Ryan Tubridy has officially returned to the airwaves!
Yes, the former RTÉ presenter began his new radio show this morning on Virgin Radio UK and listeners were not left disappointed.
Ryan kicked off the show by playing U2’s Pride (In the Name of Love), followed by the Backstreet Boys’ I Want It That Way, before introducing himself as a man who had been “broadcasting in Ireland for the last 20 years or thereabouts.”
He also mentioned how he was “working away quietly” on an Irish television show called The Late Late Show, describing it as “the most lovely job in the world,” before he went on to introduce his first guest, Russell Crowe.
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The Hollywood actor has been a good friend of Ryan’s ever since he first appeared as a guest on The Late Late Show.
Russell was in the in the middle of hosting a dinner party when he picked up the phone to speak to Ryan telling him he is “going to do great things in that town” and congratulating him on his new show.
The pair then chatted about the dinner party menu, books, Russell’s upcoming role as prominent Nazi leader Hermann Göring in historical drama Nuremberg and his UK and Ireland tour with his band Indoor Garden Party.
Russell also couldn’t help but tease Ryan about his pale legs which he saw from the duo’s time playing tennis together.
“Have you explained to your audience how white your legs are? They should be warned because in the summer you might don shorts and road traffic accidents might be caused,” Russell joked.
The show is on air from 10am to 1pm from Monday to Friday and is simultaneously broadcast on Irish airwaves on Dublin’s Q102.
The broadcaster will also host a dedicated Irish weekend show each Sunday, with The Ryan Tubridy Show airing from 10am to 12pm on Sundays on Q102 in Dublin, 96FM in Cork, LMFM, and Live 95 in Limerick, starting this Sunday, January 7.
So, will you be tuning in?
