Some viewers found Patrick Kielty's opening monologue for the Late Late Show's 2025 return to be 'unfunny' and 'cringe' , while others enjoyed the TradFest special performances featuring Irish folk music artists.
Some RTÉ viewers were less than impressed with Patrick Kielty ’s opening monologue for the Late Late Show ’s 2025 return, branding the jokes as “cringe”.
READ MORE: Kerry sisters Ciara, Saoirse and Laoise Murphy announced as winners of the 61st BT Young Scientist exhibitionOpening up the first Late Late Show of the season, the host launched into a joke about dry January and the weather warnings put in place by Met Éireann over the last week, before making a quip about the Status Orange warnings and Orange Order parades in Belfast.
Continuing to congratulate Irish stars for their screen success, the Down funnyman gave Kneecap a nod for being longlisted in seven award categories in the Baftas, joking that he “wasn’t sure” if the awards “thought that one through either”. “Time for another year of Kielty stifling his laughter at his own jokes, and interviewing TikTok stars,” one viewer penned.While a third shared: “Nobody down here cares about the Northern Ireland jokes”.
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