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00:00:21Now, ladies and gentlemen, let's have a welcome from Patrick Kiyotik.
00:00:40Hello, welcome to the Lil It Show.
00:00:43It's the scariest night of the year, folks.
00:00:45It is Friday the 13th.
00:00:47Yeah.
00:00:49By the way, that is not the sound of our audience being scared.
00:00:52That's the sound of them realizing tomorrow is Valentine's Day.
00:00:55And only the garage is now open.
00:00:58Roses are red, violets are blue.
00:01:00I've forgotten your flowers.
00:01:01Will a chicken fillet roll do?
00:01:03You know who you are.
00:01:04You know who you are.
00:01:06Tonight on the show, we have a lovely one coming your way.
00:01:10We're going to be celebrating 10 years of first dates.
00:01:12We will be saying, I'm grand, ma'am, with PJ and Kevin.
00:01:16We have some special news for country fans from Una Healy.
00:01:19And the brilliant Tom Allen will be here, yes.
00:01:27But before all that, on the eve of Ireland's Six Nations game with Italy,
00:01:33it is time to welcome an Ulster rugby legend with 70 caps for Ireland,
00:01:39two triple crowns and a grand slam, as well as moments like these.
00:01:44Marshall, Sexton, Kearney, out wide, Trimble!
00:01:49Andrew Trimble!
00:01:51Driscoll again, Ireland need to break this line.
00:01:54It's there, Trimble, Trimble for the line!
00:01:56Yes he is!
00:01:57There's a space here for Carmel in.
00:01:59With Andrew Trimble, it's in!
00:02:02So true!
00:02:03Please welcome Andrew Trimble!
00:02:05Thank you!
00:02:06Thank you!
00:02:14Yeah, there you go!
00:02:18Oh!
00:02:19Wow!
00:02:22Right at the back there, there's a wee screen before you come on.
00:02:24You're watching all of that.
00:02:26All of the caps, the triple crowns, beating the All Blacks,
00:02:29all the good stuff.
00:02:30I know none of it compares to an over 35 game in Dubai.
00:02:36That's...
00:02:36Exactly.
00:02:37Yes.
00:02:37The excitement went through the roof.
00:02:39The excitement went from 100 to zero very quickly.
00:02:42So, yeah, I went to Dubai a couple of months ago
00:02:45and played in an over 35s.
00:02:47I didn't even play in the serious over 35s level.
00:02:50I played in the social over 35s
00:02:52and I thought this was going to be a gift.
00:02:54First touch and I got tackled
00:02:56and I dislocated my foot
00:02:58and broke the base of my fib and tib.
00:03:01Yes.
00:03:01And then I got excited about coming home
00:03:03and telling the kids that the ski trip over Christmas was cancelled.
00:03:08So, yeah.
00:03:09But that's the thing, you can't leave it.
00:03:11You just, when you got that competitive nature,
00:03:14it is there, it doesn't disappear.
00:03:16Yeah.
00:03:16We've seen it on Fittest Family,
00:03:19which congratulations, well done.
00:03:21You won that with the McKennas.
00:03:22Let's face it.
00:03:23Yes.
00:03:24Yeah.
00:03:27I mean, let's face it,
00:03:28I couldn't muck it up for the McKennas.
00:03:30No.
00:03:31They were incredible.
00:03:32They were a brilliant, brilliant bunch
00:03:33to spend the summer with.
00:03:35The four of them were brilliant
00:03:36and great athletes, great cracks.
00:03:38I really enjoyed spending the summer with them.
00:03:40But, yeah, you never lose the competitiveness.
00:03:42Like, even in the last week,
00:03:43you know, I found myself watching,
00:03:45you know, when you finish playing rugby,
00:03:46you need something, something to drive,
00:03:48something like a passion.
00:03:49And I found myself,
00:03:50even just watching the Winter Olympics,
00:03:51thinking like, watching the skeleton,
00:03:52thinking,
00:03:53I could do a job here.
00:03:55I could do that.
00:03:55That's tobogganing dressed as Daft Punk.
00:03:58That's what that is.
00:03:59How hard could it be?
00:04:00How hard could it be?
00:04:01What was more upsetting for Donega,
00:04:03the fact that you actually won Fittest Family
00:04:05or your bromance with Michael Dyer and Macaulay,
00:04:08which I know upset him greatly.
00:04:11Yeah.
00:04:11And I've said to him before,
00:04:12that was just a fling over the summer.
00:04:15That was just a,
00:04:16I mean, Michael Dyer and Macaulay is amazing.
00:04:18We hit it off.
00:04:19But it was just,
00:04:19it's a short-term thing.
00:04:21Donega, I mean,
00:04:21he knows,
00:04:23he has my heart.
00:04:24Like, Donega is very special.
00:04:26So will he be getting the Valentine's card tomorrow?
00:04:28He will.
00:04:29He will.
00:04:29He will.
00:04:30I mean, Donega is brilliant.
00:04:31I've known Donega for a long time.
00:04:33We hit it off immediately.
00:04:34I mean,
00:04:34we've spent a couple of,
00:04:36we spent a weekend in Rome, actually.
00:04:38And with this weekend,
00:04:39obviously with the Ireland team going across.
00:04:40So in the past,
00:04:41we always understood each other
00:04:42because if Ireland ever got beat,
00:04:45it was usually Donega's fault or my fault.
00:04:47So he gets dropped or I get dropped.
00:04:49But there was a,
00:04:51Declan Kidney decided at this one particular weekend
00:04:54that it was both of our faults.
00:04:56So both of us were dropped
00:04:57and we looked at each other
00:04:57and we thought,
00:04:58well,
00:04:59the upside,
00:05:00Declan explained to us,
00:05:01we were going to Rome anyway.
00:05:02You're going to be 24th and 25th men.
00:05:04And we looked at each other
00:05:04and we thought,
00:05:05well,
00:05:05that's a city break.
00:05:07That's a city break.
00:05:09That's a romantic city break.
00:05:10With Donega,
00:05:10perfect.
00:05:11We did everything.
00:05:12We did the Open Top Bus Tour.
00:05:13We visited the Coliseum.
00:05:16Kind of like high road,
00:05:17low road.
00:05:17Exactly.
00:05:18Yeah.
00:05:18Spanish steps.
00:05:19We had a brilliant time.
00:05:20And then we got to the stadium
00:05:21and we couldn't have cared less
00:05:23how Ireland,
00:05:24you know,
00:05:24how they performed.
00:05:25If anything,
00:05:25we were Italy supporters that weekend.
00:05:28Yes.
00:05:28We'll show you.
00:05:30Exactly.
00:05:30For dropping us.
00:05:31Exactly.
00:05:31So actually,
00:05:32at one stage in the game,
00:05:33there were a few injuries
00:05:34and Peter Mahoney
00:05:35ended up in the wing
00:05:36and Donega turns to me
00:05:37and he's like,
00:05:37they could do with a winger right there.
00:05:39And I'm sitting in the stand
00:05:41licking gelato,
00:05:42you know,
00:05:43we were having the time
00:05:44of our lives.
00:05:44So, yeah,
00:05:46when you spend times like that,
00:05:47you know,
00:05:47with Donega
00:05:48and those special moments.
00:05:49But you're saying
00:05:50those are special moments.
00:05:51I mean,
00:05:51on the pitch,
00:05:52you've had so many special moments.
00:05:54What's the one that stands out?
00:05:56I mean,
00:05:57for me,
00:05:57I peaked late.
00:05:58It took me a long time
00:05:59to kind of work out
00:06:00what made me tick
00:06:00as a player.
00:06:01A couple of
00:06:02triple crowns early on,
00:06:03but then,
00:06:04you know,
00:06:04the 2014 Six Nations
00:06:05and then 2016,
00:06:07we beat South Africa
00:06:08for the first time
00:06:09and then the Chicago game.
00:06:11Yeah,
00:06:11that was incredible.
00:06:12Is that the one
00:06:13or is it the three tries?
00:06:162014 was brilliant,
00:06:18but,
00:06:19I mean,
00:06:19there's going to be
00:06:19more championships,
00:06:21more triple crowns,
00:06:22more grand slams
00:06:22and I didn't get involved
00:06:24in the grand slam,
00:06:24but the Chicago game
00:06:25was just a bit more unique,
00:06:27wasn't it?
00:06:27It was the first time
00:06:27we ever beat the All Blacks
00:06:29and it kind of changed
00:06:29how we saw them.
00:06:31Now,
00:06:31we're kind of back
00:06:32a little bit
00:06:32where we were.
00:06:34Unfortunately,
00:06:34but we kicked on from then
00:06:35and that was kind of
00:06:36maybe what kind of sparked,
00:06:37you know,
00:06:38Ireland were the best team
00:06:38in the world
00:06:39for a couple of years,
00:06:39which is unheard of.
00:06:41First time you were
00:06:42capped for Ireland,
00:06:44you replaced a man called
00:06:46Brian O'Driscoll.
00:06:47Who's that?
00:06:48I never heard of him.
00:06:49I mean,
00:06:49how hard was it
00:06:50stepping in for Brian
00:06:52when he was,
00:06:52was he injured?
00:06:53Yeah,
00:06:54it was the autumn
00:06:55after the summer
00:06:56whenever he infamously
00:06:58got dropped on his head.
00:06:59Oh yeah,
00:07:00the spear.
00:07:01Which he loves talking about.
00:07:03Anybody,
00:07:03if you bump into him
00:07:04asking about that,
00:07:05he'll love to talk about that.
00:07:06But yeah,
00:07:07so he was dislocated shoulder.
00:07:08He was out for six months
00:07:09or something
00:07:09and I just kind of
00:07:11came,
00:07:12you know,
00:07:12I was 20,
00:07:1321 at that stage,
00:07:14kind of just started
00:07:15playing for Ulster.
00:07:15So I got my opportunity
00:07:17and as anybody would be,
00:07:19I was stressed
00:07:20out of my mind
00:07:21about playing
00:07:21my first international game
00:07:23for Ireland.
00:07:24It was the old Lansdowne Road,
00:07:25which now you kind of,
00:07:26there's a lot of nostalgia
00:07:27attached to that.
00:07:28So in captain's practice,
00:07:30we got there
00:07:30and I was already nervous,
00:07:32anxious,
00:07:32playing 13,
00:07:33you know,
00:07:34and there had been a fire
00:07:35in the terrace
00:07:36in the end of the,
00:07:37in the end of the ground
00:07:38and the structure
00:07:39was unstable
00:07:40so they couldn't have
00:07:41anybody standing
00:07:42in the terrace.
00:07:43So on match day
00:07:43whenever I ran out,
00:07:44instead of having
00:07:45spectators there,
00:07:46they had a huge picture
00:07:47of Brian O'Driscoll
00:07:49on the end
00:07:50and I was going,
00:07:51I have to fill
00:07:52this guy's shoes
00:07:53and it's just
00:07:53more intimidating
00:07:54than ever.
00:07:55I mean,
00:07:56that's just,
00:07:57but you look,
00:07:58I mean,
00:07:58you did,
00:07:58you know,
00:07:59you got on with it.
00:07:59Got there,
00:08:00I survived.
00:08:00You got the job done.
00:08:02I know you're
00:08:04a very proud man
00:08:04when you pull on
00:08:05the green jersey.
00:08:06You're also a proud
00:08:07Ulster man
00:08:07since you stopped
00:08:08playing rugby,
00:08:09you've,
00:08:10you made a documentary
00:08:11about identity
00:08:12and what that means
00:08:13to you
00:08:13and what it means
00:08:14to people on this island.
00:08:16Why was it important
00:08:16for you to make that?
