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Ryan Tubridy
photo of Ryan Tubridy gazing at camera
Tubridy in 2018
Born (1973-05-28) 28 May 1973 (age 50)[1]
Booterstown, Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
EducationCarysfort National School
Blackrock College
Alma materUniversity College Dublin (BA)
Occupation(s)Broadcaster, writer
EmployerVirgin Radio UK
AgentNoel Kelly[2][3]
Known forThe Tubridy Show and The Ryan Tubridy Show on RTÉ Radio 1
The Full Irish and Tubridy on RTÉ 2fm
All Kinds of Everything, Tubridy Tonight and The Late Late Show on RTÉ One
SpouseAnne Marie Power (divorced)
Children2
Relatives

Ryan Tubridy (born 28 May 1973)[4] is an Irish broadcaster.[5][6] He currently presents the weekday mid-morning programme The Ryan Tubridy Show on Virgin Radio UK, as well as a weekend programme on Sundays.[7]

His broadcasting career with RTÉ spanned over two decades, where he presented many shows on radio and television, most notably The Late Late Show on RTÉ One from 2009 to 2023. Other shows he presented include RTÉ 2fm's The Full Irish (2004–2009) and Tubridy (2010–2015), RTÉ One's Tubridy Tonight (2004–2009), RTÉ Radio One's The Tubridy Show (2005–2010) and The Ryan Tubridy Show (2015–2023). He also hosted the Rose of Tralee contest on two occasions and worked for BBC Radio.

Tubridy wrote several books, including JFK in Ireland, The Irish Are Coming and Patrick and the President. He was known as the highest-paid person at RTÉ over several years; related controversies included his refusal to take a voluntary pay cut in 2009, and, most importantly for his career, in 2023 over misstatement of his total earnings and additional payments, at least some made via a costly "barter account" mechanism. The latter scandal led to RTÉ dispensing with Tubridy's services in August 2023.

Background and early life[edit]

Birth and education[edit]

Born in Booterstown, Dublin, in 1973, Tubridy was educated at Carysfort National School and Blackrock College.[8] Tubridy studied Greek and Latin,[9] and was schooled alongside Craig Doyle and Ryle Nugent.

He studied for his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in history and Greek and Roman civilisation at University College Dublin (UCD).[8] While he was interested in the Students' Union when he was attending UCD, Tubridy made his impression while engaging in social, rather than political, activities.[9] He was also a member of the Fianna Fáil Kevin Barry Cumann, and involved with the Dún Laoghaire branch of Ógra Fianna Fáil, as well as Belfield FM.[8]

Parents and wider family[edit]

One of five children, Tubridy's siblings are Judith, Niall, Rachel and Garrett;[10] he also has two half-sisters from his father's second marriage.[11] His father, Patrick Tubridy of Blackrock, who died in January 2013, was a psychiatrist, working at the St John of God campus in Stillorgan,[11] and the only son of the Fianna Fáil TD Seán Tubridy (1897–1939).[10][12][13][14] Seán Tubridy was the only son of Patrick Tubridy (1869–1920) and Jane Waldron (born 1868).[citation needed] Tubridy's mother is Catherine (née Andrews),[15] whose father, Todd Andrews, was a prominent associate of Fianna Fáil founder Éamon de Valera and held a number of posts in semi-state companies.

Of his siblings, Niall is a Professor of Clinical Medicine and one of the country's leading neurologists.[16] Garrett ran unsuccessfully for the Pembroke-Rathmines ward of Dublin City Council at the 2009 local elections. During the election campaign Ryan was advised against making public appearances alongside his brother.[17]

A maternal uncle, Niall Andrews, was a TD and MEP, while another maternal uncle, David Andrews, was an Irish Government minister. Two of his first cousins, Barry Andrews and Chris Andrews, have also sat in Dáil Éireann as Fianna Fáil TDs, the former being a Minister of State for Children in the coalition government of Brian Cowen, since then becoming chief executive of aid charity GOAL,[18] while the latter was re-elected to Dáil Éireann as a Sinn Féin member in 2020. Another first cousin, David Andrews Jnr, is a comedian who works under the pseudonym of David McSavage.[19] Following Tubridy's departure from The Late Late Show, McSavage publicly criticised him for never having him as a guest in his 14 years as host.[20] McSavage regularly appeared as a guest under Tubridy's predecessor Pat Kenny.[21] Tubridy also claims actor Tom Cruise as a distant relation through marriage.[22]

