Why does everybody hate Ray D' Arcy all of a sudden?

WhiteWalls

I remember when he was on Today Fm and presenting the Rose of Tralee and he could do no wrong. Now he is on Rte radio and television and he gets awful criticism. This is despite him not changing at all in my opinion.

Do people not like him because he is now earning a lot of money?

ahnowbrowncow

WhiteWalls wrote: »

I remember when he was on Today Fm and presenting the Rose of Tralee and he could do no wrong. Now he is on Rte radio and television and he gets awful criticism. This is despite him not changing at all in my opinion.

Do people not like him because he is now earning a lot of money?

I take it you haven't seen his Saturday night tv show?

tomwaterford

Because he's just pure painful/up his own asre to listen to

Always was....though people said he used be good on the den (before my time)

munster87

WhiteWalls wrote: »

I remember when he was on Today Fm and presenting the Rose of Tralee and he could do no wrong. Now he is on Rte radio and television and he gets awful criticism. This is despite him not changing at all in my opinion.

Do people not like him because he is now earning a lot of money?

Can't speak for others, but I never liked him, always came across as pompous.

boobar

I think hate is a pretty strong word.

I think a lot of people don't like his interviewing style especially on tv. In my view, he doesn't come across well, conversations don't seem to flow and he can be very offensive.

I've found him to be very opinionated and he that really bugs me.

omerin

All of a sudden?

ABEasy

WhiteWalls wrote: »

I remember when he was on Today Fm and presenting the Rose of Tralee and he could do no wrong. Now he is on Rte radio and television and he gets awful criticism. This is despite him not changing at all in my opinion.

Do people not like him because he is now earning a lot of money?

Is that you Ray?

maudgonner

tomwaterford wrote: »

Always was....though people said he used be good on the den (before my time)

He was grand when he was wrestling a panda teddy.


That's not a euphemism.

J Mysterio

Fix it Friday was good back in the day. Thats about as far as my opinion goes, havent watched his show on RTE or listened to him on the rad-e-o since.

Dtp1979

Typical Irish begrudgery is a lot of it id say. People were bitchin on here when he was on today fm. Those same bitches are obviously gonna transfer over to his RTE show and continue bitching

deco nate

ABEasy wrote: »

Is that you Ray?

His wife

Negative_G

Because he is a poxy interviewer and host on both on the airwaves and on television.

am i bovvered

I think the Ray of 10 years ago would think the presenter today is sh1t

He is painful to watch, the Pam Anderson interview was the worst ice ever seen, and I remember Gay interviewing bishop caseys girlfriend !!

runawaybishop

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Typical Irish begrudgery is a lot of it id say. People were bitchin on here when he was on today fm. Those same bitches are obviously gonna transfer over to his RTE show and continue bitching

Irish begrudgery? He's ****e, that's all. How tall are you. I have kids. I cycle. You should eat porridge.

He was grand at the light hearted stuff then he was younger. He's just tired now.

maryishere

He is a very poor performer compared to the likes of the chat show hosts / interviewers on BBC. I never tune in to RTE much nowadays. Even Dragons den and First dates are poor copies.
God why do we have to pay the ************ RTE licence fee?

J Mysterio

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Typical Irish begrudgery

God I hate this.

Really dont think its 'typically Irish' to envy or begrudge someone, its international. I'm sure the Irish are no worse than any other nation.

Hear it all the time and it does piss me off. Nonsense.

maryishere

am i bovvered wrote: »

He is painful to watch, the Pam Anderson interview was the worst ice ever seen, and I remember Gay interviewing bishop caseys girlfriend !!

+1. Gay was disgraceful, he was really hostile to her, because she dared come out and reveal the Bishop had a child.

dodderangler

maryishere wrote: »

+1. Gay was disgraceful, he was really hostile to her, because she dared come out and reveal the Bishop had a child.

Bishop Len Brennan had a child remember that Ted

Into The Blue

Don't begrudge him the big bucks, it's rte so will be wasted on something anyway..

kneemos

It's because of the abomination of a "chat show" he was given and is completely unsuited for.
Relations at the firm I believe.

Yamanoto

The man is completely lacking in basic levels of emotional intelligence, self-awareness and perhaps most importantly of all, just plain like-ability.

Mediocrity is not just tolerated in much of Irish life, it's oddly rewarded for whatever fcuking reason.

Say Your Number

People on this site have been hating him for close to a decade.

www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055091114

Water John

He was fine working with young people.
They had spent years training the previous guy on the Saturday show, what's his face, and he had come good.
D'arcy cannot do adult interviews. Don't know why.
In contrast, RT seems to be light but is actually very able when a difficult subject has to be handled.

Richard Hillman

I never forgave him for taking over from Ian Demsey on The Den

ballsymchugh

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Typical Irish begrudgery is a lot of it id say. People were bitchin on here when he was on today fm. Those same bitches are obviously gonna transfer over to his RTE show and continue bitching

begrudgery is not the same as disliking someone

lazybones32

I've not liked him for a few years and hate is far too strong a word.

I don't know, he was good in the beginning but then he became predictable. You could nearly guess the topics that were going to be raised and you could guess his response. The other presenters/staff brought as much to the show as he did. If you didn't run, cycle or have a baby, you could tune out for a lot of his show.

Maybe his product-cycle is long past its best?


One thing that particularly turned me off him was when he did a road-safety advert for the RSA: the heavy-hitting part of the ad was Ray saying something like "Would you ever cop on you fu*king eedjit" - as if Ray D'Arcy swearing is supposed to shock people into driving more carefully...Obviously, this version was on radio after the watershed.

maryishere

Water John wrote: »

He was fine working with young people.
They had spent years training the previous guy on the Saturday show, what's his face, and he had come good.

