Gerry Ryan, Jesus Wept

KJ_2008

Had anyone the misfortune to watch Ryan Confidential tonight? He was 'interviewing' Marco Pierre White. White was awarded three Michelin stars when he was in his early 30s, Ryan asked him:

"What did it feel like when you got the three stars - I mean, is it the biggest horn of your life?"

I might have laughed if it came from Podge and Rodge, but from a man in his fifties with five kids?

And then when White was talking about his failed marriages Ryan, predictably, turns the conversation around to his own marriage breakdown and talks about it. I'm sure his wife and children appreciated that.

I'm never going to whinge about Pat Kenny again, next to this bloke he's a God. Ryan is truly vile.

kmart6

Aren't Podge and Rodge considered over 50....difference is they're just puppets!

Ryan has always been outspoken and don't see what was wrong with what he said especially since it was around 10:30 at night!!

zuroph

its interviewing a man about his business getting some of the highest accolades known, then tryin to sound cool by using slang. immature really.

KJ_2008

kmart6 wrote: »

don't see what was wrong with what he said especially since it was around 10:30 at night!!

I'm not looking at this from a Mary Whitehouse point of view, it was just one of the great cringeworthy TV moments of this or any time.

Actually, Marco Pierre White is an even more vile figure than Ryan, I almost felt sorry for him when White ordered him fish in batter and mushy peas, evidently unimpressed by Ryan having shovelled fine cuisine down his gob and gasping (while the food dribbled out of his mouth) "fan-tas-tic". Gerry just didn't get the fact that White was taking the p1ss out of him, in an unpleasantly sneering way.

lostexpectation

i think he's lost weight since the last series but still looks like spitting image puppet

then when he shouted **** in gorden ramsey home with the kids in the next room, ramsey did not seem impressed by him

keane2097

I think Gerry is class. Imo.

mike65

*cough* the guy is a living advert for abolishing the semi-state RTE gravy train.

Mike.

r3nu4l

To be honest, Ryan is not cool. There is no reason to use the phrase "horn" when asking that question. It's unprofessional to say the least. I agree that Marco is an insufferable man but Ryan could at least have made better use of the interview. As for his discussion of his marital breakdown on National TV, well that's just wrong. He should have enough respect for the privacy of his wife and children to keep his mouth shut and for once in his life, not talk about himself...

Mr Magnolia

KJ_2008 wrote: »

Had anyone the misfortune to watch Ryan Confidential tonight? He was 'interviewing' Marco Pierre White. White was awarded three Michelin stars when he was in his early 30s, Ryan asked him:

"What did it feel like when you got the three stars - I mean, is it the biggest horn of your life?"

I might have laughed if it came from Podge and Rodge, but from a man in his fifties with five kids?

And then when White was talking about his failed marriages Ryan, predictably, turns the conversation around to his own marriage breakdown and talks about it. I'm sure his wife and children appreciated that.

I've recorded it and am looking forward to watching it tonight.

Out of the whole episode, if the 'horn' question is the only thing that bothers you then 'meh'. As for 'predictably' turning the conversation to his marraige breakdown and the effect on his kids, I believe he's been very discrete about the whole affair on the radio thus far so I certainly wouldn't mind him refering to it occasionally.

TarfHead

KJ_2008 wrote: »

Had anyone the misfortune to watch Ryan Confidential tonight?

What were you expecting ? Gerry unpeeling the multiple layers of his guest with his provocative and searching questions, or just another episode of car-crash TV where Gerry and his guests discuss bodily functions ?

BolBill

keane2097 wrote: »

I think Gerry is class. Imo.

You think AND in your opinion.

Genius.:rolleyes:

Robbo

lostexpectation wrote: »

then when he shouted **** in gorden ramsey home with the kids in the next room, ramsey did not seem impressed by him

It has been alleged that it was the reason that interview went no further.

Pigman II

I'd imagine the biggest horn of his life was the one he had to suck to get the 3rd star.

mayfire

It was worse than cringeworthy!! What a plonker?? Time he matured. Was he at the cookie jar or just ate far too many of Marco's deep fried chips?

mike65

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Ryan

Mike

walshb

I don't see what is so surprising here. Ryan has been from day 1 on Radio and TV a
complete tool and never lets up on the smut and vulgarity and bad language. He really is the pits and an embarrassment to broadcasting. I'm no prude, but Ryan's conversations are gutter and belong in pubs. He's a joke and Kenny, though far from awesome, is a cut above in every way!

tbh

RTÉ Radio and Television presenter Gerry Ryan has announced that he and his wife Morah are to separate after 26 years of marriage.