00:08:18Well,
00:08:19for me,
00:08:20I think there's a lot
00:08:20of confusion
00:08:21and misunderstanding
00:08:21of what it,
00:08:22what it is to be,
00:08:23you know,
00:08:24up north
00:08:24and what it is
00:08:25to be Irish
00:08:26and British
00:08:26and Ulster Scots
00:08:27and Northern Irish
00:08:28and there's,
00:08:28there's all of the,
00:08:29it kind of feels like
00:08:30it's like a binary,
00:08:32simplistic understanding
00:08:33and I just like
00:08:34the idea.
00:08:35That's how we grew up.
00:08:36I mean,
00:08:36it was just a binary thing.
00:08:37Yeah,
00:08:38I mean,
00:08:38you know exactly
00:08:38what I'm talking about here
00:08:39but I hated that.
00:08:41I hated the idea
00:08:42of having,
00:08:42you know,
00:08:43being put into,
00:08:44you know,
00:08:44kind of two simplistic terms
00:08:45and I think I,
00:08:47you know,
00:08:47me growing up
00:08:48playing rugby,
00:08:48rugby was my opportunity
00:08:49to meet more people
00:08:51all across Ireland
00:08:52and represent them eventually
00:08:54and I'm very proud of that
00:08:55and I'm very proud
00:08:56of my Irishness
00:08:57and,
00:08:58you know,
00:08:58I grew up in Corian.
00:08:59I recently,
00:09:00not so long ago,
00:09:01spent,
00:09:01went up to visit my mum and dad,
00:09:02got the train up
00:09:03and walked through Corian Town Centre
00:09:04and walking through Town Centre,
00:09:06there's actually a lot more union flags
00:09:07than I remember growing up
00:09:08and I thought,
00:09:09am I more Protestant
00:09:10than I thought I was?
00:09:12But,
00:09:13I think there's,
00:09:14there's different elements
00:09:15to me and my identity
00:09:16and what,
00:09:16what it means to me
00:09:17and I think that
00:09:18kind of diversity
00:09:19should be celebrated
00:09:20and it shouldn't be just boiled down to,
00:09:22well,
00:09:22you fall into this camp
00:09:23or that camp
00:09:24and I think we wanted
00:09:25to have that conversation.
00:09:26The feedback we've got
00:09:27has been brilliant,
00:09:28really exciting
00:09:29that maybe some of those conversations
00:09:30are starting to be had.
00:09:31I mean,
00:09:32people are talking about
00:09:33a new Ireland,
00:09:34some people are talking about
00:09:34a united Ireland.
00:09:35Rugby is something
00:09:36that has always united
00:09:37the entire island.
00:09:39Do you think that politics
00:09:40maybe could learn something
00:09:41from rugby?
00:09:43Potentially,
00:09:43I mean,
00:09:44it was,
00:09:45it was brilliant for me.
00:09:46It broadened my horizons.
00:09:48I met some amazing people.
00:09:49I had some amazing experiences
00:09:50and just,
00:09:51I,
00:09:52I just got an experience
00:09:53that I never would have
00:09:54otherwise had
00:09:54and rugby provided that.
00:09:56For me,
00:09:56that was rugby.
00:09:56For someone else,
00:09:57it could be music,
00:09:58art.
00:09:59I don't know if politics
00:10:00can follow in exactly
00:10:01the same way.
00:10:02Would politics be something
00:10:03that would maybe interest you
00:10:04at some point?
00:10:05I don't think so,
00:10:06to be honest.
00:10:07I just,
00:10:08I would get caught out.
00:10:09They're all spoofers
00:10:10and,
00:10:11you're too good looking.
00:10:13Maybe,
00:10:14yeah,
00:10:14but no,
00:10:15I would get caught out.
00:10:15I'm not,
00:10:16maybe not smart enough for it.
00:10:17I very much state that.
00:10:19We've avoided the subject.
00:10:21Let's move on to rugby.
00:10:22Oh,
00:10:22please,
00:10:23no.
00:10:23Two weeks ago,
00:10:25there was,
00:10:26I'm not saying there was optimism,
00:10:28but,
00:10:28but there was a tiny bit of optimism
00:10:30heading in to the Six Nations.
00:10:33Where do you see us now,
00:10:34tomorrow and next week?
00:10:36Yeah,
00:10:36it's not quite,
00:10:37it's not quite that level
00:10:38of excitement and optimism.
00:10:40And,
00:10:40you know,
00:10:41the start of the Six Nations
00:10:42is always,
00:10:43and over the last number of years,
00:10:44it's the beginning,
00:10:45beginning of spring
00:10:46and Six Nations weekends.
00:10:48You just sit down
00:10:49in front of the TV
00:10:49and maybe I'm a rugby person,
00:10:51grew up in a rugby family.
00:10:52But also,
00:10:53there's a brilliant Irish team.
00:10:55Exactly.
00:10:55And people are weirdly
00:10:57writing the obituary of this team,
00:10:59which sounds weird.
00:11:00People are being very dramatic.
00:11:02Yeah.
00:11:02I might have even got sucked in
00:11:03a couple of dramatic conversations myself,
00:11:05to be honest.
00:11:06But yeah,
00:11:07it feels like
00:11:07what happened in Paris
00:11:08was,
00:11:09it was chastening.
00:11:11It was,
00:11:11you know,
00:11:11it was difficult for this team.
00:11:13But just think of,
00:11:14you know,
00:11:14this team,
00:11:15what they've accomplished
00:11:15over the last number of years.
00:11:16They were the best team in the world
00:11:18for a few years
00:11:18and then run up to the World Cup.
00:11:20World Cup was very disappointing.
00:11:22And,
00:11:22you know,
00:11:22just what happened in Paris.
00:11:24France were incredible,
00:11:25to be fair.
00:11:26But Italy were very good
00:11:27last weekend against Scotland
00:11:28and they're going to be
00:11:29a handful tomorrow.
00:11:31I'm just,
00:11:32I don't know if Danica and I
00:11:33are going to be Italian supporters tomorrow.
00:11:34Certainly not.
00:11:35But when they're in town,
00:11:37they have got their act together
00:11:38and,
00:11:38you know,
00:11:39everybody's thinking about
00:11:39tweaking them in a couple of weeks' time.
00:11:41Well,
00:11:41that's what I'm thinking.
00:11:42But you're,
00:11:43are you telling me that
00:11:44I need to be worried
00:11:45for tomorrow as well?
00:11:46Less worried about tomorrow.
00:11:47We should get through tomorrow,
00:11:49but Italy are definitely a challenge.
00:11:51Going to tweaking them
00:11:51is going to be a big ask.
00:11:53And I've no doubt,
00:11:54Farrell,
00:11:55he's made some changes.
00:11:56He's obviously kind of
00:11:56run out of patience a little bit
00:11:57with one or two guys.
00:11:58And,
00:11:59you know,
00:11:59everything about the Farrell era
00:12:00has been positivity,
00:12:02be yourself,
00:12:03let's create a positive environment.
00:12:04Now it's about,
00:12:05well,
00:12:05you've got to deliver,
00:12:06otherwise you're not going to be around.
00:12:08A few guys got that message
00:12:09the hard way.
00:12:09So,
00:12:10it's going to be interesting
00:12:11to see if he gets a response.
00:12:12He is very,
00:12:13very good at just tapping into,
00:12:15he's got that emotional intelligence.
00:12:16He knows how to feel the pulse in a room
00:12:17and deliver a message.
00:12:18I think this is the big test
00:12:19whether he can get that response from them.
00:12:21I think he can get that response,
00:12:23but it does need a big one.
00:12:24Your dad got you into rugby
00:12:26at a very early age.
00:12:27Bullied me to get into rugby.
00:12:29Well,
00:12:29I,
00:12:30that's another way of putting it.
00:12:32I know you're not someone
00:12:33who's going to bully your kids into it,
00:12:35but would you at some point
00:12:37like to see
00:12:38any of the kids
00:12:39pulling on a green jersey?
00:12:40Yeah,
00:12:40my,
00:12:41my young fella
00:12:42plays a lot of rugby.
00:12:44He loves his rugby.
00:12:45The girls are more into,
00:12:47you know,
00:12:47singing and dancing
00:12:48and being fabulous.
00:12:49You can tell there's a little bit of sass
00:12:51with the girls.
00:12:53They're more into
00:12:54K-pop Deanman Hunters,
00:12:55if I'm honest.
00:12:56Aren't we all?
00:12:57Aren't we all?
00:12:57Exactly,
00:12:58than rugby.
00:12:58But he,
00:12:59Jack loves his rugby
00:13:00and Anna just finished the half marathon.
00:13:02I was my wife in the middle there,
00:13:04mummy,
00:13:04finished a half marathon.
00:13:05There that day,
00:13:06she was down supporting her.
00:13:08But yeah,
00:13:08I mean,
00:13:09rugby provided me with so much,
00:13:11obviously all of the,
00:13:12the kind of physical benefits
00:13:13and the health and lifestyle
00:13:14and all that,
00:13:15but then just the,
00:13:16the experience in life
00:13:17and meeting new people
00:13:18and yeah,
00:13:18absolutely.
00:13:19Professional rugby is tough though
00:13:20and it's getting tougher.
00:13:21The collisions are huge,
00:13:23the pressure,
00:13:23the stress,
00:13:24you know,
00:13:24the kind of,
00:13:25the pressure to perform,
00:13:26it's tough
00:13:27and it,
00:13:28it kind of makes your,
00:13:29breaks you
00:13:30and a lot of things
00:13:31that I kind of inherited
00:13:32from being in that environment
00:13:33helped me after rugby as well.
00:13:35So it's brilliant
00:13:36but it's,
00:13:36it's not for the fainthearted.
00:13:38Well look,
00:13:39it's lovely having you on,
00:13:40lovely having a chat.
00:13:42I think I'm loving your optimism
00:13:44for the next couple of weeks.
00:13:45Let's hope we're all going to be
00:13:46eating a Cornetto
00:13:47and cheering
00:13:48at the end of the game tomorrow.
00:13:50One more time,
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00:15:39After the break,
00:15:39roses are red,
00:15:40violets are blue,
00:15:41we have 10 years of first dates
00:15:43and Una Healy wants you
00:15:44but only as long as you can sing.
00:15:46Back after these.
00:16:11There you go.
00:16:12Welcome back to the
00:16:13Little Age Show.
00:16:14It's Valentine's Day tomorrow.
00:16:15It's also the 10th anniversary
00:16:17of the nation's favourite dating show.
00:16:18It's time to celebrate
00:16:19why we all still love
00:16:21being the fly in the wall
00:16:23and the fly in the soup
00:16:25in the nation's favourite
00:16:26restaurant of romance.
00:16:27Would you please welcome
00:16:28the stars of first dates?
00:16:35This is Ciara who was
00:16:37winking at me
00:16:38during the commercial break.
00:16:40So tell us, Ciara,
00:16:41you went on
00:16:42your first ever date.
00:16:44Yeah, yeah,
00:16:45it was the first ever date ever.
00:16:46On the show?
00:16:47On the show.
00:16:48Eight years ago?
00:16:48Eight years ago, yeah.
00:16:49OK, what made you
00:16:52want to do it all on TV?
00:16:54Well, it was actually
00:16:55a couple of friends of mine
00:16:56set me up to do it
00:16:57and I got the phone call
00:16:58one day and I said,
00:17:00sure, I'll give it a go.
00:17:01The only time the Colchies
00:17:02get to Dublin
00:17:02is the end of December.
00:17:04I said, sure,
00:17:05I'll give it a whirl
00:17:07and see how you get on.
00:17:08Big day in the big city, sure.
00:17:10Big day in the city.
00:17:11What was the dating scene
00:17:12like in Monaghan back then?
00:17:14In Monaghan,
00:17:14there was none.
00:17:15Yeah, it kind of reminded
00:17:17me of that wee little
00:17:18Briton, you know,
00:17:19it was like,
00:17:20I was only gay
00:17:21in the village, you know,
00:17:22so I kind of had
00:17:24to go elsewhere
00:17:24to find love, hey,
00:17:26so I found it anyway,
00:17:27which is all right.
