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Ryan Tubridy - From Virgin to Youtube **Mod: Read OP**

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    #6302
    GSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,588 ✭✭✭GSF


    he’s gonna lose his phone and his wallet pretty quickly if he does that for real



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    #6303
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 9,052 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    Not to mention getting shoved aside by impatient commuters! 😁



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    #6304
    z80CPU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,602 ✭✭✭z80CPU
    Darth 8-bit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123055760#Comment_123055760

    That would'nt be Jolly Japes for him.



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    #6305
    Peter Dragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,212 ✭✭✭Peter Dragon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123055742#Comment_123055742

    Not sure the pickpockets would have much use for some WillowWarm gift vouchers….

    If he does have his pocket picked, no doubt we will read about it in the London Diary and it will in his mind at least be by a young rapscallion rehearsing for a West End production of Oliver Twist, whilst Tubridy will congratulate himself on helping a future star of stage and screen take his first steps into superstardom.

    Yes, the salary is enormous, I understand that, but that doesn't affect my soul.



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    #6306
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    Screenshot_20250114_214014.jpg

    I've never seen a "read book" to open in such a way…clunking together of pages. And the Indian lad behind him knows this :).



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    #6307
    kitsy13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭kitsy13


    It would be a small challenge, a challenge all the same to move to the next page looking at that picture



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    #6308
    Peter Dragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,212 ✭✭✭Peter Dragon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123056634#Comment_123056634

    I haven’t read that book but I can’t imagine it’s as hilarious as Tubridy’s facial expression suggests. Adds to the staged theory.

    Yes, the salary is enormous, I understand that, but that doesn't affect my soul.



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    #6309
    podgeandrodge
    Site Banned Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123054714#Comment_123054714

    It's getting beyond a joke at this stage. This is the follow on from only a couple of days ago, when he purported to not remembering Jerry Springer was interviewed by him, until a cursory Google shocked his memory into revolt.

    tubs mid read.png

    Let's examine the photo again. The caption is "Caught mid-read" - so the LIE is in your face. Not sure if the book is a comedic blockbuster or not, in order to explain that gormless smile, but nobody could hold a leather case like that and read at the same time. And as another poster pointed out, it's the same "unread" book look - like last year when he was photographed reading a book, but in each photo he managed to skip multiple chapters. Total shyster. But the question remains - is he actually fooling anybody - even his instagram mammies at this stage - are they that clueless that they could believe this to be an ad-hoc snap in "mid-read" - surely to God not?



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    #6310
    Peter Dragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,212 ✭✭✭Peter Dragon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123057149#Comment_123057149

    Sadly, I think there are some who are buying this crap. Don’t ever underestimate how dumb people are.

    Yes, the salary is enormous, I understand that, but that doesn't affect my soul.



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    #6311
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,465 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123057064#Comment_123057064

    I have. And it's quite good - but not a feel good read.



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    #6312
    Rubberchikken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Rubberchikken


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123021097#Comment_123021097

    God no. The thought is chilling. Does anyone here honestly think rte would have the b@lls to have him back on any of their radio stations?

    Is he hoping for a slot on lyric as he's such an intellectual



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    #6313
    mountain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,441 ✭✭✭mountain


    I’m guessing RTE will have him back on TV or Radio, maybe a travel show, or a weekend slot on Radio,

    He’s served his time, and RTE is a real “old boys club” Kevin will announce that he’s getting no more than 250k, NK will have a sponsor lined up, and it will be fait accompli,

    RTE have no quality control, just listen to the unadulterated nonsense from 1.45 to 4,30 on weekends, Tubridy will be eased back in.
    unfortunately



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    #6314
    Brian Scan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,599 ✭✭✭Brian Scan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123057149#Comment_123057149
    image.png

    ..



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    #6315
    Peter Dragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,212 ✭✭✭Peter Dragon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123057243#Comment_123057243

    Would you therefore agree the picture would appear to be staged?

    Does anyone read with that expression on their face? Unless he’s using a €150,000 cheque as a bookmark of course and laughing at that? Bonkers.

    Post edited by Peter Dragon on

    Yes, the salary is enormous, I understand that, but that doesn't affect my soul.



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    #6316
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 9,954 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123057445#Comment_123057445

    250 Basic Salary + Allowances + Employer Pension. Suddenly you are up near Joe Duffy's 350k



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    #6317
    retalivity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,879 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123057652#Comment_123057652

    Dont forget the weekend allowance, better make it another 100k



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    #6318
    RunningFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 421 ✭✭RunningFlyer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123055465#Comment_123055465

    To be fair, Oisin is probably much better known in London so Tubs prob only delighted to ask him to post about him on the Tube - he's landlord of the Devonshire pub in Soho which has become the new hotspot of the city for celebs and public. Tubs obviously jumping on the hype train regularly refers to this place as his "local" and "friend" (Oisin). I wonder when they have real celebs does the owner roll his eyes when he gets a message from Tubs saying he'll be in for a pint!