Broadcasting career[edit]

Though later noted for his perceived bookishness, it was television films that interested Tubridy as a child; he wrote to RTÉ at the age of 12, to complain that there should be more of those on TV for the likes of him and others who were his age.[9] RTÉ responded by inviting Tubridy to review films on its Saturday morning programme Anything Goes, and so began a long relationship with the broadcaster.[9]

Tubridy's association with broadcasting and books began later, when he was reviewer on Poporama.[9]

RTÉ[edit]

Radio[edit]

Main articles: The Full Irish, The Tubridy Show, Tubridy (radio show), and The Ryan Tubridy Show

After leaving college Tubridy became a runner in RTÉ, initially working on The Gerry Ryan Show as maker of tea and coffee.[23] Tubridy said at the death of Gerry Ryan that "The moment I set foot in RTÉ, he put his wing around me and said: 'I like what you do. I like what you are. I'm going to look after you.'"[2] He credits Ryan for his kindness "in a place which is so full of ego and bizarre resentment".[23] Tubridy was also influenced by the "nerd made good" style of British broadcaster Chris Evans.[24]

Later he worked as a reporter for Today with Pat Kenny, as well as occasionally presenting the radio news show Five Seven Live. In the summer of 1999, Tubridy presented Morning Glory on RTÉ Radio 1 and in July 2000 he moved to The Sunday Show. From 2002 until 2005 he presented RTÉ 2fm's morning breakfast show, The Full Irish.[25] The move to the morning by Head of 2fm John Clarke was seen as risky, with station insiders disapproving and Hot Press publishing a double-page editorial with the headline "station in turmoil".[26] Within one year its ratings had soared and Tubridy was given a major award.[26] When The Full Irish ended it was the second most popular radio programme in Ireland, after Morning Ireland.[6] Clarke later described moving Tubridy to the morning as the best decision of his 25-year career in radio.[26]

In 2006, Tubridy began presenting The Tubridy Show, on weekday mornings on RTÉ Radio 1.[27] Around this time, he wrote a column for the Sunday World in which he expressed amongst other things his support for Barack Obama, "one of his favourite singers" Fionn Regan and the success of Kenny Egan, a silver medal winning boxer at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[28] He later interviewed Said Obama, the uncle of U.S. President Barack Obama for The Tubridy Show. Tubridy hinted he would consider moving to new pastures if the opportunity arose.[29]

After the death of Gerry Ryan, Tubridy's friend and colleague, Tubridy was the subject of rumours by various newspapers that he would be succeeding him in the RTÉ 2fm slot, becoming RTÉ's top earner with a salary of €1 million.[30] In June 2010, RTÉ confirmed that Tubridy would in fact fill that slot from August, presenting a programme called Tubridy[31][32][33] from 09:00 to 11:00. His salary remained unchanged.[34] In an RTÉ press release, he was quoted as saying: "In my new role on RTÉ 2fm I will be presenting a programme that will be very different, with a different time slot, and a different style of presenting."[35] To allow for presenting The Late Late Show, his show was only two hours long, compared to the 3 hours that Gerry Ryan's show lasted.[34] However JNLR figures released in July 2011 revealed Tubridy had lost over 110,000 listeners since the move.[36]

After finishing The Tubridy Show on 16 July 2010,[37] he began presenting Tubridy on RTÉ 2fm on 20 August 2010, surprising listeners by starting the programme three days earlier that what was originally scheduled for 23 August.[38] His first guest on the programme was Bono.[39] His RTÉ Radio 1 slot was filled by John Murray.[37] Tubridy became synonymous with declining listenership figures, a 40% collapse of which by 2011 coincided with increased listenership figures for its rival The Ray D'Arcy Show.[40][41][42]

Tubridy returned to RTÉ Radio 1 in September 2015 to host The Ryan Tubridy Show, an hour-long weekday morning show.[43] On 17 August 2023, it was confirmed that Tubridy would not return to his presenting role in RTÉ after negotiations with RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst collapsed in the wake of the RTÉ secret payment scandal. He had been off-air since the revelations broke.[44][45]

Television[edit]

Main articles: All Kinds of Everything (TV series), Rose of Tralee (festival), Tubridy Tonight, and The Late Late Show (Irish talk show)

