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"Out the door with that auld PC nonsense" - Ronan Collins apologises for 'Fairytale of New York' radio editAnother year, another 'controversy' over the playing of 'Fairytale of New York'; a beloved song that contains a homophobic slur within its lyrics.
You can still enjoy 'Fairytale of New York', just be sound to people. It's not that hard! Anyway, now that you're all calling me a snowflake, let's check in with outgoing veteran RTÉ broadcaster Ronan Collins, who played the song on his penultimate radio show on Thursday, 22 December. Much to Collins' apparent chagrin, the edited-for-radio version that removes the F-bomb from the song was played instead of the original recording. Apologising to his listeners afterwards, Collins said:"Before I check in on what I'm supposed to do; I want to apologise for playing that version, because that was the radio edit where it didn't have the original words in it.
"And I've never, ever played that version before, and I should have listened in advance – because I always play the original. Out the door with that auld PC nonsense!"Collins then threw to fellow broadcaster Joe Duffy to preview his upcoming afternoon show, leading his colleague to exclaim: "43 years [on] the daily radio programme, 24 hours before he finishes, he makes a... you would have been sacked over that tomorrow, anyway."didn't
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