00:17:28What I love is,
00:17:29this is Shannon
00:17:30who obviously
00:17:31was your first date
00:17:31and the way that
00:17:32you're just looking at
00:17:34Ciara, this is just lovely.
00:17:35So what was your,
00:17:36what way were you looking
00:17:37at her when you saw her
00:17:38first?
00:17:38Was it love at first sight?
00:17:40Well, honestly,
00:17:40it was a relief
00:17:41that I didn't already know her.
00:17:43Not that I was like,
00:17:44you know, big in Dublin
00:17:45or anything,
00:17:45but it's just such
00:17:46a small scene.
00:17:47I was afraid
00:17:48that I was going to know
00:17:48an ex of an ex
00:17:49of a friend
00:17:50of someone
00:17:50or a cousin,
00:17:51but no, luckily,
00:17:52I was glad
00:17:52when I didn't recognize
00:17:53it that it was,
00:17:54it was going to be
00:17:54off to a good start
00:17:55and then sure,
00:17:56you were only there
00:17:57two seconds
00:17:57till you were
00:17:58just meeting the baby Guinness
00:17:59and that was love
00:18:00at first sight.
00:18:01And what happened
00:18:02after the show?
00:18:04Well, we left
00:18:05then,
00:18:05I went back home
00:18:06in the morning
00:18:06and I came back
00:18:08up to Dublin
00:18:08then the weekend
00:18:10after
00:18:11and I met Sean
00:18:12for a couple of drinks
00:18:12and then we went out
00:18:13after that
00:18:14and after that
00:18:15Paddy then
00:18:15it was love.
00:18:16So you know yourself?
00:18:18I'm sorry.
00:18:18The rest is history.
00:18:19I bullied her
00:18:20into going to
00:18:21my godmother's wedding
00:18:22so yeah,
00:18:23she didn't have
00:18:23much of a choice
00:18:24but no,
00:18:25you went,
00:18:25you stuck in well
00:18:26with the family anyway.
00:18:27They kept you.
00:18:28So she passed that test?
00:18:30Oh yes,
00:18:30absolutely.
00:18:31We're fine colours.
00:18:32And as Beyonce says,
00:18:33you liked it
00:18:33so you put a ring on it.
00:18:36There we go.
00:18:37Amazing.
00:18:38Brilliant.
00:18:42So lucky enough
00:18:43I trained Sean
00:18:44into standing gaps
00:18:46as well
00:18:46for cattle.
00:18:48Oh yes,
00:18:48the cap the gap.
00:18:49I have become a farmer
00:18:50like, yeah, definitely.
00:18:52So we got our trend up,
00:18:54Paddy.
00:18:54Right, okay.
00:18:55For the Nile,
00:18:56for the Nile bit of pipe.
00:18:57Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:18:58Get up, get round.
00:18:59Aye, and then we bait the calves
00:19:00but we had to bait her first.
00:19:06So what was more exciting?
00:19:08Capping the gap
00:19:09for the calves
00:19:09or the wedding?
00:19:11Probably asking
00:19:12your parents anyway
00:19:13for their kind of
00:19:15permission
00:19:15to put the ring on it.
00:19:17I think we were at,
00:19:18what's it,
00:19:18your cousin's birthday
00:19:19or something?
00:19:20There was a big family reunion
00:19:21anyway in the big town
00:19:22of Bally Bay
00:19:23and yeah,
00:19:24we got back
00:19:25and we kind of obviously
00:19:25the whiskey was flying
00:19:27and you went to bed
00:19:27actually very early that night
00:19:28so I stayed up obviously
00:19:29with Harry and Patricia
00:19:30and said look,
00:19:32now we were only together
00:19:33maybe about a year and a half
00:19:34at this stage
00:19:35but I just knew,
00:19:36Paddy, do you know what I mean?
00:19:37You know what you just knew?
00:19:38So I just said to them
00:19:39I had no plans
00:19:40and anything
00:19:40but yeah,
00:19:41I kind of just said look,
00:19:42I think your daughter
00:19:43might be the one for me
00:19:44and...
00:19:45Look, what I love
00:19:46is that you're actually saying
00:19:47when you know, you know.
00:19:49We're about to go on
00:19:50to a couple here
00:19:50who kind of didn't know,
00:19:52who didn't know
00:19:53when they knew.
00:19:54So this is Jer
00:19:56and this is Jess.
00:19:57So Jer,
00:19:58tell us how you guys
00:20:00got on
00:20:00on that first date.
00:20:01The date went great.
00:20:02We got on fantastic.
00:20:04Had a really good time.
00:20:05Decided to go on a second date
00:20:07and then I might have sent
00:20:08a text message that said
00:20:09I think you're great
00:20:10but maybe just as friends.
00:20:14Yeah.
00:20:15Did you hear that?
00:20:16Did you hear that?
00:20:18That's going down
00:20:19very well, Jer.
00:20:20It's going down very well.
00:20:21And by the look
00:20:21on Jess's face
00:20:22it didn't go down
00:20:23great there either,
00:20:24did it?
00:20:25Look, I won't lie to you
00:20:26I went on to the show
00:20:26to get more comedy gigs.
00:20:30And Paul O'Connell
00:20:31apparently as well.
00:20:32Okay.
00:20:33I like what I like.
00:20:35But yeah.
00:20:36So this was a slow burn?
00:20:37Well, that's what
00:20:38they called him on the show.
00:20:39Slow burner, Jer.
00:20:40So I just didn't pick up
00:20:41on that until much later on.
00:20:43But we did stay friends.
00:20:45We did?
00:20:45We did.
00:20:46We stayed friends
00:20:46for a good year
00:20:47during COVID.
00:20:48But, sorry, you what?
00:20:49Yeah.
00:20:50So we were friends
00:20:51for a year,
00:20:52kept in touch
00:20:52with long conversations.
00:20:53Very like two,
00:20:54three hour long
00:20:55conversations on the phone.
00:20:56And then COVID happened
00:20:58and I asked Jess
00:20:59if she wanted to move in
00:21:00as friends.
00:21:01But just as friends.
00:21:02Just as friends.
00:21:02Just as a non-rent paying tenant.
00:21:05Yes.
00:21:07And then when
00:21:08that happened
00:21:09fast forward to...
00:21:11We used to go
00:21:12to Sunday dinner
00:21:12and Jess's parents
00:21:13as friends.
00:21:14We got a dog
00:21:14as friends.
00:21:16We used to go
00:21:17shopping as friends.
00:21:19And I had a friend...
00:21:19You got married
00:21:20as friends?
00:21:21We got married
00:21:22as best friends.
00:21:23Yeah.
00:21:23It was funny
00:21:24because I had a friend
00:21:24of mine, Paul,
00:21:25my best mate,
00:21:25would come over
00:21:26to the house
00:21:26and regularly say to me,
00:21:28can you not see this?
00:21:29No?
00:21:30I'm like,
00:21:30I'm not wrecking
00:21:30the friendship.
00:21:31Brilliant.
00:21:32Do this right in front of you.
00:21:33And then when I told
00:21:33my brother
00:21:34that we were
00:21:34seeing each other,
00:21:35he said,
00:21:36you've been seeing each other
00:21:36for 12 months.
00:21:37You just didn't realize it.
00:21:38So then when Jess decided
00:21:40she was actually
00:21:41going to move out,
00:21:41I heard her on a phone call
00:21:42saying she was going
00:21:43to move back to Dublin
00:21:44and I didn't really
00:21:45want that to happen.
00:21:46So I said to her one night,
00:21:47I don't want you to go
00:21:49and she said
00:21:49she didn't want to go
00:21:50and then we got together
00:21:52properly.
00:21:55Glad you got married.
00:21:57Glad you got married.
00:21:58Glad you got married.
00:22:00So what's the first
00:22:01date wedding like?
00:22:02How did that work?
00:22:04Lots of tables for two,
00:22:05lots of cameras
00:22:06or was it...
00:22:07You know what?
00:22:07I won't lie
00:22:08and Jare knows this.
00:22:09I work in event management
00:22:10so planning my wedding
00:22:11was...
00:22:12I was doing it for free.
00:22:13It upset me a lot.
00:22:16But we pretty much
00:22:17had the dream wedding.
00:22:19We really had a great day.
00:22:20It was friends and family
00:22:21and nobody else
00:22:22and it was just
00:22:2324 hours of complete
00:22:25and utter joy.
00:22:26It was...
00:22:27Listen,
00:22:27if you're still single
00:22:28and you're out there
00:22:28you need to give this show
00:22:29a go.
00:22:30We can't...
00:22:30They do a really good job.
00:22:32They really do.
00:22:32They really do.
00:22:33Rob, our producer,
00:22:34said he knew he'd gotten it
00:22:35right even when
00:22:36we didn't know
00:22:36that he got it right.
00:22:37No, when you didn't know.
00:22:38When I didn't know.
00:22:39LAUGHTER
00:22:42Look, sitting over here
00:22:43we have James and Faith.
00:22:44James, you went on the show.
00:22:46Lots of people these days
00:22:47are on dating apps.
00:22:48You decided you want to
00:22:49just go on the telly,
00:22:51do the whole thing?
00:22:52Yeah, no, that's it.
00:22:53Come here.
00:22:53I've always been
00:22:54like a real confident
00:22:54out there person.
00:22:55Do you know what I mean?
00:22:56Like, there's no messing.
00:22:57You get what you get.
00:22:58But, like, I was on
00:22:59all the dating profiles,
00:23:00Hinge, Tinder,
00:23:01just full of situationships.
00:23:03Do you know what I mean?
00:23:03Like, it's not for me.
00:23:04I went on that
00:23:04looking for my wife.
00:23:06Hang on, you went on
00:23:07the show looking for a wife?
00:23:09Oh, there was no messing
00:23:09with me.
00:23:10I was out straight, like,
00:23:12I wasn't going on there
00:23:13for no reason.
00:23:14I was going on there
00:23:14to meet the one for me, like.
00:23:16And so, whenever Faith
00:23:19walked in, did you think?
00:23:20Ah, now straight away.
00:23:21As soon as I saw her,
00:23:22I was like,
00:23:22that's the one for me,
00:23:23like, do you know?
00:23:25100%.
00:23:26Faith, how did it go
00:23:27from your point of view?
00:23:29Oh, well.
00:23:33He's a very confident person,
00:23:35as you all can tell.
00:23:37So, once I knew that,
00:23:38I knew he was the one
00:23:39for me then as well.
00:23:43So, what happened
00:23:44at that moment
00:23:44with the,
00:23:45will you see each other
00:23:46again?
00:23:47Was there...
00:23:48He asked me
00:23:49before we went
00:23:50into the room,
00:23:51because he was like,
00:23:52please don't make a show
00:23:53of me on television.
00:23:55The ego couldn't
00:23:56take that one,
00:23:56I tell you.
00:23:58I love it though,
00:23:58he's all front.
00:24:00And then it's like,
00:24:00here, don't make me look like...
00:24:02So, we told each other
00:24:03we were going to say
00:24:04yes before we went in.
00:24:05And then,
00:24:06we said, yeah.
00:24:07Well, look,
00:24:08he's obviously very confident
00:24:10about what he wants.
00:24:10I know that you were
00:24:11very straightforward
00:24:12about what you wanted
00:24:13going forward.
00:24:14Yeah.
00:24:15You are someone
00:24:16who wanted to start a family
00:24:18sooner rather than later.
00:24:19Yeah.
00:24:20So, at 80
00:24:21and I was diagnosed
00:24:22with endometriosis.
00:24:24Was told it was
00:24:25a very slim chance
00:24:26I'd ever have kids.
