Irish celebrities who suddenly vanished out of the spotlight

Hangdogroad wrote: »

He has a new podcast show doing a series of interviews with Irish public figures.

I always thought it was a shame he didn't take over the Late Late Show when Gaybo retired. He was wasted on Wining Streak.

Didn't he have a heart attack ,poor health for a number of year s

Remember that guy from Dublin who was in either the first or second series of MTVs The Real World circa 1992? It seemed a big deal at the time. Little did we know we'd go on to be bombarded with reality TV.

skooterblue2 wrote: »

And look what we got instead ....... Pat "the Plank" Kenny.

Pat K best current affairs broadcaster this country has had in the last 30 years imho.

Still doing a class act on Newstalk day in day out.

Was she a teacher in a comprehensive school, or was that Mary Davis?

the purple tin wrote: »

Anna the ex-nun from BB. She was a presenter for a while and thn she vanished.

And thank God for that... she was awful as a presenter.

the purple tin wrote: »

Anna the ex-nun from BB. She was a presenter for a while and thn she vanished.

I think she might have a column in the Herald.

RandomViewer wrote: »

Pat Kenny gave Michael Noonan free reign to relaunch his career on Frontline, Nothing could forgive him for allowing that creature to revive

Oh if we're going to give the media s**t for allowing an individual to triumph, look at how venerated the likes of Leo and Simon are, to name a few.

Leo we were told was this 'young, fresh, up to date' politician... oh, and gay too-to appeal to the woke crowd.

What he actually was was an old fogey in all but body. His opinions, his policies, his actions... he's more doddering and old fashioned than the supposed 'old' politicians he replaced.

A good number of people are not all that comfortable in the limelight or front of camera. They train up inhouse and go behind the camera instead. Far less stressful IWT.

the purple tin wrote: »

That seems to be where 99% of presenters end up. I suppose rte want fresh faces from time to time so the old heads are shooed into production jobs to make way for the new ones.

Well, the real money is behind the scenes-production, formats and so on. Before the quarantine, it used to be a sure fire money maker.

(By the by, wasn't there an advert for some 'Ask Anna' type of reboot show? I remember seeing the advert, and then it disappeared. I'd swear this was before 2020. Did it not get any response? I recognised Anna's voice in the advert.)
I imagine Nolan quitting The Afternoon Show, citing 'didn't want to be talking about cakes' and then going on to 'The Great Irish Bake Off' probably miffed some of the higher ups.

banoffe2 wrote: »

Craig Doyle, he used to some type of Saturday night show once upon a time

Craig came into RTE when it was starting to get even more unprofessional. The monkey's took over the zoo. His ego took a bashing from all the s**t RTE put him in. But he's the narrator for that show with the Brennan brothers.

Craig was sort of like the Seoige's- not matter where you put him, he wasn't well liked.
He was also the guy who sent plenty of shows to the graveyard.

Water John wrote: »

A good number of people are not all that comfortable in the limelight or front of camera. They train up inhouse and go behind the camera instead. Far less stressful IWT.

Well, Anna always seemed awkward in front of the camera (especially live stuff). I imagine she'd make more money behind the scenes, tbh.

Water John wrote: »

Are there two Doyle brothers? Does the other one do sports commentary?
Why is that in my head?

craig does sport presenting as well.

Mia Dunphy the last I see of her was on Dancing with the Stars, she is reported to have split from husband Johnny Vegas ( says they never lived together) they reconciled and split up again


She was also on the Late Late Show launching her book about motherhood shortly after her son was born.

skooterblue2 wrote: »

Anna Nolan? Reports say Blanaid Ni Coffaigh didnt like her, she got **** canned.

Blathnaid didn't like Sheana Keane, who eventually took a case against her. Anna just seemed disinterested.

banoffe2 wrote: »

Mia Dunphy the last I see of her was on Dancing with the Stars, she is reported to have split from husband Johnny Vegas ( says they never lived together) they reconciled and split up again


She was also on the Late Late Show launching her book about motherhood shortly after her son was born.

She was in that 'High Road, Low Road' show there a few weeks back. I don't watch it, but it came on after some program, and I grabbed the sky remote and turned it off.

(Jake Carter was also on it).

No wonder her relationship didn't work out if the two were never together.

the purple tin wrote: »

I saw a documentary about her, she was skyping JV, he lived in england and she stayed in Ireland. Think they met about once a month or so. Strange set-up, if you were serious about a relationship somebody would move and go to live with the other person wouldn't you think.

I remember she let slip she was a 'single mom' on DWTStaff. Which subsequently triggered Amanda Brunker to write an article about her.

