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The Irish Sun
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Ireland AM star Tommy Bowe left red-faced as he's called out by guest after his awkward live blunder
IRELAND AM star Tommy Bowe was left red-faced after being called out by a guest. The former rugby star and his co-hosts Advertisement 3 Muireann and Tommy were back on air together today Credit: VMTV 3 Anton Du Beke appeared on Thursday's show Credit: VMTV 3 Tommy said Anton's partner's name wrong on air Credit: VMTV Muireann and Anton started the interview by joking that he was naked from the waist down. The professional dancer is bringing his Together Again show with However, when Tommy brought up the performance he accidentally pronounced Giovanni's name wrong. Advertisement read more on ireland am The dad-of-two said: "You and your old partner on the show Giovanni Pierce are coming for a show in the Bord Gais." Anton burst out laughing when he heard the blunder but Tommy was yet to realise. Tommy asked: "I mean you're a judge now, you don't need to be doing dancing anymore." Anton made a cheeky quip as he replied: "Aw but I love it... with Giovani Pierce." Advertisement read more on the irish sun The Kent native made Tommy's mistake apparent when he added: "I'm also going to be with Giovani Pernice as well." Tommy looked puzzled as he grabbed his TV notes and said: "It is spelt right, isn't it?" Muireann O'Connell wears unique look on Ireland AM Muireann, who had her hand on her face, replied: "No, no." Tommy brushed off his mistake and said: "Ah well the Giovanni bit was spelt right." Advertisement Anton added: "That's show business baby." TV LAUGHS At the end of their chat, Tommy reiterated Anton's tour dates and added: "It is with Giovani not Pierce." Anton replied sarcastically: "No, he sadly couldn't make it." Tommy joked: " Advertisement He added: "There you have it. Thanks so much for joining us, always a good laugh." Himself and Muireann told viewers about the next Kitchen segment after the break and Tommy joked: "What could go wrong there this morning?"
The Irish Sun
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘This brought tears to my eyes' – Ireland AM star Muireann praises ‘brave' guest as she details horrific assault on air
MUIREANN O'Connell has praised a brave Ireland AM guest after she detailed her horrific assault during a tear-jerking interview. Hazel Behan, who accused Advertisement 3 Muireann and Tommy spoke to Hazel Behan on air on Tuesday's show Credit: VMTV 3 Hazel detailed the horrific sexual assault she experienced 21 years ago Credit: VMTV 3 Muireann and Tommy were emotional during the interview Credit: VMTV The Dubliner, then aged just 20, was tied up, whipped and raped repeatedly for up to five hours by a knife-wielding intruder who broke into her apartment while she was working as a holiday rep in Brueckner's expected release from his current conviction comes a month before Hazel explained, on air, how she had walked home by herself after arguing with her then-boyfriend and fell asleep in her bed. She was then woken up to a masked man dressed in all black, who was carrying a knife, standing over her. Advertisement read more on hazel behan The 41-year-old said: "I just instantly froze. I couldn't quite get myself together." Muireann replied: "How could you? I'm really sorry. You were doing a job that so many of us have done. I've only walked home from nights when you work in Greece or Portugal or Spain." Hazel went on to say: "And I didn't walk down the main street or miles by myself. Not that it would make any odds, but I literally walked across the road. "He told me not to scream. I think there's this innate thing in us that you'll fight back if you feel that you have a chance to win. But I knew instantly that I didn't. I knew I just wouldn't have had a chance against this person. Advertisement read more on the irish sun Exclusive Breaking Warning "So I complied really and he was very methodical. He knew exactly what he was there for. He knew exactly what way he wanted me to be positioned to be in certain shots, because he set up a video camera and recorded everything that happened." Hazel said the "only time" she refused to do something he asked was when he wanted her to go into the bathroom. Police put me through horrific treatment after Portugal rape ordeal, I deserve answers & apology, says Hazel Behan She explained: "I just had this idea that if he brought me into the bathroom, that that was it. "So he positioned me in a kneeled position over a small little bench sofa thing in the room and placed my head. I was head down on the bench. Advertisement "I know how dramatic it sounds but when you think of somebody standing over you all in black with a mask and a knife and positions it in a certain way - I just honestly thought he was going to just take my head off. I really did. But he didn't, obviously. And he got a sheet from my bed and covered me with the sheet. "Essentially, he packed up everything, stepped out backwards into his shoes. And I didn't know he had gone because the reflection of the light from inside the room on the window of the dark, I