Tubridy was presumed heir to Gay Byrne as presenter of The Late Late Show as early as 2003, when he was about to take over as presenter of the Rose of Tralee, another of Byrne's former roles.[9] At that time, Tubridy had never presented a live television programme.[9]

After graduating from reviewing films as a child, Tubridy initially limited his TV appearances, preferring to concentrate on radio instead.[9] He tried on a wedding outfit on fashion magazine show Off the Rails and appeared on The Panel.[9] It was during an episode of this show that he aired his thoughts on breastfeeding, characterising it as similar to urinating in public, an opinion for which he received public criticism.[46]

He refused RTÉ's leading afternoon TV programme Open House, upon discovering that it required his services on Fridays only.[9] His first serious effort at his own TV show was All Kinds of Everything, a music nostalgia programme that took its title from the song of the same name, which, as a schoolgirl, Dana sang at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970.[9] Before this had even been broadcast, however, Tubridy had been offered the Rose of Tralee presenting vacancy, which he accepted.[9] RTÉ was set on Derek Mooney, but festival organisers objected and Tubridy landed the role.[9]

Tubridy presented the EsatBT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the Royal Dublin Society, in 2003 and 2004. He presented the RTÉ People in Need Telethon in 2004 and 2007.

In October 2004, Tubridy Tonight began. This was his own live Saturday night talk show, seen as a successor to Kenny Live (formerly Saturday Night Live). Tubridy initially announced his intention to take over the hosting of The Late Late Show from Pat Kenny but he later stated that he would remain as host of Tubridy Tonight, describing it as his "Jim'll Fix It job" and "little fun-size legacy".[47]

However, it was announced on 11 May 2009 that Tubridy would indeed succeed Pat Kenny as host of The Late Late Show.[48][49] He vowed to bring back Gay Byrne's "one for everybody in the audience" catchphrase, described by Will Hanafin in the Irish Independent as an attempt to "dig up more old relics than archaeologists would on an excavation", in reference to Tubridy's passion for history.[50] Tubridy said he was "very taken aback" to learn he had been selected, describing it as "a humbling honour to be asked to present such an iconic programme".[51] His role as host allowed him to fulfill a childhood ambition – presenting The Late Late Toy Show – "I know this is the one that I always wanted. I love the fact that children are uncontaminated by the reality of adulthood".[52] Tubridy Tonight concluded on 30 May 2009.[53]

Tubridy's first guest on The Late Late Show was Taoiseach Brian Cowen, an interview that drew an audience share of 62 per cent.[54][55] Gay Byrne, the original host, was one of Tubridy's guests in December 2009.[56]

Tubridy often clashed with his guests. In May 2011, a former director of television at RTÉ, Helen O'Rahilly, said of The Late Late Show: "If I was back in charge of RTÉ, you wouldn't see this utter shite on Friday night".[57]

On 16 March 2023, Tubridy announced that he would be stepping down as the presenter of The Late Late Show after 14 years. His last show was broadcast on 26 May at the end of the 2023 season.[58][59] Tubridy requested a "low key/no fuss" finale[60] and no wrap party was held between Tubridy and his production team after the final episode aired, and there were no speeches.[61] Patrick Kielty was announced as Tubridy's successor.[62]

BBC Radio[edit]

In July 2010, Tubridy's agent Noel Kelly confirmed that Tubridy was offered by the BBC to present a summer filler for Jonathan Ross's BBC Radio 2 programme. He turned down the offer citing preparations for The Late Late Show and the recent death of Gerry Ryan.[63] It was confirmed that Tubridy would present the slot for eight weeks from 23 July 2011, covering for Ross' replacement, Graham Norton.[64]

Tubridy sacrificed his Christmas holidays in 2011 to work for the BBC again, this time as a replacement for Ken Bruce on Radio 2.[65][66] Amid constant media criticism related to declining listenership and viewership figures, he received support from Chris Evans and was defended by Vincent Browne.[67][68][69][70] Tubridy has also stood in for Chris Evans on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, and Simon Mayo on the Radio 2 drivetime slot. In 2015, he has also stood in on Terry Wogan's weekend show on Sunday.[71]

Role as the Toy Man[edit]

