The Ryan Tubridy Show **Mod: Read OP**

He left Barry Keoghan until the end of the article and then says how important a supportive family was to the people he mentioned. Absolutely braindead point when you consider that Barry lost his mother to drug addiction and was in over a dozen foster homes during his childhood.

He's there by his own choice.

It's a career move that works for both his fans and enemies.

May have plenty of irons in the fire, but none are glowing red hot are they?

Looks like the fires going out tbh.

His writing quality is on a par with the stuff that passes for writing in the Daily Mail.

There is a demographic that it suits and readers for whom it's not difficult to read or understand.

Maybe the man has no talents. Maybe he did get the work he had in rte just through connections and the fact that rte are happy to give employment to relatives and such and not kill themselves looking for genuine talent. (Yuk hate that word btw).

On a humane level maybe he is missing his family and that does happen to the best of us.

Still refusing to listen to him though🥴

Wait now, let’s add this one into the mix.

So millionaire Tubridy who was being paid between half and 3/4 a million euro a year for more than a decade, is now inexplicably paying an agent to in turn pay both the Irish Mail on Sunday and Virgin Radio (and probably the Wireless Group stations) so that he can work for them all for free (but is also getting sponsorship from Paddy Power) while living in London - but also while owning a house in Dublin.

Oh, and he’s scabbing free laundry detergent from Vogue Williams.

And then there’s also posters here being paid by Kelly to post - not even positive, but just not constantly negative - things about him.

But not only does Kelly have this magic porridge pot of money to spend on Tubridy for no financial gain, he also has a magical ability to bend the will of even the biggest media organisations in the world to do his not-for-profit bidding - all while being just a jumped-up chocolate salesman with a two-bit hack for a client.

Keep up the creative writing classes, lads, that’s all I can say. The plot has to be somewhat believable, but you’ll eventually get there 🤣

Back handed boot licking of NKM. It is notable how even those who pretend not to like Ryan Tubridy have no criticism of NKM. The opposite in fact.

For someone who presents themselves as calling balls-and-strikes, the idea that these relationships between agents and TV companies, even by poor little chocolate salesmen, is suprising. I don't believe its altruism on NKM's behalf. NKM is only doing it in the hope to make more money, nothing more nothing less.

Well, of course, Ryan has further stories to tell about the Cadbury salesman and best to be seen to represent.

The strategy has paid for itself already, thousands of time over. Not only for Ryan but for the coverage given on the prime media slots for NKM stablemates. It was very clever from NKM. The idea of the sponsorship would cost NKM little, I would assume. Likewise gaining access to a weekly column. Using already well established rolodex of contacts. Of course we know how good NKM is at hiding what is being actually received by his clients, so looking at his books are unlikely to reveal anything. Maybe you are right, maybe there are other reasons why he has to show loyalty to Ryan.

There is no doubt that he is a wealthy man, what many people feel is that he was excessively paid by RTE, and hearing him on Virgin Radio, merely confirms that

If he had an ounce of cop on, he'd throw in the towel and come home. He must realise he has backed himself into a cul-de-sac. Anyone care to hazard a guess how much the Mail on Sunday is paying him for that column. They are not known in journalistic circles for their generosity.

Making the point that what NKM would do in the past for Ryan may not be the case now. Perhaps he is no longer sure a sure bet with the changeover in rte. I'm sure NKM still works hard for those stable stars who are not getting paid the sums Ryan used to get. What else is the service for?

I've no idea what he is worth. But the suspicions that Ryan, nkm and strangely rte were paying Ryan far in excess of his talents and were benefitting from a culture of unaccountability, nod and a wink, and secret deals at the expense of the taxpayer are being put to the test. Lots felt that the line that he was being paid market value was self serving bullshit. I guess we'll see.

I have but you chose/choose not to read them. That's ok. Hardly a crime

I have - have a read above - but guess this fun tit-for-tat distracts from the predicament Tubs and NKM find themselves in.

Are you of the opinion that NKM has stopped trying for his client?