Gabriel byrne says there is no such thing as santa on the late late show

Arcade Panda

I mean come on?! What was he thinking?! I know loads of kids who stay up to watch the late late on a friday night...scrooge

epgc3fyqirnbsx

saw that, what a boring boring bastard too

though in fairness it's after 11

admiralofthefleet

if he had said a couple of weeks ago he would be a proper legend

jumpguy

And the soccer player guy on now just told us that Roy Keane called him a ****er when he left his club by text, when he just text him saying thanks for everything.

Good show tonight...

Pacing Mule

What the feck are you doing man - There's plenty of kids on after hours too. You just made it worse. The irony !

R0ot

Fcuking numpty. :mad:

minidazzler

In fairness, if the kids are up now and the parents give out fcuk them, they are bad parents anyway!!

admiralofthefleet

Pageant Messiah wrote: »

What the feck are you doing man - There's plenty of kids on after hours too. You just made it worse. The irony !

i would imagine brummytom is tucked up nice and snug with his gloworm, otherwise he wont get his presents in two weeks

TheZohanS

Arcade Panda wrote: »

I mean come on?! What was he thinking?! I know loads of kids who stay up to watch the late late on a friday night...scrooge

Kids of that age shouldn't be up this late, it's past the watershed.

themadchef

Arcade Panda wrote: »

I know loads of kids who stay up to watch the late late on a friday night

Back in my day i'd have killed to be let stay up and watch Dallas. I'd consider The Late Late as punishment TBH

kenon

But of course gabriel byrne is mistaken.

My name is URL

Fcuk them

the sooner they find out that someone can't provide their every whim, the better it'll be for the economy

SoupyNorman

So what if he said it, any child that is young enough to believe in santa could easily be molly coddled with some yarn about how he's only messing blarg blarg....

jumpguy

TheZohan wrote: »

Kids of that age shouldn't be up this late, it's past the watershed.

Ahh still, it's common sense. It's near Christmas, it's the Late Late Show, parents are staying in having a drink, the family is gathered in the sitting room watching the Late Late Show, it's Friday night. And then...

JohnnyChimpo

honestly, who cares? if a kid is swayed in his Santy-belief by the opinions of some ole lad on TV, then he's probably at the age when he questions things anyway. I was 6 when i figured it out and it didn't warp me or ruin Christmas or anything. people... :rolleyes:

Johnny Giles

When you think about it what harm is it anyway. They'll eventually find out.

Tubridy tried to get him out of the hole yet Gabriel went back on saying about "Daddy chomping on the biscuits" and "aww come on you don't all believe!"

Pacing Mule

SoupyNorman wrote: »

So what if he said it, any child that is young enough to believe in santa could easily be molly coddled with some yarn about how he's only messing blarg blarg....

Nice edit - saved your blushes lmao though

arybvtcw0eolkf

jumpguy wrote: »

And the soccer player guy on now just told us that Roy Keane called him a ****er when he left his club by text, when he just text him saying thanks for everything.

Good show tonight...

+1

Its a great show tonight, I think Ryan is a class act.

SoupyNorman

Pageant Messiah wrote: »

Nice edit - saved your blushes lmao though

I applaud you, a lesser poster would have pounced on that (like me!).

Baalbec

and he a feckin therapist and all,.....tssk,should have known better.

force eleven

Breaking - on Twitter, Santa Claus says there's no such thing as Gabriel Byrne...and so say all of us....

Hard Larry

Its alright don't panic...parents who are irresponsible enough to have kids up this late will have them in the pub with them...they won't be able to hear the telly.

arybvtcw0eolkf

JohnnyChimpo wrote: »

honestly, who cares? if a kid is swayed in his Santy-belief by the opinions of some ole lad on TV, then he's probably at the age when he questions things anyway. I was 6 when i figured it out and it didn't warp me or ruin Christmas or anything. people... :rolleyes:

I care.

In fact it probably did warp how you see Christmas and the whole Santa/parent/child relationsip - I mean, you hardly come across as a bundle of joy and full of the Christmas spirit.

I've the sweetest 14yr old daughter who was sitting looking at the show with me, she thought Byrne was an awful idiot and said "Dad, I don't believe Santa brings ALL the presents to everyone but I do believe in Santa" - these moments are precious to a parent.

SoupyNorman

Nancy Purring Madman wrote: »

+1

Its a great show tonight, I think Ryan is a class act.

I think a sweeping brush hosting the show would be more affable, fluid and engaging.

Intothesea

SoupyNorman wrote: »

I think a sweeping brush hosting the show would be more affable, fluid and engaging.

Have to agree

As for Santa not being real. Of course he's not, he's magic.

minidazzler

Nancy Purring Madman wrote: »

I care.

In fact it probably did warp how you see Christmas and the whole Santa/parent/child relationsip - I mean, you hardly come across as a bundle of joy and full of the Christmas spirit.

I've the sweetest 14yr old daughter who was sitting looking at the show with me, she thought Byrne was an awful idiot and said "Dad, I don't believe Santa brings ALL the presents to everyone but I do believe in Santa" - these moments are precious to a parent.

Did she mean a Jolly old man that knows everything she does?

Or the Santa Spirit?