Main article: The Late Late Toy Show

Tubridy has spoken of the personal pleasure he takes from his role as the Toy Man, an effect created by his annual presenting of The Late Late Toy Show, which he did ahead of Christmas for fourteen editions of the programme between 2009 and 2022. As reported by RTÉ, this "isn't the only night he gets to be the Toy Man. That, he said, is a role he gets to play every day".[72] Tubridy explained: "When you guys aren't here and the Toy Show isn't on, I'm walking around Clifden (in County Galway) or Dublin or wherever, and you're the Toy Man to children, all year round. It is one of the greatest, weirdest gifts I've ever been given".[72]

In November 2022, ahead of what turned out to be his last edition of the Toy Show, Tubridy visited St Finian's National School in Finglas, where he was reminded of the Toy Man effect. He explained: "I looked through the window, and I'd forgotten the magic of the Toy Show and the Toy Man because jaws dropped, mouths were grabbed, eyes came out".[72] Tubridy said that the children in each class he visited would ask him three questions: what age he was, why he had chosen to come to their school, and did he like Fanta? This last question resulted from Tubridy's "fizzy orange fumble", a controversy which resulted from uncertainty over which word Tubridy used when he swore on the Toy Show in 2020.[72]

Tuttle Productions Limited[edit]

The microcompany Tuttle Productions Limited was set up on 29 August 2008, with a registered address at Drayton Mews, Monkstown Road, Monkstown, County Dublin, and one shareholder. It is involved in "Radio and Television Activities".[73]

During his time with RTÉ, Tubridy was not an employee, but was a contractor, and, as of 2011, was reported to be paying himself €283,756 a year from his production company, Tuttle Productions.[74]

Virgin Radio UK[edit]

On 16 November 2023, it was announced that Tubridy would join Virgin Radio UK in early January 2024 to present its mid-morning programme live from London following The Chris Evans Breakfast Show.[75]

Tubridy presented his first show on Virgin Radio UK on 2 January, with The Ryan Tubridy Show airing weekdays from 10am to 1pm and simultaneously broadcast on Dublin's Q102.[76] It was also announced that he would host a dedicated Irish weekend programme each Sunday, with The Ryan Tubridy Show on Sundays airing from 10am to 12pm on Dublin's Q102, Cork's 96FM, LMFM, and Limerick's Live 95.[77]

Other activities[edit]

On 2 November 2011, Tubridy was MC and guest of honour for the launch of the Irish Film Archive Preservation Fund at the Irish Film Institute.[78]

The following month he helped switch on the Christmas lights on Grafton Street.[79]

Children's and cancer charities[edit]

Tubridy is a UNICEF ambassador.[80] His interest in reading leads to his particular interest in childhood literacy.[81]

Tubridy has also been associated with the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Toy Appeal.[82]

After The Late Late Toy Show Tubridy often sent his famous jumpers off to be auctioned for charity. The jumper he wore on his 2009 Toy Show debut found a suitable cause in the 2010 Haiti earthquake and was dispensed with on the radio programme Money.[83][84] That jumper raised €1,050.[85] The jumper he wore on the 2011 Toy Show he donated to the fund of artist Alexandra Trotsenko on the radio programme Liveline.[86] €10,000 was raised for SVP from the auction of the infamous "Elf Christmas Jumper" after the 2012 edition of The Late Late Toy Show.[87]

As well as his interest in the welfare of children, Tubridy has assisted in the promotion of other, more adult, initiatives, including the launch of a breast cancer initiative in May 2009.[88]

In February 2015, Tubridy combined his long-running interests in children and cancer when he officially launched Galway's Hand in Hand support centre, which provides support and counselling services for parents of children with cancer.[89]

Writing[edit]

For more than €100,000 HarperCollins signed Tubridy as part of a two-book deal.[90] They wanted an autobiography but he persuaded them otherwise.[90] Tubridy's first book, the 302-page[91] long JFK in Ireland, was launched at the Mansion House, Dublin on 27 October 2010.[92][93] It is a profile of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's 1963 visit to Ireland.[90][94] While researching the book, he discovered that Éamon de Valera had part of John F. Kennedy's speech to Dáil Éireann erased from the record after finding its content offensive.[95] In March 2012, Tubridy, referred to as a "tabloid star", made his American television debut, during which he discussed his book, JFK in Ireland.[96] Tubridy's second book, The Irish Are Coming, about the influence of Irish people in the UK, was published by William Collins in 2013.[97]

A first book for children, Patrick and the President, was later published.[98] In 2017, to coincide with the centenary of John F. Kennedy's birth, Tubridy read to children from the book at a tea party in County Wexford.[99]

