also

IHate · 19/10/2025 11:48

GreySkySummer · 19/10/2025 11:41

I wonder what it is about her that provokes such a strong reaction? 🤔

I feel more interested in why on earth Taylor Swift has decided to pump her face full of shit

There’s a particular sort of collective neck twitch that happens on Mumsnet when a woman is all three: stunning, successful and unambiguously Black. Commenters start qualifying their praise or picking apart tiny things, like they can’t quite process it.

They’re fine with mixed race or ethnically ambiguous Zendaya type beauty, but once it’s someone like Anok Yai or Jodie, the tone changes. Suddenly she’s “not that special”, or they start hedging the language, qualifying their admiration, or shifting the conversation to something else entirely. There was a thread about Anok earlier this year that went properly odd. Think I’ll try to dig it up.

GreySkySummer · 19/10/2025 11:41

I wonder what it is about her that provokes such a strong reaction? 🤔

I feel more interested in why on earth Taylor Swift has decided to pump her face full of shit

AzureCats · 19/10/2025 11:35

IHate · 19/10/2025 11:10

I found a couple of clips to see these supposed egregious wrongs Jodie committed. She’s hilarious: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5rLSnBYeMcY

And the majority of comments are about how unbearably gorgeous she is. So, all these better looking sisters in law that MN commenters apparently have are clearly (somehow) undiscovered supermodels.

Haaaaaaaaaaa I didn't notice when I watched that first time, at the start of that clip she's struggling to keep eyes open 😂 does give off drunk or high vibes. She seems lucid enough when she speaks later in the clip. I thought the abs chat between all the ladies was funny. 🤷🏻‍♀️ If I got abs suddenly in later life, I'd be telling everyone too.

AzureCats · 19/10/2025 11:28

spoonbillstretford · 19/10/2025 02:43

I thought if anything she was just a bit more quiet than the other guests and perhaps nervous or couldn't get a word in edgeways. But I didn't notice anything odd, in fact I barely noticed her at all as I didn't know her and the others were talking so much.

Yeah this. I didn't notice odd behaviour until mumsnet pointed it out. I thought she was the quietest one on the sofa. I thought her chat with Lewis Capaldi at the end about her pregnancy on the previous Graham Norton show was hilarious and sweet. I did think she looked stunning, really striking.
The deleted children comments were definitely odd, misguided at best, rude at worst.
I can't help but wonder why women would take an immediate dislike to her without knowing anything about her... 🤔 🙄

IHate · 19/10/2025 11:10

I found a couple of clips to see these supposed egregious wrongs Jodie committed. She’s hilarious: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5rLSnBYeMcY

And the majority of comments are about how unbearably gorgeous she is. So, all these better looking sisters in law that MN commenters apparently have are clearly (somehow) undiscovered supermodels.

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Dweetfidilove · 19/10/2025 10:49

chunkybear · 19/10/2025 10:15

She was a bit odd, figured she was a bit pissed and probably a bit high. I thought the clip of Tron was awful though, is it meant to be set in the 80’s ? Seemed really crappy, like a 2.5 score on IMDB

I saw the trailer in the cinema and figured it would be crap, so glad I didn't pay to see it.

ThatsNotMyNameAlan · 19/10/2025 10:20

I mean she’s a good looking woman but I’m not getting the adoration. My SIL is far better looking.

chunkybear · 19/10/2025 10:15

She was a bit odd, figured she was a bit pissed and probably a bit high. I thought the clip of Tron was awful though, is it meant to be set in the 80’s ? Seemed really crappy, like a 2.5 score on IMDB

RaraRachael · 19/10/2025 09:24

I've stopped watching GN as normally I've only heard of one of the guests. Never heard of this woman and don't think she's that great looking but each to their own.

Figgygal · 19/10/2025 09:02

I've never seen her come across well

KimTheresPeopleThatAreDying · 19/10/2025 08:59

She’s a dickhead who’s had a lot of concessions because of how beautiful she is.

Iwanttoliveinagardencentre · 19/10/2025 08:52

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Handsome is as handsome does.

I think that about sums up my thoughts.

InNewYorkNoShoes · 19/10/2025 08:48

AngeloMysterioso · 19/10/2025 00:26

Apparently she kept asking Taylor Swift if she and Travis Kelce are planning babies and they had to cut it out of the final edit

That’s so gross. No matter how beautiful you are you shouldn’t ever ask anyone this. She sounds hideous.

logplant · 19/10/2025 08:45

I didn’t notice her behaving oddly

IHate · 19/10/2025 08:36

Dweetfidilove · 19/10/2025 00:23

One of the most ridiculously beautiful women ever☺️.

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She really is! Like a work of art.

suburberphobe · 19/10/2025 03:26

Graham Norton is the only good and funny thing on that show.

spoonbillstretford · 19/10/2025 02:43

I thought if anything she was just a bit more quiet than the other guests and perhaps nervous or couldn't get a word in edgeways. But I didn't notice anything odd, in fact I barely noticed her at all as I didn't know her and the others were talking so much.

CherryRipe1 · 19/10/2025 02:27

I was expecting someone utterly divine looking from all the descriptions but when I checked who she is, well....meh. I see far prettier girls in my area. I didn't know who she is but will now look out for attention seeking behavior.

ChineseSpymaster · 19/10/2025 02:26

She had a slightly odd manner at times but was quite funny, didn’t speak over anyone, in fact she spoke slightly less than some of the other guests, wasn’t louder than the other guests and she didn’t look at the camera any more than Greta Lee did.

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Thunderpants88 · 19/10/2025 02:07

PoliteSquid · 18/10/2025 23:12

Oh at long last! I wasn’t sure who she was! But bloody hell she behaved appallingly. I watched it thinking “shut up you rude cow!” And what was all the pouting and checking the cameras? It was excruciating - I did wonder if she was high.

It was like she was totally oblivious that the other guests were there to speak. She acted like she was on a catwalk while sitting on the sofa. Just really really off behaviour. I am not a swiftie but there is Taylor being funny and respectful to other stars, giving them their time to speak and she sat back (rightly so!) and didn’t make it all about her. Jodie was so loud and rude and didn’t seem to engage with the other people except to be really loud. Eugh I don’t like people that do that-on TV or in life in general.

I wondered if she was high / drunk too

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Dweetfidilove · 19/10/2025 00:52

Housewife2010 · 19/10/2025 00:32

Ridiculous?

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Ridiculously, yes.

Housewife2010 · 19/10/2025 00:32

Dweetfidilove · 19/10/2025 00:23

One of the most ridiculously beautiful women ever☺️.

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Ridiculous?

AngeloMysterioso · 19/10/2025 00:26

Apparently she kept asking Taylor Swift if she and Travis Kelce are planning babies and they had to cut it out of the final edit

Dweetfidilove · 19/10/2025 00:23

HeyThereDelila · 13/10/2025 04:37

Who?

One of the most ridiculously beautiful women ever☺️.