00:24:27Was told at 25
00:24:28it would most likely be
00:24:30that I had to get
00:24:31my womb taken out.
00:24:32So, yeah,
00:24:33it was hard to hear
00:24:34so young,
00:24:35especially always
00:24:36loving children
00:24:37and wanting to have
00:24:37my own.
00:24:39Well, look,
00:24:40you have stayed together.
00:24:41This man's got a smile
00:24:43on his face
00:24:43beside you.
00:24:44I have a smile
00:24:45on my face
00:24:45because I know
00:24:46you've got some news
00:24:47to share tonight.
00:24:47Yeah, so
00:24:48we'll have a baby.
00:24:52Woo!
00:24:54There you go.
00:25:02Happy customers!
00:25:05Happy customers!
00:25:07Thank you
00:25:08so, so much
00:25:09to all of you guys.
00:25:11Let's hear it
00:25:12for our stars
00:25:12at first stage.
00:25:13There we go.
00:25:15Now,
00:25:18we have
00:25:19another first
00:25:20dater with us
00:25:21this evening
00:25:22who is
00:25:24who's gone
00:25:24viral this week
00:25:26but she's
00:25:27kind of trying
00:25:28to hide
00:25:28a little bit
00:25:29up in here.
00:25:30Where is Georgina?
00:25:32Here is Georgina.
00:25:33How you doing, Georgina?
00:25:35I'm doing fine,
00:25:36thank you.
00:25:37Well, I tell you what,
00:25:38so am I now
00:25:38I'm sitting beside you.
00:25:40You went
00:25:41on your first date
00:25:42in how many years
00:25:43on the show?
00:25:46I'd say
00:25:47about 65 years.
00:25:49Yeah, 65 years
00:25:50and what made you
00:25:51say yes
00:25:52after all that time?
00:25:54I really don't know
00:25:55for a laugh
00:25:55to see
00:25:56was I capable.
00:25:59To see
00:26:00was I capable.
00:26:02And were you?
00:26:04No.
00:26:05I think you were,
00:26:06you were the star
00:26:07of the show really,
00:26:08weren't you?
00:26:08Oh, was I?
00:26:08Yeah, I think
00:26:09you were.
00:26:12You know,
00:26:12whenever you were
00:26:14much, much younger
00:26:15you sadly lost
00:26:16your husband
00:26:17whenever you
00:26:18were 22.
00:26:19Yeah.
00:26:20You had a family
00:26:21at that stage.
00:26:22Yeah.
00:26:22What was life like
00:26:23at that time for you?
00:26:24Very, very hard.
00:26:26Very, very hard.
00:26:28I went to court,
00:26:29he was killed
00:26:29with a Dublin
00:26:30Dairy Milk Lurie
00:26:32and I went to court
00:26:33when the case
00:26:34came to court
00:26:34and the judge said
00:26:36we have negligence
00:26:37on both sides.
00:26:38He walked out
00:26:39with a smile
00:26:39and I walked out
00:26:40with nothing.
00:26:42Only three children
00:26:42to rare on me own.
00:26:44And you had
00:26:45a rare of those
00:26:46youngsters on your own?
00:26:47I was very,
00:26:48I'm very lucky
00:26:49I had a great family
00:26:50behind me
00:26:50because I'd never managed.
00:26:52My mother and father
00:26:53took the children
00:26:54to look after them
00:26:55while I went out
00:26:56to work.
00:26:56And I worked very hard.
00:26:59It was hard
00:26:59in them times.
00:27:00It's an awful lot
00:27:01easier now
00:27:02because we got nothing
00:27:04and I mean nothing
00:27:05when that happened.
00:27:08You did work hard.
00:27:09You put your
00:27:11best foot forward.
00:27:12You looked after
00:27:13your family.
00:27:14Yeah.
00:27:15They're all
00:27:16rare now.
00:27:17I have two of them
00:27:18and they're old age pensioners.
00:27:20Yeah.
00:27:20Brilliant.
00:27:21Two of them.
00:27:22If you don't mind me asking,
00:27:23so if they're pensioners
00:27:25at what age are you?
00:27:26You're...
00:27:27I'm...
00:27:28Give a guess.
00:27:29I...
00:27:30I...
00:27:32It's a trap.
00:27:33It's a trap.
00:27:34This is not the game
00:27:36that anybody wants to play.
00:27:38I'm 89.
00:27:40Behave yourself.
00:27:41Behave yourself.
00:27:46Last week
00:27:47I turned 89.
00:27:50Look,
00:27:51I know that
00:27:52you ended up on the show
00:27:54and you ended up
00:27:55having a little date.
00:27:56Yes, I did.
00:27:57How did that go?
00:27:58A very, very nice man.
00:28:00He was a gentleman.
00:28:01We had a great chat.
00:28:02He told me all about his life.
00:28:04I told him about mine
00:28:05and he was flabbergasted.
00:28:07He kept saying,
00:28:08I just can't believe
00:28:09you've done all that.
00:28:10But I said,
00:28:11I did.
00:28:12And he was really lovely.
00:28:14He was the singer
00:28:15in a show band
00:28:17and he sang a song for me.
00:28:18He did not.
00:28:19Yeah.
00:28:20Yeah.
00:28:20At the table
00:28:20he sang a lovely song.
00:28:22And
00:28:24do you think there might be...
00:28:25No, I don't think so.
00:28:27Okay.
00:28:28Hard to get.
00:28:28Plain hard to get.
00:28:29This is good news.
00:28:30This is good news.
00:28:30What would your advice
00:28:31be to anyone
00:28:33out there,
00:28:33any old-born romantics
00:28:35watching tonight?
00:28:36Well,
00:28:37I have to tell the truth.
00:28:39You only fall in love
00:28:40once in our life.
00:28:42Everything else
00:28:42I do not believe is love.
00:28:44Aww.
00:28:45But you're here
00:28:46and you're smiling
00:28:47and you're thriving.
00:28:48I had a lovely husband.
00:28:50He was very good looking.
00:28:51Big, tall, blonde.
00:28:52A great dancer,
00:28:54which I loved.
00:28:56And it was an awful...
00:28:57It was a terrible pity
00:28:58the way our life went.
00:29:00What I love,
00:29:01just listening to your story
00:29:03and so many people
00:29:04go through things
00:29:05and so many people
00:29:06feel that they can't go on
00:29:07and you did go on
00:29:08and you decided
00:29:09you have to go on.
00:29:11You have to really fight it.
00:29:12You do, but...
00:29:13And I know, I know
00:29:14I had to get out
00:29:15and walk to rear my children.
00:29:16Where was the money
00:29:17to come from?
00:29:18The government
00:29:19didn't give us that much.
00:29:21But through all of that,
00:29:24now you're here
00:29:25and the fact that
00:29:26you're still living life,
00:29:27there's still a twinkle
00:29:28in the eye,
00:29:29you're prepared
00:29:29to go on this show.
00:29:30Yeah.
00:29:31You're an inspiration,
00:29:32I think,
00:29:32to a lot of people.
00:29:33You really are.
00:29:35Thanks for coming on the show.
00:29:36Thank you very much.
00:29:38Thank you very much.
00:29:46We think you're great.
00:29:48Thanks very much.
00:29:49We really do.
00:29:50And so we've got
00:29:51a wee bit of news for you,
00:29:52Georgina.
00:29:52We've organised
00:29:54a little Valentine's Day
00:29:55trip for you.
00:29:56So you and a friend,
00:29:58and it can be any friend,
00:30:00any friend at all.
00:30:01I mean,
00:30:01if you want to give me a shout.
00:30:04To the gorgeous
00:30:05five-star Glenlow Abbey.
00:30:06I mean, look,
00:30:07give me a...
00:30:08Would you be willing?
00:30:09I mean,
00:30:12Yes!
00:30:13Yes!
00:30:13Yes!
00:30:13As they say,
00:30:15as they say in the showbads,
00:30:18as they say in the showbads,
00:30:19are you dancing?
00:30:21Are you asking?
00:30:22Are you asking?
00:30:23To the five-star Glenlow Abbey.
00:30:26This is going to be,
00:30:26we're going to have a great time.
00:30:28A two-night bed and breakfast break
00:30:29and dinner for one of those evenings
00:30:32in Palmer's Bar and Kitchen.
00:30:34I say thank you so,
00:30:36so much for coming on.
00:30:37Thank you very much.
00:30:38Give it up one more time.
00:30:41Georgina, so good.
00:30:42Thank you very much.
00:30:43So good.
00:30:46You can watch this season
00:30:48on our first day.
00:30:49It's R2T and R2 player
00:30:51at 9.35 on Thursday night.
00:30:53OK.
00:30:54Another chance now
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00:32:20Lines will close
00:32:20at 10.50pm tonight.
00:32:22We'll be calling
00:32:23the lucky winner
00:32:23before the end of the show
00:32:24and you'll need
00:32:25to take that call
00:32:26if you want to win
00:32:27the prize.
00:32:27Good luck.
00:32:29My next guest
00:32:30has sold 5 million
00:32:31records and has
00:32:32had 13 top 10
00:32:34singles and 5
00:32:35top 10 albums
00:32:35with the Saturdays
00:32:36but because it's
00:32:37still only Friday
00:32:38she's here to tell you
00:32:39how you can get a
00:32:40head start in the
00:32:41world of country music
00:32:41and maybe even do
00:32:43the same yourself.
00:32:44Would you please
00:32:44welcome Una Healy!
00:32:58Hi everyone.
00:32:59Welcome to the show
00:33:00Una.
00:33:01I'm sorry you're
00:33:02slumming it in the
00:33:02studio tonight.
00:33:04Normally we see you
00:33:05on the competition
00:33:06hotels.
00:33:06Yeah, I saw Lossie
00:33:07living it up there.
00:33:08Yeah.
00:33:10Are we treating you
00:33:10okay with enough
00:33:11cocktails and
00:33:12spat out the back
00:33:13for you?
00:33:13No, I had a strong
00:33:14coffee.
00:33:15Good.
00:33:15Strong coffee.
00:33:16Okay, I could do
00:33:16with a strong coffee
00:33:17after talking to
00:33:18Gigi and myself
00:33:19there actually.
00:33:19So, the last
00:33:21time we saw you
00:33:23you had yet
00:33:24or maybe you had
00:33:25gone on it
00:33:26the Bear Grylls.
00:33:27The Bear Grylls.
00:33:29Bear Hunt.
00:33:29Yes, the celebrity
00:33:30Bear Hunt.
00:33:31Yes.
00:33:32Tell us how that
00:33:32went.
00:33:33Was it as crazy as
00:33:33I don't think I've
00:33:34spoke to you since?
00:33:34That's what I'm
00:33:35saying but I think
00:33:35you had done it.
00:33:36I think I might have
00:33:36done it, yeah.
00:33:37But you weren't
00:33:38talking about it.
00:33:38Yeah, our lips were
00:33:40sealed.
00:33:40So I went on.
00:33:41It was the Netflix
00:33:42show.
00:33:42It was one of their
00:33:43first ever celebrity
00:33:44reality shows but
00:33:45there was a lot of
00:33:46activity involved in
00:33:47it too with really
00:33:48dangerous tasks.
00:33:50But the ultimate
00:33:51thing was going into
00:33:52the Bear Pit with
00:33:53Bear Grylls chasing
00:33:54you around the Bear
00:33:55Pit and you had to
00:33:55try and find an
00:33:56escape.
00:33:56We had to find
00:33:57your tool to get
00:33:58out and the hardest
00:33:59part of it all was
00:34:00the dehydration.
00:34:01We were just so warm
00:34:02when we were in
00:34:02there but it was just
00:34:03a great experience and
00:34:04I have to say I loved
00:34:05just not having my
00:34:06phone, not having any
00:34:07interaction with the
00:34:08outside world.
