Irish celebrities who suddenly vanished out of the spotlight

RabbleRouser2k

skooterblue2 wrote: »

Look if you know anything about a michelin star, you can buy it. You just have to put the right food on the menu from the previous year. Holding onto a michelin star? That is a different story. Most michelin stars are lost the following year.

Want to impress me? Go run a profitable restaurant, pay your bills and taxes, remain sane and stay off the coke while trying to maintain a relationship with a real person.

Yeah, I've read up on some stuff regarding the Michelin Star. Quite a dodgy business.

I remember Gordon Ramsey talking about how cocaine absolutely decimated the restaurant industry (I won't deny Ramsey's talent, but I'm not a fan of him as a person). A lot of talented chefs, and I mean a LOT, were wiped out or died because of cocaine use.

McGrath's business acumen seems to be non-existent, for real.

skooterblue2

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

Yeah, I've read up on some stuff regarding the Michelin Star. Quite a dodgy business.

I remember Gordon Ramsey talking about how cocaine absolutely decimated the restaurant industry (I won't deny Ramsey's talent, but I'm not a fan of him as a person). A lot of talented chefs, and I mean a LOT, were wiped out or died because of cocaine use.

McGrath's business acumen seems to be non-existent, for real.

Most go broke after achieving a michelin star. I mean you get there and what do you do then? Unless you are in a place that can sustain you like knights bridge in London Tiger boom years in Dublin its a joke. Dublin can barely keep two michelin two stars going. RAmsey si a personality and that is what sells. look at hi for the last 20 years. He is celebrity bully. Look again, when did you see him do anything technical?

Why do you think when you go into a kitchen lads are peaking at 35? they are all burnt out or have worked out there is much easier money to be made elsewhere for less effort.

banoffe2

I didn't get to see the interview with Dylan McGrath but remember him on a show with Nick Munier, Dylan had zero personality, I read somewhere that things went downhill for Nick Munier, business and marriage gone, no doubt its a tough business.

RabbleRouser2k

skooterblue2 wrote: »

Most go broke after achieving a michelin star. I mean you get there and what do you do then? Unless you are in a place that can sustain you like knights bridge in London Tiger boom years in Dublin its a joke. Dublin can barely keep two michelin two stars going. RAmsey si a personality and that is what sells. look at hi for the last 20 years. He is celebrity bully. Look again, when did you see him do anything technical?

Why do you think when you go into a kitchen lads are peaking at 35? they are all burnt out or have worked out there is much easier money to be made elsewhere for less effort.

Yeah, Gordon doesn't do much in the way of technique. And while I can watch him on certain shows, others I avoid like the plague. I can't imagine watching his masterclass online, for one. I find him quite horrible as a person, frankly.

Marco Pierre White kind of talked about some of this-he literally drove himself, and others, insane. Suffered 3 failed marriages, his kids are.... troubled, or trouble, depending who you ask. He literally worked 6 day weeks.

Had a friend who used to be a chef. She had a family, and after years working in restaurants, she decided to quit. She never saw anyone, often worked 11 hour days, not including the drive home from work.

banoffe2 wrote: »

I didn't get to see the interview with Dylan McGrath but remember him on a show with Nick Munier, Dylan had zero personality, I read somewhere that things went downhill for Nick Munier, business and marriage gone, no doubt its a tough business.

He launched a new business last year, Le Parroquet. No doubt the timing was horrible, because the pandemic will mean that goes broke rather quickly. (Not trying to be negative, but the restaurant sector is DOA at the moment).

Hangdogroad

I'm only just catching up on this Grainne Seoige stuff now. So she's living in South Africa, selling diamonds?? Her fiance is an interesting character.... seems to feel very strongly about rights for white people in South Africa.

Hangdogroad wrote: »

That Brides Of Franc fella.

He was on the Ray Darcy show the other day.

Hangdogroad

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I'm only just catching up on this Grainne Seoige stuff now. So she's living in South Africa, selling diamonds?? Her fiance is an interesting character.... seems to feel very strongly about rights for white people in South Africa.


He was on the Ray Darcy show the other day.

OK, I avoid D'Arcys show like the plague.

South Africa seems to attract a certain kind of Irish ex cleb.

Clare Mc-something used to host an RTE late night discussion show.

Conrad Gallagher.

Edit: Clare Mckeon

Beechwoodspark

I actually bumped into franc totally by chance in a spar in naas a few years ago, I was doing a delivery and franc knew a mutual friend.

He was sound, he had a coffee and a bun and chatted away to me and the duty manager - he was doing wedding work in the hotel nearby.

He is far more down to earth in reality

Beechwoodspark

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

I actually bumped into franc totally by chance in a spar in naas a few years ago, I was doing a delivery and franc knew a mutual friend.