In a statement issued through James Hickey of Matheson Ormsby Prentice Solicitors the couple asked for privacy at this time and said they would not be making any further comment on the matter.

The statement read: "It is with regret that Gerry and Morah Ryan announce their separation after 26 years of marriage. They remain dedicated to their five children and ask that for the sake of the family the media give them privacy at this time.

"The couple will make no further comment and ask that their and their children's privacy be respected."


I suppose it's ok to talk about it as long as Gerry can make a few quid out of it tho.

djsupreme

Can't watch or listen to the man. He was cutting edge back in 1988 - twenty years on, I find him a bit pathetic.

But...to each their own!

SEPT 23 1989

i heard him a couple of times during the week throwing all his toys out of the pram because his tv 'show' was not mentioned in the launch of the RTE winter
programming.

Last nights shambles just kept reminding me of the Apres Match sketch of him
and Brain Kerr

Its time that one of RTE's biggest hogs had his overfed head taken out of the licence fee trough.

WindSock

When is the interview with Ramsey?

Giblet

KJ_2008 wrote: »

I'm not looking at this from a Mary Whitehouse point of view, it was just one of the great cringeworthy TV moments of this or any time.

Actually, Marco Pierre White is an even more vile figure than Ryan, I almost felt sorry for him when White ordered him fish in batter and mushy peas, evidently unimpressed by Ryan having shovelled fine cuisine down his gob and gasping (while the food dribbled out of his mouth) "fan-tas-tic". Gerry just didn't get the fact that White was taking the p1ss out of him, in an unpleasantly sneering way.

I don't think Marco was taking the piss, he's probably the most likely of all the famous chefs to do so. Sure he uses ketchup and worchester sauce in loads of his dishes which tend to draw inspiration from his working class background. He's big on traditional English food.

lostexpectation

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article4640833.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2

Cult confidential

Those who live by the c-word die by the c-word. Gerry Ryan seems proud that Gordon Ramsay, the notoriously foul-mouthed celebrity chef, was so affronted by the RTE broadcaster’s profanity that he terminated their television interview.

A bleeped-out clip of Ryan screaming “c***” at Ramsay is serving as a heavy-rotation promo for the new series of Ryan Confidential.

In reality, however, the outburst simply demonstrates why Ryan will never attain the mainstream TV success he craves.

It proves that he is, and always has been, a cult.

http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/chef-chat-1463377.html

he just does a bizarre thing and interviews end, his fault

Big Ears

Ryan like most RTÉ presenters is terrible, but he's not content with being one of that pack of terrible presenters, he goes out of his way to make sure he's the worst of the worst.

He tries at times to provide shock value, but the only shock is how in the name of god he's still on tv, earning absurb sums of money.

tintin67

Although Jonathan Ross is vastly superior to Ryan in every conceivable way, they have one similarity - they have both turned into slobbering sex-obsessed middle-aged men with their tongues constantly hanging out. Not a very edifying spectacle.
It baffles why RTE keeps giving Ryan work on tv as every show he has presented in the last 20 years has been a total flop.
As for a 50+ year-old guy who is paid God knows how much by the taxpayer roaring 'C**T' in the middle of an interview he is conducting on the state broadcaster, regardless of what time it is broadcast, that is just sad, not 'cool'. I hope the production crew were as embarrassed as most of the viewers, though probably not.

chalkitdown1

tintin67 wrote: »

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It baffles why RTE keeps giving Ryan work on tv as every show he has presented in the last 20 years has been a total flop.

Except for, y'know, the one this very thread is about, which has been relatively successful for him.

fred funk }{

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

Except for, y'know, the one this very thread is about, which has been relatively successful for him.

And wasn't 'School around the corner' a success too?
He can be a pain in the ar*e like Kenny too but we will all still be watching the late late next week and at some stage listen/watch Ryan.
It amazes me that the same people post the same sh*te over and over again be it Ray Darcy, Pat Kenny or Gerry Ryan yet they still watch and listen to them repeatedly. Why?

mike65

I have NEVER watched any Gerry Ryan fronted series, the Late Late is for old wimmin and I have never knowingly listened to Ray D'Arcy.

