Graham Norton splits from boyfriend

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By Mark Jefferies | 11 Jun 2013 00:30

Graham Norton splits from boyfriend Trevor Patterson after two years together

He is no longer with the Canadian software designer and he is seeking solace from his labradoodle Bailey and terrier Madge

Split: Graham Norton with Trevor Patterson

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Graham Norton’s love life is going through a woof patch after he split from his boyfriend.
The chat-show host, 50, revealed he is no longer with Canadian software designer Trevor Patterson and he is seeking solace from his labradoodle Bailey and terrier Madge.

Asked if he was in love, Norton replied: “No, not at the moment.”

And told that someone would be very lucky to be with him, he comically cried: “If only now, if only now. Tweet me.”

Norton insisted he loved living with just his beloved dogs in his London flat after two years with Trevor.

He said: “I love living alone, which sounds so miserable, doesn’t it? But it is one of my greatest joys.

"I have Bailey and Madge – so I’m never truly alone.”

Walkies: Graham with his pet pooches

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 Norton said his mum, Rhoda Walker, feared he would end up living a lonely life when he came out of the closet.

He said: “It’s an alien choice and an alien form of community that my mother wouldn’t understand.

"But I think she’s got over that now. She sees that I’ve made my own family – a family of friends.”
Norton told an Irish radio station he would never want to marry as he would be too afraid to wed in front of his pals. He said: “I find the self-conscious thing of saying ‘I love you’ embarrassing.”

Norton, a BBC top earner on around £2.5million a year, was with Kristian Seeber for about five years but they split in 2006.

He said: “I’ve always lived as a single man but there are definitely moments when I wish it was different.”