00:34:09It was so peaceful and
00:34:10we were right by the
00:34:11Pacific Ocean and could
00:34:13just hear the crash of
00:34:14the waves and it was
00:34:15just so surreal as well
00:34:17because we were all
00:34:17sleeping in one big
00:34:19room, a little bit
00:34:19like Big Brother you
00:34:20know but it was
00:34:21beautiful.
00:34:22It was almost like a
00:34:22Moana hush with no
00:34:24windows, no doors.
00:34:25A lot like the
00:34:26dressing room on the
00:34:27country special.
00:34:28Yes.
00:34:29But it was just so
00:34:31real with Boris Becker
00:34:32there like snoring one
00:34:33night and Mel B with
00:34:34her eye mask on.
00:34:36You got on really well
00:34:36with Mel B.
00:34:37I got on great with
00:34:37Mel B.
00:34:38Did you guys know
00:34:39each other from
00:34:39beforehand?
00:34:40No we never actually
00:34:41crossed paths before.
00:34:42Obviously I was a
00:34:43massive fan I was
00:34:43telling her that as
00:34:44well so I never really
00:34:45had any posters on my
00:34:46wall when I was growing
00:34:46up but I had a Spice
00:34:47Girls once.
00:34:48But then we really
00:34:49bonded because myself and
00:34:51Mel have something in
00:34:51common that we're the
00:34:52two in the band that
00:34:53are always like in the
00:34:55group chat like trying
00:34:56to get the girls back
00:34:56together you know so
00:34:58she said you're the me
00:34:59in the band.
00:35:00She goes I got kicked
00:35:01out of it.
00:35:01She said she got
00:35:02blocked a couple of
00:35:02times from the group
00:35:03chat because she's
00:35:04annoying and going
00:35:05girls come on we need
00:35:05to get back together.
00:35:06So I'm telling you I'm
00:35:08doing my bit for the
00:35:09Saturdays as well.
00:35:10Okay so let's talk
00:35:11about this because
00:35:12obviously Westlife are
00:35:13back together again
00:35:14boys owner doing gigs as
00:35:15well.
00:35:15What are the chances here?
00:35:16Should I be heading down
00:35:17to the bookies put a few
00:35:18quid on the Saturdays
00:35:19getting together?
00:35:20I would.
00:35:20You would?
00:35:21I was recently I
00:35:22just I was actually
00:35:23very recently speaking
00:35:24to one of the girls
00:35:24and she said she's
00:35:25dying to get the
00:35:25colour tides back on.
00:35:27Okay so that's one.
00:35:29Okay so there's always
00:35:30two or three that are
00:35:31a yes.
00:35:32Okay so there's five of
00:35:33us.
00:35:33Yes.
00:35:33We want it to be
00:35:34always said that if we
00:35:35ever come back and do
00:35:35something together we
00:35:36want it to be all five
00:35:37so it hopefully will be
00:35:39but there's definitely.
00:35:41Who's holding out?
00:35:42I don't know.
00:35:44They all went very
00:35:44quiet on me like Mel
00:35:46B said I put it out
00:35:47there to them I was
00:35:48like I saw when Girls
00:35:50and I were back
00:35:50together and I was
00:35:51like oh we should we
00:35:51should be doing it
00:35:52again and there was a
00:35:53silence so I actually
00:35:54went I thought to
00:35:55myself tumbleweed so I
00:35:56actually sent a gif of
00:35:58tumbleweed into the
00:35:59group chat and there
00:36:00was still tumbleweed.
00:36:02They didn't even do a
00:36:02little laughing emoji
00:36:03back so that was a bit
00:36:05ouch you know.
00:36:06But you're still
00:36:07optimistic after that.
00:36:09What's that?
00:36:09You're still optimistic
00:36:10after that.
00:36:10I'm still I'm always
00:36:11optimistic you know and
00:36:12I think like why not it's
00:36:14like we were living the
00:36:14dream like being in a
00:36:15girl band like it was
00:36:16like it was like a dream
00:36:17come true you know I
00:36:18loved every minute of it
00:36:19but I'm still flying the
00:36:20Saturdays flag because I
00:36:21do lots of gigs I do
00:36:22lots of like prides and
00:36:24playing like LGBTQ plus
00:36:26bars so still still
00:36:28performing the Saturday
00:36:29songs myself.
00:36:30Well look if you guys get
00:36:31back together obviously
00:36:32you will need an opening
00:36:33act and this is what we're
00:36:36here.
00:36:37Whenever that will be we
00:36:38don't know.
00:36:38Well we never know but
00:36:40what we do know is that
00:36:42we are going to be
00:36:43launching our own search
00:36:44here on the show.
00:36:45Can you tell us a little
00:36:46bit about this?
00:36:47I was teasing it earlier
00:36:47on on my socials but yeah
00:36:49we are looking for
00:36:50someone out there you
00:36:51might be watching
00:36:51tonight or you might
00:36:52know someone at home
00:36:53who's a great singer who
00:36:54wants to perform wants to
00:36:56be an artist just hasn't
00:36:57had the opportunity to
00:36:58have the platform to
00:36:59really get it out there
00:37:00like so we know we have
00:37:01got social media and all
00:37:02that but like what better
00:37:02than the Late Late Show
00:37:03you know.
00:37:04Well people say it started
00:37:05on the Late Late Show
00:37:05so this is something that
00:37:07could start on the Late
00:37:07Late Show.
00:37:08Yeah so we're looking for
00:37:09entries for people to send
00:37:10in videos of themselves
00:37:11singing.
00:37:11Now we don't want any
00:37:12trickery involved like no
00:37:14altitude just completely
00:37:15raw organic that's what I
00:37:16do when I put up any
00:37:17videos at home in the
00:37:17kitchen just like get a
00:37:19nice acoustic so find a
00:37:20room that's got nice
00:37:21acoustics and perform a
00:37:23song it can be an
00:37:23original or it can be a
00:37:25cover original even
00:37:26better because what I'm
00:37:27looking for anyway
00:37:28because I'm going to be
00:37:28one of the judges on the
00:37:29night it will be in April
00:37:32so we're going to have a
00:37:32night like we're basically
00:37:33a talent competition
00:37:35looking for Ireland's
00:37:36next big country star but
00:37:37what I'd be looking for
00:37:38is someone that's very
00:37:39original.
00:37:41be it their voice
00:37:42because at the end of
00:37:43the day there's so many
00:37:44amazing songwriters out
00:37:45there that will write you
00:37:45the songs but if you
00:37:46have like if you can
00:37:47write amazing so if you
00:37:49want to sing an original
00:37:50song or a cover we want
00:37:51your entries in send them
00:37:53in videos onto the RTE
00:37:55website so rte.ie
00:37:57forward slash late late.
00:37:58We've got we got all of
00:37:59the details there so what
00:38:00we're looking for we're
00:38:01looking for kind of in the
00:38:03country vein.
00:38:04Yes country vein.
00:38:05And the winner will be the
00:38:07opening act on next season's
00:38:10country special.
00:38:10Yes.
00:38:11Yes.
00:38:11That's what the opening act
00:38:12that's why we're calling it
00:38:13the opening act because you
00:38:14will be the opening act
00:38:15what an opportunity as well
00:38:17like on the country special
00:38:18as well to open it but just
00:38:19to remember as well it would
00:38:21be great if you have some
00:38:21experience of performing in
00:38:23front of an audience like
00:38:24not just like a couple of
00:38:25people at home like getting
00:38:26like the opportunity to
00:38:27perform in front of anyone
00:38:28you can because it's still
00:38:29to this day and I've been
00:38:30on the late late a few
00:38:31times but I'm like sitting
00:38:32here like still near my
00:38:33mouth like real dry because
00:38:35you get real nervous like
00:38:36because it is like live
00:38:37television so you need to
00:38:38like you know be prepared
00:38:39to sing live on television
00:38:41like not just in front of
00:38:43the audience here tonight
00:38:43but in front of everyone
00:38:44at home so that can the
00:38:46nerves can get the better
00:38:47sometimes so you just want
00:38:48to be well prepared.
00:38:49You want to be well
00:38:50prepared but also there is a
00:38:51huge amount of talent that
00:38:52we think is out there
00:38:53country music in Ireland
00:38:54has never been bigger it's
00:38:56never been cooler.
00:38:57It's so cool country is it's
00:38:58just so big now it's more
00:38:59mainstream now it used to be
00:39:01kind of like on the side
00:39:02whereas now it's taken over
00:39:03the world like even in
00:39:04America like a lot of like
00:39:05the top 100 the billboard
00:39:07charts like the overall is
00:39:08country music and like
00:39:11obviously my uncle Declan
00:39:12Ernie he got me into
00:39:13country in the first place
00:39:14so I have a soft spot for
00:39:15country and I always have
00:39:16growing up but there's we
00:39:18still have our country and
00:39:19Irish music but then there's
00:39:20like this new kind of wave
00:39:22of cool country rock there's
00:39:24country R&B there's country
00:39:26the Americana pop
00:39:27Americana pop yeah there's
00:39:28pop yeah like you know like
00:39:29Taylor Swift and Sabrina
00:39:30Carpenter yeah Sabrina
00:39:31Carpenter she's even a little
00:39:32bit country sometimes it's
00:39:33sort of singing with Dolly
00:39:34Parton so anybody anybody in
00:39:36that kind of wheelhouse we're
00:39:38looking yeah yeah exactly yeah
00:39:40okay um what does it take to
00:39:43do this professionally so
00:39:45there's one thing singing in
00:39:46your bedroom there's one thing
00:39:47kind of singing in your pub but
00:39:48you know you've done it
00:39:50arena's done the whole thing
00:39:53well I would say like even like
00:39:54singing I started off singing in
00:39:56pubs like that's well I started
00:39:57obviously singing in my kitchen
00:39:58to you know to myself and
00:40:00recording myself in the tape
00:40:01recorder and playing to my
00:40:02family and all of that but um
00:40:04it was actually when I went out
00:40:05on the road and I bought my own
00:40:06PA system and gigged in bars and
00:40:08hotels and got like residencies
00:40:10and every Friday night every
00:40:12Saturday night and I was doing
00:40:12three four gigs a week and I was
00:40:14getting paid as well so it was I
00:40:16guess professional in a way but
00:40:17it wasn't a lot you know um but
00:40:19it was enough to kind of give me
00:40:20the uh experience so because I
00:40:23auditioned for shows in the past
00:40:26like I did pop stars back in the
00:40:27day I did you're a star back in
00:40:29the day as well and you know I
00:40:31didn't get through in those because
00:40:32I wasn't ready you know I needed
00:40:33to get back out and and learn my
00:40:36my like it was like an
00:40:37apprenticeship I would say like just
00:40:39getting out in front of like the
00:40:40crowds and performing and I did
00:40:42that for years before I ever
00:40:43auditioned for the Saturdays you
00:40:44know well look the good news is you
00:40:46are going to show us how it's done
00:40:48tonight uh do you want to head over
00:40:50I'm going to sing one of my own
00:40:51songs and then I'm going to finish
00:40:53off because my songs because it is
00:40:55Valentine's tomorrow I went to like
00:40:56the theme of love and my song stay
00:40:58my love is it's like a
00:40:59heartbreaking song but I'm going to
00:41:01finish on something a little bit
00:41:02more uplifting it's got a happy ending
00:41:04okay yeah that's always good okay
00:41:06that's always good and it's going to
00:41:08get ready okay thank you
00:41:17Una is getting herself ready uh she
00:41:20will be back with us in April with
00:41:22the finalists of our late late opening
00:41:25act if you're watching tonight if you
00:41:27think you've got what it takes if you
00:41:28don't think you've got what it takes
00:41:30but someone's nudging you beside you
00:41:31I think you should go for that all you
00:41:34got to do is go to rte.ie forward
00:41:36slash late late and it could be
00:41:40starting on the late late show for
00:41:42you uh okay Una is tuning up she's
00:41:45getting plugged in here uh she will be
00:41:48back and raring to go in April we're
00:41:52ready to go here we go okay get your
00:41:55videos up folks uh on the website and
00:41:58you can be back with us in April upload
00:42:00a video all the details are on the rt
00:42:02website okay she's ready to rock give
00:42:05it up one more time Una Healy
00:42:23won't you stay my love you come and go
00:42:30won't you stay my love once you know you
00:42:36won't you give me just enough oh won't you
00:42:42stay my love oh would you be my love
00:42:52cause I will give you hold me your love let's have a
00:43:02One more day, my love, would you be my love?