Tubridy co-wrote the title track, "We Are Where We Are", of Paddy Cullivan's extended play, released in October 2010.[100] The writer and broadcaster commented: "Paddy is a pal and we would have conversations a lot over a pint of Guinness".[92] He also sang a song on The Late Late Toy Show in 2010, becoming the first host to do such a thing.[101]

Social media and other Internet issues[edit]

Tubridy has expressed his disdain for "anonymous cowards on the internet", those who operate "under the shadowy cover of names like Catman or Twenty Rothmans or whatever", and has stated that he believes Wikipedia is "a fact-free bull run for any passing eejit to come along and add whatever fact or fiction they desire and up it goes onto the site". He prefers books instead.[102]

A former user of Twitter, where he amassed more than 60,000 followers,[103] was described by the Irish Independent as "one of Ireland's most famous Twits".[104] Tubridy left the social networking and microblogging service on 9 August 2011, posting a late night farewell to his followers: "Dear Twitter, this is my last tweet. It's been lots of fun but I must leave. No drama, just not enough time. Thanks and take care. #goodbye. The Tubridy Radio Show and Late Late Show will have well attended Twitter accounts as I leave this curious social medium."[105][106]

In 2018, Tubridy said returning to a Nokia 3310 allowed him to instruct his daughters on "better smartphone etiquette". Speaking out against smartphones, Tubridy said he was "starting to treat phones in the house much like cigarettes were treated once upon a time. In other words, it's rude to smoke in front of somebody without asking permission, it's rude, it's not good for you to smoke that much - if at all - and it's unsociable if you're sitting on the couch and someone lights up... it's just rude and I hate that."[107]

After a five-year break, he returned to social media and created an Instagram account.

Controversies[edit]

Issues around pay[edit]

2009 pay-cut refusal[edit]

In 2008, Tubridy was the RTÉ presenter on the fourth-highest salary, having received a 50% increase in his salary from the previous year.[108]

Tubridy refused to take a pay-cut in early 2009 (even when colleagues such as Pat Kenny and Marian Finucane agreed to salary cuts), and he attracted criticism for this decision.[109] Tubridy's decision not to take a pay-cut was criticised on social networking site Facebook.[110] Later, on 9 March 2009, Tubridy announced he would take a 10 per cent pay cut, stating that his legal situation had changed in recent days.[111][112][113]

2011 to 2013[edit]

In 2011, while play-acting with some of the 130 children participating in that year's Toy Show, Tubridy admitted to not feeling particularly guilty about his €500,000 salary; hearing stories of hardship constantly, Tubridy responded: "We're really tapping into a lot of that, whereby we are hearing stories from a lot of people who are really in the horrors. The guy who sent in a photograph of €3 and 70 cent, with a picture of his kids saying, 'I don't want Christmas'. No man should ever say that, no one should ever say that".[114]

It was reported in March 2013 that he had earned €723,000 in 2011.[5]

Reported earnings[edit]

It was reported in December 2018 that he earned €495,000 in 2016, suggesting that his earnings had not increased from the 2015 figure,[115] and in January 2021 that Tubridy had earned €495,000 for each of the previous three years.[116] It was further reported in February 2023 that Tubridy was still RTÉ's highest earner, with the figures given at that time indicating that Tubridy had been paid €466,250 in 2020 and €440,000 in 2021.[117]

2023 pay revelations[edit]

Further information: RTÉ secret payment scandal

It emerged publicly in June 2023 that the figures previously published relating to Tubridy's earnings were inaccurate and that he had been earning more than half a million all along, with a total discrepancy of €345,000; this had been supplied, at least in part, through a barter account, attracting substantial additional costs.[118] The scandal caused by this was associated with massive public disquiet, political comment and the resignation of the Director General of RTÉ.