He was sound, he had a coffee and a bun and chatted away to me and the duty manager - he was doing wedding work in the hotel nearby.

He is far more down to earth in reality

He does come across as sound, just a bit excitable. I wouldn't like to run into him if I'd a hangover. But maybe that's just a TV persona.

Speedsie

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

He does come across as sound, just a bit excitable. I wouldn't like to run into him if I'd a hangover. But maybe that's just a TV persona.

I always thought there was 'Franc' the persona, based on the 'Father of the Bride' character and 'Peter Kelly' the person, and while there may be some commonalities, they are very different personalities

George White

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I'm only just catching up on this Grainne Seoige stuff now. So she's living in South Africa, selling diamonds?? Her fiance is an interesting character.... seems to feel very strongly about rights for white people in South Africa.

Is he one of those people who want to make an all-white homeland? Reminded of the folk Louis Theroux interviewed. Who hated black folk, lived as far from the black population as possible, but had Lionel Richie and Whitney Houston records. I remember Ustinov interviewed some too in one of his docs. An ex-Prime Minister's wife was setting up some all-white community of rich old white Afrikaners.


I remember he was at this party meeting, including an old German guy whose words were to Louis, "I was in the Luftwaffe, and don't tell me about National Socialism, because it was the best time Germany ever had." Or words to that effect.

kingtiger

George White wrote: »

Reminded of the folk Louis Theroux interviewed..

Eugène Terre'Blanche, he was later was murdered on his farm by two workers

George White

George White wrote: »

Is he one of those people who want to make an all-white homeland? Reminded of the folk Louis Theroux interviewed. Who hated black folk, lived as far from the black population as possible, but had Lionel Richie and Whitney Houston records. I remember Ustinov interviewed some too in one of his docs. An ex-Prime Minister's wife was setting up some all-white community of rich old white Afrikaners.

I don't think he's at that extreme, but obviously one of these white people, mostly Afrikaaners, who feel a sense of loss or lack of identity in the new South Africa, much like you see in parts of America.

I went to Cape Town to visit some Afrikaans friends, two brothers who are from a very working class area of CT -- nice family, bit racist. Their parents brought us to an Afrikaaners restaurant where black people were effectively not allowed. There was an old South African flag on display (the Apartheid Flag), which is illegal. These people could happily chat to black people in their ordinary lives, but there was definitely a bit of 'status anxiety' at the way things have turned out, and nostalgia for the past. This is reasonably normal in South Africa, they have a different threshold of what's considered racism than we would. But it's a massive culture shock, I'm sure, for someone like Grainne Seoige or anyone else who's moved their whole life there. Don't think I could live there.

Then again, it might be different if you have the kind of lifestyle where you're literally trading in diamonds

RabbleRouser2k

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I don't think he's at that extreme, but obviously one of these white people, mostly Afrikaaners, who feel a sense of loss or lack of identity in the new South Africa, much like you see in parts of America.

I went to Cape Town to visit some Afrikaans friends, two brothers who are from a very working class area of CT -- nice family, bit racist. Their parents brought us to an Afrikaaners restaurant where black people were effectively not allowed. There was an old South African flag on display (the Apartheid Flag), which is illegal. These people could happily chat to black people in their ordinary lives, but there was definitely a bit of 'status anxiety' at the way things have turned out, and nostalgia for the past. This is reasonably normal in South Africa, they have a different threshold of what's considered racism than we would. But it's a massive culture shock, I'm sure, for someone like Grainne Seoige or anyone else who's moved their whole life there. Don't think I could live there.

Then again, it might be different if you have the kind of lifestyle where you're literally trading in diamonds

We know about the blood diamond trade...

I'm sure Grainne does too. Sort of shows you the kind of person she is, really.

Hangdogroad

kingtiger wrote: »

Eugène Terre'Blanche, he was later was murdered on his farm by two workers

He was basically like the Boer Ian Paisley. A regular figure on the news in the 80s and 90s leading his uniformed followers shouting and roaring.

CBear1993

Not Ronan Keating anyway, that f*cker has been on every chat show going the last 6 months.

Maybe Sinead Lohan will come out of hibernation and do a Facebook Live Stream, for old times sake.

ShyMets

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Maybe Sinead Lohan will come out of hibernation and do a Facebook Live Stream, for old times sake.

Now that really is a blast from the past. I wonder does she still have the braids in the hair

RabbleRouser2k

ShyMets wrote: »

Now that really is a blast from the past. I wonder does she still have the braids in the hair

Had to google that name.

She'd get slaughtered nowadays for the 'cultural appropriation' of her hairdo.

RabbleRouser2k

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

Had to google that name.

She'd get slaughtered nowadays for the 'cultural appropriation' of her hairdo.

