Simon Delaney to fill in for Tubridy

Mary Milk

John Mcmahon continues to run 2fm into the ground with washed up actor simon Delaney filling in for Tubridy on 2fm all next week

Stavro Mueller

I just listened to one of the podcasts. Sweet jeebus :mad:

Jason Todd

Mary Milk wrote: »

John Mcmahon continues to run 2fm into the ground with washed up actor simon Delaney filling in for Tubridy on 2fm all next week

I'd hardly call Simon Delaney washed up. He's only just broke into Hollywood, in his next film himself and Vince Vaughn play brothers.

real rocker

Jason Todd wrote: »

I'd hardly call Simon Delaney washed up. He's only just broke into Hollywood, in his next film himself and Vince Vaughn play brothers.

What is he doing on 2FM so?

soc160

real rocker wrote: »

What is he doing on 2FM so?

Some extra work while he's in Ireland?? Im sure plenty of people would love to fill in, hardly fair for people to say he's washed up, id say his career is hitting new highs now.

Jason Todd

real rocker wrote: »

What is he doing on 2FM so?

It's called exposure.

Dubl07

Simon Delaney for Tubridy can't surely be nearly as bad as Neil Delamere filling in for John Murray. Or even John Murray.

Welsh Megaman

Listened this morning, he was very poor to be honest. Could be down to first-day jitters though.

He's on next week too (Tubs sitting in for Simon Mayo on BBC Radio 2).

Jason Todd

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Listened this morning, he was very poor to be honest. Could be down to first-day jitters though.

He's on next week too (Tubs sitting in for Simon Mayo on BBC Radio 2).

So Tubridy has someone filling in for him, while he goes to another broadcasting company to fill in for someone else? Does he take holidays to do this? :P

heybaby

This is exceptionally poor form from John Mc Mahon. Ive criticised before his penchant for using tv celebrities on radio, Delaney is a well known and likeable chap but he's an actor, its disrespectful to both the listeners and to actual dyed in the wool radio talent to parachute people like him into the job however temporarily. Secondly, allowing one of the biggest names and highest paid RTE presenters to indulge his ego and ambition with the prize of a slot on the BBC is also poor form. Surely for the half a million or whatever Tubs is paid by RTE there should be a clause preventing him from moonlighting for any other broadcaster especially when his listenership numbers have been in freefall for some time and its blatantly clear that he would jump ship if the BEEB came in with a concrete offer. This is about the optics of the situation. Is this country so lacking in radio talent that our national broadcaster that Mc mahon has no option but to use actors as temp replacements for wantaway underperforming overpaid radio presenters? I dont think so.

Basq

Simon Delaney? What's he selling this week?

Yamanoto

heybaby wrote: »

Delaney is a well known and likeable chap but he's an actor, its disrespectful to both the listeners and to actual dyed in the wool radio talent to parachute people like him into the job however temporarily.

Symptomatic of the cult of celebrity unfortunately enough.

Chris Moyles recently toured as Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar, while even Russell Grant was parachuted into the Wizard of OZ in the West End, following his stint on some BBC dancing show.

For actors and performers who've worked hard to get on, I'd imagine it's pretty unpalatable stuff.