couldn't see outside. But he had, thankfully, and I managed to get out of the room." Muireann replied: "I mean, incredible. You went down to a reception in the hotel. The police were called. They take you up to the room. There was no English interpreters. Your experience with the Portuguese police sounded horrific, to say the least." Advertisement In her case, she alleges that Portuguese police failed to seize the blood-stained bed sheets and broken false nails from the struggle with her attacker, which plainly contained important forensic evidence. When asked what she hopes to "achieve" by doing this, she replied: "I'd love to be able to wave a magic wand and just see people in mandated positions, police, legislators, justice system to just do better by particularly women and children, but for everybody. "And I think sexual assault, any form of gender based violence affects us all. If you're lucky enough not to be on the receiving end of it, the likelihood is that you will know somebody who is. "The last thing that you would want is your daughter... you don't want to be my dad, my mother, who sent me off at 20, safe in the knowledge that I was gone off to make all these memories and have the summer of my 21st birthday. Advertisement "And the gasp that came out my dad's breath is something.. when I told him on the phone, what had happened to me is something that has laid heavy on my world and his. "So now, as a parent, I can't change what happened to me - there's no going back, there's no rewriting it. But heaven forbid something would happen to my girls. I would like for them to be treated with the very, very basics, just with some dignity." A short segment of the emotional interview was posted on Ireland AM's Instagram page. Muireann re-shared the video and said: "To hear Hazel talk about her rape... to be eloquent about something so horrific, terrifying and dehumanising is quite simply astonishing. Advertisement "Thank you for talking to us Hazel." Ireland AM viewers flooded the comment section with support and praise for Hazel. Hilda wrote: "You are incredible, brave and strong. I'm so sorry this happened to you and that you were treated so badly in the aftermath." Martha said: "This brought tears to my eyes... horrific for this to even happen, and to still have no justice is just so wrong. I hope justice comes soon. Well done on sharing your story and for fighting all the way. Best wishes to you." Advertisement Niamh wrote: "Your strength in telling your story has brought tears to my eyes. Wishing you get justice for the horror that was inflicted upon you."
The Irish Sun
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Moment Brian reveals ‘Arthur dumped me by text' to stunned TV guests and epic payback move after they got back together
BRIAN Dowling has revealed his now-hubby Arthur Gourounlian "dumped him by text" in 2006. The Six O'Clock Show host and Dancing With The Stars judge first met back in 2002 in , just after had appeared on . 3 Brian Dowling spoke about his and Arthur's split on The Six O'Clock Show Credit: VMTV 3 Brian shocked his guests on air Credit: VMTV 3 Arthur and Brian have two beautiful daughters together Credit: Instagram The lovebirds dated then for four and half years before breaking up in 2006 due to their busy schedules. And Brian revealed the harsh way in which The dad-of-two and his co-host One of the characters in the book was dumped by text, which had Brian reminiscing on his own heart break. read more on brian dowling The 46-year-old shocked his guests when he said: "Arthur dumped me by Me by text. "We were together for four years, living together, and he dumped me by text. "We then broke up for five years and got back together. He was on the "And I was like, 'Is he having a joke?', we're going back to 2006. I got the, 'This isn't working', and I went, 'You better not be going there'." read more on the irish sun Maclean added: "It was probably a Nokia at the time." Brian replied: "It was one of those phones that the messages kept buffering and loading because the phone was so small." Brian Dowling in major jumpscare moment Isobel was stunned as she remarked: "You didn't even know what was happening." Brian joked: "I didn't even know who he really was darling!" And as we know, Brian and Arthur eventually rekindled their romance in 2011 and Arthur popped the question in 2014. They tied the knot in July 2015 in a beautiful ceremony in Powerscourt in Co surrounded by their loved ones. 'YOU BROKE MY HEART' The duo then became parents to daughter Blake back in September 2022, before her little sister Blu . And while Brian and Arthur are very happily married now, Brian can still remember the heart ache. Maclean jokingly said: "But he's [Brian's] not holding on to that, which is nice." Brian revealed his payback move after reuniting saying: "I printed it [the text] out. "Sometimes if he annoys me I leave it out randomly and go, 'You broke my heart'." Katja remarked: "I'm sure Arthur is paying for it till this day." Brian replied: "He absolutely is." The shocking segment was posted on The Six O'Clock Show's Instagram page and Arthur clarified in the comments: "It was the Nokia."