Brendan O'Connor, he was ok. Everyone hates D'arcy on tv.

Water John

Well I would not use the word hate, but its a key timeslot wasted. I simply do not watch it.
As some one said, he doesn't seem to emotionally connect.
He doesn't seem to have a broad interest in many aspects of life.
One needs the key functions of a journalist and he hasn't those, the inquiring mind.

kneemos

Why is this thread appearing and disappearing?

J Mysterio

kneemos wrote: »

Why is this thread appearing and disappearing?

Boards is bollocksed.

mansize

Say Your Number wrote: »

People on this site have been hating him for close to a decade.

Do they like anyone on the Radio forum???
www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055091114

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Arghus

He used to be charming and light-hearted.

Now, the items he covers are depressing and his lack of effort and research shines through time and time again.

nullzero

I didn't like him when he was in the den and blackboard jungle. I hated his today fm show when all the spanners in my office thought he was great, saw him get thick with somebody in Superquinn years ago when they went over to say hello, to me he is now, has always been and will most likely always be a bit of a pr1ck.

J Mysterio

nullzero wrote: »

saw him get thick with somebody in Superquinn years ago when they went over to say hello

That would piss me off too. I actually saw someone do the same to Tubridy in Superquinn also, though he was a gent. No big fan of him either, but you have to know when you're priviliged and act accordingly.

The_Valeyard

Think its more of his moral crusading that annoys a lot of people, that and how he turns an interview around to be about himself.

Maireadio

WhiteWalls wrote: »

I remember when he was on Today Fm and presenting the Rose of Tralee and he could do no wrong. Now he is on Rte radio and television and he gets awful criticism. This is despite him not changing at all in my opinion.

Do people not like him because he is now earning a lot of money?

Can't speak for anyone else but I hated him on Today FM. I was forced to listen to his show in work because that was the station the majority of the office wanted to listen to.

I found him judgmental, overbearing and uninterested in listening to and trying to understand the opinions of other.

freshpopcorn

I thought he was fine on The Den but i was a child and would probably have liked anybody in it at the time.
I dislike him because he can be rude and offensive to people he's interviewing when their views on issues don't match his.

Maireadio

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I dislike him because he can be rude and offensive to people he's interviewing when their views on issues don't match his.

Yep. It kills conversation.

Dirty Dingus McGee

I was forced to listen to his show on Today FM in a couple of my former jobs so I've hated him and his idiot friends for more than 15 years.

honeybear

I can't stand him mentioning his family the whole time...Jenny, Kate and Tom. Drives me bananas

Esel

Bruce Willis, but no stubble.

BabySlam

WhiteWalls wrote: »

I remember when he was on Today Fm and presenting the Rose of Tralee and he could do no wrong. Now he is on Rte radio and television and he gets awful criticism. This is despite him not changing at all in my opinion.

Do people not like him because he is now earning a lot of money?

Not sudden for me. Never liked him.

pickarooney

He was decent on Jo Maxi

Superhorse

Can't stand him tbh. I'm no fan of UFC I could take it or leave it but he had some Irish UFC fighter on his show once and the interview was all about Darcy telling us HIS opinion on UFC and how he hated it. Shows no respect for the training and dedication the lad was putting in to make it and provide for his family. All this whilst he gets a pay packet most people could only dream of because of the farcical licence fee.

Esel

I like hearing voices when I'm going to sleep. No random muzac, no Georgio Huukio, no mentallic Mon Grief - just real peeple, Joe.

Basically, anything in the frequency range of human speech. Just not either of the above-mentioned, or anything sports-related. Few more reservations, but enough of that. Oh, no 104 scuuumbag slagging yanoworeyemsain - yafugginsapya.

Wanderer78

Never really liked him all of a sudden!

freedominacup

It wasn't sudden.

ivytwine

J Mysterio wrote: »

That would piss me off too. I actually saw someone do the same to Tubridy in Superquinn also, though he was a gent. No big fan of him either, but you have to know when you're priviliged and act accordingly.

I've met Tubridy and he is a really nice bloke. We were in RTE and he just invited us to look at the late late set out of nothing and was very generous with his time.

With Ray Darcy, I grew up with him on the Den and loved him back then. Listened to the Today FM show for years but it got very stale. I get that priorities change when you've kids but in the last couple of years or so he made no attempt whatsoever to connect with listeners who didn't have kids, weren't into running etc. He basically turned into a grumpy ould lad and spoke very condescendingly to anyone who didn't fit his mould.

Don't hate him by any means but I think it's shocking that someone with 30 years of broadcasting experience still can't work a radio desk- and not even have the humility to delegate it to someone who can. I volunteered in community radio for a bit and wouldn't have made the mistakes he made with the desk, tone of interviews etc

pwurple

I liked ray on the den because he was happy and smiley, did an auld Ray's Rave and the puppets were able to take the piss out of his lack of brain power, which was hilarious.

I don't like the radio program because it is miserable and moaning. I prefer positivity and fun in my light entertainment. If I want a serious program, blustering opinion and phone in callers are not where I go.

No opinion on the man himself, I don't know him personally.

It's very simple.

He was grand with the kids stuff. As soon as he moved into programmes for adults, with his radio show, he became like an old woman moaning and tut tutting about everything. Painful. Have never seen his tv show so can't comment about this interview or that.

kneemos

Why do RTE insist on hiring talentless people and paying them hundreds of grand for the rest of their lives.

Heard a few minutes of Darcy when he was standing in for Joe Misery Duffy...also useless .