WWE star Shayna Baszler calls out Graham Norton with ‘entire geek army’ after he ‘mocked’ Henry Cavill’s Warhammer hobby

The Queen of Spades has laid down the gauntlet for Graham (Pictures: PA / Getty)

Graham Norton has been challenged by WWE superstar Shayna Baszler over his comments about Henry Cavill’s Warhammer hobby.

The talk show host came under fire earlier this week after ‘belittling’ the Witcher star for his passion, and now the former MMA fighter – whose WWE gear has been inspired by Warhammer in the past – has come to the actor’s defence and issued a word of warning to Graham.

Speaking on G4TV – flanked by fellow WWE superstars Cesaro, Xavier Woods and The Miz – she ranted: ‘Graham Norton – let’s not pretend like you’re in any sort of position to be deciding what is bad ass or even what is cool!

‘You wanna challenge whether Warhammer 40k is bad ass or cool? You’re gonna have to step to me with an entire badass geek army behind me! And we’ll tell you exactly why Warhammer 40k is badass.

‘I will show you the meaning of the word “toy”, and what I think a “toy” is, and what I think “fully posable limbs” are!’

Fighting talk, for sure!

Graham had been criticised by some viewers after saying Henry flies his ‘nerd flag with pride’, initially saying he painted ‘World of Warcraft’ before being corrected.

‘I’m a fool,’ Graham quipped, with the audience bursting into laughter. ‘You paint by hand? Does everyone do that, or can you buy them already painted?’

Henry explained that players do paint the figurines but there’s also the gaming side to the hobby.

Henry Cavill has a big supporter in Shayna Baszler (Picture: BBC)

‘When you paint them, what do you do with them then, Henry?’ Graham continued.

‘You put them together in little armies and you fight against someone else’s army,’ Henry said, with the audience laughing again. ‘It’s fun. It sounds ridiculous but it is fun.’

Graham replied: ‘Toys, very good fun.’

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He was criticised for his comments, with one viewer saying: ‘I just saw that clip of Henry Cavill talking about his Warhammer hobby and can’t (but also can) believe that we live in a world where people laugh at him and mock him for harmlessly enjoying something. That host was kind of a d*ck.’

And another added: ‘If you don’t understand someone’s hobby, it’s not an excuse to insult it. Let people enjoy things!’

A different viewer responded: ‘You can still support a hobby even if you don’t understand it. Life is short, so just be happy for people doing what makes them feel good.’

The Graham Norton Show airs Fridays at 10.40pm on BBC One. Watch Shayna Baszler on WWE SmackDown Fridays at 1am on BT Sport 1.

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