Malala Yousafzai left Aimee Lou Wood humbled on the Graham Norton Show as she admitted to binge-watching Sex Education.
Actress Aimee, 31, joins the long-running BBC chat show on Friday night where she’ll appear alongside activist Malala, Oscar-nominee Keira Knightley and Strictly winner Chris McCausland.
During the show, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala admitted to being a fan of her work in Netflix’s Sex Education while on the orange sofa.
Turning to the Aimee Gibbs star, Malala said: ‘I binged watched it for educational purposes and I learnt so much!’
Meanwhile, Aimee told Graham, 62, that she learned each guest’s star sign before coming out.
The White Lotus breakout star joked ‘I always do research’ to the Irish presenter.
Aimee Lou Wood was left humbled on the Graham Norton Show as Malala Yousafzai admitted to binge watching Sex Education
During the show, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala admitted to being a fan of her work in Netflix ‘s Sex Education while on the orange sofa
She continued: ‘A very good astrological mix. Graham and Keira as Aries bring the passion and keep the fire going.
‘Malala as Cancer is the nurturing mother of the zodiac, Chris is a Gemini so nice and chatty, and as for me I am Aquarius – the weird one.’
Aimee also spoke about her upcoming appearance in BBC’s comedy Daddy Issues ahead of its return for series two.
The actress said: ‘He is so good, so brilliant but it’s actually bad how funny he is. We can’t get through the day without laughing so much.
‘People come up to me and say, “You only corpsed six times today. Well done!” It really is so much fun.’
Malala also shared her parents’ hilarious disapproval when she had the chance to meet David Beckham as a teenager.
She started by explaining: ‘The clothes I wore at university upset them. They were very strict and particularly didn’t like my skinny jeans.
‘And, when I met Prince Harry and he put his arm very respectfully around my shoulder for a photograph, my mother goes after him and shoves his hand away!
Turning to the Aimee Gibbs star, Malala said: ‘I binged watched it for educational purposes and I learnt so much!’
‘Then I had a photo taken standing close to David Beckham and they freaked out because of the disapproval of their conservative relatives.
‘I said to them, “Firstly, I am 17 and secondly, that’s David Beckham!”‘
Actress Aimee’s father recently opened up about his drug and alcohol addiction which destroyed his daughter’s childhood.
Mike Wood, 66, admitted he caused ‘a lot of mayhem’ when Aimee-Lou and her sister Emily were young and said his drinking and cocaine binges nearly killed him on a number of occasions.
Sharing his story on a new podcast he is hosting with EastEnders actress Karen Henthorn, Mike opened up on how he was a ‘pretty s*** role model’ for his daughters and would often leave them at home with their mother while he went out partying with footballers and TV and soap stars.
Meanwhile, Aimee told Irish presenter Graham, 62, that she learned each guest’s sign before coming out on stage
But he revealed how his drinking and drug habit caused him to return from nights out with a battered face and missing teeth after numerous brawls and once landed him in a psychiatric ward after he nearly threw himself off a hotel ledge fearing he was HIV positive from sleeping around.
Mike lived with Aimee-Lou and Emily, who is a make-up artist and Instagram influencer, until 2001 when he was thrown out of the family home in Stockport, Manchester by his then-wife Alison.
Aimee Lou has spoken before of how her turbulent relationship with her father and how the disconnect she felt – along with the bulimia and body dysmorphia she battled in childhood – pushed her into acting.
The Graham Norton Show BBC One and iPlayer Friday 31st October 10.40pm
