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RTE again: Brendan Courtney pimping his whole family now...

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  • #62
    AllForIt
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    So bad it was good. Pure cringe from start to finish.


  • #63
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
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    I kinda like Brendan Courtney.


  • #64
    AllForIt
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    Next show has to be "We Need to Talk about that Nobody Brendan Courtney"

    And if your listening Brendan you need to stop checking out my ass when u see me in The George. At the same time I dont blame ya.


  • #65
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
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    murpho999 wrote: »
    He was not openly gay at all. It was all rumour and hearsay at the time.

    Well, he couldn’t be openly gay because of the legal status of homosexuality back then. I doubt he was ashamed of his sexuality. He was probably just worried about the legal ramifications of coming out like many gay folk back then.


  • #66
    freshpopcorn
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    pgj2015 wrote: »
    I saw him in Brown Thomas a few years ago, going around with his nose stuck up in the air, the ar$ehole.

    He only shops at Dunnes now!


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  • #67
    ohnonotgmail
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    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    Well, he couldn’t be openly gay because of the legal status of homosexuality back then.
    He lived in london and then new york from the early 80's. i doubt The legal status of homosexuality in ireland was a factor for him.
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    I doubt he was ashamed of his sexuality.

    I dont think anybody suggested he was
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    He was probably just worried about the legal ramifications of coming out like many gay folk back then.

    The social ramifications were potentially much greater than any legal ramifications. Prosecutions were rare and usually occurred when acts took place in public.


  • #68
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
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    AmberGold wrote: »
    Good to see him featuring in more factual mainstream TV and not the fashion type content he’s been associated with.

    Personally I like him and think he’s entertaining, smart and has a lot of empathy. He was great in that property series. I think he’s capable of a lot more. Just sayin..

    Agreed. He had his own talk show probably well over a decade ago now that sadly didn't last long (it was on TV3, I think, which likely didn’t help and I think his association with Off The Rails at the time meant people didn’t take him seriously). I thought he was a really good interviewer. Good instincts and empathetic. Certainly a better interviewer than many higher paid people than him, IMO.


  • #69
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
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    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    He lived in london and then new york from the early 80's. i doubt The legal status of homosexuality in ireland was a factor for him.



    I dont think anybody suggested he was



    The social ramifications were potentially much greater than any legal ramifications. Prosecutions were rare and usually occurred when acts took place in public.

    Was it really necessary to break up my relatively short post into a multiquote?


  • #70
    The Rape of Lucretia
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    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    I doubt he was ashamed of his sexuality. He was probably just worried about the legal ramifications of coming out like many gay folk back then.

    You dont know that though. To some, homosexuality is an abomination, a sin against God, and a personal failing that one should try to cure, so he may well have been ashamed of something that was abhorrent to society in general, and not only something illegal.


  • #71
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,359 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »
    You dont know that though. To some, homosexuality is an abomination, a sin against God, and a personal failing that one should try to cure, so he may well have been ashamed of something that was abhorrent to society in general, and not only something illegal.

    Possibly-but according to the RTE documentary about him, that aired (was it this year, or last year? I genuinely don't know, no sarcasm on my part) he was pretty out among his friends, and even his family.
    Like, even in a time when it was illegal to be gay, he didn't hide it among those he was close to.


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