James Norton sends Happy Valley fans wild as he reads his dirty texts as Tommy
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James Norton delighted fans recently thanks to reading some sexy texts out loud.
The Happy Valley star, 37, spoke with I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! star Jordan North earlier this month and revealed some of the x-rated messages he often receives on social media.
James, who plays villian Tommy Lee Royce on the BBC series, was a guest on Jordan's Radio 1 show when he also ended up reading some sexy texts sent in by listeners.
"I know we're talking DMs later. I used to get some very strange [ones]," James began when chatting on the radio show."
He went on to add: "Yeah, it was quite inappropriate - I used to get a little bit weirded out.
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"They would sort of say stuff like 'I can't - you're such a monster' and follow up with 'take me to your cellar'"
Later on in the show, the BBC Radio 1 studio got steamy thanks to James switching up his accent and reading some saucy direct messages out for the listeners' pleasure.
The actor - who was privately educated at boarding school - has a very different manner of speaking to his on-screen character, who boasts a strong Yorkshire accent.
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After James read out a few sexy messages, Jordan asked him: "Do you know what? Now you've mentioned [Tommy], can you do the next one in his accent?"
Laughing, the actor obliged and changed his tone to read out listener Liz's message about a fruit fanatic.
"I've fallen in love," James began saying in Tommy's accent, before bursting into a fit of giggles.
"Literally everyone in the studio is freaking out," Jordan exclaimed. "The girls in the studio are freaking - I've gone sweaty!"
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James continued the task, saying "I've fallen in love with ya and I'd like to be your banana partner."
Switching back to his usual intonation, the star asked: "Sorry but what on earth is that?"
Fans of the actor loved the Radio 1 segment - quickly taking to social media to post clips of the chat between James and Jordan.
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"Urgh as soon as he goes into Tommy’s voice it repulses me. I hate him in Happy Valley that’s how I know he’s doing a good job," one fan wrote on Twitter as they shared a TikTok.
"Thanks for making evil sexy - I'm so confused right now," another jokingly told James online, with a third adding: "I fancy James Norton a lot more when he's doing that sexy Yorkshire accent!"
James had a very different upbringing to his on-screen character, with the actor attending boarding school as a child.
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But the star didn't have it easy during his time at the "Catholic Eton", boarding school Ampleforth College.
"My school years were complicated. I didn’t have the greatest time," James recently recalled.
"I was quite badly bullied for five years and I was at boarding school so I couldn’t leave.
"I’ve had a great therapist for the last four years, and it’s not from a place of drama. And I’m luckily not suffering from depression or anything like that but it’s been really, really helpful to understanding what [happened to me at school]."
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