PK@rte.ie (again). The All New (Patrick Kielty) Late Late Show Thread

Just watched it now. Chronic as per usual.

I thought Daniel was far more relaxed on Friday compared to any time I saw him on when Tubridy hosted. No surprise really, had Tubridy been hosting Friday night, his first question would probably have been "Why don't you tell us about your wife's cancer battle, and then maybe about how she suffers from depression?"

I've always assumed that Tubridy thought having a celebrity break down and cry on the LLS would be a great viral moment that would get everybody talking. It never seemed to occur to him that a humorous or very interesting interview could do the same.

I was living outside of Ireland for most of Tubridy's tenure of the LLS, so I only ever watched if I was home for a few days. About this time five years ago, I was around for a few days and made an effort to watch after hearing that Andrea Corr was going to be a guest. The interview went something like this:

Tubridy: "Hello Andrea, and welcome to the Late Late Show. Tell us about your dead brother." Andrea, with tears in her eyes, then told the very sad story of her eldest brother, who was killed in a car crash before she was born. Once she had finished, Tubridy then says: "I believe you've had a few miscarriages. Tell us about those." And then Andrea, again close to tears, talked about her fertility issues. I assume she knew these questions were coming, but to this viewer, it was like watching her being tortured. It was like Tubridy wanted her to be in great distress on live TV as she was asked about the tragic events in her life. I had to switch it off, and I never watched a Tubridy-hosted LLS again (admittedly, that was easy since I lived in the UK, but I continued to avoid it after moving back to Ireland at the start of 2022.)

I googled Liz Bonin after the show just to see how she went from The Den to the new David Attenborough. Apparently her mother, who was living in the UK as well, died from covid around Christmas 2020. Liz put out a long Twitter thread praising the NHS but sticking the boot in the government for shoddy management of the pandemic leading to elderly people getting exposed to the virus pre-vaccines.

Now, no one is going to tell me that wouldn't have been Item No1 on Tubridy's list of topics for her. Thankfully this egregious misery porn seems to be behind us under PK.

Wasn't Darcy engaged to Geri May?

They both kind of dodged a bullet. Her because she escaped his mind numbing dullness and him because she always seemed like a bit of a psycho

Has a Mr. R. Tubridy from Dun Laoghaire written in for tickets?

That was so bad

worst ever

I like pj

The radio show is hilarious

Yup. He’s far too cool to make an effort

One of my school friends lived in the local home for people like that because his mother was the head of it.

It was some experience going over for the day.

His arms are just horrible I am sorry but to me tattoos ruin the skin. They are a horrible thing.

Mighty story there from pj and fair fuk to him

Nothing resurrects a career like a mental illness admission these days.

Real sufferers rarely tell anyone.

Toy man spinning in his grave.

I’m fed up of the toy show already