TMZ slag off Ireland?

FunLover18

So an Irish guy on American TV suggests that some Irish people wouldn't know who Jay-Z and Beyonce are (perfectly true) and the ONE girl says that she hadn't heard of Dublin until Jay-Z mentioned it in a song ... and for some reason there has been a huge amount of backlash with one iradio DJ leaving TMZ a "wiity response" via voicemail. Can anyone explain why this is so offensive?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

tmz actually stood up for Ireland as the entire room looked at her like she was a ****ing idiot for saying what she did

EyeSight

Why do people care? They are the worst rag site going. They troll people all the time and i bet they're loving all the free publicity they got this week in ireland

MayoSalmon

Sure Irish people get offended when the rest of the world calls us drunks!!!

The Irony of it all

kneemos

Who's offended or gives a Shoite.Stop reading that crap.

MayoSalmon

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

wazky

MayoSalmon wrote: »

Sure Irish people get offended when the rest of the world calls us drunks!!!

The Irony of it all

*hic* Tis ridiculous boi *hic*

And with our national day of celebration coming up and all *hic*

Shanotheslayer

MayoSalmon wrote: »

Sure Irish people get offended when the rest of the world calls us drunks!!!

The Irony of it all

How is that ironic?

Frosty McSnowballs

Wtf is an Ireland?

Smidge

The Irish guy on that was some right gombeen

Lando Griffin

Beyonce could take a dump in my jacks and I wouldnt give a toss.
They are humans like the rest of us and as long as she flushes and refreshes like the rest of us then thats fine with me.

DebDynamite

Jesus, her voice would go through you.

Legs.Eleven

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Beyonce could take a dump in my jacks and I wouldnt give a toss.
They are humans like the rest of us and as long as she flushes and refreshes like the rest of us then thats fine with me.

*Adorns curious hat* What does "refreshing" involve? Have I unwittingly skipped a whole vital step of taking a dump in the last 33 years?

Karl Stein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXW5qd2NYD0

csallmighty

Sure its all a bit of craic as we Irish would say

Mal-Adjusted

In fairness, I never even heard of TMZ before the Nostalgia Critic started attacking them.

BrendaN_f

find it funny when irish people get offended when foreigners are ignorant of the country. we're not as popular as some like to think

Legs.Eleven

BrendaN_f wrote: »

find it funny when irish people get offended when foreigners are ignorant of the country. we're not as popular as some like to think

Well you don't have to like a country to know of its existence, do you?

shruikan2553

To be honest I wouldnt have recognised them, but we should probably have to add the fact that I dont give a **** who they are into the equation. Someone is walking, and? I can watch people walking whenever I want.

cailinardthair

1st of all TMZ like to stir ****e ....her voice is annoying and she so stupid to think of the only reason Dublin is "on the map" coz Jay Z had it in a song.

The Irish guy is gonbeen, and I was more annoyed about the fact the other implied were behind the times "oh we wouldn't know who they were until 15 years time"

.....someone needs to teach them that Irish people and most of people in the world would leave people alone....its being polite ....something in that is not TMZ dictionary.

Rant over.....Did I say TMZ is pure ****e and there is a special place in hell.

The Backwards Man

There are 11 Dublins in the US. I couldn't point to any of them on a map either.

cailinardthair

Here's the response from Iradio!
http://entertainment.ie/wtf/Listen-Irish-DJ-leaves-the-greatest-voicemail-ever-for-TMZ-after-that-idiotic-report-yesterday/246625.htm

Ruu

Doesn't have the same ring to it.

The Backwards Man

Ruubot2 wrote: »

Doesn't have the same ring to it.

It does if you gizoogle it.

UtopianWarlord

I don't get it at all. Read it on some website showing the djs response attacking yanks, went something along the lines of 'if you've been living under a stone and haven't heard TMZs massive insult to Ireland check it out here'. Thought I'd clicked on the wrong video there was so little to be outraged about

Stavros Murphy

TMZ. New to me. Who's he again? Is he anything to the Reillys?

