DOIREANN Garrihy opened up about how being bullied gave her a thicker skin for online trolls on RTE Late Late Show.
Patrick Kielty returned to Montrose tonight for another epsiode of the hit-chat show with Doieann Garrihy, Mario Rosentsock, Fiona Shaw and Kathryn Thomas.
Doireann Garrihy was the Late Late Show tonight[/caption]
Doireann opened up about being bullied as a teen[/caption]
The Down comic was joined at the top of the show by Doireann where she started off by discussing her return to RTE 2FM.
She said: “I had done four years of breakfast, ten years of kind of mad busyness, and I just needed a bit of a break, and so I took a leap of faith and took a break.
“I never could have anticipated how much I would miss it. I knew I would miss it. I just didn’t think I would miss it as much with the year as it was kind of planned out. I knew what I had coming up. I was obviously getting married.”
At the same time many of the station’s other famous faces departed Doireann left, but her departure sparked controversy as she had posted a paid AD while still working for the broadcaster.
Doireann explained: “That wasn’t a pleasant time. I made a mistake at the time, and obviously I have a responsibility working for the national broadcaster.
“I shouldn’t have done it. I was reprimanded at the time. I apologised… I apologise, and we live and learn.”
Doireann noted that being held responsible is the nature of her profession, but some people also go over-the-top in calling her out.
And a specific experience in her youth has afforded her a thick skin meaning much of the negativity sent her way doesn’t affect her.
She said: “I was in secondary school around the time Bebo was a big thing. And listen, it comes with being a teenager as well.
“You’re sometimes in the firing line. Sometimes you’re not. I happened to be for about two years, and my parents actually were amazing at that time.
“They’ve always been very good at actually saying to us what’s going on, and sitting down every day and saying, ‘Is there anything you want to say to us’, or, ‘Anything you want to tell us?’, and just be really open with us?
“I had a tough time in fourth and fifth year, and I’m really glad actually, that my it wasn’t in my pocket. Mobile phones weren’t a big thing then, because I think that’s a massive challenge for parents and for teenagers these days and trying to navigate that.
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“I’m sure it’s really difficult, but I think being open with young people and just saying, ‘You can tell me if there’s something going on’, ‘We can figure it out’.
“My parents, they didn’t intervene. They just kind of went, ‘Okay, at least we know you need to try and figure this out, because if we intervene, it’ll undermine you, and you were able to sort it out’.”
RTE viewers flocked to social media to express their views.
Eimear said: “I like Doireann. She seems like a very down-to-earth girl.”
Patrick added: “Brilliant show tonight. Great conversations..”
Anoter viewer added: “Doireann looks gorgeous”