00:43:14You hold my heart right in your hands
00:43:21And you take control of all that I am
00:43:26But do you feel the same? Do you feel the same?
00:43:33Please just say, my love
00:43:37Don't you ever walk away, my love
00:43:44Even just for one more day, my love
00:43:50Won't you stay, my love?
00:43:57Would you be my love?
00:44:03Woo! Come on everyone, let's see you poppin'
00:44:08We were both young when I first saw you
00:44:12I cleansed my eyes and the flashbacks start
00:44:16I'm standing there
00:44:18You're on a balcony in summer red
00:44:24I see the lights, see the party, the ball gowns
00:44:28See you and make your way through the crowd and say hello
00:44:34Ooh, little did I know
00:44:40That you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter
00:44:44And your daddy said, stay away from Julia
00:44:48But you were better than me
00:44:50I was begging you, please don't go
00:44:55Me and I said
00:44:57Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone
00:45:01I'll be waiting, all we got to do is run
00:45:05You'll be the princess, I'll be the princess
00:45:09It's a love story, baby just say
00:45:12No need to save me
00:45:15I've been feeling so alone
00:45:17I'm here waiting for you
00:45:20But you'll never come as this
00:45:21In my head, I don't know what to think
00:45:24He nailed to the ground
00:45:27Pull out a ring and say
00:45:29Marry me, Juliet
00:45:31But you'll never have to be alone
00:45:33I love you
00:45:35And that's the love you know
00:45:37Do you dare go
00:45:39Pick out a white dress
00:45:41It's a love story
00:45:43Baby just say
00:45:45Yes
00:45:49Thank you so much
00:45:54One more time folks, Luna Healy
00:46:01Still to come on tonight's show
00:46:03It'll be alright on the night
00:46:04As Tom Allen tells us
00:46:06How he's given Celine Dion the elbow in the West End
00:46:09We'll be back right after these
00:46:11Don't go away
00:46:26It's the time of the world
00:46:29Jesus
00:46:33Welcome back to The Late Late Show
00:46:35My next guest is a quintessential Englishman
00:46:38Whose DNA journey led him to Mayo and Donegal
00:46:41And whose comedy journey has led him to the very top of the tree
00:46:45As one of the UK's funniest stand-ups
00:46:48He is soon to be seen
00:46:49Elbowing Celine Dion off the Titanic
00:46:52In one of the West End's funniest new musicals
00:46:54Would you please welcome Tom Allen
00:47:14Did I have a dress?
00:47:15No you didn't
00:47:16I didn't know what to wear
00:47:17I just threw it on
00:47:19Here I am
00:47:20Here you are
00:47:21It's lovely to have you back
00:47:22Well thank you
00:47:23It's great to be here with the fabulous
00:47:24Is that the Dublin skyline behind us?
00:47:26I've no idea
00:47:29Wow wow
00:47:30Yes you're living
00:47:31You're living
00:47:32Living aren't we?
00:47:33Living
00:47:33I'm looking at you walking out there Tom
00:47:35It's fair to say
00:47:36You are the quintessential Englishman
00:47:39But I'm going to use an Irish phrase Tom
00:47:41Well
00:47:42Yeah
00:47:43Growing up
00:47:44Did you have notions?
00:47:47I did and my mother took me to the doctor
00:47:50And
00:47:50No she
00:47:51Well the thing is
00:47:52I've always had this posh voice right
00:47:54So I don't know why
00:47:56Like my dad
00:47:56Very normal person
00:47:57My mum
00:47:58Very normal Londoners
00:47:59My dad was a coach driver
00:48:00And I remember as a kid
00:48:02Like dad was doing up our kitchen
00:48:03On his own
00:48:04We didn't have any money to do it up
00:48:05And dad was doing it on his own
00:48:06And I walked in and said
00:48:07Oh dad
00:48:09Have you thought about putting in a breakfast nook?
00:48:12To which my dad said
00:48:14Have you thought about getting your own fucking house?
00:48:16And
00:48:16The thing was
00:48:18The thing was
00:48:21He'd been blessed with
00:48:23A camp child
00:48:26And you know
00:48:27Maybe some of you here
00:48:29Have young people at home
00:48:30With
00:48:31The gift
00:48:33You'll know
00:48:34Because
00:48:34You'll know
00:48:35Because they'll be giving you like a constant running commentary
00:48:37On all your interior design choices
00:48:40At some point
00:48:41They'll express an interest in marrying their grandmother
00:48:43They'll probably want to be a magician when they grow up
00:48:45Yes
00:48:46Just so they can wear a cape every day
00:48:48They won't be able to give you a high five
00:48:50Or kick a ball
00:48:51Or catch
00:48:52Oh but the teacher will say
00:48:53They are a pleasure to have in class
00:48:56So if you've got one of them
00:48:57Good luck
00:48:58So I was like that
00:48:58I would get lost deliberately in the supermarket
00:49:01Just so I could hear my name being called out on the tannoy
00:49:06With the parents of Judge Rinder
00:49:11The brilliant thing about that Tom is that I know that's not even a bet
00:49:15That's probably the truth
00:49:16Yeah
00:49:16Oh it is
00:49:17Yeah
00:49:17I was always getting lost in the supermarket
00:49:19My mum was like
00:49:20I don't know where he's gone
00:49:21He's probably gone over to see Brenda
00:49:22On customer services
00:49:24She always gives him a good shout out
00:49:25And I was seven years old
00:49:27I mean freakish really
00:49:29So you had this kind of little Lord Fauntleroy
00:49:32Yeah
00:49:33Thing going on
00:49:34Yeah
00:49:34And at what point
00:49:36Yeah
00:49:37Go with that
00:49:38And at what point then did your dad think it may be a good idea for you to have boxing
00:49:43lessons
00:49:43Well I think my dad thought it would be a good idea for me to have boxing lessons
00:49:47Well he said well you've already got the silk dressing gown on
00:49:49So
00:49:52You may as well give it a whirl
00:49:53And I still do boxing training now actually
00:49:56Well I say I do it
00:49:58I mean I punch a man's hands
00:49:59But I
00:50:01And I mean it's a proper thing
00:50:03I don't just
00:50:03It's not a
00:50:04It's not a kink
00:50:05But
00:50:10It's a proper fitness thing
00:50:12And I can
00:50:13I've got a one
00:50:14I've got a fabulous
00:50:15Left hook
00:50:17Ask anybody
00:50:18Ask anybody
00:50:20It's lovely to have you back
00:50:21It is
00:50:22And the last time I was on here
00:50:23I mean this is longer than I've ever talked to you
00:50:25Last time I was on with James Blunt
00:50:26He talked for about four hours
00:50:28All they did
00:50:29Was like open the curtain
00:50:30Go it's Tom Allen
00:50:31Close the curtain again
00:50:32End of the show
00:50:34So I tell you it's a real
00:50:35It's really nice to get to see the furniture
00:50:41We were so
00:50:42We were so rude
00:50:43Lovely
00:50:43Very Aer Lingus Lounge
00:50:47Very
00:50:47I'm collecting my points
00:50:50It's very
00:50:51It's very avios chic
00:50:52Very
00:50:53Very avios
00:50:54Yeah
00:50:55Sure
00:50:57The thing that we obviously didn't get to talk about last time
00:50:59Because we didn't get to talk about anything
00:51:00No
00:51:00Is my country music
00:51:01No
00:51:01It's not country music
00:51:03We've got a video of Tom
00:51:07But there's a Donegal connection
00:51:10Well I've got a lot of connections
00:51:11So my mum
00:51:13Her parents were both from Ireland
00:51:15And my grandmother's from Mayo, Ballina
00:51:18Which I talked about last time
00:51:19I was on the show actually
00:51:19When I was on there for about three seconds
00:51:21And I just went, Ballina
00:51:23Okay
00:51:24And then
00:51:26And then
00:51:27But my grandfather was from Derry
00:51:29But it turned out
00:51:30Well I did the DNA journey show
00:51:33With my friend Joel Dominic
00:51:34Lovely Joel
00:51:35You basically
00:51:36Lovely Joel Dominic
00:51:37Such a handsome man
00:51:38And basically you spit in a cup
00:51:40And then
00:51:41It's not
00:51:41It's not a kink thing
00:51:43And you spit in a cup
00:51:45And you send it off to a place in Dublin
00:51:46And they trace your DNA journey
00:51:49So anyway
00:51:50Lots of things came out of that
00:51:52But doing it in tandem with Joel Dominic
00:51:54He's from quite a posh family
00:51:56So every time
00:51:56They don't tell you what you're going to be covering that day
00:51:58Until you turn up at the building
00:51:59And we go to all these big buildings
00:52:01Fancy fabulous buildings
00:52:03And we get there and they go
00:52:04Joel
00:52:04And I'm like
00:52:05It's not great
00:52:05Joel this is where your great great grandfather lived
00:52:08This is where your great great great great great grandfather
00:52:11Invented something that fixed TB
00:52:13All these things
00:52:14We get to Donegal
00:52:15I'm like
00:52:16Right I'm in with a chance here
00:52:17And we go to this beautiful big house
00:52:19We park up outside
00:52:20And they go
00:52:21Tom
00:52:22Finally
00:52:22This is where your great great great grandfather worked
00:52:31It was in a beautiful place called Inva
00:52:33Anybody in from Inva?
00:52:35No
00:52:36No
00:52:36Because it's only about four houses there
00:52:38But it turned out he was a butler there
00:52:40And the thing is I've always fancied myself as a butler
00:52:43So it must
00:52:43So there you go
00:52:44It all comes full circle
00:52:45It's full circle
00:52:46So there you go
00:52:47Yeah
00:52:48Now you know
00:52:49Life is full of surprises
00:52:50But the one thing that may not surprise anyone Tom
00:52:53Is that you're about to star in a West End musical
00:52:55That features Celine Dion
00:52:59Well you know it's this show
00:53:01It started in Broadway
00:53:02It's now in London on the West End
00:53:04It's called Titanic
00:53:05If you've heard of it
00:53:06It's a spoof of the film Titanic
00:53:08Which as we know is quite a serious film
00:53:11But it's a retelling of the Titanic story
00:53:14As though Celine Dion was actually on board the ship
00:53:18And it's sort of told as though Celine Dion is kind of like bonkersly
00:53:23I want to say sort of drunk
00:53:24And sort of remembering the story
00:53:26And then retelling it through all of her songs
00:53:28It's the most funny script
00:53:30It's so great
00:53:31It's a bit like you know like Airplane
00:53:32There's kind of classic American camp comedies
00:53:34Airplane or 30 Rock
00:53:35It's like joke after joke after joke
00:53:37And who do you play?
00:53:37I play?
00:53:39Who is Rose's mother
00:53:41Who in the film
00:53:44Of course of course
00:53:46Natural shoe in I was
00:53:48And basically in the film her role is basically old bag
00:53:52So it's kind of a spirit sort of playing on that
00:53:55She's sort of a bit of a grumpy old woman
00:53:56We actually have the poster
00:53:58Oh do you?
00:53:58For the West End
00:53:59Oh good
00:54:00This is the poster of Tom
00:54:02What do we think?