DebDynamite

They all just seem like pricks, even the iradio guy. There's no winners here people.

SEPT 23 1989

who are these people?

Stavros Murphy

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

who are these people?

The cool kids? Or possibly the ones Spin 103.8s "Celebrity Nork-Fest" tends to start referring to, just before I switch the dial.

keeponhurling

Joe Schmit will pin this to the dressing room wall in Paris, and the Irish team will come out like raged mad men.

woodoo

The Irish guy started of off by saying people wouldn't know jay z and beyonce then the black girl came in with the 'is it coz they black' rubbish. A joke was cracked then by the old guy and the rest seemed to be about how dumb the black girl was for not knowing anything about Dublin.

WoollyRedHat

Like omg seriously, we should totes like take our army there and invade them fockers.

AulBiddy

If Ireland didn't know who Beyonce and Jay Z were they obviously wouldn't come here.
Blatant attention seeking from TMZ.

endacl

What's a TMZ, and why should I give a polite shyte?

WilyCoyote

FunLover18 wrote: »

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............................................................................................... and the ONE girl says that she hadn't heard of Dublin until Jay-Z mentioned it in a song ...........

There are at least 12 Dublins here in the States. I'm sure she would have heard of at least one unless she had hearing problems

WilyCoyote

Just threw in a boards search and came up with this by another poster:

How many towns are called Dublin in the US?































Answer: 21

Dublin, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Dublin, Graham, Arizona, USA
Dublin, Logan, Arkansas, USA
Dublin, Alameda, Californa, USA
Dublin, Bladen, North Carolina, USA
Dublin, Lake, Florida, USA
Dublin, Laurens, Georgia, USA
Dublin, Wayne, Indiana, USA
Dublin, Graves, Kentucky, USA
Dublin, Harford, Maryland, USA
Dublin, Manistee, Michigan, USA
Dublin, Coahoma, Mississippi, USA
Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
Dublin, Seneca, New York, USA
Dublin, Franklin, Ohio, USA
Dublin, Mahoning, Ohio, USA
Dublin, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Dublin, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Dublin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA
Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA
Dublin, Pulaski, Virginia, USA

I did not realise there was so many...

Gatling

Jay z and little miss fake pregnancy come here and wander around the park and nobody notices or bats an eyelid ,


A Little country bunkin called Garth Brooks announces a concert here and half the population goes nuts for tickets ,

Though the voice mail made me crack a smile

Da Shins Kelly

I don't get why everyone is so up in arms. Are we really that insecure that we get offended when a tabloid-like celebrity gossip programme put their ignorance of global geography on display for all to see?

thebaz

they'll know in 15 years - howls of laughter -

MadsL

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

How is that ironic?

Alainis Morrisette style ironic...

Napper Hawkins

Caring about what TMZ thinks about you or your country makes you just as shallow and as vapid as they are.

Happy potato guinness mick to be sure weekend. xx

CarrickMcJoe

Reminds me of the joke about the Yank having a meal. Says to the waiter, "Gee Paddy, what are those little round things on my plate"?.
"They're potatoes", he replies.
"Well over in America we have potatoes the size of footballs", says the Yank.
"Aye", retorts Paddy, "We grow them to fit our mouths too"...

wendell borton

I got 99 problems but that bitch ain't one.

dickwod1

What Irish People Actually Did When They Saw Jay Z & Beyonce ...

mfceiling

The wife's friend was in the park with another couple of mothers when they were there.

"oh look, there's jay z and beyonce"

"oh yeah"

"isn't sarah's mam at school after putting on weight"

"oh jesus she's after getting fierce big"

"i'd say they eat sweets all day"

rabble, rabble, rabble...

ThunbergsAreGo

If that's what they broadcast tmz is dreadful

Fecked2bits

This is all over the Irish interweb. I really don't see the big deal at all. So some dumb girl never heard of Dublin. Who cares?