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asked if she would marry the Duke of York again if she could go back in time during an interview with the UK’s Times Radio, she replied, “Oh, yes. He’s a very good and kind man. He’s a good man.”She even looked back fondly at the pair’s 1986 wedding day, calling it “exceptional and extraordinary.””I think my life is an amazing life,” Ferguson continued.

J.K. Rowling.During an appearance at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on Tuesday (October 11), the presenter discussed his views on cancel culture with interviewer Mariella Frostrup.Norton said: “You read a lot of articles in papers by people complaining about cancel culture and you think, ‘In what world are you cancelled?’ I’m reading your article in a newspaper, or you’re doing interviews about how terrible it is to be cancelled? I think the word is the wrong word. I think the word should be ‘accountability’.”When asked about how that applies to Rowling, who is described as facing “anger, rage and attempts at censorship” for her views on transgender people, Norton replied: “What I feel weird about this is when I’m asked about it, then I become part of this discussion.One of the most sensible takes on ‘cancel culture’ I’ve seen.

Graham Norton’s comments about cancel culture got people talking on social media this week.

sit-down interview with Radio Times posted Wednesday, the late night host and television fixture railed on “Monty Python” icon John Cleese for not getting with the times and deriding so-called “cancel culture.” “John Cleese has been very public recently about complaining about what you can’t say, and I just think it must be very hard to be a man of a certain age who’s been able to say whatever he liked for years, and now, suddenly, there’s some accountability,” Norton told Mariella Frostrup at the Cheltenham Literature Festival.” It’s free speech but not consequence-free.”Cleese has been very vocal, particularly in the last year, about his qualms with being held accountable for his words and opinions, telling Fox News this summer that wokeness has had a “disastrous” impact on comedy and that “if you’re worried about offending people and constantly thinking about that, you’re not going to be very creative.”Cleese now has a series headed to the U.K.’s conservative, anti-cancel culture GB News station in 2023, in which he’s said he’ll be collaborating with satirist Andrew Doyle and encouraging “proper argument.”“You read a lot of articles in papers by people complaining about ‘cancel culture,’ and you think: In what world are you cancelled?” Norton said of the hot-button phenomenon. “I’m reading your article in a newspaper, or you’re doing interviews about how terrible it is to be cancelled.”The fix is to change the way we talk about “cancel culture” in the first place, he added.

The Duchess of York has said her ex-husband the Duke of York is a “good and kind man”.

Lorraine Kelly told Emile John to “behave” himself as he left her flustered after complimenting her live on air. The Emmerdale star, who plays lawyer Ethan Anderson, appeared on Lorraine to discuss the racist attack storyline that continues tonight on the ITV soap.

Penny Lancaster said menopause has been “hideous” with mood swings so bad at one stage she threw dinner plates across the floor.

Gallery: Celebrity coloured engagement rings: Elizabeth Hurley, Victoria Beckham, Katy Perry and more (Hello!)The soap star has two adult sons, James, 27, with Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr, and Lennon, 21, with Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher. In a new interview, the thespian admitted she has been feeling an 'ache' in her heart as her sons have grown up and moved out.

Dawn French has said she is concerned that cancel culture means modern comedians might not be able to do edgy comedy.

By Andreas Wiseman

Good Morning Britain viewers were less than impressed with today’s debate about whether children would benefit from nude art classes in school.