00:54:06Isn't AI wonderful?
00:54:08Could that work?
00:54:08Isn't AI wonderful?
00:54:09You never know
00:54:10What's most horrifying is the hair at the back
00:54:15You must have been to the museum in Belfast
00:54:18Yes I have
00:54:19Isn't it amazing?
00:54:20It is
00:54:20When they've got the ride
00:54:21Did you go on the ride?
00:54:23I have
00:54:23When you spiral down
00:54:24And they create the rivets
00:54:25They show you where they used to bang the rivets
00:54:27I saw that
00:54:28That's not a euphemism
00:54:30Three men
00:54:31Bang bang bang bang bang bang
00:54:33You learn all about it
00:54:33You've got heaters on
00:54:34So you feel like you're in the galvanising fires of the
00:54:38And was this what you had to do to get into
00:54:40Yes I did a lot of research
00:54:42And I went swimming
00:54:45And
00:54:48The thing about it is though
00:54:49They're all amazing singers
00:54:50It's a great
00:54:51It's a great piece of theatre
00:54:52Because all the performers are amazing
00:54:54You know musical theatre stars
00:54:55They're so talented
00:54:56And you've got me coming in
00:54:58With this kind of you know
00:54:59Loosh way
00:55:00And so I've had to be brushing up my singing quite a lot
00:55:03Which has been great fun
00:55:04So you've got the stand-up
00:55:06You've got the musical
00:55:07You also now have the novel
00:55:08You're an all-round renaissance man
00:55:09Well you've got to earn a living
00:55:11And these pocket squares don't buy themselves
00:55:15And so I
00:55:16Common decency
00:55:17Thank you for plugging that
00:55:19Yes
00:55:19And it's called Common Decency
00:55:22And it's out in May
00:55:23Is it perhaps about a man who lives five minutes from his mother?
00:55:27Please stop stereotyping me
00:55:30She doesn't live five minutes away
00:55:32She now lives upstairs
00:55:33Anyway that's another
00:55:35Because I'm sure a lot of people here can relate to an Irish mother
00:55:39And her gay eldest son
00:55:41It's a very close bond
00:55:43And we
00:55:44Well it is
00:55:45It is
00:55:45But sorry yes go
00:55:46Well no I was going to say it is because Valentine's Day is tomorrow
00:55:50And
00:55:50Yes
00:55:51You know show me you're Irish without show me you're Irish
00:55:54And it's
00:55:55You
00:55:55Who do you spend Valentine's Day with?
00:55:57Well my partner Alfie and I spent it with our mums of course
00:56:01A mum and times
00:56:03Of course
00:56:04We actually have a little
00:56:05We have we have a little clip of Alfie introducing your your double date
00:56:10Oh
00:56:11Here we go
00:56:11Tell us you're a gay stereotype without telling us you're a gay stereotype
00:56:16I'll go first
00:56:17Happy Valentine's Day mums
00:56:19Cheers
00:56:24We have fun
00:56:25You have fun
00:56:26But we have you know
00:56:27I suppose living in suburbia
00:56:29Yeah that's been the inspiration behind the novel
00:56:31And that sort of so it's it's a story about four houses and how they're connected through
00:56:35The sort of secrets and lies they don't talk about
00:56:36And so I wanted to talk about suburbia
00:56:38Because I think it's always assumed to be quite a boring place
00:56:41But as I can attest it's very exciting
00:56:43It is very exciting
00:56:44Your garden is also exciting for you I believe
00:56:47Well thank you I like to spend time in my garden
00:56:49It's a place where I go to relax and I thought
00:56:51What better thing to do than to make it unrelaxing and turn it into work
00:56:55And so I've I've started a podcast from my garden now called Pottering
00:56:59And we film it and we have yeah I just invite whoever I like into the garden
00:57:03And we just have a lovely chat
00:57:04Because I do think you know in this this wild world we live in
00:57:08Everyone's on social media with their opinions
00:57:10And I do think a lot of the time the people who comment on social media
00:57:13Are the same people who in the old days would have turned up at a public hanging
00:57:20They
00:57:21The thing is I just think you know the news is so stressful
00:57:25We're all so wound up all the time
00:57:26I wanted to provide a bit of peace and calm in amongst all the all the craziness
00:57:30So I thought I'll do a podcast from my garden
00:57:33And hopefully people will enjoy it as much as I do
00:57:34Well look we have very very much enjoyed you coming on
00:57:39I apologize for not giving you
00:57:40Patrick I'm exhausted I've not been on this show for this amount of time before
00:57:43So it's I mean I feel I've just it's been wonderful
00:57:46Well look to be honest what what if it's okay with you
00:57:48Yes
00:57:48We would love you to stay until the end of the show
00:57:50Would we like that would we like Tom to stay so
00:57:52Wow
00:57:52Lovely
00:57:53I've flown in
00:57:54You've flown in
00:57:57I'm staying
00:57:57I'm staying
00:58:08I'm staying
00:58:09From March the 4th tickets are available right now
00:58:12He's very good with a plug isn't he
00:58:14Oh
00:58:14He's like an extension lead
00:58:16Great with a plug
00:58:19Trying to make it up to you
00:58:24Now
00:58:26Tom it is time to put a Valentine's Day smile on the face of our audience
00:58:31Whoa
00:58:33Maybe not all of you put those away sir
00:58:36But not just any old smile Tom
00:58:38Oh
00:58:38No because
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00:58:41You think I'm you think that was good with a plug
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00:59:10I think be careful what you put in
00:59:12Well you say that
00:59:13You say that
00:59:14But they want you to be Valentine's ready and so they've given us a pink one and a black one
00:59:24a black signature gift set each worth over 500 euro
00:59:30Wow
00:59:30For everybody in the audience
00:59:33Oh
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01:00:15Tom Allen is still with us
01:00:19We're gonna get a duvet for you. You can stay over it. I love it. I love it. It's expensive
01:00:24carpet. Oh
01:00:29My next guests are of Valentine's Day comedy Gio from Cork who love each other. They love hosting their chart
01:00:36busting podcast but most importantly of all they love their mommies. Would you please welcome the stars of I'm grand
01:00:42man PJ Kirby and Kevin Toomey.
01:01:07Welcome to the show guys. Congratulations for having us. What's that? Thank you for having us. I mean you look
01:01:14magnificent. Thank you.
01:01:15Tom I thought you put an effort in the boys look sensational. We're all doing the blue. Tom's showing us
01:01:19up a small a bit with the suit. You could have told us. You could have sent a text.
01:01:23That we've all gone for the blue and the brown. It's a running theme. It's a boy. It's a nice
01:01:29look.
01:01:30And Kira the lesbian from first dates backstage is wearing blue and she told me before I came out that
01:01:36when she went to the barber to get her hair cut she showed them a picture of my hair.
01:01:41Which I'm not sure whether to be flattered or delighted or a bit of both.
01:01:45I think it's a strong look. I think it is a strong look. Congratulations on the podcast. Seven years off
01:01:50this. Where did the idea come from PJ?
01:01:53So when we were on the way it was my birthday trip to Budapest. Went on a rain air flight.
01:01:58Had a few too many wines in the air.
01:02:00Two in the air apparently is like four on the floor or something. That's what we were talking about. No
01:02:04we made that up.
01:02:05No but we were basically we were a bit langers right. And we were like let's start a podcast. So
01:02:11we got a sick bag wrote the ideas on the back of it.
01:02:14Ordered a mic. When we got home the microwave we were like what's that for again. Yeah. And then we
01:02:19go to we might as well start now. You know what I mean.
01:02:21Seven years later on. We had the first episode written down so we were like be rude not to. Yeah.
01:02:24You know yourself Patrick.
01:02:26And seven years later this is a huge hit and as a tribute to your mommies. Our mommies. We're both
01:02:32mommies boys.
01:02:33That's kind of where the concept came from. The I'm grandmam is the idea that we were both living away
01:02:38in London.
01:02:39And you know yourself. Our momm was on to us the whole time being like you know are you all
01:02:43right for money.
01:02:44Or you tell your momm that you have a bit of a sniffle and she'd be like get to the
01:02:48doctors you have the NHS. Use them.
01:02:51But like our response the whole time any time they asked how we were getting on we would just say.
01:02:54I'm grandmam. I'm grandmam. And that's how the name came about.
01:02:57So you have to have the podcast to let her know that you're okay unless of course your mother lives
01:03:01upstairs around the corner.
01:03:03Your mother is staying upstairs around the corner. Oh my goodness. Will your mum sometimes say please God at the
01:03:08end of everything.
01:03:09Oh please God. My mum has actually abbreviated it in a message to PG. PG would do that. Or TG
01:03:14for thank God. TG.
01:03:16Abbreviating in texts are dangerous though because my mum taught for ages LOL meant lots of love.
01:03:22And her friend texts are being like my husband's after passing away and she goes oh my god I'm so
01:03:26sorry LOL.
01:03:29You know. So you need to be careful. You need to be careful.
01:03:32Yeah. Yeah. The mummies still the biggest fans. Oh yeah. Yeah. I'm the youngest of seven you see.
01:03:39So I was always little Lord Frontalroy they called me you know what I mean. There you go. There we
01:03:43go. Fancy gays.
01:03:45There we go. Are you a gay man? No. I'm a very happily man. No. I'm a gay man. It's
01:03:52the gay gay gay show tonight.
01:03:54It's the gay gay gay show tonight. Three gays on the Cape South Street.
01:03:58And the Saturdays. I mean. Oh my god. It's getting gay. It's getting gay. It's getting gay. It's getting gay.
01:04:04I'm gay Byrne. Welcome to the show.
01:04:07You're looking well. You're looking well.
01:04:10Come over Patrick. Come here. Come here. Come here.
01:04:14So I believe that the mums and I are kind of stars in their own right. They get a little
01:04:18bit of VIP treatment.
01:04:20They do. Well my mum gets VIP treatment in the church but that's not really because of the podcast. It's
01:04:26more because she's an avid Christian. Do you know what I mean.
01:04:28She loves mass. Sunday is her favourite day. And when she goes. When she can't go. When she can't go
01:04:33to mass. Because like she's sick or something.
01:04:35She watches it. She streams it. She's all fair with the old streaming of mass. But then she's like. She
01:04:39misses the hit of communion.
01:04:41You know. You need that. We all do. You need that body of Christ. But. Shout out. If you're the
01:04:46priest. Is this my camera?
01:04:47Is that my camera? If you're the priest in Clawheen. I just want to say thank you so much. Because
01:04:52the last time she was in mass. He was like.
01:04:54Take my number. If you need communion. Give me a WhatsApp. And I'll pop it down to you. It's a
01:05:00drive by.
01:05:01It's a modern Ireland lads. It's a modern Ireland.
01:05:07Communion Deliveroo. Yeah. Communion Deliveroo.
01:05:10Wow. Now I was like. Your mum's friends are going to be raging. Because they're going to be thinking she's
01:05:14getting special favours.
01:05:15Yeah. Also I was saying. I'd love if he did the blood. Because if it was past ten o'clock.
01:05:19I'd be like.
01:05:20Ordered the blood. The office closed. Yeah. Do you know what I mean?
01:05:24I see where we're going with this.
01:05:28Yes Kevin. You guys. These are things you may talk about on tour. Yeah.
01:05:32I believe you're on tour. Kevin. We're headed on tour. When are we going? Next month.
01:05:37Happy campers. Happy campers. We were playing with names for a while. We were just going to call it camp.
01:05:43But then we thought it was a bit too on the nose. Yeah. So we settled on happy campers.
01:05:48And basically the idea for the show is that we're boy scouts and we're earning our badges.
01:05:54With a little poster here I believe. That's the idea behind it.
01:05:57So. But it's like not scout badges as you know it. No.
01:06:01So like one of the badges now that we're earning is um.
