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Reporter Graham Norton has reportedly celebrated the wedding with his longtime partner with a wedding party at a ceremony in Ireland.
According to the Irish Examiner, the BBC star welcomed more than 100 guests to his native West Cork to celebrate his wedding at Bantry House and Gardens on Saturday.
Guests are said to have enjoyed a private party at the four-star venue, which was closed to the public, located on the Wild Atlantic Way overlooking Bantry Bay.
They received performances from singer Lulu and Irish dance group Cairde, as well as a DJ set from drag queen and gay rights activist Panti Bliss.
And the celebrations didn’t end there, as several canopies were set up for a party outside Norton’s Ahakist house the next day.
It has been speculated that Graham and his partner were already legally married before Saturday’s act, which is believed to be a blessing ceremony.
Speaking about the celebrations, a local resident told Cork Beo: “We knew Bantry House was closed for a private event, it was pretty well known that it was a party for Graham and it had to do with his marriage.
“We were hearing all sorts of names, Lady Gaga, Elton John had to sing, we didn’t see any, but there was a big buzz in Bantry.
“We were all able to hear the music from Bantry House on Saturday night; they definitely had time for that!”
The Evening Standard has contacted Graham Norton’s representative to comment.
The author grew up in Bantry and maintains strong ties to his hometown, spending two months on holiday there every summer.
Norton, believed to be worth £ 24 million, is notoriously secretive about his personal life.
Although nothing is known of her current relationship, she previously dated RuPaul’s Drag Race star Kristian Seeber, Scott Michaels for five years until 2000, and was in a relationship with Trevor Patterson from 2011 to 2013. .
Most recently, she had a relationship with music marketing consultant Andrew Smith, from whom she separated in 2015.
Despite the weekend’s wedding party, the talk show legend spoke earlier about why she prefers to live alone.
Speaking on Katie Couric’s 2018 podcast, she said, “You have your own rules as you get older. I’d rather live alone for the rest of my life than live with incorrectly folded towels.
“The little one is important. That’s why marriages break up. Marriages don’t break up because of big things.
People cohabit because they have to, because it makes economic sense, I don’t think anyone wants to live with anyone.
“It’s like the toilet paper is hanging upside down, it’s a kind of bread that doesn’t go there, and also my problem is, of course, that I’m old, so the longer you leave it, the worse it will be.”