Presenter says murdered father was at ‘forefront of mind’ as he made debut hosting flagship RTÉ show, which hit peak viewership of 934,000 at one point
The headline figure was a 22 per cent increase on the average audience of around 680,000 recorded for former presenter Ryan Tubridy’s last show earlier this year.
Mr Kielty was announced as the new host of RTÉ's flagship chat show in May, with his first episode in the presenter’s chair last Friday. He took over from Mr Tubridy, who finished up as The Late Late Show presenter after nearly a decade and a half in the role. Mr Kielty revealed that his father was a pioneer until he was 40 but then started to drink brandy and lemonade. Somebody, who had known his father, had left him a bottle of brandy and lemonade on Friday night in his dressing room, but he didn’t know who it was.
When asked by host Dearbhail McDonald if the audience can expect more Northern voices on the show, after Ms McAleese and Republic of Ireland footballer James McClean were guests on Friday, Mr Kielty responded by stating that a two-times president and Irish footballer were worthy guests. “With that conversation and every other conversation, it is about being honest with each other and why you believe it. When I was doing documentaries on Northern Ireland, I was sitting down with a loyalist who was part of an organisation that had killed my Dad. I wasn’t going to be sitting with him not being honest and he wasn’t being honest with me.
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