VIRGIN Media star Muireann O’Connell filled in for Ryan Tubridy on his Q102 show this morning.
The Ireland AM host has lots of previous radio credits as she has helmed the former RTE star’s show in the past.
Ryan Turbidy was off the airwaves this morning[/caption]
Muireannn O’Connell filled in on his radio show[/caption]
Muireann also had her own show on Today FM that she was fired from in 2019.
Ryan’s show on Q102 airs weekday mornings from 10am to 1pm.
Taking to her Instagram at a more reasonable hour this morning, Muireann shared the news with fans.
Sitting under a giant photo of Ryan, Muireann said: “Ever feel like a benevolent god is watching you?”
The 41-year-old then jokingly glanced up at the photo of Tubridy and reassured him: “Hi Ryan, how’s it going? I’m just filling in for the day, I’m not going to break it.
“It’s going to be… it’s fine Ryan. Just fine.”
For her radio return, Muireann popped on a stunning black crew neck wool jumper.
She rounded off her look by pairing her jumper with some elegant gold pendant necklaces and wore her hair down.
The last time Muireann took over for Tubridy, she opened up about her “anxiety” upon her return to radio.
She said: “The anxiety is really starting to ratchet up because tomorrow for the first time in five years I’m going back on the radio.
“So Tubs is on holidays and the wonderful Martin King has been covering on Q102 all week but obviously Martin has to work tomorrow.
“And I don’t know what happened, I must of been having an outer body experience because I’ve said no to every other radio gig since everything went down and I said yes.”
The popular presenter explained how nervous she is saying: “But now I’m like, ‘What do I do?’. I can’t remember how to do the radio.
“Now the music on Q is absolutely amazing, I love it. But other than that, what do I talk about, these ridiculous sunglasses?
MUIR NERVES
“No one cares what sunglasses I’m wearing, I’m on the radio. I can’t remember how to press the buttons. I don’t know how to count back to do the news.
“I can’t remember how to do anything but I’m hoping it’s going to be okay. I am very sorry Q102 listeners but I’ll remember how to do it before 10 o’clock tomorrow, right? Sorry lads!”
Before this, Muireann’s last time on the radio was in 2019, when she was fired from Today FM.
When she was let-go, she made the announcement on Twitter saying: “Hello lovely people! I have been fired from Today FM. It’s all good.
“Like it’s embarrassing and I’m a bit sad but I love almost everyone in that station and wish them all the best in the future.”