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    #6319
    RoTelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭RoTelly


    I assume that AI'd photo is a bit of a ribbing from Oisin, rather than the idea that it is a real photo. can anyone send me a link to the original post on instagram, I find it difficult to search instagram.

    ______

    In the end they were just greedy, they all knew one another and knew what to expect more money for no return, it was a secure cash flow, but in fairness they looked for what they wanted and fair dues to them for that, and wouldn't you be doing the same!

    Just one more thing .... when did they return that car

    Yesterday



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    #6320
    Peter Dragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,212 ✭✭✭Peter Dragon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123057793#Comment_123057793

    It must have been a story as it’s gone now.

    Here’s Oisín:

    https://www.instagram.com/mcmoop?igsh=d3dtNDNzNHZoZXRr

    I watched a couple of his reels. He’s pretty much exactly how I expected him to be.

    He bizarrely has a story today where some about the town geezer is talking about the best Guinness in London init and said geezer says you walk past the Devonshire and down this lane (clearly to another pub)….and then it ends.

    Yes, the salary is enormous, I understand that, but that doesn't affect my soul.



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    #6321
    TheBMG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 992 ✭✭✭TheBMG


    his mastery of AI seems to be as good as his knowledge of Zetta!!



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    #6322
    Peter Dragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,212 ✭✭✭Peter Dragon


    He finished the book….or so he claims. The review seems at odds with his maniacal expression on the tube however…..intriguingly bonkers. The comments are…..well, judge for yourselves:

    IMG_0036.jpeg IMG_0037.jpeg IMG_0038.jpeg IMG_0039.jpeg IMG_0040.jpeg

    Yes, the salary is enormous, I understand that, but that doesn't affect my soul.



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    #6323
    podgeandrodge
    Site Banned Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    5 star review of book comes out after totally unrelated photo of reading said book on tube days earlier.

    Just a coincidence.

    No monies or favours granted for said gushing review or pre photos taken. All a fluke.



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    #6324
    Peter Dragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,212 ✭✭✭Peter Dragon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123061242#Comment_123061242

    neil_thompson_75 doesn’t seem to know what a selfie is…..while katecsherwin needs to get out a bit more. lorainebrowne loves the anonymity of London…it’s very easy be anonymous when no-one knows who you are.

    Yes, the salary is enormous, I understand that, but that doesn't affect my soul.



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    #6325
    nonetheless
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 455 ✭✭nonetheless


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123062241#Comment_123062241

    I think he is more interested in that brown leather bag tbh 🤣



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    #6326
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,413 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123061242#Comment_123061242

    Nobody is perfect but I'm so happy not to be one of those absolute saps



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    #6327
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 9,052 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123057617#Comment_123057617

    I have an image in my head of the 150k cheque as a bookmark, being one of those dummy cheques that get used for presentations. 😁



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    #6328
    Peter Dragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,212 ✭✭✭Peter Dragon


    Idea for a tv show….Tubs on the Tube….international tv and radio superstar Ryan Tubridy rides the London Underground posing for completely spontaneous and not in any way staged photos with books, whilst engaging in casual chats with his adoring fans, and pointing with a knowing grin at the location signs in each station. Sponsored by WillowWarm.

    Coming soon - Monkey Tennis, and Youth Hosteling with Donnacha O’Callaghan.

    Yes, the salary is enormous, I understand that, but that doesn't affect my soul.



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    #6329
    retalivity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,879 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123062260#Comment_123062260

    Don't worry, most (all?) are not real.



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    #6330
    nonetheless
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 455 ✭✭nonetheless


    Jaysus, all you have to do is look at the title...

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    #6331
    Peter Dragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,212 ✭✭✭Peter Dragon


    Apologies if these have been posted previously but the tube pic reminded me of this from a few years ago. It seems he can’t go anywhere without being recognised by his millions of fans, as described here in his usual humble style:

    https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/celebs/rtes-ryan-tubridy-says-theres-27780267.amp

    As usual with the puff pieces they were everywhere. Same article was in all the usual places with minimal (if any) changes.

    Gift Grub’s take wasn’t so #kind: https://www.goloudplayer.com/episodes/gift-grub-ryan-tubridy-gets-stop-ZGE4MGQzYmQ2OWU1ZjA0NGQ0NGMxODE4ZDhkMDU2YTY%3D

    They must not be on #TeamTubs or #TeamNK

    I do hope the links work, kept getting error messages as I tried to post them.

    Yes, the salary is enormous, I understand that, but that doesn't affect my soul.



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