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

  • 27-04-2016 11:36PM
    #1
    WhiteWalls
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 945 ✭✭✭


    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?


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  • #2
    ahnowbrowncow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,591 ✭✭✭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?


  • #3
    tomwaterford
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    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)


  • #4
    munster87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,393 ✭✭✭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.


  • #5
    boobar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,226 ✭✭✭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.


  • #6
    omerin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭omerin


    All of a sudden?


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  • #7
    ABEasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 566 ✭✭✭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?


  • #8
    maudgonner
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    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.


  • #9
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,193 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #10
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,922 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #11
    deco nate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,340 ✭✭✭deco nate


    ABEasy wrote: »
    Is that you Ray?

    His wife


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  • #12
    Negative_G
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    Because he is a poxy interviewer and host on both on the airwaves and on television.


  • #13
    am i bovvered
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,102 ✭✭✭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 !!


  • #14
    runawaybishop
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    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.


  • #15
    maryishere
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    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?


  • #16
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,193 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #17
    maryishere
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    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.


  • #18
    dodderangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,203 ✭✭✭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


  • #19
    Into The Blue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,358 ✭✭✭Into The Blue


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


  • #20
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,064 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #21
    Yamanoto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #22
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,712 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


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

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


  • #23
    Water John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,841 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #24
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


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


  • #25
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,940 ✭✭✭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


  • #26
    lazybones32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,647 ✭✭✭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.


  • #27
    maryishere
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    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.


  • #28
    Water John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,841 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #29
    kneemos
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    Why is this thread appearing and disappearing?


  • #30
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,193 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    kneemos wrote: »
    Why is this thread appearing and disappearing?

    Boards is bollocksed.


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  • #31
    mansize
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    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
    Add your reply here.


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