Mike.

eth0_

tintin67 wrote: »

Although Jonathan Ross is vastly superior to Ryan in every conceivable way

I disagree. Ross used to be a bit better, but he's now just as sh*t as Gerry Ryan. The only difference is that Ross gets decent guests on his show. He certainly can't interview someone to save his life. He never seems to do any research on his guests, which is something you can give Ryan some credit for.

Utopia Parkway

eth0_ wrote: »

I disagree. Ross used to be a bit better, but he's now just as sh*t as Gerry Ryan. The only difference is that Ross gets decent guests on his show. He certainly can't interview someone to save his life. He never seems to do any research on his guests, which is something you can give Ryan some credit for.

In fairness I don't think many tune into Ross for searing in depth interviews of his guests. I'd say as many tune in to watch Ross himself as they do anyone he has on.

tintin67

OK, I'd give you 'School Around The Corner' as a relative success though it would be hard for even Ryan to ruin a tried and tested format like that. Sadly he never got a chance to roar C**T at any of the kiddies or discuss his wife's menstrual cycle with them as it went out at 6.30 of an evening.

Sandwich

tbh wrote: »

media give them privacy at this time.

"The couple will make no further comment and ask that their and their children's privacy be respected."

I suppose it's ok to talk about it as long as Gerry can make a few quid out of it tho.

Am no fan of him but to be fair, the "this time" of the quotation is a good while ago.

themadchef

Ahh, i love Gerry...his voice just soothes me.......yes im pathethic He could be interviewing a corspe.... or Pat Kenny, i'd still watch him.


It may also be that the doctor needs to up my meds.......

Degsy

The fat,dribbling slob.
When he did his little shouty "****" bit..ramsey looked for a second as if he wanted to punch him,then gave an embarresed sort of laugh and asked him had had his blood pressure checked recently.
If this was Ryan trying to appear edgy or something it badly rebounded on him and in fairness,should've been cut from the show.
But i mean c'mon..is there nobody else in this country capable of doing an interview with celebs apart from Ryan?Are we going to have to watch his engorged,bloated face and wet,rubbery lips slobbering away forever?
Take this sweating bucket of lard and his "I" complex and give him the elbow.
Edit
There's some interesting graffiti round ballymun way concerning our Mr Ryan..obviously i wont go into the content but it makes interesting reading.

Auvers

Degsy wrote: »

Are we going to have to watch his engorged,bloated face and wet,rubbery lips slobbering away forever?

herbieflowers

Degsy wrote: »

The fat,dribbling slob.
When he did his little shouty "****" bit..ramsey looked for a second as if he wanted to punch him,then gave an embarresed sort of laugh and asked him had had his blood pressure checked recently.
If this was Ryan trying to appear edgy or something it badly rebounded on him and in fairness,should've been cut from the show.
But i mean c'mon..is there nobody else in this country capable of doing an interview with celebs apart from Ryan?Are we going to have to watch his engorged,bloated face and wet,rubbery lips slobbering away forever?
Take this sweating bucket of lard and his "I" complex and give him the elbow.
Edit
There's some interesting graffiti round ballymun way concerning our Mr Ryan..obviously i wont go into the content but it makes interesting reading.

hahaha

Ruu_Old

The clip on the RTE website of the interview was enough. Him drumming on the table waiting for the food. Cringeworthy, joke of a man.

Degsy

Its disgusting watching him stuff his bloated face,glug wine and puff away on cigars like something out of Charles Dickens.I remember one episode,he was trailing noodles from his maw and trying to speak at the same time,his mouth was like a washing machine gpiong round.Disgusting fat pig.

Nevyn

I don't get why people expect anything better of 'Lambo', or leg of lambo at this stage.

lightening

Degsy wrote: »

There's some interesting graffiti round ballymun way concerning our Mr Ryan..obviously i wont go into the content but it makes interesting reading.

Give us a hint, does it accuse him of something?

Charlie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuNXEstvhZo

Sums the man up really.

ronnie3585

^^

Brilliant!