On 22 June 2023, following internal work dating back some months, RTÉ admitted that it paid Tubridy €345,000 more than publicly declared between 2017 and 2022, in what the chair of its board said was a "serious breach of trust with the public",[118] with more than €80,000 more spent on fees associated with the transfer of €150,000 of that extra money.[119] In a statement, Tubridy said he was "surprised" to learn about the "errors" and "can't shed any light" on hidden payments made to him by RTÉ.[120][121] It was revealed the next day that the Director General of RTÉ Dee Forbes had been suspended from her employment by the RTÉ Board a day prior to the controversy and issued a statement defending her record.[122] Tubridy then issued a second statement in which he sought to explain his position, apologising "wholeheartedly" for failing to ask questions.[123] Forbes resigned from RTÉ with immediate effect on 26 June.[124] On 27 June, RTÉ's acting Director General Adrian Lynch issued a nine-page statement addressing the circumstances around the revelations, stating that there was "no finding of wrongdoing" against Tubridy or the commercial partner involved in what happened.[125] Tubridy and his agent agreed to attend two Oireachtas committee meetings on 11 July,[126] which heard that he had endured a "tortuous", "chaotic" and "destructive" three weeks during which his name and reputation were "sullied" and that he had become "the face of a national scandal; accused of being complicit, deceitful and dishonest".[127] It was later confirmed that Tubridy would not return to his presenting role in RTÉ in the wake of the scandal.[44]

Clashes with guests[edit]

While hosting The Late Late Show, Tubridy often clashed with his own guests, including Gordon Ramsay ("a bit, em, British for my liking"),[128][129] Louis Walsh (giving Jedward a "hard time" on The Late Late Toy Show),[130] Sinéad O'Connor (the "crazy performing monkey" incident),[131][132] former MEP Paul Murphy (whose guest appearance contrasted glaringly with Miriam O'Callaghan's Prime Time interview of Enda Kenny the previous night),[133][134][135] Mia Farrow ("What's the matter with you anyway? Jesus!"),[136] Jonah Hill ("Are you nervous?!")[137] and Jamie-Lee O'Donnell ("misogynistic").[138]

Environmental record[edit]

It's not good for her mental health or her wellbeing. Her face contorted in pain, in agony and in anxiety. I was watching her and not thinking about the climate. I was thinking about my daughter and what would I do if I saw my 16-year-old's face contorted, talking about her childhood and life being robbed of her in that audience.[139]

Tubridy rarely covered environmental topics while working for RTÉ. The magazine Village has contrasted this with Tubridy's history of car ownership and his on-air criticism of Greta Thunberg's face in 2019.[140]

Tubridy drove a BMW before he signed a two-year contract with Lexus in June 2003 "to drive an IS200 and to participate in a number of Lexus customer events and promotions" and mentioned in an interview with the Irish Independent in 2004 how he was enjoying its heated seats. Tubridy's involvement with Lexus ended the company refused to provide him with a more expensive car, with Tubridy resuming his relationship with BMW. BMW said Tubridy had asked for a new flashier car, but confirmed that it had refused him this, as it came around the time BMW was concluding its "brand ambassadorship" policy.[140] In August 2012, Tubridy was seen on a new blue Vespa scooter, after reports (which later proved inaccurate) that his salary had been reduced by €150,000.[141]

Several years later, it was revealed that Tubridy had exchanged his BMW for a Jaguar XJ. To promote the 2014 Jaguar Golf Classic, Tubridy was pictured with rugby player Eoin Reddan in front of a Jaguar F-TYPE.[140] In 2020, Tubridy was pictured in a modern Volvo.[140] In a 2021 interview with The Times Tubridy stated that his car was a 14 year-old. In 2022, when the topic of electric cars was discussed on his radio show, Tubridy repeatedly stated: "I drive an old car, it's an '07, but it's a beautiful looking car".[140]

Greta Thunberg's face[edit]

In 2019, Tubridy attracted criticism for remarks made about climate activist Greta Thunberg following a speech she had given at the United Nations, where he had expressed concern at the stress of campaigning at a young age potentially having a negative effect on Thunberg's health and wellbeing, describing her face as appearing "contorted in pain, in agony and in anxiety" when she had been giving her speech.[139]

Castration call incident[edit]

In May 2011, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland upheld a complaint against Tubridy who called a paedophile a "monster" and "creature" and added: "From what I gather these guys cannot be quote-unquote cured ... only one way to deal with them, and that's physiological ... these guys should have bits taken off."[142]

Fizzy orange fumble[edit]