01:06:05That's the two of us there. Look aren't we handsome. Honest to goodness.
01:06:09That was when I had the hair bleach before. I actually went with the hair bleach again for the tour.
01:06:12Yeah let's see. Lovely there actually the colouring.
01:06:16So yeah like one of the badges now that we will be earning is um.
01:06:19If she was chocolate she'd eat herself badge. So it's like the idea that Irish people can take a compliment.
01:06:25You know and any time you'd like compliment a girl on her outfit she tells you the price immediately.
01:06:30And she goes oh yeah it was only a tenner and pennies.
01:06:33Yeah. It's like no but you look gorgeous. She's like no I don't I look awful.
01:06:36I wasn't even going to leave the house. So yeah we're having loads of fun with it.
01:06:40Are you a fan of the of the camping Tom or are you more a full room service type of
01:06:44guy?
01:06:46I'll I'll I'll I'll take.
01:06:51Come on don't be shy.
01:06:52I'll take it any which way I can.
01:06:57I always say I was in the scouts. I always say.
01:07:00But I always said I never went to camp. Cam came to me.
01:07:03Write it down. Write it down.
01:07:07Write it down.
01:07:08Did you scoop on us?
01:07:08Did you scoop on us?
01:07:10There we go.
01:07:11Did you look lovely in a wago?
01:07:13I do actually I should have worn one tonight actually.
01:07:15Should have worn a wago.
01:07:16I never had many badges.
01:07:17I never had anything practical though.
01:07:18It was all like home economics and first aid.
01:07:21The cooking.
01:07:22I made a raft once.
01:07:24Did you really?
01:07:24No it was a bit Titanic in the end.
01:07:27Does that have a wardrobe door?
01:07:28Yeah it sunk basically.
01:07:29Oh wow you're an action game.
01:07:31Am I?
01:07:33I take a guess.
01:07:34He used to play rugby.
01:07:36Look at those shoulders.
01:07:38Oh I thought that would be a waste otherwise.
01:07:39No one was terrible at it.
01:07:41I'm sure you were better than I was.
01:07:42Sorry Patrick.
01:07:43Sorry Patrick.
01:07:44Sorry Patrick.
01:07:45Sorry.
01:07:46Sorry.
01:07:48It's just not often you get to meet others.
01:07:52Others?
01:07:53I know where you live.
01:07:55In London.
01:07:56You live in London.
01:07:57Do you guys still have your matching, non-matching tattoos?
01:08:01Yes.
01:08:02So basically like I'm covered in tattoos right.
01:08:05And my mum isn't loving it.
01:08:07Sorry mum right.
01:08:08But Kevin never had one right.
01:08:10And we done a tour last year and we finished in Australia.
01:08:13I was like surely we should get a tattoo.
01:08:15The tour was called that showbiz.
01:08:16I was like let's get that showbiz baby tattooed.
01:08:18And I talk to him and say no and he said yeah.
01:08:21So I was like unreal.
01:08:22Found a tattoo place.
01:08:24Yeah.
01:08:24Yeah.
01:08:24That's what happened.
01:08:25You know when you're hungover and you're making decisions on a whim.
01:08:27And you're kind of like might as well let's do it.
01:08:29It was one of those.
01:08:30Yeah.
01:08:30One of those decisions.
01:08:31Walked in and then we saw the girl didn't we?
01:08:34Yeah the girl greeted us and she was like talking us through it and I was up to 90 because
01:08:37it was my first ever tattoo.
01:08:38And I always said I never wanted a tattoo but here I was at the tattoo parlor in Melbourne.
01:08:43And it did look very pretty from the outside.
01:08:45But they were meant to match.
01:08:46I was there as well.
01:08:48That was a lovely place too.
01:08:50They were meant to match but they didn't match.
01:08:52Because I googled the tattoo artist we were talking to.
01:08:55I said Kevin she's good go with her.
01:08:57She's tattooing him.
01:08:59I think that she's going to tattoo me next.
01:09:00Next thing this fella stumbles out from behind a curtain.
01:09:04I think drunk and then says.
01:09:06He definitely had an astigmatism.
01:09:07I can say that because I had one as well.
01:09:08He definitely did.
01:09:09Says tattooing me.
01:09:10We get up right.
01:09:12We look at them.
01:09:13Kevin's one looks perfect.
01:09:15Mine looks like a ransom note.
01:09:17It looks like it was written by a doctor.
01:09:21You know doctor's handwriting.
01:09:22It was like that.
01:09:24And I'm mortified.
01:09:25Let me just tell you right.
01:09:27It's not meant to be cursive.
01:09:28No it's not.
01:09:30The font itself is meant to be each individual letter.
01:09:33Mine's gorgeous.
01:09:34I have mine on my upper quad.
01:09:36Shall I get it out?
01:09:36No.
01:09:37No I can't.
01:09:38We can't.
01:09:38Although it is the Valentine's special.
01:09:41No I literally can't.
01:09:42I can't.
01:09:42While Kevin is making that decision.
01:09:44Yes.
01:09:45We can let the people know where you're playing.
01:09:48I think we should let people know where they can catch the show.
01:09:51Absolutely.
01:09:51So if you would like to see Kevin and PJ's brand new show Happy Campers.
01:09:56It begins in the Glen Eagle Killarney next month.
01:09:58Dates in the Ulster Hall in Belfast and Cork.
01:10:01Leisureland Galway.
01:10:02Three Olympia in April.
01:10:03Tickets are on sale.
01:10:05Ticketmaster.ie.
01:10:06Let's hear it one more time for PJ and Kevin.
01:10:08Hey!
01:10:11Thanks.
01:10:11Fantastic.
01:10:13Now before we let you go tonight, there's something very, very important that I need to tell you.
01:10:18And that is that...
01:10:25Why did I fall for that doll?
01:10:30Can I get my phone numbers?
01:10:33Oh thank you.
01:10:35I will always love all of you guys, but not as much as three lucky audience members who would love
01:10:41to win tickets for the opening night to the smash hit musical The Bodyguard at the Bored Gosh Energy Theatre.
01:10:48We'll be here later in the year.
01:10:50There they are.
01:10:51Look, there's our three audience members.
01:10:53And because it's Valentine's weekend, we would love it if you guys would try to win the tickets for them.
01:10:58With a little challenge that is currently going viral around the world.
01:11:02Let's play the Whitney Houston Drum Challenge.
01:11:05Here we go.
01:11:06OK.
01:11:08As you can hear, this is one of the greatest love songs of all time that we all know and
01:11:13love.
01:11:14But how well do you know the song?
01:11:16OK.
01:11:17What we need you to do to win some bodyguard tickets for our lucky audience members, all we need you
01:11:22to do is to hit the one big drum note in the song.
01:11:27But it has to match the music and the song.
01:11:30So here we go.
01:11:30So apparently you need to do it like this or something like this.
01:11:34Here we go.
01:11:34OK.
01:11:52It's not easy.
01:11:53It's not easy.
01:11:54It's not easy.
01:11:55But we have a little bit of musical help.
01:11:58Please welcome back Una Healy.
01:11:59She's going to be playing as well.
01:12:01That's not fair.
01:12:02She's a musician.
01:12:03Tom.
01:12:05Tom, you are up first.
01:12:07OK.
01:12:08So let's say hello to who you're playing for this evening.
01:12:11It is Jill from Glass.
01:12:13Nevin, hi you Jill.
01:12:14Hi.
01:12:15OK.
01:12:15Do you fancy some tickets for the bodyguard?
01:12:17I love some tickets for the bodyguard.
01:12:19Why isn't Jill allowed in the same room?
01:12:20Well, Tom, we're about to find out.
01:12:26OK, she's pretty wild that Jill.
01:12:26Who would you bring with you, Jill, if you won tonight?
01:12:29Oh, my husband, Darren.
01:12:32OK, you would bring your husband.
01:12:33Let's see if Tom can win those tickets for you.
01:12:36Come on, Tom.
01:12:36OK.
01:12:37Oh, Tom, I actually forgot.
01:12:38The reason why she's in another room is because on the show
01:12:41there's always a little forfeit when people sit in that seat
01:12:44if someone gets it wrong.
01:12:46Let's see what happens if you get it wrong.
01:12:57That's what normally happens, Tom.
01:12:59Absolutely no pressure.
01:13:00It's like they're on the Titanic.
01:13:03Are you ready, Jill?
01:13:04I'm ready.
01:13:05OK, here we go.
01:13:05Best of luck, Tom.
01:13:06Hope you're better than me.
01:13:07But above all this, I wish you love.
01:13:20Oh, that wasn't bad.
01:13:24Oh, oh, oh, no!
01:13:26Oh, Jill.
01:13:28Oh, Jill.
01:13:29Oh, Jill.
01:13:29Oh, Tom.
01:13:30OK, next up, who's it going to be?
01:13:32PJ or Kevin, who would you like to play?
01:13:33It's not you of the year.
01:13:34OK, Kevin's going to play.
01:13:36Come on, Kevin's going to do this.
01:13:36Kevin's going to play.
01:13:37Let's see if he can do better than Tom.
01:13:39I believe in you.
01:13:40This is terrible.
01:13:40Who are you going to be playing for tonight?
01:13:42Who do we have in the chair?
01:13:43It is...
01:13:44Hello, John.
01:13:45How are you doing?
01:13:45Hiya, Paddy.
01:13:47John, how are you getting the Lewis home?
01:13:48OK.
01:13:50Sorry.
01:13:52OK, John, are you ready?
01:13:53I'm ready.
01:13:54OK, Kevin, are you ready?
01:13:55Yeah.
01:13:55Here we go.
01:13:56Bodyguard tickets up for grabs.
01:13:59Here we go.
01:14:00But above all this, I wish you love.
01:14:11Woo!
01:14:13That was good.
01:14:14That was good.
01:14:15That was good.
01:14:16Oh, John!
01:14:17No, can I just say, there's a delay in telly.
01:14:20There's a delay.
01:14:21There's a delay in telly.
01:14:23I know.
01:14:23I know.
01:14:24Next up, Una, please save us from ourselves.
01:14:27Una, go on.
01:14:29Una in the Guna.
01:14:29Let's find out who Una is playing for tonight.
01:14:34Hello, Karen.
01:14:35Hi, how are you?
01:14:36Hi, Karen.
01:14:37How are you doing?
01:14:37I'm not too bad.
01:14:38Where you say that?
01:14:39Where are you from, Karen?
01:14:41Nice.
01:14:42Good there.
01:14:42Do you have faith in Una getting the drum challenge bang on?
01:14:47100%.
01:14:47OK, Una, how are you feeling?
01:14:49100%.
01:14:49OK.
01:14:50OK, because Tom and Kevin did so well.
01:14:52Absolutely no pressure.
01:14:53This is the last chance.
01:14:54Una, here we go.
01:14:55Best of luck.
01:14:57But above all this, I wish you love.
01:15:18You know what's hilarious is that in my ear they said we'll give it to her just as they splashed
01:15:24her, just as they splashed her, but because they've all been such good sports, I think they will all win
01:15:31tickets for the opening night.
01:15:32They will dry off the opening night.
01:15:36They will dry off.
01:15:38They will dry off.
01:15:40They will dry off.
01:15:40It starts in August the 4th.
01:15:42Folks, give it up one more time for PJ and Kevin, for Una Healy and Tom Allen.
01:15:52Time to find out who's won that luxury stay in Glenlow Abbey plus €5,000.
01:15:59And our winner tonight is Anna Buckley from County Corp. Congratulations, Anna.
01:16:04Well done.
01:16:06That is it.
01:16:07Until next week, this has been The Late Late Show.
01:16:09We'll be back then.
01:16:10I'm Patrick Keelty.
01:16:11See you next week.
01:16:12Good night.
01:16:15It's started on The Late Late Show.
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