He’s just a natural and people seem to genuinely like him. It also feels like he doesn’t heavily focus on the guests latest projects like US talk shows, or try to force the conversation in that general direction. Also, PF77 is probably right about that, booze. 

Alcohol.

Yes, he is! I once said so on Twitter and he liked and retweeted. I ‘bout died. 

He’s just such a pro. The conversations on his show just feel that bit more natural than any of the big US chat shows. And the fawning over how amazing his guest's latest project is feels a bit less annoying for some reason. 

No, it’s happening to me as well. Haven’t changed browsers or settings or anything like that.

It’s a quote from a Community episode where there’s a debate about human nature.  Seemed apropos.  

If there were such a thing as bad people, of course he would be. I’m saying there’s no such thing as bad people. Dangerous people, absolutely. Harvey Weinstein is an incredibly dangerous person who needed to be removed from having power over anyone, ever. But it’s important to differentiate between bad behavior, which…

I sort of get the bad faith argument it seems like is being made here. “Not every bad person is bad all the time, and sometimes they may even do some good stuff.”

”Harvey Weinstein is a lump of flesh,” is an accurate description of his appearance, though.

I’m aware, but Norton regularly features (nearly every episode) American guests that get covered here.

Hold up, are you saying Harvey Weinstein ISN’T A BAD PERSON? Because that would be the bad take to end all bad takes.

In fairness, he had an outrageous amount of success. The period where Miramax was operating at its height he basically had the Oscars sewn up every year. His press was definitely legit press - it would have been a wonderful success story if he didn’t turn out to be an absolute fucking monster. 

Huh, I didn’t know that. I’ve never been a huge fan of talk shows or CNN, though, so it’s not surprising I never saw him. But yeah, I can definitely get how the more someone like him sees their name on things, the more they start to believe in their own press.

He used to show up on a lot of talk shows especially from about 1999 - 2015. I think he saw himself as being like Scorsese or Spielberg where his name was part of the draw. He made a good amount of late night appearances and a lot on CNN and similar networks. I think this was more his ego than considering what anyone…

“Harvey, what is the point of you?!”

Sounds like you’re describing most of his relationships.

Now am imagining Olivia Colman berating Weinstein like she did David Tennant’s character on Broadchurch

I remember watching that episode and the vibe was just intensely bizarre. Olivia Colman and Jessie J are physically leaning away from him the whole time. Norton talks to Weinstein first, and he’s sort of bumbling and unpolished and just doesn’t really fit in with the rest of the couch, before Norton mercifully pivots…

I wonder if this was meant to be some sort of preemptive PR to make Weinstein seem more palatable to people in the years preceding MeToo. Why would he go on any show to promote his stuff? Isn’t that why he employed handsome leading men, and one of the reasons he employed attractive ladies? So that people would see…