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I’d love to have Tubridy on as Late Late guest, says Kielty

But the Co Down comedian says the RTÉ payments scandal is only background noise as he prepares to host his first show

Patrick Kielty: ‘Like any talk show host in Ireland, of course you’d have Ryan on as a guest. Whether Ryan would come on as a guest, that’s a question for Ryan’

Patrick Kielty would welcome Ryan Tubridy as a guest on The Late Late Show but said that unless he wants to be interviewed on the programme that the RTÉ payments scandal is only “background noise.”

Speaking to the Business Post Magazine ahead of his first show on Friday, Kielty said: “Like any talk show host in Ireland, of course you’d have Ryan on as a guest. Whether Ryan would come on as a guest, that’s ...