Miriam Margolyes has Daniel Radcliffe in stitches on The Graham Norton Show over 'foreskin' comments
Actor appeared on the red sofa with her former Harry Potter co-star
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Miriam Margolyes had viewers in stitches over her appearance on the first Graham Norton Show of 2020.
The actor, who went on the show to talk about her role in Call the Midwife, joined Daniel Radcliffe, Alan Cumming and Sharon Hogan on Norton’s red sofa.
The conversation opened on how Margoyles had recently got in trouble for swearing on daytime TV, when she said “t**t” on This Morning. She then proceeded to recall the list of other expletives she’d been told not to say on the show.
Asked about her Call the Midwife gig, Margolyes explained how she was “the only Jewish girl” in the convent.
When Norton asked if she actively canvassed to get the part, she responded: “I went down on a lot of people to get that role.”
Later in the show, she began quizzing Cumming, Radcliffe and Norton over whether they had foreskins or not.
“I do,” Norton responded, before quipping: “I collect them.”
“I’m feeling a bit divided about foreskins,” Margolyes said, “because men are dirty and they don’t clean around the rim. Do you know the word smegma?”
In a desperate attempt to change the subject, Norton asked whether Hogan had any other family members (other than her daughter, to whom she had shouted out earlier in the show), she wanted to shout out.
Radcliffe, meanwhile, struggled to stop laughing at his former Harry Potter co-star’s outrageous comments.
The full episode is currently available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
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