During the 2020 edition of The Late Late Toy Show, Tubridy was involved in what RTÉ itself would describe as a "fizzy orange fumble", a "now infamous moment" and "much debated incident" involving a soft drink.[143] Rather than his customary Coke, the substance on this occasion was reported to have been Fanta.[72] When he opened the bottle, it overflowed and he appeared to react by saying "for fuck's sake", which was reported at the time as a case of "drop[ping] the F-Bomb in front of 100k+ children".[144] A year later, Tubridy stated that he had in fact let out a "B-Bomb" that "rhymes to a word closer to pollocks than anything else" - implying that the word he spoke was "bollocks".[143][144] Tubridy attempted to explain the incident: "There I was, having a dinner situation with one of our [child toy reviewer] guests, and there was a big bottle of 'fizzy orange' as Tommy from Love/Hate would say".[143] He clarified that it was "a classic, honest to god reaction – on live TV, in front of many, many children – so I don't know if it's too late to say mea culpa, but it couldn't hurt". Tubridy, however, did not acknowledge any wrongdoing.[143]

Personal life[edit]

Tubridy lived for many years in Monkstown in south Dublin, at one point in a €1 million+ refurbished Victorian end-of-terrace house which measured 240 square metres (2,600 square feet), but put up for sale in 2015, when he described it as "too much" for him.[145] One report in 2023 suggested that he might now live in Clontarf.[146]

He has claimed British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough as one of his heroes; prior to interviewing him on Tubridy Tonight in March 2009, Tubridy said he "grew up watching his nature programmes".[147] Among his favourite films are The Queen[148] and Frost/Nixon.[148] Noted for interests ranging from U.S. politics (he took time off work to cheer on[clarification needed] Barack Obama[citation needed] in that country's 2008 presidential election), Inspector Morse box sets (the lead character of which he described as "the morose and melancholic opera lover who deals with an inordinate amount of bloodshed in Oxford"), "real turf, the John Hinde donkey post card kind"[149] and buying out-of-print history books on Amazon.com—while appearing on Seoige and O'Shea in April 2008, Tubridy ranked his top three books of the previous year as The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Christine Falls by Benjamin Black and Exit Ghost by Philip Roth.[150][dead link] He is fond of the humour of Gerry Ryan and the fictional character Ross O'Carroll-Kelly.[151][152] Before taking over as host of the Rose of Tralee in 2003, Tubridy admitted that he did not often make his own food, but that he was capable of frying onions and liked to buy adult portions of kiddies meals.[9]

Family[edit]

Tubridy met his wife, the producer Anne Marie Power at RTÉ in 1997 when he spotted her in a recording studio. He later spoke of the moment they met: "She was going in to make a programme, I was going out. My head turned and my life changed. I pursued her relentlessly. She used to sashay down the corridor and I was quite taken by her. She was very erudite and she made documentaries on flamenco. She was much brighter than I am and continues to be, which isn't that hard really if you dig deep enough, and I asked her out." The couple had a daughter, Ella, and later married in 2003, Tubridy having proposed in the Abbeyglen Hotel (a "favourite haunt" of his) in Clifden, County Galway. The engagement was announced in The Irish Times with the words "Ella Tubridy is delighted to announce the engagement of her parents Ryan and Anne Marie". Tubridy visited Pompeii on his honeymoon.[9]

Tubridy separated from his wife in 2006.[153] They have two children,[154] Ella and Julia.[15]

Later relationship[edit]

You didn't ask permission. You didn't think about the consequences. You didn't care about the person I was with and their family, you didn't care about anything, you just cared about yourself and a grubby little cheque, and that's not right... have a bit of respect, or human decency.

– Tubridy was displeased with the paparazzi who "hid behind bushes and trees" to take photos of his romantic stroll with his then-girlfriend Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin at Powerscourt Waterfall.[155]

After separating from his wife, Tubridy has been at various times[156] involved with Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, a presenter of radio and television.[157][158][159][160] Tubridy expressed his dissatisfaction when photos of the couple on a stroll at Powerscourt Waterfall were used by the press and was frustrated by subsequent claims that the photos were a publicity stunt.[155] He later told the Evening Herald (in the week approaching his début as host of The Late Late Show) that Ní Shúilleabháin was "great support" and had transformed his life.[161] In 2010 he told the same newspaper she was "my rock" since the death of friend and colleague Gerry Ryan.[162]

Referring to the type of woman he would like, Tubridy said: "I like intelligence, I like a good conversation. I like elegance, I like a girl who is feminine without being vain, I like a little retro in terms of fashion and look and sprinkle it with a little sense of humour. I also love a girl who appreciates the darkness. I'm a lot darker than people think – plenty of dark humour."[163] While dating Ní Shúilleabháin in 2013,[164] Tubridy introduced his radio audience to Jessica Drake, "a cracking-looking bird, no doubt about it, with big tattoos on her ankles". On the same occasion he elaborated further on his ideal woman ("I think there has to be a certain quality of product and standards kept") and favours women having a "quality tick" on their backside that would showcase their abilities to prospective male partners.[165]

