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

Was he covering the Popes death? Mooney did a great job in fairness on RTE. How did Tubs do?

He was off yesterday. Will be interesting to hear his take on the Pope's death. He has called the RCC to account over their failings to deal with abuse and has been quite brave in taking them on. Obviously the Virgin Radio show is quite a different platform to what he was used to in RTE, plus the fact that Catholics are a minority in the UK won't make it as topical over there. Also think that his friendship with Sinead O'Connor will play a part. He has definitely become more rebellious since leaving RTE. Sinead was his confidant when he was at his lowest ebb. She was ostracised from Irish society after tearing a photo of Pope John Paul in two. God in a hoodie phone call.

2 prophets driven out of the homeland. Still I suppose the pope dying gets his FOI requests out of the news

it could just be more NewsUK cost cutting. It will be familiar to Ryan interviewing all his colleagues. Just like old times

He was actually quite respectful towards the late Pope. I was expecting him to eviscerate the Catholic Church and bring up how they treated women and children . He was very measured in his comments, but you could almost hear the anger in his voice. Didn't bring up what happened to Sinead at all. Interview with John Cleese coming up now. Looking forward to hearing this.

Factual, but not nice in the the way it was phrased?

if you could almost hear the anger in his voice, that meant that you couldn’t. How do you know it was there then?

The first thing David Walliam's said to him on another audio media platform was "That's a very nice introduction but a bit long".. and he seemed to take that advice.

"A bit of Rick Astley’s finest cheese now to take us to news."

Is Tubs still referring to "Fromage" when he plays something cheesy.

Tubs is pretty cheesy himself, but in a bland way. Like an EasiSingle slice, but without that touch of class.

12:31 now and guess what he’s talking about again? John Cleese. Now he’s playing a snippet from it.

On another note, they do pick some strange album/single covers to use for the DRS, example below:

They seem to use compilation album artwork a lot rather than the artist’s work, you’ll often see “Now that’s what I call music!” covers for example. A minor detail for sure, but again, attention to detail.

In fairness, it was a very entertaining interview. They really developed a rapport and Tubs had him in stitches laughing by the end of it. He really seems to have loosened up since starting on Virgin. Hopefully they'll meet up for dinner, like they planned. He genuinely seems happier over in London and is developing a coterie of celebrity pals who he can turn to.

what a load of 🐂 💩 Cleese has been going around every interview studio in London promoting his stage play because he needs money to pay off his divorce. He’s not doing it for the love of it