I believe in the Santa Spirit, my parents are Santa, that kind of thing! As long as I still get surprise presents for Christmas I will believe in that!!

marbar

jumpguy wrote: »

And the soccer player guy on now just told us that Roy Keane called him a ****er when he left his club by text, when he just text him saying thanks for everything.

Good show tonight...

yeah that was terrible form. yorke was a legend

patwicklow

id rather watch paint dry then watch it now its one big advert for rte shows is that late late now. load of crap bit like ff, :mad:

PCPhoto

Pageant Messiah wrote: »

What the feck are you doing man - There's plenty of kids on after hours too. You just made it worse. The irony !

theres only Brummytom !!!

(no offence BrummyTom)

Pacing Mule

SoupyNorman wrote: »

I applaud you, a lesser poster would have pounced on that (like me!).

Ah you had a super fast edit there - wouldn't be right to hang you for it. But of course couldn't let you sit there smugly thinking nobody spotted it either

opinion guy

themadchef wrote: »

Back in my day i'd have killed to be let stay up and watch Dallas. I'd consider The Late Late as punishment TBH

For me It was V. So wanted to watch that and wasn't allowed

Nancy Purring Madman wrote: »

I care.

In fact it probably did warp how you see Christmas and the whole Santa/parent/child relationsip - I mean, you hardly come across as a bundle of joy and full of the Christmas spirit.

I've the sweetest 14yr old daughter who was sitting looking at the show with me, she thought Byrne was an awful idiot and said "Dad, I don't believe Santa brings ALL the presents to everyone but I do believe in Santa" - these moments are precious to a parent.

:eek:
Really ? She still believes at 14 ?


Ok I have to say - I'm a total cynic on Santa. I found out from another kid and I honestly believed it altered my relationship to my parents to learn they lied to me about it to get me to act how they wanted. If I ever have kids I'd seriously seriously consider not giving them this false believe to begin with (the only thing holding me back being other peoples kids)

orourkeda

santy is a bollix

arybvtcw0eolkf

opinion guy wrote: »

:eek:
Really ? She still believes at 14 ?

Its only one of the millions of reasons I said she's the "sweetest 14 yr old", now I'm not going to develope upon this for you or anyone else's entertainment.

In regards the show, another great show by Ryan T.

Piste

I didn't really care when I found out about Santa, so long as I still got presents.


presents

CrazyRabbit

Gaybo is just in a grumpy mood because Tubridy did a better toyshow than he ever did.

Aidric

When he was playing the hapless father in Into The West he told the two sons that Santa doesn't visit caravans.

Thrill

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Gaybo is just in a grumpy mood because Tubridy did a better toyshow than he ever did.

I thought they were on about this Gabriel Byrne

Gamesmaster on Channel 4 did the same back in the early 90s - it's how I found out.

Pacing Mule

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Gaybo is just in a grumpy mood because Tubridy did a better toyshow than he ever did.

Thrill wrote: »

I thought they were on about this Gabriel Byrne

You're right - CrazyRabbit has assumed wrong - not for the first time in this thread either

xsiborg

i want to believe...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sobxuN4EP1o

marbar

just watching this now
tuberty tried to save it in fairness!

InkSlinger67

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i would imagine brummytom is tucked up nice and snug with his gloworm....

You give poor Tom a little too much credit! I hear it doesn't start glowing until around 1am! :pac:

CrazyRabbit

Thrill wrote: »

I thought they were on about this Gabriel Byrne

<---feels rather foolish for not reading the thread title properly.

Fad

I heard Santa isnt real on some radio show in the morning on the way in to school once (About 10/11 years ago), now I had known for years before that, watching my dad frantically say it's just a joke to try and undo any damage done was hilarious

No uproar then.......

OutlawPete

The reason the audience booed so much when he said that was I bet because they were after telling the babysitters that their kids could stay up and watch the Late late to see if they could spot them in the audience.

However, I too think kids shouldn't be watching The Late Late ..

Anyone remember what Gay used to say when their were complaints the following week of a Late Late about how some kid saw or heard this or that??

He used to say in response .. "That's why at the start of the show folks, it says to whom it may concern ".

marbar

ray darcy used to try and say that as well, but in the morning,. saying kids shoudln't be listening to his show

Foxhound38

My name is URL wrote: »

Fcuk them

the sooner they find out that someone can't provide their every whim, the better it'll be for the economy

Damn socialist-commies with their myths - I'm sure Obama is at fault somehow! :pac:

K-9

Is he reduced to this to look for publicity?

What a self regarding idiot.

jumpguy

K-9 wrote: »

Is he reduced to this to look for publicity?

What a self regarding idiot.

Ah in fairness I'd say he just forgot himself.

OutlawPete

jumpguy wrote: »

Ah in fairness I'd say he just forgot himself.

Exactly, and even that's been maybe a little harsh on the guy.

He is a massive star in the states and has better options if it was just publicity he was after.

Gabriel is not living in country for years and he was used to the Late Late when it was a hard hitting topical discussion show.

It used to be an 'adult' programme.

When I was growing up you daren't go near the sitting room when The Late was on.

There was just an air that that show was not suitable for kids.

Anyway, I was upstairs watching Minder on portable hoping to see some boobies

Gone West

to the guy who reckons his 14 year old believes in Santa:
She doesn't. Shes still pretending to, so that she will get presents, or so that she doesn't dissapoint you. If she has communicated in any level with her peers she knows.

Apologies if she is special.