Then about a few weeks after she got kicked off DWTS they revealed they'd split.

Thing is tho-she was JV's second wife, and his first marriage barely lasted 6 years (probably shorter when you take in the time of divorce courts).
It's a well documented fact that second marriages tend to always end up in divorce courts. (As do third and fourth marriages).

In short-if someone is divorced, they're not marriage material.

JohnFalstaff wrote: »

He's not at RTE these days.

Knowing RTE, he got promoted.

Anyone remember what happened to that guy Mark Mahon?

If you've forgotten, he directed one of the worst Irish films to ever open in Irish cinemas, Strength and Honor. Movie starred Michael Madsen, Richard Chamberlain, Vinnie Jones and Patrick Bergin. (The lead roles are meant to be IRish, but the only Irish actor he cast was Bergin). The film has a 6% critic score on imdb.

The film got absolutely panned in IReland. But Mahon was the type of guy who hyped himself up to the last-his next movie was going to be a 100 million euro film about Brian Boru, and he was saying Leonardo di Caprio was going to play Brian.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/graphic-novelist-with-a-100m-movie-on-his-mind-1.1413662

An absolute lick a**e by all accounts- put Morgan Freeman as a 'thanks' in his last (only) film. Freeman had no involvement in it.
Name dropped like crazy, seemed to be his biggest fan too. Took credit for 'ghosting' on films (scriptwriting) but, of course, 'couldn't name them'.

George White wrote: »

I met him once at an IFTA thing for Neil Marshall about five years ago, and I tried to stop myself from bursting out in laughter at the sheer ridiculousness of him.
He spoke in this ludicrous faux-American accent, like some country and Irish obsessive. I presumed he was an American who had been here for a while.

I remember he posted on the day of Lauren Bacall's death a photo of him with a woman who he said was Bacall, but was clearly Barbara Bain from Mission Impossible and Space 1999.

Jesus, what an idiot. He sounds a right plonker. God...starting to wonder if he credited Morgan Freeman, but might have been talking to Nelson Mandela.

I believe he swiped the name of the film from Gladiator. 'Strength and Honor' is Maximus motto in that film.

RandomViewer wrote: »

TV3 used to show it, got about 15 minutes of it once and I've sat through some crap movies,

I think my brother got stuck watching it one night. Absolutely dreadful.
The movie had plenty of one star reviews.

I remember Michael Madsen and Mahon were interviewed by Tubridy... and Madsen demoe'd his 'Irish' accent.
It was not good. No matter how Tubridy 'tried' to spin it as good.

(There's an interview on the official fb page, have no idea what the show was. But they show clips from the film... and honestly. the clip they show of 'Mammy' made me burst out laughing... it's sooo bad and over acted. The end of the interview-aiming for a Summer shoot with his next film-this interview's from 2007/ 2008 or so).

https://www.facebook.com/StrengthandHonourthemovie/videos/97207596397/

A friend of mine did a few short films that came out in film festivals. Knowing the trials and tribulations of getting scripts, funding, finding a director, actors, and so on, his opinion of Mahon was 'total faker'.

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

That's not a real movie is it!?

Sadly, it is. Co-stars Finbar furey, Pat Shortt, and many 'that guy/ gal' Irish actors.. No major names, tho.
I think Mahon benefited from the Celtic Tiger 'economy'-as in it was all false successes, where money was thrown at people, even if the end product was s**t. Round the time the film came out, the Tiger was slowly dying. (Nobody told Mahon tho-in 2013 he was still touting his own ego).

It says a lot that TV3 only showed this a few times. They (VM1 now) repeat 'Watermelon' (that s**te Anna Friel tv movie) every 6 months or so. And they used to be addicted to repeating the TV movie 'Two against Time'.

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

You can like Doyle. But the issue with Doyle was that he's a sports person, first and foremost. It's where he started, it's where he's suited.

When he got to RTE... they liked him WAY too much... so they put him into shows where he was not suited.(Similar with Grainne Seoige, but they got her on a budget-she'd fled sky News Ireland after it sank and burned').
If you're doing 10-15 minute segments, that's fine.

But if you're trying to host a hour or hour and a half long show, where you have to be 'on' for much longer.. it can expose the cracks.
RTe spent a LOT of money on him. They put him in Craig Doyle Live, Live Tonight with Craig Doyle, some show like 'Hanging with Hector' that I forget the name of, The Social and The Panel.

He didn't connect-even his 'Hector-like show' he described as 'sh**e'. (And, as RTE secret producer noted, the people on his show messed up the 'hashtag' on the first episode of The Social)

His tenure on the Panel was the final nail in its coffin, though TBH it had been on a downward spiral for a long time.