‘It has a little ring to it' says RTE star Lottie as she shows interest in own talk show ahead of Joe Duffy's retirement
The legendary radio star revealed this month that he's
which he has helmed for over a quarter of a century.
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Lottie Ryan spoke to The Irish Sun at the Platinum VIP Style Awards 2025
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Joe Duffy is retiring next month
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Lottie and her sister Bonnie have a podcast together
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final show is just weeks away on June 27 and
When asked what she thinks about Joe's retirement plans while at the Platinum VIP Awards,
"We've known Joe and June and their family for a long, long time.
"They're good family friends and they are genuinely the nicest people you will ever come across."
The Dubliner paid tribute to Joe saying: "Joe is what you hear.
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"He is genuinely that person that just wants to talk to and help everyone."
Lottie's sister, Bonnie added: "And I think he's probably earned at this point to retire. But the sad thing is if we can't talk to Joe, who are we going to talk to?"
The mum-of-one quickly joked: "Talk to Lottie."
And when asked if she'd like to "be on that side of the RTE Radio 1 building", Lottie said: "I just want to make good radio.
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"And obviously I see myself being a talk broadcaster so..."
Bonnie backed her sister saying: "She'd smash it."
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Lottie added: "
The iconic siblings recently joined forces this year to
The 39-year-old has told us how well she's been getting on and how "refreshing" it's been.
She explained: "Well you have to remember what I do on 2FM is… I have to stick to an agenda. And with the podcasting world I find, I've been able to talk about a lot of things that are just really me, I suppose.
"It's been really refreshing, really uplifting for me and freeing and I'm having an absolute ball doing it."
Bonnie added: "I think that it's working because from the get-go we both said if we're going to do this, like we're just doing it as our FaceTime calls. It has to be just that we're just chatting."
The influencer spoke about how they get "too comfortable" with each other.
She said: "And like sometimes like Lottie actually says things and I'm like, 'Should we say that?', and then she's like, 'Bonnie, I would never say something like that on the radio. I'm too comfortable with you'.
"But I think that's what makes it good."
Lottie added: "I'm a little bit scared when I'm on with her because I don't check myself. And I'm really good at checking myself. And I don't check myself with her.
"But I do also feel as we've gotten older, we give less of a s***.
"I think we're very guarded for a long time and just we're kind of a lot more comfortable with ourselves and not as afraid of opinions.
"And then it ends up being better received, actually."
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