In December 2014, Tubridy's agent Noel Kelly announced that he and Miss Ní Shúilleabháin had separated, saying "Aoibhinn and Ryan are no longer together".[166]

In 2023, Tubridy was reported to be spending time with former Rose of Tralee winner, Clare Kambamettu.[167][168]

Health[edit]

On 30 March 2020, RTÉ announced that Tubridy had tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement issued to RTÉ, Tubridy said "Like so many other people in Ireland, I tested positive, but I was in the very fortunate position to have a very unintrusive experience, which I now have come to the end of. While I've been at home watching television and listening to the radio, I have been bowled over by the extraordinary work of our front line heroes and their families who continue to make Ireland a healthier and safer place. I look forward to being back to work really soon."[169] On 7 April 2020 he returned to work on his radio show saying that "I disappeared because I felt it was the right thing to do. And it was, in many ways, a useful thing for me to do because I was pretty tired anyway, and to take a couple of weeks to just to rest was really, a very, very good thing to do. I feel on top of the world today."[170]

Image[edit]

In his early career, Tubridy often described himself as a "young fogey".[9][171]

Dermot Whelan, Dave Moore and Siobhan O'Connor of radio station 98FM rewrote the Steps song "Tragedy" to include lyrics which make personal references to Tubridy before playing it on their morning radio show.[172] The song pokes fun at his famous ears as well as his hairstyle with the line: "His ears stand up like the FA Cup, he sits in his chair chatting with Holy Communion-style hair".[172] Tubridy himself rang the show to congratulate Dermot, Dave and Siobhan on their achievement of "taking the mick out of him" with a song of "pure ego" that caused him to "burst out laughing when I saw it".[172] He was less pleased when Gordon Ramsay, appearing as a guest on The Late Late Show, poked fun at his ears and weight; Tubridy later remarked on The Ray D'Arcy Show: "I thought he was a bit, em, British for my liking. I won't be buying the books [Ramsay was promoting]. In fact, I didn't take the free one".[128][129]

While hosting Tubridy Tonight, he spoke of the public's perception of him, saying: "I think I am a victim of my own image. I think it's been cultivated by others for me. I live in a very ordinary semi-detached house. People only ever see me on a Saturday night on TV and I'm in a smart suit with a book-lined backdrop so that's what they think – you're Johnny smart suit with a book-lined backdrop."[163] Podge and Rodge, a televised puppet chat show, commented on his "stupid awkward eyes, he reminds me of the undead" and introduced him as "South Dublin on a stick" when he appeared on their TV show.[173]

Rhys Ifans and Howard Marks appeared on The Late Late Show on 1 October 2010 to discuss Mr. Nice, the British independent film in which Ifans portrayed Marks. The incident followed on from Ifans's playful request to buy Tubridy a drink. Tubridy said, "Uh absolutely" then tried to ask Ifans about his latest film. Ifans said, "It's called Neverland and uh, it's a prequel to Peter Pan. Yeah? OK? Are you familiar with that?" "I sure am" said Tubridy. "Because you've got very Peter Panny feet" Ifans continued. Tubridy thanked him for the compliment then Ifans smiled and said "Dainty little bugger" to laughter from the studio audience.[174]

Awards and recognition[edit]

Tubridy won the Best Irish DJ category at the 2004 Meteor Awards for his breakfast show, The Full Irish.[175][176] He was named Best Male TV Presenter at the TV Now Awards in 2009.[154] He collected the award for "Favourite Irish TV Show" from then girlfriend Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, won by The Late Late Show at the 2010 awards.[1] The Dubliner magazine awarded him the title Dubliner of the Year in 2009.[177] Village named him 29th most influential person of 2009.[178]

On 15 March 2023, Tubridy received the Guaranteed Irish Person of the Year Award for 2023, with the presenter described as having "long been a supporter of Guaranteed Irish" and highlighting "his continued championing of Irish business, support of Irish brands, and overall embodiment of the core values of Guaranteed Irish".[179] In May 2023, Tubridy was awarded the President's Medal by the Library Association of Ireland for his work promoting reading and libraries.[180]

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2003–2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Host of The Late Late Show
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