A few sausage-rolls for Richard Dunne:D

Degsy

I think the time has finally come to get this fat,boorish,self-centered,talentless buffoon off the telly.
They must've seen what he looked like on camera in the first series..so what happens..give him another four!!
Its a disgrace,RTE nepotism at its very worst.

madds

I was listening to Ryan plugging his show and in particular this interview with Ramsey one morning last June on his radio show as I drove to work.

He described Ramsey on the day of the interview as being an obnoxious self-indulgent man, who had a foul mouth. Our intrepid interviewer decided to give the celebrity chef a taste of his own medicine, and as we saw in the edited footage, called him a C**T. In his description on his radio show that day, Ryan said Ramsey was totally shocked by the Dubliner's outburst, and struggled to get his next words out......"You cursed at me in my house..."

As far as I can remember from Ryan's account of the interview, he said Ramsey then "childishly" refused to go any further with the interview. With only a few minutes of material recorded, it was looking like this was going to be a wasted trip for the RTE team....until someone had the bright idea to call Marco, explain to him what had happened with Ramsey, and would he be interested in trying to get one over his "rival".

The way GR described it last June it sounded like Ramsey had been a complete ar$e, and I was really looking fwd to seeing the episode the other night to see how bad an ar$e he actually was. After watching the toe-curlingly embarrasing 40 minutes last week, it was very clear to me who the ar$e was.....and he isn't a chef.

chalkitdown1

Degsy wrote: »

I think the time has finally come to get this fat,boorish,self-centered,talentless buffoon off the telly.
They must've seen what he looked like on camera in the first series..so what happens..give him another four!!
Its a disgrace,RTE nepotism at its very worst.

Jesus Christ. Are you for real? Just because you don't like him, doesn't mean everyone else who watches the show doesn't like him. It's that simple. That's why it's been going on for 4 years, that's why he's been fronting a very successful radio show for 20 years, now.

Some of the comments in this thread are just beyond belief.

Mr Magnolia

Well I watched it. Wasn't impressed. I don't know who dresses Ryan but he looked desperate.

Anyway, it certainly looked to me like the Ramsey interview was discontinued after his embarassing outburst, a great pity as the Ramsey interview was better material than the Marco White circle jerk that was going on in the restaurant. Not great TV at all.

Degsy

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

Jesus Christ. Are you for real? Just because you don't like him, doesn't mean everyone else who watches the show doesn't like him. It's that simple. That's why it's been going on for 4 years, that's why he's been fronting a very successful radio show for 20 years, now.

Some of the comments in this thread are just beyond belief.

I find it objectionable in a country of 5 million people that the only person they can find to front a programme like this is him.A man who has no charm or talent apart from self-indulgence and self-promotion.
A man with no table manners guzzling and gulping,chomping and slobbering on television.
A man who has no interest whatever in his guests but is more interested in how he can show himself to best effect,asking puerile and embarrasing questions in an attempt to sound trendy.
The man doesnt have the face for television much less the talent to sustain such a show.He is out-charismad by every one of his guest,most of whom are thoroughly unpleasant people in thier own right.
The fat,slobbering,ju-ju-lipped bucket of lard.

Pighead

Degsy wrote: »

The man doesnt have the face for television much less the talent to sustain such a show.He is out-charismad by every one of his guest,most of whom are thoroughly unpleasant people in thier own right.

Jesus Degser, sounds as though you've seen nearly every episode. Do you enjoy watching "fat,boorish,self-centered,talentless buffoons" or are you just to lazy to get up off your fat,,pimpled covered arse to change the channel.

Interesting question. The answer? Who knows.

lostexpectation

who thought watching somebody eat would make good tv.

AnonoBoy

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

Jesus Christ. Are you for real? Just because you don't like him, doesn't mean everyone else who watches the show doesn't like him. It's that simple. That's why it's been going on for 4 years, that's why he's been fronting a very successful radio show for 20 years, now.

Some of the comments in this thread are just beyond belief.

Shush you. Don't you know Degsy hates everything that comes out of Montrose with a passion? It's his thing.

Degsy

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Shush you. Don't you know Degsy hates everything that comes out of Montrose with a passion? It's his thing.

Well if through some miracle they actually start making something that isnt a load of knobwank then i will change my tune.
I think five series of watching an overweight man stuffing his craw while annoying d-list guests is more than enough.

ronnie3585

Maybe they should replace GR with Dave McSavage, he's tremendous fun. Yes...'McSavage confidential' - I think it would be a laugh. Another RTE original too.