{"id":170345,"date":"2025-12-06T01:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T01:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/170345\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T01:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T01:04:11","slug":"former-pm-dame-jacinda-ardern-appears-on-the-graham-norton-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/170345\/","title":{"rendered":"Former PM Dame Jacinda Ardern appears on The Graham Norton Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern has spoken about the time she wanted to “punch” Simon Bridges “in the face” on The Graham Norton Show<\/a> in the UK.<\/p>\n

The episode, which aired in the UK today, featured Ardern on the famous red couch alongside actress Kate Winslet, US talk show host Seth Meyers and comedian Alan Carr.<\/p>\n

Her appearance on Norton\u2019s show coincided with a promotional tour for her autobiographical film Prime Minister, which was released in the UK and Ireland on December 5.<\/p>\n

Introducing Ardern, Norton said it was “lovely to have a New Zealander on the couch rather than the red chair”, referencing the many New Zealanders who have appeared on the segment in the show.<\/p>\n

She replied and said: “When your producer called I did clarify which seat I\u2019d be in.”<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s something about New Zealanders, they do tell a good yarn, and they are shameless as well,” she said.<\/p>\n

The episode will air in New Zealand on December 12 on TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Ardern<\/p>\n

Ardern appeared alongside actress Kate Winslet, American late night talk show host Seth Myers and comedian Alan Carr. (Source: BBC)<\/p>\n

Norton later played a clip from her documentary Prime Minister, where she said she “wanted to punch [Simon Bridges] in the face” after he shouted \u201cshe doesn\u2019t do the economy\u201d during Question Time in Parliament during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

After the clip had played, Norton asked Ardern why the comment was \u201cso annoying\u201d.<\/p>\n

“At the time we were focused on both, and our view was that our response on Covid was keeping people alive was also the best response for the economy as well,” she explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cI should add I\u2019m not a violent person,\u201d Dame Jacinda said to laughter.<\/p>\n

Norton also asked Dame Jacinda about why her popularity had declined in New Zealand: “What went wrong? What was the tipping point?”<\/p>\n

Ardern replied: \u201cI think we have seen politics globally shift gears. I think we have seen politics carry a lot more grievance from individuals and in some ways it\u2019s become more violent and aggressive.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t think it is just any one leader who has experienced that shift, it has shifted, and amongst all of that I do think we\u2019re at a moment in time, and I think in response to that moment in time my plea is for people is to not give up on the prospect that politics can be better.<\/p>\n

“Expect decency in politics, expect kindness in your politics, and I do think we will come back to that as well.”<\/p>\n

\"Winslet<\/p>\n

Winslet praised Ardern for finding out she was pregnant right before she became Prime Minister. (Source: BBC)<\/p>\n

Winslet also praised Ardern for finding out she was pregnant during the post-election negotiations before she officially became Prime Minister.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh my god she is so amazing. You are so amazing,\u201d Winslet said.<\/p>\n

Ardern earlier joked about the compliment: “I\u2019m glad you\u2019ve gone there, because you could easily say, ‘that\u2019s terrible planning.'”<\/p>\n

Carr later asked Ardern about his time in New Zealand where he had previously been on tour.<\/p>\n

“What\u2019s that hotel in New Zealand where you can bungee jump off the top?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ardern said that it would be at Auckland’s Sky City, located at the base of the Sky Tower.<\/p>\n

He then told the audience: “They can bungee jump off the top of the hotel. I\u2019m there unpacking, I\u2019m seeing people screaming\u2026 I\u2019m like, how sh*t is this hotel? My god I wanted a double bed.”<\/p>\n

The episode will air in New Zealand on December 12 on TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern has spoken about the time she wanted to “punch” Simon Bridges “in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69,135,417,1745],"class_list":{"0":"post-170345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-politics","13":"tag-television","14":"tag-uk-europe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}