Yeah

https://www.essence.com/hair/katy-perry-apologizes-cultural-appropriation/

“She told [Katy Perry] about the power of Black women’s hair, and how beautiful it is, and the struggle. And I listened, and I heard, and I didn’t know. And I will never understand some of those things because of who I am. But I can educate myself, and that’s what I’m trying to do along the way,” Perry told McKesson.

While it’s encouraging to see Perry recognize that her actions were inappropriate — it’s ridiculous that we’re still at a point where these type of mistakes are happening.

w.t.a.f.

I reckon Sinead Lohan was right to get out when she did, I think she went off to live in the West with her husband and young kids.

banoffe2

Conrad Gallagher -another chef we haven't seen of heard off in a long time

Pawwed Rig

Off topic posts deleted. Move on from Grainne's husband please

RandomViewer

banoffe2 wrote: »

Conrad Gallagher -another chef we haven't seen of heard off in a long time

Undera rock somewhere, hiding from creditors

RabbleRouser2k

banoffe2 wrote: »

Conrad Gallagher -another chef we haven't seen of heard off in a long time

He's using his real name to avoid dealing with creditors-Finian Gallaher.

Now he's out in South Africa, or Qatar.

Ugh... I googled him. He's on twitter, with over 27 thousand followers...

Well, if Shaun King can amass over 1 million followers, despite being a charlatan, Gallagher can easily get a tiny percent of that.

Wouldn't put him in charge of collecting money outside a church, personally.

RabbleRouser2k

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

He's using his real name to avoid dealing with creditors-Finian Gallaher.

Now he's out in South Africa, or Qatar.

Ugh... I googled him. He's on twitter, with over 27 thousand followers...

Well, if Shaun King can amass over 1 million followers, despite being a charlatan, Gallagher can easily get a tiny percent of that.

Wouldn't put him in charge of collecting money outside a church, personally.

Same. Wouldn't trust him with a bale of briquettes. Aside from his fiduciary misdoings

Never seemed to me like the sort of chap you could have a pint with.

As Pulitzer-Prize winner Pat Kenny says from his time as the world's foremost chat-show host, the more minor the celebrity, the bigger the ego.

RabbleRouser2k

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Same. Wouldn't trust him with a bale of briquettes. Aside from his fiduciary misdoings

Never seemed to me like the sort of chap you could have a pint with.

As Pulitzer-Prize winner Pat Kenny says from his time as the world's foremost chat-show host, the more minor the celebrity, the bigger the ego.

I remember Tubridy was asked who he found to be his most boring guest.

Had no issue saying 'Tara Palmer Tompkinson'- keep in mind, this was years before she died.

I think you can find the interview on youtube. She was pretty boring.

Radio5

Hangdogroad wrote: »

That Brides Of Franc fella.

Say Yes to the Dress seems to be on constant repeat at the moment. It's a cringy as it sounds. I watched it with my sister in preparation for her wedding.

(If I had one piece of advice for brides to be, it would be that long hair does not suit everyone and it looks dire on some people. Hairdressers can do great things with shorter hair to make it look well with whatever veil/flowers/crown/tiara on loan from granny /flat cap you want to put on your head

RabbleRouser2k

Radio5 wrote: »

Say Yes to the Dress seems to be on constant repeat at the moment. It's a cringy as it sounds. I watched it with my sister in preparation for her wedding.

(If I had one piece of advice for brides to be, it would be that long hair does not suit everyone and it looks dire on some people. Hairdressers can do great things with shorter hair to make it look well with whatever veil/flowers/crown/tiara on loan from granny /flat cap you want to put on your head

Tbf, I know single ladies who watch that. And others who have nervous boyfriends who watch that.

That show... jesus... one says to themselves (the 'one' being me) I'll just leave this on for 5 minutes, in the background, while I do something else.

Next thing, I've watched the whole 60 FREAKING minutes of the damn show...

I'm straight, I swear.

skooterblue2

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

I remember Tubridy was asked who he found to be his most boring guest.

Had no issue saying 'Tara Palmer Tompkinson'- keep in mind, this was years before she died.

I think you can find the interview on youtube. She was pretty boring.

I imagine it would be fairly entertaining if she had a bit of the auld sneachta? I believe Rosemount is knee deep in it. Poor auld Gerry Ryan used to do more hoovering than a Henry.

Water John

Does Saoirse McHugh now qualify for his thread?

RabbleRouser2k

skooterblue2 wrote: »

I imagine it would be fairly entertaining if she had a bit of the auld sneachta? I believe Rosemount is knee deep in it. Poor auld Gerry Ryan used to do more hoovering than a Henry.

She'd gotten clean by then. But she was sooooooo boring.

I'd say there's still a delivery guy who brings cocaine to RTE.