Amy Huberman details 'chance' encounter that led to marriage with BOD
Amy Huberman has recalled that her guest appearance on an Irish television chat show led to her relationship and eventual marriage with Irish rugby star, Brian O'Driscoll.
Next month, the couple celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary, after saying 'I do' in a stunning Lough Rynn Castle ceremony in 2010.
The wedding took place four years after they started dating, which was spurred on by Amy appearing on TV while Brian was out of sport with an injury. Amy Huberman has recalled her a guest appearance on an Irish television chat show led to a relationship and eventual marriage with Irish rugby star, Brian O'Driscoll. Pic: Brian McEvoy
Speaking on Ryan Tubridy's podcast, The Bookshelf with Ryan Tubridy, Amy recalled appearing on his show Tubridy Tonight during the height of her stint on The Clinic.
'Brian was injured and he was at home and he was watching it,' Amy told presenter Ryan Tubridy. 'We were on anyway and I think he enjoyed the chat and he was like, 'I don't know who she is! Who is she?''
The rugby star rang PR Joanne Byrne wondering who Amy was and was she a 'hermit' as he had never heard of her despite being the same age. Amy explained that the women had been in tracksuits at the time. Despite the set-up being organised for Brian, the Leinster player was 'shy' on the night as he had a 'crisis' about duping Amy. Pic: Brian McEvoy
'Joanne said, no, she's living in London,' Amy explained. 'The next time I came home, they'd kind of orchestrated that we'd kind of bump into each other.
'Norma Sheehan, she's a great friend of mine as well, we went to visit another friend of ours. Coming back, she was like I've to drop a book to somebody in the Merrion.'
Amy explained that the women had been in tracksuits at the time. Despite the set-up being organised for Brian, the Leinster player was 'shy' on the night as he had a 'crisis' about duping Amy.
'I think it's quite sweet,' Amy noted, with Ryan confirming it was indeed a 'good sign.'
The pair were around 26 years old at the time, with Amy previously telling Doireann Garrihy on the Laughs of Your Life podcast that she 'first shifted him downstairs [in Cafe en Seine].'
More than 20 years on since their 'chance' encounter, the pair now share three children — Sadie, 12, Billy, 11, and four-year-old Ted.
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