Graham Norton credits Tom Cruise for appearing on his BBC show in person amid the pandemic

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Cruise wasn't the only The Graham Norton Show guest to appear in person in the last year. “By the end of the series, we’d had quite a few big stars in the flesh, culminating with Tom Cruise," says Norton. “And, you know, Tom Cruise didn’t need to do that show; he wasn’t really promoting anything. But he’s in our industry and we fuel his products and his products fuel what we do, and I think he was putting the message out there that it’s time to get back to business as usual. Hats off to him, because it was a big statement for him and for the show and to other stars. They were probably thinking, ‘Oh God, Tom was back in the studio – we better go back now. It’s been fun wearing slippers, but now we’re going to have to leave the house.’”