Why did Bibi Baskin move to India?

Romo · 24-12-2005 12:53AM #1

It seems she's running a holiday cosmetic surgery center in India.

http://www.keralatours.com/medicare_holidays.html

For those of you under the age of 18, she was being lined up as Gay Byrne's replacement (not Pat Kenny).

I know she was close to a man who F***ed up massively and fled to the US (very, very dark story). Was that the reason, or was she just fed up of her massive RTE salary?

It's one of these strange things that pop up in RTE every now and again; Bunny Carr syndrome.

Basq · 24-12-2005 12:54AM

What the frig is a Bibi Baskin?!

Madge · 24-12-2005 12:59AM

Oh yeah, I remember her- the oldish red haired one - she presented a Saturday night talk show over the Summer a few years ago.

John R · 24-12-2005 01:01AM

basquille wrote:

What the frig is a Bibi Baskin?!

It is something you really wouldn't want to frig. :eek:

Madge · 24-12-2005 01:06AM

lol, I hope you mean her not me!

Romo · 24-12-2005 01:33AM

In the early 1990's (ask you Grandparents) she was the second most popular Irish broadcaster. It was pretty much accepted that she was going to take over from Gay Byrne. And then, poof-she was gone. Only to turn up in India attempting to run a decaying colonial hotel.

Let me put it this way, Imagine Pat Kenny/or Ryan Turbidy (is that his name?) signed off on a season of the Late late Show, and he never came back. Then, a few months later, he turned up as a porter in a hotel in Afghanistan. That's how strange it is.

It seems to me, she was sent into some kind of exile. I know she was close to a guy who did VERY, VERY bad things. ( I'm not saying that's the reason, but it was contingent-in terms of timing, upon the revelations). I kown she was close to an actress as well, but who would care about that.

You really have to be 30+ to appreciate how bizarre this is.

Shrimp · 24-12-2005 01:42AM

Scraggs · 24-12-2005 01:54AM

fucuk bilbo baggins or whatever the name was i wanna know about these ''VERY, VERY bad things''

dish...

Romo · 24-12-2005 01:55AM

She left Ireland (at a time when she was the fourth most high profile person in Ireland), behind Gay Byrne, Bono and Albert Reynolds...........for about as far away as you could get.

Why?

I'm guessing some people are remembering this for the first time in years and are wondering as well.

Telefís · 24-12-2005 02:28AM

Her departure wasn't quite that sudden - it's often forgotton she went to the UK to host an afternoon show for ITV as I recall. Smallish Open House-type magazine programme that was on at around 1.30pm for an hour or so.
She did this for at least a year, if not longer - c.1997. She had already left RTÉ by then it seems.

Then she came back to RTÉ for a summer stint c.1998 presenting 'The Saturday Show' which aired at 9.25pm through till 10.45 or so, as a filler for Kenny Live. (This was in the filler era of 'Kennedy' with Mary Kennedy and 'Saturday Live', etc)
But this was only a token gesture - she had already left at that stage.

I remember her explaining all on the radio with Pat or someone. Essentially she just had enough of television, and wanted to try something different. I think it's an upmarket B&B she operates in India. What association does she have with the centre you link to Romo?

Enii · 24-12-2005 04:39AM

Who was the guy and what was the bad thing he did?

boidey · 24-12-2005 05:12AM

Bond-007 wrote:

Ugly looking prod from Donegal.

OK how do i put this, lets have a go then

fcuk you and the dogs ass you fell from inbred mutant asshole

Supercell · 24-12-2005 06:47AM

boidey wrote:

OK how do i put this, lets have a go then

fcuk you and the dogs ass you fell from inbred mutant asshole

You are the weakest link...

the_menace · 24-12-2005 07:55AM

boidey wrote:

OK how do i put this, lets have a go then

fcuk you and the dogs ass you fell from inbred mutant asshole

Haha. *writes that one down for later use*

IvaBigWun · 24-12-2005 09:15AM

There really needs to be an overnight Mod around here

boidey · 24-12-2005 10:19AM

IvaBigWun wrote:

There really needs to be an overnight Mod around here

yep, your right about that one, If the bigots could be kept in check then I guess I wouldn't get annoyed by them so much, see yez all later

Sarky · 24-12-2005 11:49AM

Romo wrote:

Why did Bibi Baskin move to India?

Something to do with cows being sacred over there, yes?

mike65 · 24-12-2005 12:21PM

Ouch!

legendary moment

Gerry Ryan: (during a discussion on whether people would like to be buried or cremated when they die) -"Would you like to be buried or cremated?"

Caller: "Oh, buried Gerry."

Gerry Ryan: "And where would you like to be buried?"

Caller: "Up to me balls in Bibi Baskin!"

Bond suprised at you...

Mike.